The 1978 Vuelta a España was the 33rd edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Gijón, with a prologue individual time trial on 25 April, and Stage 10 occurred on 5 May with a stage to Calafell. The race finished in San Sebastián on 14 May.
Prologue 25 April 1978 — Gijón to Gijón, (ITT)
Prologue result and general classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 29" 3 + 34" 4 + 35" 5 + 37" 6 + 38" 7 + 39" 8 s.t. 9 + 41" 10 Italy s.t.
Stage 1 26 April 1978 — Gijón to Gijón,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 15" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 + 29" 4 + 34" 5 + 35" 6 + 36" 7 + 37" 8 + 38" 9 + 39" 10 s.t.
Stage 2 27 April 1978 — Gijón to Cangas de Onís,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 6" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 24" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 19" 3 + 28" 4 + 32" 5 + 42" 6 + 47" 7 + 56" 8 Italy + 59" 9 + 1' 00" 10 + 1' 04"
Stage 3 28 April 1978 — Cangas de Onís to León,
Stage 3 result
Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 1' 22" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 21" 3 + 43" 4 + 47" 5 + 49" 6 + 1' 06" 7 + 1' 15" 8 + 1' 19" 9 + 1' 29" 10 Italy + 1' 46"
Stage 4 29 April 1978 — León to Valladolid,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 30" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 1' 22" 8 Italy s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 21" 3 + 43" 4 + 47" 5 + 49" 6 + 1' 15" 7 + 1' 19" 8 Italy + 1' 46" 9 + 1' 47" 10 + 1' 51"
Stage 5 30 April 1978 — Valladolid to Ávila,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Italy 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 + 25" 3 + 37" 4 + 41" 5 + 43" 6 + 1' 21" 7 + 1' 25" 8 Italy + 1' 52" 9 + 1' 53" 10 + 1' 57"
Stage 6 1 May 1978 — Torrelaguna to Torrejón de Ardoz,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 27" 3 + 49"
Stage 7 2 May 1978 — Torrejón de Ardoz to Cuenca,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 26" 3 + 1' 41" 4 + 2' 10" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 27" 3 + 49" 4 + 55" 5 + 57" 6 + 1' 17" 7 + 1' 25" 8 Italy + 1' 52" 9 + 1' 53" 10 + 1' 57"
Stage 8 3 May 1978 — Cuenca to Benicàssim,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 27" 3 + 49" 4 + 53" 5 + 55" 6 + 1' 17" 7 + 1' 25" 8 Italy + 1' 53" 9 + 1' 54" 10 + 1' 57"
Stage 9 4 May 1978 — Benicàssim to Tortosa,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 39" 3 + 1' 01" 4 + 1' 05" 5 + 1' 07" 6 + 1' 29" 7 + 1' 35" 8 Italy + 2' 04" 9 + 2' 05" 10 + 2' 09"
Stage 10 5 May 1978 — Tortosa to Calafell,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 6" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 39" 3 + 1' 01" 4 + 1' 11" 5 + 1' 17" 6 + 1' 25" 7 + 1' 35" 8 Italy + 2' 04" 9 + 2' 05" 10 + 2' 09"
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