The Spanish favourites for the general classification of the race were Pedro Delgado, Faustino Rupérez and Pello Ruiz Cabestany and the potential foreign favourites included Robert Millar, Sean Kelly, Eric Caritoux, Peter Winnen and Gianbattista Baronchelli.
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