1978 Vuelta a España
Route

1978 Vuelta a España

Section Title: Route
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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

P	25 April	Gijón – Gijón	8.6 km (5 mi)	-	Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)

1	26 April	Gijón – Gijón	144 km (89 mi)	Jos Schipper (NED)

2	27 April	Gijón – Cangas de Onís	94 km (58 mi)	Enrique Cima (ESP)

3	28 April	Cangas de Onís – León	187 km (116 mi)	Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)

4	29 April	León – Valladolid	171 km (106 mi)	Patrick Lefevere (ESP)

5	30 April	Valladolid – Ávila	136 km (85 mi)	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)

6	1 May	Torrelaguna – Torrejón de Ardoz	46 km (29 mi)	Fons van Katwijk (NED)

7	2 May	Torrejón de Ardoz – Cuenca	160 km (99 mi)	Domingo Perurena (ESP)

8	3 May	Cuenca – Benicàssim	249 km (155 mi)	Fons van Katwijk (NED)

9	4 May	Benicàssim – Tortosa	156 km (97 mi)	Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)

10	5 May	Tortosa – Calafell	201 km (125 mi)	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)

11a	6 May	Calafell – Barcelona	67 km (42 mi)	Francisco Elorriaga (ESP)

11b	6 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	3.8 km (2 mi)	-	Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)

12	7 May	Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) – La Tossa de Montbui (ca) (Santa Margarida de Montbui)	205 km (127 mi)	Bernard Hinault (FRA)

13	8 May	Igualada – Jaca	243 km (151 mi)	Salvatore Maccali (it) (ITA)

14	9 May	Jaca – Logroño	219 km (136 mi)	Bernard Hinault (FRA)

15	10 May	Logroño – Miranda de Ebro	131 km (81 mi)	Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande (BEL)

16	11 May	Miranda de Ebro – Bien Aparecida Sanctuary (eu)	208 km (129 mi)	Vicente Belda (ESP)

17	12 May	Ampuero – Bilbao	123 km (76 mi)	Vicente Belda (ESP)

18	13 May	Bilbao – Amurrio	154 km (96 mi)	Bernard Hinault (FRA)

19a	14 May	Amurrio – San Sebastián	84 km (52 mi)	Domingo Perurena (ESP)

19b	14 May	San Sebastián – San Sebastián	-	Individual time trial	Annulled

Total	2,995 km (1,861 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1978 Vuelta a España consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 2,995 km (1,861 mi), and was won by Bernard Hinault.

final_sentence: The 1978 Vuelta a España consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 2,995 km (1,861 mi), and was won by Bernard Hinault.