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The 44th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicyclestage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from 24 April to 15 May 1989. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,656 km (2,272 mi), and was won by Pedro Delgado of the Reynoldscycling team. The route was released on 21 January 1989.
Fabio Parra during the final time trial from Valladolid to Medina del Campo where he started only 2 seconds behind DelgadoPedro ‘Perico’ Delgado overtakes an opponent during the penultimate time trial
Pedro Delgado had won the previous Tour de France and was seen as the favourite for the race. Delgado came with a Reynolds team that contained Miguel Indurain, who had just won Paris–Nice and was also seen as a potential favourite. The first few days of the race saw the leaders jersey change shoulders from Marnix Lameire, Benny van Brabant and Roland LeClercq. The Colombian Omar Hernández took the lead on the sixth stage. On the 12th stage to Cerler, Delgado battled with four Colombians and won the stage. He won the stage 15 time trial, where Colombian Martin Farfan took the leader's jersey. On the following stage to Santander, Delgado took the jersey. However Delgado's team had a bad day several stages later, when Indurain fell and broke his wrist; Delgado had difficulty keeping the jersey from Fabio Parra. Parra was only two seconds behind Delgado on the general classification at one stage. The final time trial was the last chance for Parra to try to take the jersey from Delgado, but Delgado won and increased his lead to win his third grand tour.
^ Javier de Dalmases (January 22, 1989). "Vuelta-89: Mas de Todo" [Vuelta-89: All Over] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo S.A. p. 50. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
"Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 16 May 1989. p. 37. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
Santos Hernandez (ONCE) and Pedro Delgado (Reynolds), during the race
Marnix Lameire (BEL)
Joaquín Hernández (ESP)
Malcolm Elliott (GBR)
Roberto Pagnin (ITA)
Luc Suykerbuyk (NED)
Reimund Dietzen (FRG)
Ivan Ivanov (URS)
Alberto Camargo (COL)
Jean Claude Bagot
Jaanus Kuum
