Vuelta a Andalucía

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Vuelta a Andalucía
Race details
Date Mid-February
Region Andalucía
English name Tour of Andalucía
Local name(s) Vuelta a Andalucía (Spanish)
Nickname(s) Ruta del Sol (Spanish)
Route of the Sun (English)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour 2.1
Type Stage-race (4 days)
History
First edition 1925
Editions 54 (as of 2008)
First winner Flag of Spain Ricardo Montero
Most wins Flag of Belgium Freddy Maertens
Flag of Germany Dietrich Thurau
Flag of Germany Rolf Gölz
Flag of Italy Stefano Della Santa
(2 wins)
Most recent Flag of Spain Pablo Lastras

The Vuelta a Andalucía (English: Tour of Andalucía) or Ruta del Sol (English: Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour.

The nickname, Ruta del Sol, is in reference to the region's popular tourist coastline the Costa del Sol.

[edit] Past winners

Rider Team
1925 Flag of Spain Ricardo Montero
1955 Flag of Spain José Gomez del Moral
1956 Flag of Spain Miguel Bover Flag of France Splendid
1957 Flag of Spain Hortencio Vidaurreta Flag of Spain Real Unión
1958 Flag of Spain Gabriel Company Flag of Italy Faema
1959 Flag of Spain Miguel Pacheco Flag of Italy Faema
1960 Flag of Spain Gabriel Mas Flag of Italy Faema
1961 Flag of Spain Angelino Soler Flag of Italy Faema
1962 Flag of Spain José Antonio Momene Flag of Spain Kas
1963 Flag of Spain Antonio Barrutia Flag of Spain Kas
1964 Flag of Germany Rudi Altig Flag of France St. Raphael
1965 Flag of Spain José Segu Flag of Spain Tedi Montjuich
1966 Flag of Spain Jesus Aranzabal Flag of France Fagor
1967 Flag of Spain Ramon Mendiburu Flag of France Fagor
1968 Flag of Spain Antoon Houbrechts Flag of Belgium Flandria
1969 Flag of Spain Antonio Gomez del Moral Flag of Spain Kas
1970 Flag of Spain José Gomez-Lucas Flag of Spain Werner TV
1971 Flag of Belgium Jean-Pierre Monseré Flag of Belgium Flandria
1972 Flag of the Netherlands Jan Krekels Flag of the Netherlands Goudsmit Hoff
1973 Flag of Belgium Georges Pintens Flag of Germany Rokado
1974 Flag of Belgium Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium Flandria
1975 Flag of Belgium Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium Flandria
1976 Flag of the Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann Flag of the Netherlands TI-Raleigh
1977 Flag of Germany Dietrich Thurau Flag of the Netherlands TI-Raleigh
1979 Flag of Germany Dietrich Thurau Flag of Belgium IJsboerke
1980 Flag of Belgium Daniel Willems Flag of Belgium IJsboerke
1981 Flag of the Netherlands Adri Schipper Flag of the Netherlands HB Alarmsystemen
Rider Team
1982 Flag of Belgium Marc Sergeant Flag of Belgium Boule d'Or
1983 Flag of Spain Eduardo Chozas Flag of Spain Zor
1984 Flag of Spain Julian Gorospe Flag of Spain Reynolds
1985 Flag of Germany Rolf Gölz Flag of Italy Del Tongo
1986 Flag of the Netherlands Steven Rooks Flag of the Netherlands PDM
1987 Flag of Germany Rolf Gölz Flag of the Netherlands SuperConfex
1988 Flag of Belgium Edwig Van Hooydonck Flag of the Netherlands SuperConfex
1989 Flag of Italy Fabio Bordonali Flag of Italy Malvor
1990 Flag of Spain Eduardo Chozas Flag of Spain ONCE
1991 Flag of Spain Roberto Lezaun Flag of Spain Banesto
1992 Flag of Spain Miguel Martinez-Torres Flag of Spain ONCE
1993 Flag of Spain Julian Gorospe Flag of Spain Banesto
1994 Flag of Italy Stefano Della Santa Flag of Italy Mapei
1995 Flag of Italy Stefano Della Santa Flag of Italy Mapei
1996 Flag of Australia Neil Stephens Flag of Spain ONCE
1997 Flag of Germany Erik Zabel Flag of Germany Team Telekom
1998 Flag of Spain Marcelino García Flag of Spain ONCE
1999 Flag of Spain Javier Pascual Rodriguez Flag of Spain Kelme
2000 Flag of Spain Miguel-Angel Peña Flag of Spain ONCE
2001 Flag of the Netherlands Erik Dekker Flag of the Netherlands Rabobank
2002 Flag of Spain Antonio Colóm Flag of Spain Relax-Fuenlabrada
2003 Flag of Spain Javier Pascual Llorente Flag of Spain Kelme
2004 Flag of Spain Juan Carlos Dominguez Flag of Spain Saunier Duval-Prodir
2005 Flag of Spain Francisco Cabello Flag of Spain Comunitat Valenciana
2006 Flag of Spain Carlos García Quesada Flag of Belgium Unibet.com
2007 Flag of Spain Óscar Freire Flag of the Netherlands Rabobank
2008 Flag of Spain Pablo Lastras Flag of Spain Caisse d'Epargne

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