Vuelta Ciclista a España

The  (also , or simply Vuelta) is a long-distance bicycle race. The first race was in 1935. The Tour de France and Giro d'Italia were both very successful, and both run by newspaper companies. A newspaper called  in Spain decided to start a similar race in Spain. It is now one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and, after the  and the , is the third most important road cycling stage race in the world.

The leader of the race wears the red jersey. This is the same as the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. The leader of the combination classification wears a white jersey. The leader of the mountain climbers' competition wears a white jersey with blue polka-dots. The leader of the sprinters' competition wears a green jersey.

The race was run in the spring until 1995. Since 1995 it has been run in September.

 Winners of the Vuelta a España 

Vuelta Year Winner Nationality Team682013Chris HornerRadioShack-Leopard672012Alberto ContadorTeam Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank662011Juan José Cobo652010Vincenzo Nibali642009Alejandro Valverde632008Alberto Contador622007Denis Menchov (2)  Rabobank612006Alexandre Vinokourov  Astana602005Denis Menchov  Rabobank592004Roberto Heras  Liberty Seguros582003  U.S. Postal572002Aitor González Kelme562001Ángel Casero  Festina552000Roberto Heras Kelme541999Jan Ullrich  Team Telekom531998Abraham Olano  Team Banesto521997Alex ZülleTeam ONCE511996501995Laurent Jalabert  Team ONCE491994Tony Rominger  Mapei-Clas481993Clas-Cajastur471992461991Melchor Mauri  Team ONCE451990Marco Giovannetti  Seur441989Pedro Delgado   Reynolds-Banesto431988Seán Kelly  Kas-Mavic421987Luis Herrera  Café de Colombia411986Álvaro Pino  Zor - BH401985Pedro DelgadoOrbea-MG391984Éric Caritoux  Skil-Reydel-SEM-Mavic381983Bernard Hinault  Renault-Elf-Gitane371982Marino Lejarreta  Teka361981Giovanni Battaglin Inoxpran351980Faustino Ruperez  Zor-Vereco341979Joop Zoetemelk  Miko-Mercier-Vivagel331978Bernard Hinault  Renault-Gitane-Campagnolo321977Freddy Maertens  Flandria-Velda-Latina311976José Pesarrodona Kas301975Augustin Tamames Super Ser291974José Manuel Fuente Kas-Kaskol281973Eddy Merckx  Molteni271972José Manuel Fuente Kas-Kaskol261971Ferdinand Bracke  Peugeot-BP-Michelin251970Luis Ocaña Bic241969Roger Pingeon  Peugeot-BP-Michelin231968Felice Gimondi  Salvarani221967Jan Janssen  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune211966Francisco Gabica  Kas-Kaskol201965Rolf Wolfshohl  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson191964Raymond Poulidor 181963Jacques Anquetil St.Raphael-Gitane171962Rudi Altig  St.Raphael-Helyett161961Angelino Soler Faema151960Franz De Mulder  Groene Leeuw141959Antonio Suarez Licor 43131958Jean Stablinski  Essor-Leroux121957Jesus Loroño Gamma111956Angelo Conterno  Bianchi-Pirelli101955Jean Dotto  Vampire-d'Alessandro1951-1954 No competition held91950Emilio Rodriguez Sangalhos01949No competition held81948Bernardo Ruiz Peugeot-Dunlop71947Edouard Van Dyck  Alycon-Dunlop61946Dalmacio Langarica Galindo-Cicles Tabay51945Delio Rodriguez1943 and 1944 No competition held (World War II)41942Julian Berrendero  Informaciones319411937-1940 No competition held (Spanish Civil War)21936Gustaaf Deloor  11935


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