1987 << Vuelta a España 1988 >> 1989
Classifications	20 etapas, 3425 km
General	Seán Kelly 89:19:23 h
Points	Seán Kelly 248 p.
Mountains	Álvaro Pino 100 p.
Team	BH 267:55:05 h

The 1988 Vuelta a España was the 43rd Vuelta a España, taking place from April 25 to May 15, 1988. It consisted of 20 stages over 3425 km, ridden at an average speed of 38.506 km/h. Seán Kelly started the race as the principal favourite after performance in the 1987 Vuelta a España in which he was leading the General Classification with several days remaining in the race when he was forced to withdraw due to injury. Luis "Lucho" Herrera returned to defend his title while 1985 Vuelta winner Pedro Delgado had decided to ride the 1988 Giro d'Italia in preparation for the 1988 Tour de France. The BH team directed by Javier Mínguez, presented solid opposition with the strong climbers Álvaro Pino (winner of the 1986 Vuelta a España) and Anselmo Fuerte. In the end, Kelly won the race and became the first Irish winner of the Vuelta a España.

Contents 1 Stages 1.1 Jersey progress 2 Results 2.1 Final General Classification 2.2 KOM Classification 2.3 Points Classification 2.4 Team classification 2.5 Best First Year Professional 3 External links

[edit] Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date
P	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	17.4 km	Individual time trial	April 25
1	San Cristóbal de La Laguna–Santa Cruz de Tenerife	210 km		April 26
2	Las Palmas–Las Palmas	34 km	Team time trial	April 27
3	Alcalá del Río–Badajoz	210 km		April 28
4	Badajoz–Béjar	234 km		April 29
5	Béjar–Valladolid	202 km		April 30
6	Valladolid–León	160 km		May 1
7	León–Brañillín	176.7 km		May 2
8	Oviedo–Alto del Naranco	6.8 km	Individual time trial	May 3
9	Oviedo–Santander	197.3 km		May 4
10	Santander–Valdezcaray	217.2 km		May 5
11	Logroño–Jaca	258 km		May 6
12	Jaca–Cerler	218 km		May 7
13	Benasque–Andorra	186 km		May 8
14	La Seu d'Urgell–Sant Quirze del Vallès	154 km		May 9
15	Valencia–Albacete	226 km		May 10
16	Albacete–Toledo	246 km		May 11
17	Toledo–Ávila	190 km		May 12
18	Ávila–Segovia	163 km		May 13
19	Las Rozas–Villalba	179 km	Individual time trial	May 14
20	Villalba–Madrid	58 km		May 15
Total		3,425 km

[edit] Jersey progress

Notes

[edit] Results

[edit] Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Seán Kelly	Kas-Mavic	89h 19' 23s
2	Raimund Dietzen	Teka-Mavi-Alanc	1' 27s
3	Anselmo Fuerte	BH Sport	a 1' 29s
4	Laudelino Cubino	BH Sport	a 2' 17s
5	Fabio Parra Pinto	Kelme	2' 25s
6	Robert Millar	Fagor-MBK	a 3' 22s
7	Jesús Blanco Villar	Teka-Mavi-Alanc	a 8' 19s
8	Álvaro Pino	BH Sport	a 8' 25s
9	Eddy Schepers	Fagor-MBK	a 9' 45s
10	Roberto Cordoba Asensi	BH Sport	10' 28s
11	Eric Caritoux	Kas-Mavic
12	William Palacios Navarro	Reynolds-Pinarello
13	Federico Echave Musatadi	BH Sport
14	Jokin Mujika Aramburu	Caja Rural - Akai
15	Franco Votolo	Carrera jeans-Vagabond
16	Martín Ramírez	Café de Colombia
17	José Luis Laguia Martinez	Reynolds-Pinarello
18	Mariano Sanchez Martinez	Teka-Mavi-Alanc
19	Martin Earley	Kas-Mavic
20	Luis Herrera	Café de Colombia
21	Carlos Jaramillo	Postobon
22	Luc Suykerbuyk	Zahor Chocolates - Macario
23	Pedro Ruiz Cabestany	Kas-Mavic
24	Vicente Ridaura Sebastian	Caja Rural - Akai
25	Juan Tomas Martinez Gutierrez	Zahor Chocolates - Macario

[edit] KOM Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Álvaro Pino	BH	100
2	Anselmo Fuerte	BH	62
3	Seán Kelly	KAS	60

[edit] Points Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Seán Kelly	BH	248
2	Mathieu Hermans	CAJ	166
3	Benny Van Brabant	ZAH	138

[edit] Team classification

	Team	Country	Time
1	BH Sport	Spain	-

[edit] Best First Year Professional

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Carlos Muñiz Menéndez	CLAS

[edit] External links

• Race website

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