The 29th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 23 April to 12 May 1974. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of , and was won by José Manuel Fuente of the Kas–Kaskol cycling team. José Luis Albilleira won the mountains classification while Domingo Perurena won the points classification.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 23 April Almería to Almería Individual time trial 1 24 April Almería to Almería 2 25 April Almería to Granada 3 26 April Granada to Fuengirola 4 27 April Marbella to Seville 5 28 April Seville to Córdoba 6 29 April Córdoba to Ciudad Real 7 30 April Ciudad Real to Toledo 8a 1 May Toledo to Madrid 8b Circuito del Jarama Team time trial 9 2 May Madrid to Los Ángeles de San Rafael 10a 3 May Los Ángeles de San Rafael to Los Ángeles de San Rafael Individual time trial 10b Los Ángeles de San Rafael to Ávila 11 4 May Ávila to Valladolid 12 5 May Valladolid to León 13 6 May León to Monte Naranco 14 7 May Oviedo to Cangas de Onís 15 8 May Cangas de Onís to Laredo 16 9 May Laredo to Bilbao 17 10 May Bilbao to Miranda de Ebro 18 11 May Miranda de Ebro to Eibar 19a 12 May Eibar to San Sebastián 19b San Sebastián to San Sebastián Individual time trial Total
Results
Final General Classification
RankRiderTeamTime 1 José Manuel Fuente Kas–Kaskol 86h 48' 18" 2 Joaquim Agostinho Bic + 11" 3 Miguel María Lasa Kas–Kaskol + 1' 09" 4 Luis Ocaña Bic + 1' 58" 5 Domingo Perurena Kas–Kaskol + 4' 29" 6 José Antonio Gonzalez Kas–Kaskol + 5' 56" 7 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume Peugeot–BP–Michelin + 6' 29" 8 José Luis Uribezubia Kas–Kaskol + 6' 33" 9 Ventura Díaz Monteverde + 8' 25" 10 Roger Swerts Ijsboerke + 8' 28" 11 Fernando Mendes Benfica 12 Antonio Vallori La Casera 13 José Luis Abilleira La Casera 14 Antonio Menéndez Kas–Kaskol 15 Régis Ovion Peugeot–BP–Michelin 16 Javier Francisco Elorriago Kas–Kaskol 17 Agustín Tamames Benfica 18 Jan Van De Wiele MIC-De Gribaldy 19 Juan Zurano Jérez La Casera 20 Santiago Lazcano Kas–Kaskol 21 José Antonio Pontón La Casera 22 Eric Leman MIC-De Gribaldy 23 Noël Van Clooster MIC-De Gribaldy 24 Jesús Manzaneque Sánchez La Casera 25 Venceslau Fernandes Benfica
References