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| Dates | 29 April – 16 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 2,892 km (1,797 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 73h 50' 05" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 26th EditionVuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distancebicyclestage race and one of the threegrand tours, was held from 29 April to 16 May 1971. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,892 km (1,797 mi), and was won byFerdinand Bracke of thePeugeotcycling team.[1]Joop Zoetemelk won the mountains classification whileCyrille Guimard won the points classification.
After the final stage,Wim Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th.[2]
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Ferdinand Bracke | Peugeot–BP–Michelin | 73h 50' 05" |
| 2 | Wilfried David | Peugeot–BP–Michelin | + 59" |
| 3 |  Luis Ocaña | Bic | + 1' 51" |
| 4 | Miguel María Lasa | Orbea | + 2' 18" |
| 5 | Manuel Galera Magdelano | Karpy | + 2' 37" |
| 6 |  Joop Zoetemelk | Mars–Flandria | + 2' 48" |
| 7 | Agustín Tamames | Werner | + 5' 15" |
| 8 | Antonio Martos Aguilar | Werner | + 5' 45" |
| 9 |  Raymond Poulidor | Fagor–Mercier | + 6' 01" |
| 10 | Luis Balagué Carreño | Werner | + 6' 17" |
| 11 |  Edy Schütz | Mars–Flandria | |
| 12 | Cyrille Guimard | Fagor–Mercier | |
| 13 | Eufronio Enrique Santos | La Casera | |
| 14 | Antonio Menéndez | La Casera | |
| 15 | Wim Schepers | Goudsmit | |
| 16 | Domingo Perurena Tellechea | Kas–Kaskol | |
| 17 | Bernard Labourdette | Bic | |
| 18 | Ventura Díaz Arrey | Werner | |
| 19 | Gonzalo Aja Barguin | Karpy | |
| 20 |  Rolf Wolfshohl | Fagor–Mercier | |
| 21 | Antonio Gómez del Moral | Karpy | |
| 22 | Andrés Oliva Sánchez | La Casera | |
| 23 | Eduardo Castelló Villanova | Karpy | |
| 24 | José Gómez | Werner | |
| 25 | José Luis Abilleira | La Casera |
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