# Vuelta a Andalucía

The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020. The nickname, Ruta del Sol, is in reference to the region's popular tourist coastline the Costa del Sol.
A women's edition of the race was established in 2022, as a category 2.1 UCI event.

## Winners
### Men

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 1925 | Spain | Ricardo Montero | Real Unión Irun |
| 1926– 1954 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1955 | Spain | José Gómez del Moral | individual |
| 1956 | Spain | Miguel Bover | Splendid–d'Alessandro |
| 1957 | Spain | Hortensio Vidaurreta | Real Unión-Palmera |
| 1958 | Spain | Gabriel Company | Faema–Guerra |
| 1959 | Spain | Miguel Pacheco | Faema–Guerra |
| 1960 | Spain | Gabriel Mas | Faema |
| 1961 | Spain | Angelino Soler | Faema |
| 1962 | Spain | José Antonio Momeñe | KAS |
| 1963 | Spain | Antonio Barrutia | KAS–Kaskol |
| 1964 | West Germany | Rudi Altig | Saint-Raphaël–Gitane–Dunlop |
| 1965 | Spain | José Segu | Tedi Montjuich |
| 1966 | Spain | Jesus Aranzabal | Fagor |
| 1967 | Spain | Ramón Mendiburu | Fagor |
| 1968 | Belgium | Antoon Houbrechts | Flandria–De Clerck |
| 1969 | Spain | Antonio Gómez del Moral | KAS–Kaskol |
| 1970 | Spain | José Gómez | KAS–Kaskol |
| 1971 | Belgium | Jean-Pierre Monseré | Flandria–Mars |
| 1972 | Netherlands | Jan Krekels | Goudsmit–Hoff |
| 1973 | Belgium | Georges Pintens | Rokado |
| 1974 | Belgium | Freddy Maertens | Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria |
| 1975 | Belgium | Freddy Maertens | Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria |
| 1976 | Netherlands | Gerrie Knetemann | TI–Raleigh |
| 1977 | West Germany | Dietrich Thurau | TI–Raleigh |
| 1978 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1979 | West Germany | Dietrich Thurau | IJsboerke–Warncke |
| 1980 | Belgium | Daniel Willems | IJsboerke–Warncke |
| 1981 | Netherlands | Jos Schipper | HB Alarmsystemen |
| 1982 | Belgium | Marc Sergeant | Boule d'Or |
| 1983 | Spain | Eduardo Chozas | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin |
| 1984 | Spain | Julián Gorospe | Reynolds |
| 1985 | West Germany | Rolf Gölz | Del Tongo |
| 1986 | Netherlands | Steven Rooks | PDM–Ultima–Concorde |
| 1987 | West Germany | Rolf Gölz | Superconfex–Kwantum–Yoko–Colnago |
| 1988 | Belgium | Edwig Van Hooydonck | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago |
| 1989 | Italy | Fabio Bordonali | Malvor–Sidi |
| 1990 | Spain | Eduardo Chozas | ONCE |
| 1991 | Spain | Roberto Lezaun | Banesto |
| 1992 | Spain | Miguel Martinez Torres | ONCE |
| 1993 | Spain | Julián Gorospe | Banesto |
| 1994 | Italy | Stefano Della Santa | Mapei–CLAS |
| 1995 | Italy | Stefano Della Santa | Mapei–GB–Latexco |
| 1996 | Australia | Neil Stephens | ONCE |
| 1997 | Germany | Erik Zabel | Team Telekom |
| 1998 | Spain | Marcelino García | ONCE |
| 1999 | Spain | Javier Pascual Rodríguez | Kelme |
| 2000 | Spain | Miguel Ángel Peña | ONCE–Deutsche Bank |
| 2001 | Netherlands | Erik Dekker | Rabobank |
| 2002 | Spain | Antonio Colom | Relax–Fuenlabrada |
| 2003 | Spain | Javier Pascual Llorente | Kelme–Costa Blanca |
| 2004 | Spain | Juan Carlos Domínguez | Saunier Duval–Prodir |
| 2005 | Spain | Francisco Cabello | Comunidad Valenciana-Elche |
| 2006 | Spain | Carlos García Quesada | Unibet.com |
| 2007 | Spain | Óscar Freire | Rabobank |
| 2008 | Spain | Pablo Lastras | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 2009 | Netherlands | Joost Posthuma | Rabobank |
| 2010 | Australia | Michael Rogers | Team HTC–Columbia |
| 2011 | Spain | Markel Irizar | Team RadioShack |
| 2012 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team |
| 2013 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team |
| 2014 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team |
| 2015 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky |
| 2016 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team |
| 2017 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team |
| 2018 | Belgium | Tim Wellens | Lotto–Soudal |
| 2019 | Denmark | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana |
| 2020 | Denmark | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana |
| 2021 | Colombia | Miguel Ángel López | Movistar Team |
| 2022 | Netherlands | Wout Poels | Team Bahrain Victorious |
| 2023 | Slovenia | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates |
| 2024 | Belgium | Maxim Van Gils | Lotto–Dstny |
| 2025 | France | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates XRG |

#### Multiple winners

| Wins | Rider | Editions |
| 5 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 |
| 2 | Freddy Maertens (BEL) | 1974, 1975 |
| 2 | Dietrich Thurau (FRG) | 1977, 1979 |
| 2 | Rolf Gölz (FRG) | 1985, 1987 |
| 2 | Eduardo Chozas (ESP) | 1983, 1990 |
| 2 | Julián Gorospe (ESP) | 1984, 1993 |
| 2 | Stefano Della Santa (ITA) | 1994, 1995 |
| 2 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | 2019, 2020 |

#### Wins per country

| Wins | Country |
| 37 | Spain |
| 9 | Belgium |
| 7 | Netherlands |
| 6 | Germany (including West Germany) |
| 3 | Italy |
| 2 | Australia Denmark |
| 1 | Colombia France Great Britain Slovenia |

### Women

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 2022 | Cuba | Arlenis Sierra | Movistar Team |
| 2023 | Norway | Katrine Aalerud | Movistar Team |
| 2024 | Spain | Mavi García | Liv AlUla Jayco |