Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

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Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

Race details
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	66 (as of 2008)
First winner	Salvador Cardona
Most wins	Federico Ezquerra Salvador Botella Fernando Manzaneque José Pérez Francés Melcior Mauri Alex Zülle Alejandro Valverde 2 times
Most recent	Rubén Plaza

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (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

Rider Team 1929 Salvador Cardona 1930 Mariano Cañardo 1931 Federico Ezquerra 1932 Ricardo Montero 1933 Antonio Escuriet 1934- 1939 No race 1940 Federico Ezquerra 1941 No race 1942 Julian Berrendero 1943 Antonio Andres Sancho 1944 Antonio Martin 1945- 1946 No race 1947 Joaquin Olmos 1948 Emilio Rodriguez 1949 Joaquim Filba 1950- 1953 No race 1954 Salvador Botella 1955 Francesco Masip 1956 René Marigil 1957 Bernardo Ruiz 1958 Hilaire Couvreur 1959 Rik Van Looy 1960 Fernando Manzaneque 1961 Salvador Botella 1962 Fernando Manzaneque 1963 José Martin Colmenarejo 1964 Antonio Gomez del Moral 1965 José Perez Frances 1966 Angelino Soler 1967 José Perez Frances 1968 Mariano Diaz 1969 Eddy Merckx 1970 Ventura Diaz 1971 José Lopez Rodriguez 1972 Domingo Perurena

Rider Team 1973 José Antonio Gonzales Linares 1974 Marcello Bergamo 1975 Vicente López Carril 1976 Gonzalo Aja 1977 Bernt Johansson 1978 No race 1979 Vicente Belda 1980 Klaus-Peter Thaler 1981 Alberto Fernández 1982 Pedro Muñoz 1983 Raimund Dietzen 1984 Bruno Cornillet 1985 Jesus Blanco Villar 1986 Bernard Hinault 1987 Stephen Roche 1988 Erich Mächler 1989 Pello Ruiz Cabestany 1990 Tom Cordes 1991 Melchor Mauri 1992 Melchor Mauri 1993 Julian Gorospe 1994 Viatcheslav Ekimov 1995 Alex Zülle 1996 Laurent Jalabert 1997 Juan Carlos Domínguez 1998 Pascal Chanteur 1999 Alexander Vinokourov 2000 Ábraham Olano 2001 Fabian Jeker 2002 Alex Zülle 2003 Dario Frigo 2004 Alejandro Valverde 2005 Alessandro Petacchi 2006 Antonio Colóm Mas 2007 Alejandro Valverde 2008 Rubén Plaza