Vuelta a Aragón

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Vuelta a Aragón

Race details
Date	Mid-April
Region	Aragón, Spain
English name	Tour of Aragón
Local name(s)	Vuelta a Aragón (Spanish)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1939
Editions	42 (as of 2005)
First winner	Antonio Andrés
Most wins	Leonardo Piepoli (3 wins)
Most recent	Rubén Plaza

Vuelta a Aragón is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in April each year. The event was first run in 1939 but has not been held consistently, being cancelled in 2006 and 2007. The future of the race is uncertain although there were plans to organise a 2007 edition[1] and it was part of the UCI Europe Tour for 2007 season.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1939 Antonio Andrés 1939-1953 No race 1954 Francisco Alomar 1955-1964 No race 1965 José Pujol 1966 Salvador Canet 1967 José Luis Uribezubia 1968 José Manuel Abellán 1969 Jesús Mazeneque 1972 No race 1970 Pedro Santamaría 1971 Ramón Sáez 1973 Jesús Manzaneque 1974 Javier Elorriaga 1975 Agustín Tamames 1976 Javier Elorriaga 1977 Javier Nazabal 1978 Jesús Suárez Cuevas 1979 Roque Moya 1980 Faustino Fernández Ovies 1981 Antonio Coll 1982 Carlos Hernández 1983 Pedro Delgado 1984 José Recio

Rider Team 1985 José Recio 1986 Stephen Joho 1987 Anselmo Fuerte 1988 Francisco Javier Mauleón 1989 Iñaki Gastón 1990 Nico Emonds 1991 Edgar Corredor 1992 Luis Herrera 1993 Alfonso Gutiérrez 1994 Marino Alonso 1995 Fernando Escartín 1996 Melchor Mauri 1997 Aitor Garmendia 1998 Aitor Garmendia 1999 Juan Carlos Domínguez 2000 Leonardo Piepoli 2001 Juan Carlos Domínguez 2002 Leonardo Piepoli 2003 Leonardo Piepoli 2004 Stefano Garzelli 2005 Rubén Plaza 2006 No race 2007 No race