Vuelta a Asturias

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Vuelta a Asturias

Race details
Date	Early-May
Region	Asturias, Spain
English name	Tour of Asturias
Local name(s)	Vuelta a Asturias (Spanish)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
Organiser	Club Ciclista Aramo
History
First edition	1925
Editions	51 (as of 2007)
First winner	Segundo Barruetabeña
Most wins	Ricardo Montero Federico Bahamontes Jesús Manzaneque Faustino Rupérez Juan Carlos Domínguez (2 wins)
Most recent	Koldo Gil

Vuelta a Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1925 Segundo Barruetabeña 1926 Ricardo Montero 1927 Miguel Muncio 1928 Ricardo Montero 1929-1956 No race 1947 Emilio Rodríguez 1948-1949 No race 1950 Miguel Gual 1951-1952 No race 1953 Antonio Gelabert 1954 Bernardo Ruiz 1955 Federico Bahamontes 1956 Emilio Hernán 1957 Federico Bahamontes 1958-1967 No race 1968 Jesús Manzaneque 1969 Andrés Oliva 1970 Antonio Martos 1971 Eduardo Castelló 1972 Agustín Tamames 1973 Jesús Manzaneque 1974 Juan Santiesteban 1975 Miguel María Lasa 1976 Santiago Lazcano 1977 Vicente López-Carril 1978 Enrique Martínez Heredia 1979 Alberto Fernández 1980 Faustino Rupérez

Rider Team 1981 Ángel Arroyo 1982 Jerónimo Ibáñez 1983 Pedro Muñoz 1984 Faustino Rupérez 1985 Jesús Blanco Villar 1986 Jesús Rodríguez Magro 1987 Iñaki Gastón 1988 Rolf Gölz 1989 Gert-Jan Theunisse 1990 Raúl Alcalá 1991 Piotr Ugrumov 1992 Alex Zülle 1993 Erik Breukink 1994 Abraham Olano 1995 Beat Zberg 1996 Miguel Induráin 1997 Manuel Fernández Ginés 1998 Laurent Jalabert 1999 Juan Carlos Domínguez 2000 Joseba Beloki 2001 Juan Carlos Domínguez 2002 Leonardo Piepoli 2003 Fabian Jeker 2004 Iban Mayo 2005 Adolfo García Quesada 2006 Óscar Sevilla 2007 Koldo Gil 2008 Ángel Vicioso

[edit] External links

• Official website (Spanish)