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 9a occurred on 6 May with a stage from Tarragona. The race finished in San Sebastián on 14 May.
Stage 9a 6 May 1972 - Tarragona to Barcelona,
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Stage 9a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 8" 3 + 12" 4 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 5 Watney–Avia s.t. 6 s.t. 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 9b 6 May 1972 - Barcelona to Barcelona, (ITT)
Stage 9b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7" 3 + 10" 4 + 15" 5 + 17" 6 + 19" 7 Karpy + 20" 8 + 22" 9 s.t. 10 Watney–Avia + 24"General classification after Stage 9b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 46" 3 + 47" 4 + 53" 5 + 1' 00" 6 + 1' 02" 7 + 1' 05" 8 Karpy + 1' 10" 9 + 1' 18" 10 + 1' 28"
Stage 10 7 May 1972 - Barcelona to Banyoles,
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Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Karpy + 10" 3 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 08" 3 + 1' 14" 4 + 1' 15" 5 + 1' 28" 6 + 1' 30" 7 + 1' 33" 8 Karpy + 1' 38" 9 + 1' 46" 10 + 1' 56"
Stage 11 8 May 1972 - Manresa to Zaragoza,
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Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 9' 42" 3 Watney–Avia + 9' 48" 4 Karpy + 9' 52" 5 s.t. 6 Watney–Avia s.t. 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 9 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 12 9 May 1972 - Zaragoza to Formigal,
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Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Karpy + 6' 37" 3 + 7' 02" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 8' 00" 5 + 8' 13" 6 + 8' 31" 7 + 8' 37" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 6' 35" 3 + 7' 43" 4 + 7' 55" 5 + 7' 56" 6 + 8' 03" 7 s.t. 8 + 8' 11" 9 + 8' 14" 10 + 8' 27"
Stage 13 10 May 1972 - Sangüesa to ,
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Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 11" 3 Karpy + 25" 4 + 29" 5 s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 56" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7' 48" 3 + 8' 12" 4 + 8' 33" 5 + 8' 37" 6 Karpy + 8' 40" 7 + 8' 41" 8 + 8' 50" 9 + 8' 52" 10 + 9' 07"
Stage 14 11 May 1972 - Eibar to Bilbao,
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Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 20" 5 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t. 6 s.t. 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7' 18" 3 + 8' 02" 4 + 8' 33" 5 + 8' 37" 6 Karpy + 8' 40" 7 + 8' 41" 8 s.t. 9 + 8' 52" 10 + 9' 07"
Stage 15 12 May 1972 - Bilbao to Torrelavega,
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Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Watney–Avia + 10" 3 + 16" 4 Goldor–IJsboerke + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 Watney–Avia s.t. 10 Goldor–IJsboerke s.t.General classification after Stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7' 18" 3 + 7' 58" 4 + 8' 32" 5 + 8' 33" 6 + 8' 37" 7 Karpy + 8' 40" 8 + 8' 41" 9 + 8' 52" 10 + 9' 02"
Stage 16 13 May 1972 - Torrelavega to Vitoria,
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Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 14" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7' 22" 3 + 7' 46" 4 + 8' 30" 5 Karpy + 8' 40" 6 + 8' 41" 7 + 8' 45" 8 + 8' 49" 9 + 9' 00" 10 + 9' 10"
Stage 17a 14 May 1972 - Vitoria to San Sebastián,
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Stage 17a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Karpy + 2' 13" 3 + 2' 20" 4 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 3' 13" 5 s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Karpy + 8' 40" 10 + 8' 44"
Stage 17b 14 May 1972 - San Sebastián to San Sebastián, (ITT)
Stage 17b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 + 18" 4 Karpy + 29" 5 + 36" 6 + 38" 7 + 44" 8 + 51" 9 + 59" 10 + 1' 02"General classification after Stage 17b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 6' 34" 3 + 7' 00" 4 Karpy + 8' 07" 5 + 8' 08" 6 + 8' 23" 7 + 8' 27" 8 + 8' 38" 9 + 8' 42" 10 + 8' 54"
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