# 1989 Vuelta a España

The 44th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from 24 April to 15 May 1989. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,656 km (2,272 mi), and was won by Pedro Delgado of the Reynolds cycling team. The route was released on 21 January 1989.
Pedro Delgado had won the previous Tour de France and was seen as the favourite for the race. Delgado came with a Reynolds team that contained Miguel Indurain, who had just won Paris–Nice and was also seen as a potential favourite. The first few days of the race saw the leaders jersey change shoulders from Marnix Lameire, Benny van Brabant and Roland LeClercq. The Colombian Omar Hernández took the lead on the sixth stage. On the 12th stage to Cerler, Delgado battled with four Colombians and won the stage. He won the stage 15 time trial, where Colombian Martin Farfan took the leader's jersey. On the following stage to Santander, Delgado took the jersey. However Delgado's team had a bad day several stages later, when Indurain fell and broke his wrist; Delgado had difficulty keeping the jersey from Fabio Parra. Parra was only two seconds behind Delgado on the general classification at one stage. The final time trial was the last chance for Parra to try to take the jersey from Delgado, but Delgado won and increased his lead to win his third grand tour.

## Route

List of stages :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 24 April | A Coruña – A Coruña | 21 km (13 mi) | | | Marnix Lameire (BEL) |
| 2 | 25 April | A Coruña – Santiago de Compostela | 222 km (138 mi) | | | Joaquín Hernández (ESP) |
| 3a | 26 April | Vigo – Vigo | 35 km (22 mi) | | Team time trial | Caja Rural |
| 3b | 26 April | Vigo – Ourense | 105 km (65 mi) | | | Malcolm Elliott (GBR) |
| 4 | 27 April | Orense – Pontevedra | 163 km (101 mi) | | | Roberto Pagnin (ITA) |
| 5 | 28 April | La Bañeza – Béjar | 260 km (162 mi) | | | Eddy Planckaert (BEL) |
| 6 | 29 April | Béjar – Ávila | 195 km (121 mi) | | | Luc Suykerbuyk (NED) |
| 7 | 30 April | Avila – Toledo | 165 km (103 mi) | | | Massimo Ghirotto (ITA) |
| 8 | 1 May | Toledo – Albacete | 226 km (140 mi) | | | Stefano Allocchio (ITA) |
| 9 | 2 May | Albacete – Gandia | 194 km (121 mi) | | | Reimund Dietzen (FRG) |
| 10 | 3 May | Gandia – Benicàssim | 219 km (136 mi) | | | Herminio Díaz Zabala (ESP) |
| 11 | 4 May | Vinaròs – Lleida | 182 km (113 mi) | | | Malcolm Elliott (GBR) |
| 12 | 5 May | Lleida – Cerler | 190 km (118 mi) | | | Pedro Delgado (ESP) |
| 13 | 6 May | Benasque – Jaca | 164 km (102 mi) | | | Mathieu Hermans (NED) |
| 14 | 7 May | Jaca – Zaragoza | 166 km (103 mi) | | | Mathieu Hermans (NED) |
| 15 | 8 May | Ezcaray – Valdezcaray | 23 km (14 mi) | | Individual time trial | Pedro Delgado (ESP) |
| 16 | 9 May | Haro – Santoña | 193 km (120 mi) | | | Peter Hilse (FRG) |
| 17 | 10 May | Santoña – Lakes of Enol | 225 km (140 mi) | | | Álvaro Pino (ESP) |
| 18 | 11 May | Cangas de Onís – Brañillín [es] | 152 km (94 mi) | | | Ivan Ivanov (URS) |
| 19 | 12 May | León – Valladolid | 157 km (98 mi) | | | Mathieu Hermans (NED) |
| 20 | 13 May | Valladolid – Medina del Campo | 42 km (26 mi) | | Individual time trial | Pedro Delgado (ESP) |
| 21 | 14 May | Collado Villalba – Palazuelos de Eresma (Destillerias DYC) | 187 km (116 mi) | | | Alberto Camargo (COL) |
| 22 | 15 May | Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerias DYC) – Madrid | 179 km (111 mi) | | | Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (BEL) |
| | Total | Total | 3,656 km (2,272 mi) | 3,656 km (2,272 mi) | 3,656 km (2,272 mi) | 3,656 km (2,272 mi) | 3,656 km (2,272 mi) |

## Results
### Final General Classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Pedro Delgado | Reynolds | 93h 01' 47s |
| 2 | Fabio Parra | Kelme | + 35s |
| 3 | Óscar Vargas | Postobón | + 3' 09s |
| 4 | Federico Echave | BH-Sport | + 3' 24s |
| 5 | Álvaro Pino | BH-Sport | + 4' 28s |
| 6 | Ivan Ivanov | Alfa Lum | + 5' 00s |
| 7 | Iñaki Gastón | Kelme | + 7' 24s |
| 8 | Pedro Saúl Morales | Kelme | + 7' 59s |
| 9 | Jean Claude Bagot | R.M.O. | + 8' 23s |
| 10 | Luc Suykerbuyk | Lotus-Zahor | + 9' 44s |
| 11 | Angel Ocana Perez | Lotus-Zahor | + 12' 08s |
| 12 | Martín Ramírez | Café de Colombia | + 12' 18s |
| 13 | Carlos Jaramillo | Postobón | + 12' 41s |
| 14 | Jaanus Kuum | AD Renting | |
| 15 | José Martín Farfán | Café de Colombia | |
| 16 | Jesús Blanco Villar | Seur | |
| 17 | Héctor Patarroyo | Postobón | |
| 18 | Pello Ruiz Cabestany | ONCE | |
| 19 | Gerardo Moncada | Postobón | |
| 20 | Marino Lejarreta | Caja Rural-Orbea | |
| 21 | Enrique Aja Cagigas | Teka | |
| 22 | Javier Murguialday | BH Sport | |
| 23 | Jon Unzaga Bombin | Seur | |
| 24 | Eduardo Chozas Olmo | ONCE | |
| 25 | Didier Virvaleix | Histor-Sigma | |