[1] It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,680 km (2,287 mi),[2] and was won by Marco Giovannetti of the Seur cycling team.

Delgado was joined by a strong Banesto team that included Miguel Induráin and Julián Gorospe.

Of the potential foreign winners were the strong Colombians which included Fabio Parra and Lucho Herrera.

Pello Ruiz Cabestany won the opening time trial and took the first leader's jersey.

However, on the eleventh stage, Gorospe had a bad day and lost the jersey to Marco Giovannetti who had been second on the general classification and had been in the break that gained the time on the favourites.