The 1970 Vuelta a España was the 25th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Cádiz, with a prologue individual time trial on 23 April, and Stage 9 occurred on 2 May with a stage to Igualada. The race finished in Bilbao on 12 May.
Prologue 23 April 1970 - Cádiz to Cádiz, (ITT)
Prologue result and General Classification after Prologue RiderTeamTime 1 Bic 2 Willem II–Gazelle + 1" 3 Mann–Grundig + 2" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 6" 5 Fagor–Mercier + 7" 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 9" 7 Werner + 10" 8 Willem II–Gazelle + 11" 9 Karpy s.t. 10 Bic + 14"
Stage 1 24 April 1970 - Cádiz to Jerez de la Frontera,
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Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fagor–Mercier 2 + 10" 3 Willem II–Gazelle + 16" 4 + 20" 5 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 6 Mann–Grundig s.t. 7 Werner s.t. 8 Bic s.t. 9 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 10 Willem II–Gazelle s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Willem II–Gazelle 2 Bic s.t. 3 Mann–Grundig + 2" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 5" 5 Fagor–Mercier + 6" 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 8" 7 Werner + 9" 8 Willem II–Gazelle + 11" 9 Karpy + 12" 10 Bic + 14"
Stage 2 25 April 1970 - Jerez de la Frontera to Fuengirola,
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Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Karpy 2 Werner + 10" 3 Willem II–Gazelle + 16" 4 Willem II–Gazelle + 20" 5 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 6 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 7 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 8 Karpy s.t. 9 Mann–Grundig s.t. 10 Fagor–Mercier s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Willem II–Gazelle 2 Bic + 4" 3 Mann–Grundig + 6" 4 Karpy + 9" 5 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 6 Fagor–Mercier + 10" 7 Werner + 11" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 12" 9 Werner + 13" 10 Willem II–Gazelle + 15"
Stage 3 26 April 1970 - Fuengirola to Almería,
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Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Germanvox–Wega 2 Fagor–Mercier + 10" 3 Bic + 16" 4 Bic + 20" 5 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 6 Werner s.t. 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 Mann–Grundig s.t. 9 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Willem II–Gazelle 2 Bic + 4" 3 Mann–Grundig + 6" 4 Karpy + 9" 5 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 6 Fagor–Mercier + 10" 7 Werner + 11" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 12" 9 Werner s.t. 10 Willem II–Gazelle s.t.
Stage 4 27 April 1970 - Almería to Lorca,
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Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 Werner + 16" 4 Fagor–Mercier + 20" 5 Germanvox–Wega s.t. 6 Bic s.t. 7 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 8 Fagor–Mercier s.t. 9 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 10 Germanvox–Wega s.t.
Stage 5 28 April 1970 - Lorca to Calp,
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Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Werner 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 Bic + 20" 5 Germanvox–Wega s.t. 6 Kas s.t. 7 Fagor–Mercier s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Bic s.t. 10 Werner s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Willem II–Gazelle 2 Werner + 4" 3 Bic s.t. 4 Mann–Grundig + 6" 5 Werner + 7" 6 Karpy + 9" 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 Fagor–Mercier + 10" 9 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 12" 10 Werner + 13"
Stage 6 29 April 1970 - Calp to Borriana,
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Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fagor–Mercier 2 + 10" 3 Willem II–Gazelle + 16" 4 Germanvox–Wega + 20" 5 Karpy s.t. 6 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 7 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 10 Bic s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Willem II–Gazelle 2 Werner + 8" 3 Bic s.t. 4 Mann–Grundig + 10" 5 Werner + 11" 6 Karpy + 13" 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 Fagor–Mercier + 14" 9 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 16" 10 Werner + 17"
Stage 7 30 April 1970 - Borriana to Tarragona,
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Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Germanvox–Wega 2 + 10" 3 Fagor–Mercier + 16" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 20" 5 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Werner s.t. 8 Mann–Grundig s.t. 9 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 10 Bic s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Willem II–Gazelle 2 Werner + 9" 3 Bic s.t. 4 Mann–Grundig + 10" 5 Werner + 11" 6 Karpy + 13" 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 Fagor–Mercier + 14" 9 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 16" 10 Germanvox–Wega + 17"
Stage 8a 1 May 1970 - Tarragona to Barcelona,
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Stage 8a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Werner 2 Fagor–Mercier + 5" 3 Karpy + 10" 4 Fagor–Mercier s.t. 5 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 6 Germanvox–Wega s.t. 7 Werner s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Fagor–Mercier s.t. 10 Bic s.t.
Stage 8b 1 May 1970 - Barcelona to Barcelona,
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Stage 8b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Germanvox–Wega 2 Willem II–Gazelle + 5" 3 + 8" 4 Werner + 10" 5 Karpy s.t. 6 Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 7 Bic s.t. 8 Germanvox–Wega s.t. 9 Werner s.t. 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.General classification after Stage 8b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Willem II–Gazelle 2 Werner + 6" 3 Germanvox–Wega + 12" 4 Werner + 13" 5 Bic s.t. 6 Mann–Grundig + 15" 7 Karpy + 16" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 18" 9 Fagor–Mercier + 19" 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 21"
Stage 9 2 May 1970 - Barcelona to Igualada,
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Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Werner 2 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 10" 3 Mann–Grundig + 16" 4 Bic + 20" 5 Werner s.t. 6 Werner s.t. 7 Karpy s.t. 8 Fagor–Mercier s.t. 9 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 10 Werner s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bic 2 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 8" 3 Mann–Grundig s.t. 4 Werner + 9" 5 Werner + 10" 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 15" 7 Werner + 19" 8 Mann–Grundig + 30" 9 Karpy + 31" 10 Fagor–Mercier + 32"
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