It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,656 km (2,272 mi),[1] and was won by Pedro Delgado of the Reynolds cycling team.

[1] 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.

He won the stage 15 time trial, where Colombian Martin Farfan took the leader's jersey.