The 1972 Vuelta a España was the 32nd edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Fuengirola, with a prologue individual time trial on 27 April, and Stage 8 occurred on 5 May with a stage to Tarragona. The race finished in San Sebastián on 14 May.
Prologue 27 April 1972 - Fuengirola to Fuengirola, (ITT)
Prologue result and general classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 10" 4 + 11" 5 + 15" 6 s.t. 7 + 17" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 + 18"
Stage 1 28 April 1972 - Fuengirola to Cabra,
Route:
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 Karpy + 16" 4 + 20" 5 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 s.t. 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 5" 3 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 8" 4 + 14" 5 + 18" 6 s.t. 7 + 20" 8 + 21" 9 + 22" 10 Karpy + 23"
Stage 2 29 April 1972 - Cabra to Granada,
Route:
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 17" 3 + 23" 4 + 28" 5 s.t. 6 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 9 Watney–Avia + 36" 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 5" 3 s.t. 4 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 8" 5 + 11" 6 + 12" 7 + 14" 8 s.t. 9 + 18" 10 + 22"
Stage 3 30 April 1972 - Granada to Almería,
Route:
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 16" 4 Watney–Avia + 20" 5 Watney–Avia s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 15" 3 + 20" 4 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 23" 5 + 26" 6 + 27" 7 + 29" 8 s.t. 9 + 33" 10 + 37"
Stage 4 1 May 1972 - Almería to Dehesa de Campoamor,
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Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Watney–Avia + 10" 3 Karpy + 16" 4 + 47" 5 Goldor–IJsboerke + 51" 6 + 56" 7 + 1' 18" 8 1' 20" 9 s.t. 10 Watney–Avia s.t.
Stage 5 2 May 1972 - Dehesa de Campoamor to Gandia,
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Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Watney–Avia 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 Watney–Avia s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 8 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 32" 3 + 38" 4 + 39" 5 + 41" 6 s.t. 7 + 45" 8 Karpy s.t. 9 + 46" 10 + 49"
Stage 6a 3 May 1972 - Gandia to El Saler,
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Stage 6a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 07" 7 s.t. 8 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 6b 3 May 1972 - El Saler to El Saler, (TTT)
Stage 6b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 8" 3 + 11" 4 Watney–Avia + 16" 5 + 17" 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 24" 7 Karpy + 32" 8 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 34" 9 + 48" 10 Goldor–IJsboerke + 59"General classification after Stage 6b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 32" 3 + 33" 4 + 39" 5 + 41" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 + 45" 9 Karpy s.t. 10 + 49"
Stage 7 4 May 1972 - Valencia to Vinaròs,
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Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 11" 3 + 17" 4 Watney–Avia + 21" 5 s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Karpy s.t. 9 s.t. 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 41" 3 + 42" 4 + 51" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 55" 8 Karpy s.t. 9 + 59" 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 01"
Stage 8 5 May 1972 - Vinaròs to Tarragona,
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Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 Watney–Avia + 20" 5 Watney–Avia s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 51" 3 + 52" 4 + 1' 01" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 1' 05" 8 Karpy s.t. 9 + 1' 09" 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 11"
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