1996 Vuelta a España
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| Dates | 7 - 29 September | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,898 km (2,422 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 97h 31' 46" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Alex Zülle (SUI)
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(ONCE) |
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| Second |
Laurent Dufaux (SUI)
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(Festina–Lotus) | |
| Third |
Tony Rominger (SUI)
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(Mapei–GB) | |
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Points |
 Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
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(ONCE) |
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Mountains |
Tony Rominger (SUI)
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(Mapei–GB) |
| Sprints |
 Jürgen Werner (GER)
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(Team Telekom) | |
| Team | Team Polti | ||
The 51st Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from September 6 to September 28, 1996. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,898 km, and was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE cycling team.
Five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain started his home tour for the first time since finishing second in 1991, having just recently been dislodged at the Tour by Bjarne Riis. He was initially reluctant to start, but convinced by his team to do so after a strong performance during the time trial at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. However, Indurain would eventually abandon the race, which would prove to be the last of his career, on stage 13 while lying in third place overall, having been dropped by the rest of the race favourites on the first-category climb of the Fito pass.
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