The 1971 Vuelta a España was the 26th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Almería, with a prologue individual time trial on 29 April, and Stage 9 occurred on 8 May with a stage to Pamplona. The race finished in Madrid on 16 May.

Prologue 29 April 1971 - Almería to Almería, (ITT)

Prologue result and general classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 6" 3 + 8" 4 s.t. 5 + 10" 6 Karpy + 11" 7 + 13" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 + 14"

Stage 1 30 April 1971 - Almería to Águilas,

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Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 Goldor + 16" 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 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 6" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 9" 6 + 10" 7 Karpy + 11" 8 + 12" 9 + 13" 10 s.t.

Stage 2 1 May 1971 - Águilas to Calp,

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Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 Goldor 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 + 3" 3 + 4" 4 + 6" 5 + 8" 6 s.t. 7 + 9" 8 + 10" 9 + 12" 10 s.t.

Stage 3 2 May 1971 - Calp to La Pobla de Farnals,

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Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 14" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1" 3 + 9" 4 s.t. 5 + 11" 6 + 13" 7 s.t. 8 + 14" 9 + 17" 10 s.t.

Stage 4 3 May 1971 - La Pobla de Farnals to Benicàssim,

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Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Goldor 2 + 10" 3 Karpy + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Karpy s.t. 8 s.t. 9 + 22" 10 + 24"

Stage 5 4 May 1971 - Benicàssim to Salou,

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Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 Karpy s.t. 4 + 21" 5 s.t. 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 Karpy + 46" 3 + 1' 02" 4 + 1' 11" 5 + 1' 16" 6 + 1' 30" 7 + 1' 32" 8 + 1' 34" 9 s.t. 10 + 1' 35"

Stage 6 5 May 1971 - Salou to Barcelona,

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Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Goldor s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Karpy + 51" 3 + 1' 01" 4 + 1' 07" 5 + 1' 21" 6 + 1' 35" 7 + 1' 37" 8 + 1' 39" 9 s.t. 10 + 1' 40"

Stage 7 6 May 1971 - Barcelona to Manresa,

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Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Karpy s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 51" 3 Karpy s.t. 4 + 1' 17" 5 + 1' 22" 6 + 1' 35" 7 s.t. 8 + 1' 37" 9 + 1' 39" 10 s.t.

Stage 8 7 May 1971 - Balaguer to Jaca,

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Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 Karpy + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 41" 3 Karpy + 51" 4 + 1' 02" 5 + 1' 13" 6 + 1' 35" 7 s.t. 8 + 1' 37" 9 + 1' 39" 10 s.t.

Stage 9 8 May 1971 - Jaca to Pamplona,

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Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 5" 3 + 17" 4 + 17" 5 + 19" 6 Karpy + 24" 7 + 25" 8 + 28" 9 + 36" 10 + 38"

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