The 1973 Vuelta a España was the 28th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Calp, with a prologue individual time trial on 26 April, and Stage 9b occurred on 5 May with a stage to Barcelona. The race finished in San Sebastián on 13 May.
Prologue 26 April 1973 - Calp to Calp, (ITT)
Prologue result and general classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3" 3 + 4" 4 + 6" 5 s.t. 6 + 8" 7 s.t. 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 + 11" 10 s.t.
Stage 1 27 April 1973 - Calp to Murcia,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 Monteverde s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 s.t. 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 Monteverde s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3" 3 s.t. 4 + 4" 5 + 6" 6 s.t. 7 + 8" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 s.t. 10 + 11"
Stage 2 28 April 1973 - Murcia to Albacete,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 11" 3 + 17" 4 + 21" 5 s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes 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 + 11" 3 + 13" 4 + 15" 5 + 17" 6 + 19" 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 21" 8 s.t. 9 + 26" 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 28"
Stage 3 29 April 1973 - Albacete to Alcázar de San Juan,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 Monteverde 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 2 + 16" 3 s.t. 4 + 18" 5 + 22" 6 s.t. 7 + 24" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 28" 9 s.t. 10 + 31"
Stage 4 30 April 1973 - Alcázar de San Juan to Cuenca,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 13" 3 + 2' 30" 4 + 2' 36" 5 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 2' 38" 6 s.t. 7 + 2' 42" 8 + 2' 44" 9 + 2' 48" 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.
Stage 5 1 May 1973 - Cuenca to Teruel,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes 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' 15" 3 + 1' 22" 4 + 1' 24" 5 + 1' 36" 6 + 1' 39" 7 + 1' 47" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 48" 9 + 1' 50" 10 + 1' 58"
Stage 6a 2 May 1973 - Teruel to La Pobla de Farnals,
Stage 6a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 11" 3 + 18" 4 + 22" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.
Stage 6b 2 May 1973 - La Pobla de Farnals, (TTT)
Stage 6b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 50" 3 + 56" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 30" 5 + 1' 44" 6 Monteverde + 1' 56" 7 + 2' 16" 8 Coelima–Benfica + 2' 18"General classification after Stage 6b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 03" 3 + 1' 24" 4 + 1' 26" 5 + 1' 34" 6 + 1' 41" 7 + 1' 48" 8 + 1' 50" 9 + 1' 55" 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 56"
Stage 7 3 May 1973 - La Pobla de Farnals to Castellón de la Plana,
Route:
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 51" 3 + 1' 06" 4 + 1' 24" 5 + 1' 34" 6 + 1' 38" 7 + 1' 41" 8 + 1' 50" 9 + 1' 55" 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 56"
Stage 8 4 May 1973 - Castellón de la Plana to Calafell,
Route:
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 29" 3 + 1' 06" 4 + 1' 19" 5 + 1' 34" 6 + 1' 38" 7 + 1' 41" 8 + 1' 50" 9 + 1' 55" 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 56"
Stage 9a 5 May 1973 - Calafell to Barcelona,
Route:
Stage 9a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Monteverde 2 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 41" 3 + 1' 44" 4 + 1' 53" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 9b 5 May 1973 - Barcelona to Barcelona, (ITT)
Stage 9b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 5" 3 + 8" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 10" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Coelima–Benfica s.t.General classification after Stage 9b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 29" 3 + 1' 01" 4 + 1' 19" 5 + 1' 34" 6 + 1' 38" 7 + 1' 41" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 44" 9 + 1' 50" 10 + 1' 55"
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