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The 31st Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicyclestage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 27 April to 16 May 1976. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,340 km (2,080 mi), and was won by José Pesarrodona of the Kas-Campagnolocycling team. Andres Oliva won the mountains classification while Dietrich Thurau won the points classification.
When Belgian cyclist Eric Jacques finished in second place in the eighth stage, he became the new leader. Later, it became known that he tested positive for doping after that stage, and he received a penalty of ten minutes.
Previously, Günter Haritz had been penalized for the same offence, and had left the race.
"Eric Jacques teruggezet". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). De Krant van Toen. 12 May 1976. p. 23. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
"Thurau: etappetriomf, Haritz: dopinggebruik" [Thurau: stage victory, Haritz: used doping.]. Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). Delpher. 7 May 1976. p. 25. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
"Haritz stapt eruit" [Haritz quits.]. De Waarheid (in Dutch). Delpher. 10 May 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
Dietrich Thurau (FRG)
José De Cauwer (BEL)
Roger Gilson (LUX)
Theo Smit (NED)
Joaquim Agostinho (POR)
José Antonio González (ESP)
Joseph Fuchs
