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1982 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates	20 April – 9 May
Stages	19 + Prologue, including 2 split stages
Distance	3,456 km (2,147 mi)
Winning time	95h 47' 23"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Sprints
	Team
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The 37th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 20 April to 9 May 1982. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,456 km (2,147 mi), and was won by Marino Lejarreta of the Teka cycling team.^[1]

The Reynolds team controlled the race after team leader Ángel Arroyo took the leader's jersey on the tenth stage. Arroyo kept the jersey until the finish of the race where he won the final individual time trial. Arroyo won the grand tour ahead of Marino Lejarreta and Michel Pollentier. However 48 hours after his win, it emerged that in the doping control that was conducted after the stage 17 Arroyo tested positive. Three other riders also failed the doping test after stage 17: Alberto Fernández, Vicente Belda and Pedro Muñoz.

The four riders were said to have tested positive for Methylphenidate (which is also known as Ritalin) a stimulant.^[2] Methylphenidate was a popular drug for doping in cycling at that time.^[3] Arroyo and his team denied the allegations and asked for a second analysis of the sample. The B analysis confirmed the first positive test.^[2] Arroyo was assigned a 10-minute penalty and stripped of his Vuelta win which was given to Lejarreta. With the 10-minute penalty Arroyo went down to 13th place in the classification.^[4] The disqualification of the winner of the Vuelta has been called the worst scandal that has ever hit the race on the official La Vuelta website.^[2]

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages^[5]^[6]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
P	20 April	Santiago de Compostela – Santiago de Compostela	6.7 km (4 mi)	Individual time trial	Marc Gomez (FRA)
1a	21 April	Santiago de Compostela – A Coruña	97 km (60 mi)		Eddy Planckaert (BEL)
1b	21 April	A Coruña – Lugo	97 km (60 mi)		Eddy Planckaert (BEL)
2	22 April	Lugo – Gijón	240 km (149 mi)		Eddy Planckaert (BEL)
3	23 April	Gijón – Santander	208 km (129 mi)		Eddy Planckaert (BEL)
4	24 April	Santander – Reinosa	196 km (122 mi)		Antonio Coll (ESP)
5	25 April	Reinosa – Logroño	230 km (143 mi)		Ángel Camarillo (ESP)
6	26 April	Logroño – Zaragoza	190 km (118 mi)		José Luis Laguía (ESP)
7	27 April	Zaragoza – Sabiñánigo	146 km (91 mi)		Enrique Martínez Heredia (ESP)
8	28 April	Sabiñánigo – Lleida	216 km (134 mi)		Jesús Hernández Úbeda (ESP)
9	29 April	Artesa de Segre – Puigcerdà	182 km (113 mi)		José Luis Laguía (ESP)
10	30 April	Puigcerdà – Sant Quirze del Vallès	181 km (112 mi)		Sven-Åke Nilsson (SWE)
11	1 May	Sant Quirze del Vallès – Barcelona	143 km (89 mi)		José Luis Laguía (ESP)
12	2 May	Salou – Nules	200 km (124 mi)		Eddy Planckaert (BEL)
13	3 May	Nules – Antella	195 km (121 mi)		José Recio (ESP)
14	4 May	Antella – Albacete	153 km (95 mi)		Dominique Arnaud (FRA)
15a	5 May	Albacete – Tomelloso	119 km (74 mi)		Eddy Vanhaerens (BEL)
15b	5 May	Tomelloso – Campo de Criptana	35 km (22 mi)	Individual time trial	Ángel Arroyo (ESP)
16	6 May	Campo de Criptana – San Fernando de Henares	176 km (109 mi)		Willy Sprangers (BEL)
17	7 May	San Fernando de Henares – Navacerrada	178 km (111 mi)		Marino Lejarreta (ESP)
18	8 May	Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) – Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC)	184 km (114 mi)		Juan Fernández (ESP)
19	9 May	Madrid – Madrid	84 km (52 mi)		Eddy Vanhaerens (BEL)
	Total		3,456 km (2,147 mi)

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Marino Lejarreta	Teka	95h 47' 23"
2	Michel Pollentier	Safir-Concorde	+ 18"
3	Sven-Åke Nilsson	Wolber-Spidel	+ 1' 17"
4	Faustino Ruperez Rincon	Zor-Helios	+ 2' 14"
5	José Luis Laguía	Reynolds-Galli	+ 2' 37"
6	Pierre-Raymond Villemiane	Wolber-Spidel	+ 2' 43"
7	Stefan Mutter	Puch-Eurotex	+ 4' 18"
8	Jaime Vilamajo Ipiens	Kelme-Merckx	+ 4' 19s
9	Marc Durant	Wolber-Spidel	+ 5' 10"
10	Álvaro Pino	Zor-Helios	+ 5' 53"
11	Enrique Martinez Heredia	Kelme-Merckx
12	Celestino Prieto Rodriquez	Kelme-Merckx
13	Ángel Arroyo	Reynolds-Galli
14	Eduardo Chozas	Zor-Helios
15	Alberto Fernandez	Teka
16	Paul Wellens	Splendor-Wickes
17	Bernardo Alfonsel Lopez	Teka
18	Vicente Belda	Kelme-Merckx
19	Ismael Lejarreta	Teka
20	Juan Fernández	Kelme-Merckx
21	Jo Maas	Splendor-Wickes
22	Dominique Arnaud	Wolber-Spidel
23	Luis-Vicente Otin	Hueso
24	Benny Van Brabant	Splendor-Wickes
25	Pedro Munoz Rodriguez	Zor-Helios

References

^ "Clasificaciones Oficiales" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 10 May 1982. p. 37. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1982 General Information". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
^ Delbeke, F. (August 1996). "Doping in Cyclism: Results of Unannounced Controls in Flanders (1987-1994)". International Journal of Sports Medicine. 17 (6): 434–438. doi:10.1055/s-2007-972874. PMID 8884418.
^ Hood, Andrew (25 November 2005). "Friday's EuroFile: The Heras affair". VeloNews.com.
^ "1982 » 37th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ "37ème Vuelta a España 1982". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.