The 1988 Vuelta a España was the 43rd edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with an individual time trial on 25 April. Stage 11 took place on 5 May and ended in Valdezcaray. The race finished in Madrid on 15 May.

Stage 1 25 April 1988 — Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, (ITT)

Stage 1 result and general classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Alba–Cucine s.t. 6 Sicasal–Torrense s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 2 26 April 1988 — San Cristóbal de La Laguna to Santa Cruz de Tenerife,

Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 3" 4 + 1' 14" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 52" 3 + 54" 4 + 1' 27" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 3 27 April 1988 — Las Palmas to Las Palmas, (TTT)

Stage 3 result Rank Team Time 1 2 + 15" 3 + 29" 4 + 45" 5 + 54" 6 + 1' 11" 7 + 1' 16" 8 + 1' 36" 9 + 1' 47" 10 + 2' 01"General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 27" 3 + 1' 39" 4 + 1' 42" 5 + 1' 56" 6 + 2' 03" 7 + 2' 08" 8 + 2' 12" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 4 28 April 1988 — Alcalá del Río to Badajoz,

Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Alba-Cucine s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Sigma–Dormilon s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 38" 3 + 1' 42" 4 + 1' 50" 5 + 2' 12" 6 + 2' 14" 7 + 2' 19" 8 + 2' 23" 9 + 2' 27" 10 s.t.

Stage 5 29 April 1988 — Badajoz to Béjar,

Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 4' 23" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 4' 47" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 38" 3 s.t. 4 + 1' 50" 5 + 2' 12" 6 + 2' 14" 7 + 2' 15" 8 + 2' 19" 9 + 2' 22" 10 + 2' 23"

Stage 6 30 April 1988 — Béjar to Valladolid,

Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 30" 3 s.t. 4 + 1' 42" 5 + 1' 51" 6 + 1' 56" 7 + 2' 04" 8 + 2' 06" 9 + 2' 11" 10 s.t.

Stage 7 1 May 1988 — Valladolid to León,

Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Alba-Cucine s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 22" 3 + 1' 25" 4 + 1' 42" 5 + 2' 11" 6 + 2' 14" 7 + 2' 19" 8 + 2' 24" 9 + 2' 39" 10 + 2' 40"

Stage 8 2 May 1988 — León to ,

Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 36" 3 + 1' 37" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 + 2' 12" 7 + 2' 29" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2' 12" 3 + 2' 15" 4 + 2' 18" 5 + 2' 43" 6 + 2' 49" 7 + 2' 52" 8 + 3' 00" 9 + 3' 12" 10 + 3' 32"

Stage 9 3 May 1988 — Oviedo to Monte Naranco, (ITT)

Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 23" 3 + 30" 4 + 30" 5 + 32" 6 + 35" 7 + 39" 8 + 48" 9 + 49" 10 + 50"General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2' 10" 3 + 2' 16" 4 + 2' 34" 5 + 3' 10" 6 + 3' 15" 7 + 3' 19" 8 + 3' 53" 9 s.t. 10 + 4' 52"

Stage 10 4 May 1988 — Oviedo to Santander,

Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Alba-Cucine s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Sigma–Dormilon s.t.General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2' 04" 3 + 2' 16" 4 + 2' 24" 5 + 3' 10" 6 + 3' 15" 7 + 3' 19" 8 + 3' 53" 9 s.t. 10 + 4' 52"

Stage 11 5 May 1988 — Santander to Valdezcaray,

Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2' 04" 3 + 2' 16" 4 + 2' 24" 5 + 3' 10" 6 + 3' 15" 7 + 3' 19" 8 + 3' 53" 9 + 4' 52" 10 + 6' 26"

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