1990 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates24 April - 15 May
Stages22
Distance3,680 km (2,287 mi)
Winning time94h 36' 40"
Results
Winner  Marco Giovannetti (ITA) (Seur)
  Second  Pedro Delgado (ESP) (Banesto)
  Third  Anselmo Fuerte (ESP) (ONCE)
Points  Uwe Raab (GDR) (PDM)
Mountains  José Martín Farfán (COL) (Kelme-Ibexpress)
Youth  Uwe Ampler (GDR) (PDM)
Combination  Federico Echave (ESP) (CLAS-Cajastur)
Sprints  Miguel Ángel Iglesias (ESP) (Puertas Mavisa)
  Team ONCE

The 45th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 24 April to 15 May 1990.[1] It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,680 km (2,287 mi),[2] and was won by Marco Giovannetti of the Seur cycling team.[3][4][5]

Defending champion Pedro Delgado was the principal favourite for the win of the race. Delgado was joined by a strong Banesto team that included Miguel Induráin and Julián Gorospe. The other Spanish favourites included 1986 winner Álvaro Pino as well as Anselmo Fuerte and 1982 winner Marino Lejarreta. Of the potential foreign winners were the strong Colombians which included Fabio Parra and Lucho Herrera.

Pello Ruiz Cabestany won the opening time trial and took the first leader's jersey. The following day a breakaway got away and Viktor Klimov took the jersey. On the sixth stage a break won the day and took an advantage of over four minutes. Gorospe took the leader's jersey. However, on the eleventh stage, Gorospe had a bad day and lost the jersey to Marco Giovannetti who had been second on the general classification and had been in the break that gained the time on the favourites. Delgado tried to close the gap to Giovannetti over the remainder of the race but could not. Giovannetti won his first and only grand tour ahead of Delgado and Anselmo Fuerte.

Route

List of stages[2][3]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 24 April Benicàssim – Benicàssim 10.3 km (6 mi) Individual time trial  Pello Ruiz Cabestany (ESP)
2a 25 April Oropesa – Castellón 108 km (67 mi)  Emilio Cuadrado (ESP)
2b 25 April Benicàssim – Borriana 36.3 km (23 mi) Team time trial Lotus–Festina
3 26 April Dénia – Murcia 196.3 km (122 mi)  Silvio Martinello (ITA)
4 27 April Murcia – Almería 226.2 km (141 mi)  Erwin Nijboer (NED)
5 28 April Almería – Sierra Nevada 198 km (123 mi)  Patrice Esnault (FRA)
6 29 April Loja – Ubrique 195.2 km (121 mi)  Jesper Worre (DEN)
7 30 April Jerez – Seville 190.3 km (118 mi)  Benny Van Brabant (BEL)
8 1 May Seville – Mérida 187.6 km (117 mi)  Atle Pedersen (NOR)
9 2 May Cáceres – Guijuelo 192.7 km (120 mi)  Néstor Mora (COL)
10 3 May Peñaranda de Bracamonte – León 226.8 km (141 mi)  Uwe Raab (DDR)
11 4 May León – San Isidro 203 km (126 mi)  Carlos Hernández (ESP)
12 5 May San Isidro – Naranco 156 km (97 mi)  Alberto Camargo (COL)
13 6 May Oviedo – Santander 193.3 km (120 mi)  Nico Emonds (BEL)
14 7 May Santander – Nájera 207.5 km (129 mi)  Bernd Gröne (FRG)
15 8 May Ezcaray – Valdezcaray 24.1 km (15 mi) Individual time trial  Jean-François Bernard (FRA)
16 9 May Logroño – Pamplona 165.5 km (103 mi)  Uwe Raab (DDR)
17 10 May Pamplona – Jaca 155.3 km (96 mi)  Federico Echave (ESP)
18 11 May Jaca – Cerler 178.5 km (111 mi)  José Martín Farfán (COL)
19 12 May Benasque – Zaragoza 223.6 km (139 mi)  Asiat Saitov (URS)
20 13 May Zaragoza – Zaragoza 40 km (25 mi) Individual time trial  Pello Ruiz Cabestany (ESP)
21 14 May Collado Villalba – Palazuelos de Eresma 188.6 km (117 mi)  Denis Roux (FRA)
22 15 May Segovia – Madrid 177 km (110 mi)  Uwe Raab (DDR)
Total 3,680 km (2,287 mi)

Results

Final General Classification

RankRiderTeamTime
1Italy Marco GiovannettiSeur94h 36' 40s
2Spain Pedro DelgadoBanestoa 1' 28s
3Spain Anselmo FuerteONCEa 1' 48s
4Spain Pello Ruiz CabestanyONCEa 2' 16s
5Colombia Fabio ParraKelme-Ibexpressa 3' 07s
6Spain Federico EchaveCLAS-Cajastura 3' 52s
7Spain Miguel InduráinBanestoa 6' 22s
8Soviet Union Ivan IvanovAlfa Luma 6' 48s
9East Germany Uwe AmplerPDM-Concordea 7' 15s
10France Denis RouxToshibaa 7' 56s
11Colombia José Martín FarfánKelme-Ibexpress
12Colombia Luis HerreraCafé de Colombia
13Colombia Carlos JaramilloPostóbon
14Spain Ignacio Gaston CrespoCLAS-Cajastur
15Colombia José Francisco RodríguezPony Malta-Avianca
16Switzerland Tony RomingerChateaux d'Ax
17Colombia Alvaro MejiaPostóbon
18Spain Jesús MontoyaBH-Amaya
19Colombia Álvaro SierraCafé de Colombia
20Spain Jon Unzaga BombinSeur
21Spain Julián GorospeBanesto
22Colombia Alberto Luis CamargoCafé de Colombia
23Spain José Luis LaguiaLotus-Festina
24Colombia Pablo WilchesPony Malta-Avianca
25Colombia Gerardo MoncadaPostóbon

References

  1. ↑ "Vuelta a España 1990". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Vuelta a Espana 90". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 April 1990. p. 40. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 "45ème Vuelta a España 1990". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 12 January 2005.
  4. ↑ "Ciclismo / Vuelta a España, Clasificaciones" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 16 May 1990. p. 41. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ciclismo / Vuelta a España, Clasificaciones" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 16 May 1990. p. 42. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 November 2020.
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