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 10 occurred on 6 May with a stage from Barcelona. The race finished in San Sebastián on 13 May.

Stage 10 6 May 1973 - Barcelona to Empuriabrava,

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Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 s.t. 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 21"General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 6" 3 + 58" 4 + 1' 19" 5 + 1' 34" 6 + 1' 35" 7 + 1' 41" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 42" 9 + 1' 50" 10 + 1' 55"

Stage 11 7 May 1973 - Empuriabrava to Manresa,

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Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 16" 4 + 20" 5 s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 s.t. 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 + 6' 23" 10 + 6' 30"

Stage 12 8 May 1973 - Manresa to Zaragoza,

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Stage 12 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 Monteverde s.t.General classification after Stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 17" 3 + 1' 44" 4 + 1' 58" 5 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 59" 6 + 2' 44" 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 3' 18" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 5' 07" 9 + 7' 05" 10 + 7' 57"

Stage 13 9 May 1973 - Mallén to ,

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Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 30" 3 + 35" 4 + 41" 5 s.t. 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 35" 3 + 2' 00" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 2' 07" 5 + 2' 14" 6 + 2' 56" 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 3' 34" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 5' 23" 9 + 8' 13" 10 + 8' 17"

Stage 14 10 May 1973 - to Bilbao,

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Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes 2 + 45" 3 + 1' 36" 4 + 1' 40" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.General classification after Stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 45" 3 + 2' 08" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 2' 19" 5 + 2' 26" 6 + 3' 08" 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 3' 46" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 5' 35" 9 + 8' 25" 10 + 8' 45"

Stage 15a 11 May 1973 - Bilbao to Torrelavega,

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Stage 15a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 5" 3 + 8" 4 + 10" 5 s.t. 6 + 42" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Monteverde s.t. 10 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.

Stage 15b 11 May 1973 - Torrelavega to Torrelavega, (ITT)

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Stage 15b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 37" 3 + 44" 4 + 48" 5 + 1' 03" 6 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 06" 7 + 1' 13" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 30" 9 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 32" 10 + 1' 42"General classification after Stage 15b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 48" 3 + 3' 00" 4 + 3' 10" 5 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 3' 25" 6 + 4' 21" 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 5' 16" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 7' 47" 9 + 9' 02" 10 + 9' 55"

Stage 16 12 May 1973 - Torrelavega to Miranda de Ebro,

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Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 11" 3 + 17" 4 + 2' 55" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 Coelima–Benfica s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3' 13" 3 + 3' 25" 4 + 4' 51" 5 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 6' 28" 6 + 7' 24" 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 8' 19" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 10' 50" 9 + 13' 00" 10 + 13' 57"

Stage 17a 13 May 1973 - Miranda de Ebro to Tolosa,

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Stage 17a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 5" 3 + 8" 4 + 10" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Monteverde s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 17b 13 May 1973 - Hernani to San Sebastián, (ITT)

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Stage 17b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 29" 3 + 32" 4 + 51" 5 s.t. 6 + 53" 7 + 55" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 56" 9 + 57" 10 + 1' 00"General classification after Stage 17b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3' 46" 3 + 4' 16" 4 + 5' 54" 5 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 7' 29" 6 + 8' 15" 7 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 9' 15" 8 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 12' 26" 9 + 13' 27" 10 + 15' 01"

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