Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
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| Race details | |
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| Date | Late February |
| Region | Comunitat Valenciana, Spain |
| English name | Tour of the Valencian Country |
| Local name(s) | Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (Catalan) Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana (Spanish) |
| Discipline | Road race |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Unipublic |
| History | |
| First edition | 1929 |
| Editions | 65 (as of 2007) |
| First winner |  Salvador Cardona |
| Most wins | Federico Ezquerra Salvador Botella Fernando Manzaneque José Pérez Francés Melcior Mauri Alex Zülle
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| Most recent | Alejandro Valverde |
The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana is a road cycling stage race held in the Comunitat Valenciana region of Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the spring classics or the grand tours which take place later in the season.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Cyclist | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Salvador Cardona | Spain |
| 1930 | Mariano Cañardo | Spain |
| 1931 | Federico Ezquerra | Spain |
| 1932 | Ricardo Montero | Spain |
| 1933 | Antonio Escuriet | Spain |
| 1934-1939 | ||
| 1940 | Federico Ezquerra | Spain |
| 1941 | ||
| 1942 | Julián Berrendero | Spain |
| 1943 | Antonio Andrés Sancho | Spain |
| 1944 | Antonio Martín | Spain |
| 1945-1946 | ||
| 1947 | Joaquín Olmos | Spain |
| 1948 | Emilio Rodríguez | Spain |
| 1949 | Joaquín Filba | Spain |
| 1950-1953 | ||
| 1954 | Salvador Botella | Spain |
| 1955 | Francisco Masip | Spain |
| 1956 | René Marigil | Spain |
| 1957 | Bernardo Ruiz | Spain |
| 1958 | Hilaire Couveur |  Belgium |
| 1959 | Rik van Looy | Belgium |
| 1960 | Fernando Manzaneque | Spain |
| 1961 | Salvador Botella | Spain |
| 1962 | Fernando Manzaneque | Spain |
| 1963 | Martín Colmenarejo | Spain |
| 1964 | Antonio Gómez del Moral | Spain |
| 1965 | José Pérez Francés | Spain |
| 1966 | Angelino Soler | Spain |
| 1967 | José Pérez Francés | Spain |
| 1968 | Mariano Díaz | Spain |
| 1969 | Eddy Merckx | Belgium |
| 1970 | Ventura Díaz | Spain |
| 1971 | José López Rodríguez | Spain |
| 1972 | Domingo Perurena | Spain |
| 1973 | José Antonio González Linares | Spain |
| 1974 | Marcello Bergamo |  Italy |
| 1975 | Vicente López Carril | Spain |
| 1976 | Gonzalo Aja | Spain |
| 1977 | Bert Johansson |  Sweden |
| 1978 | ||
| 1979 | Vicente Belda | Spain |
| 1980 | Peter Thaler |  Germany |
| 1981 | Alberto Fernández | Spain |
| 1982 | Pedro Muñoz | Spain |
| 1983 | Raimund Dietzen | Germany |
| 1984 | Bruno Cornillet |  France |
| 1985 | Jesús Blanco Villa | Spain |
| 1986 | Bernard Hinault | France |
| 1987 | Stephen Roche |  Republic of Ireland |
| 1988 | Erich Mächler | Switzerland |
| 1989 | Pello Ruiz Cabestany | Spain |
| 1990 | Tom Cordes |  Netherlands |
| 1991 | Melcior Mauri | Spain |
| 1992 | Melcior Mauri | Spain |
| 1993 | Julián Gorospe | Spain |
| 1994 | Viatcheslav Ekimov |  Russia |
| 1995 | Alex Zülle | Switzerland |
| 1996 | Laurent Jalabert | France |
| 1997 | Juan Carlos Domínguez | Spain |
| 1998 | Pascal Chanteur | France |
| 1999 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Spain |
| 2000 | Abraham Olano | Spain |
| 2001 | Fabian Jeker | Switzerland |
| 2002 | Alex Zülle | Switzerland |
| 2003 | Dario Frigo | Italy |
| 2004 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain |
| 2005 | Alessandro Petacchi | Italy |
| 2006 | Antoni Colom | Spain |
| 2007 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain |
