Vuelta a España statistics

The Vuelta a España is an important cycling race (one of the grand tours). The first Vuelta a España was in 1935. As the Vuelta a España is a stage race, a classification based on times is calculated after every stage. The cyclist with the lowest time after a stage is the leader of the general classification after that stage. A jersey is given to that cyclist, which the cyclist wears during the next stage. From 1999 to 2009, this jersey had a golden color and was named the golden jersey. From 2010 onwards, the leader's jersey was red. It has also been black and white at different points in the Vuelta's history.

Although the leader of the classification after a stage gets the leader's jersey, he is not considered the winner of that jersey, only the wearer. Only after the final stage, the wearer of the leader's jersey is considered the winner, and therefore the winner of the Vuelta a España.

Since the first Vuelta a España in 1935, there have been 1,302 stages, up to and including the 2011 Vuelta a España. The race leader following each stage has been awarded a leader's jersey.

Although the number of stages is 1,302, there have been 1,303 leader's jerseys awarded, because after the first stage of the 1948 Vuelta a España, Bernardo Ruiz and Julian Berrendero shared the lead and both received the leader's jersey. As of 2011, 1,303 leader's jerseys have been awarded in the Vuelta a España to 199 different riders.

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Individual records

Key:

Cyclists who are still active

In previous Vueltas a España, sometimes a stage was split in two. On such occasions, only the cyclist leading at the end of the day is counted. The "Leader's jerseys" column gives the number of days that the cyclist wore the leader's jersey, the "Vuelta wins" column gives the number of times that the cyclist won the Vuelta. The next three columns indicate the number of times the rider won the points classification, the mountains classification, and the years in which the rider lead the general classification, with bold years indicating an overall Vuelta win.

For example: Alex Zülle has spent 48 days in the leader's jersey, and won the overall classification two times. He wore the leader's jersey in the Vueltas of 1993, 1996, 1997 and 2000, of which he won the 1996 and 1997 Vueltas.

Rank Name Country Leader's
jerseys
Vuelta Wins Points KoM Years
1sm=c Alex Zülle  Switzerland 48 2 0 0 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000
2sm=c Roberto Heras  Spain 34 3 1 0 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
3=sm=c Delio Rodriguez  Spain 32 1 1 0 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947
3=sm=c Tony Rominger  Switzerland 32 3 1 2 1992, 1993, 1994
3=sm=c Gustaaf Deloor  Belgium 32 2 0 0 1935, 1936
6sm=c Julian Berrendero  Spain 27 2 0 3 1941, 1942, 1945, 1948
7sm=c Domingo Perurena  Spain 25 0 2 0 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1975
8sm=c Laurent Jalabert  France 24 1 4 1 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
9sm=c Abraham Olano  Spain 23 1 0 0 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000
10=sm=c Manuel Costa  Spain 22 0 0 0 1946, 1947
10=sm=c Denis Menchov  Russia 22 2 0 1 2005, 2007
10=sm=c Alejandro Valverde  Spain 22 1 0 0 2006, 2008, 2009
13sm=c Óscar Sevilla  Spain 21 0 0 0 2001, 2002
14sm=c Freddy Maertens  Belgium 20 1 1 0 1977
15sm=c Emilio Rodriguez  Spain 19 1 0 2 1950
16sm=c Melchior Mauri  Spain 18 1 0 0 1991
17=sm=c Angelo Conterno  Italy 16 1 0 0 1956
17=sm=c José Manuel Fuente  Spain 16 2 0 1 1972, 1974
17=sm=c Isidro Nozal  Spain 16 0 0 0 2003
17=sm=c René Pijnen  Netherlands 16 0 0 0 1970, 1971, 1972
21=sm=c Jacques Anquetil  France 15 1 0 0 1963
21=sm=c Pedro Delgado  Spain 15 2 0 0 1984, 1985, 1989
21=sm=c Bernard Hinault  France 15 2 0 0 1978, 1983
21=sm=c Dalmacio Langarica  Spain 15 1 0 0 1946, 1948
21=sm=c Faustino Rupérez  Spain 15 1 0 0 1980
26=sm=c Rudi Altig  Germany 14 1 1 0 1962, 1968
26=sm=c Laudelino Cubino  Spain 14 0 0 0 1988
28=sm=c Miguel María Lasa  Spain 13 0 1 0 1972, 1975
28=sm=c Robert Millar  United Kingdom 13 0 0 0 1985, 1986
28=sm=c Joop Zoetemelk  Netherlands 13 1 0 1 1979
31=sm=c Giovanni Battaglin  Italy 12 1 0 0 1981
31=sm=c Marco Giovannetti  Italy 12 1 0 0 1990
31=sm=c Jesús Montoya  Spain 12 0 0 0 1992
31=sm=c Álvaro Pino  Spain 12 1 0 1 1983, 1986
31=sm=c Bernardo Ruiz  Spain 12 1 0 1 1948
31=sm=c Fermín Trueba  Spain 12 0 0 0 1941
31=sm=c Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany 12 1 0 0 1965
38=sm=c Luis Herrera  Colombia 11 1 0 2 1987
38=sm=c Rik Van Looy  Belgium 11 0 1 0 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965
40=sm=c Jean Pierre Ducasse  France 10 0 0 0 1967
40=sm=c Agustín Tamames  Spain 10 1 0 1 1970, 1971, 1975
40=sm=c Jan Ullrich  Germany 10 1 0 0 1999
40=sm=c Valentín Uriona  Spain 10 0 0 0 1966, 1967
44=sm=c Eddy Merckx  Belgium 9 1 1 0 1973
44=sm=c Alberto Contador  Spain 9 1 0 0 2008
44=sm=c Jesús Loroño  Spain 9 1 0 0 1955, 1957
44=sm=c Ferdi Van den Haute  Belgium 9 0 1 0 1978
44=sm=c Seamus Elliott  Ireland 9 0 0 0 1962
44=sm=c Omar Hernandez  Colombia 9 0 0 0 1989
44=sm=c Pello Ruiz Cabestany  Spain 9 0 0 0 1985, 1990, 1992
51=sm=c Eric Caritoux  France 8 1 0 0 1984
51=sm=c Régis Clère  France 8 0 0 0 1981
51=sm=c Marc Gomez  France 8 0 0 0 1982, 1986
51=sm=c Julián Gorospe  Spain 8 0 0 0 1983, 1990
51=sm=c José Pesarrodona  Spain 8 1 0 0 1973, 1976
56=sm=c Ángel Arroyo  Spain 7 0 0 0 1982
56=sm=c Joseba Beloki  Spain 7 0 0 0 2001, 2002
56=sm=c Juan José Cobo  Spain 7 1 0 0 2011
56=sm=c Sean Kelly  Ireland 7 1 4 0 1987, 1988
56=sm=c Marino Lejarreta  Spain 7 1 1 0 1982, 1983
56=sm=c Christian Levavasseur  France 7 0 0 0 1979
56=sm=c Francesco Moser  Italy 7 0 0 0 1984
56=sm=c Vincenzo Nibali  Italy 7 1 0 0 2010
56=sm=c Roger Pingeon  France 7 1 0 0 1969
56=sm=c Raymond Poulidor  France 7 1 0 0 1964, 1965
56=sm=c Jean Stablinski  France 7 1 0 0 1958
56=sm=c Dietrich Thurau  Germany 7 0 1 0 1976
68=sm=c Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium 6 1 0 0 1971
68=sm=c Claude Criquielion  Belgium 6 0 0 0 1982
68=sm=c Armand Desmet  France 6 0 0 0 1960
68=sm=c Jean Dotto  France 6 1 0 0 1955
68=sm=c Luis Ocaña  Spain 6 1 0 1 1970
73=sm=c Joaquim Agostinho  Portugal 5 0 0 0 1976
73=sm=c Igor Antón  Spain 5 0 0 0 2010
73=sm=c Fabian Cancellara  Switzerland 5 0 0 0 2009
73=sm=c Sylvain Chavanel  France 5 0 0 0 2008, 2011
73=sm=c Anselmo Fuerte  Spain 5 0 0 0 1988, 1991
73=sm=c Dominique Gaigne  France 5 0 0 0 1983
73=sm=c Philippe Gilbert  Belgium 5 0 0 0 2010
73=sm=c Jan Janssen  Netherlands 5 1 2 0 1967, 1968
73=sm=c Antonio Karmany  Spain 5 0 0 3 1959
73=sm=c Floyd Landis  United States 5 0 0 0 2004
73=sm=c Luis Otaño  Spain 5 0 0 0 1964
73=sm=c José Pérez-Francés  Spain 5 0 1 0 1964, 1968
73=sm=c Joaquim Rodríguez  Spain 5 0 0 0 2003, 2010, 2011
73=sm=c Marcel Seynaeve  Belgium 5 0 0 0 1961
73=sm=c Roberto Visentini  Italy 5 0 0 0 1980
73=sm=c Alexander Vinokourov  Kazakhstan 5 1 0 0 2006
89=sm=c Federico Bahamontes  Spain 4 0 0 2 1957
89=sm=c Fabio Baldato  Italy 4 0 0 0 1996
89=sm=c Daniele Bennati  Italy 4 0 1 0 2007, 2008, 2011
89=sm=c Ángel Casero  Spain 4 1 0 0 2000, 2001
89=sm=c Reimund Dietzen  Germany 4 0 0 0 1987
89=sm=c Vladimir Efimkin  Russia 4 0 0 0 2007
89=sm=c Francisco Gabica  Spain 4 1 0 1 1966
89=sm=c Felice Gimondi  Italy 4 1 0 0 1968
89=sm=c Miguel Indurain  Spain 4 0 0 0 1985
89=sm=c José María Jiménez  Spain 4 0 1 4 1998
89=sm=c Viktor Klimov  Russia 4 0 0 0 1990
89=sm=c Egoi Martínez  Spain 4 0 0 1 2008
89=sm=c Bradley McGee  Australia 4 0 0 0 2005
89=sm=c André Messelis  Belgium 4 0 0 0 1961
89=sm=c Lars Michaelsen  Denmark 4 0 0 0 1997
89=sm=c Antonio Suárez  Spain 4 1 1 1 1959
89=sm=c Roger Swerts  Belgium 4 0 0 0 1974, 1975
89=sm=c Bradley Wiggins  United Kingdom 4 0 0 0 2011
107=sm=c Antón Barrutia  Spain 3 0 0 0 1960, 1962
107=sm=c Manuel Beltran  Spain 3 0 0 0 2004
107=sm=c Omer Braeckeveldt  Belgium 3 0 0 0 1950
107=sm=c Joseph De Cauwer  Belgium 3 0 0 0 1976
107=sm=c Daan De Groot  Belgium 3 0 0 0 1958
107=sm=c Franz De Mulder  Belgium 3 1 0 0 1960
107=sm=c José María Errandonea  Spain 3 0 0 0 1966
107=sm=c Pierre Everaert  France 3 0 0 0 1959
107=sm=c Alberto Fernández  Spain 3 0 0 0 1983
107=sm=c Raphael Geminiani  France 3 0 0 0 1955
107=sm=c Fabrizio Guidi  Italy 3 0 1 0 1997, 1998
107=sm=c Thor Hushovd  Norway 3 0 1 0 2006
107=sm=c Roland Leclerq  France 3 0 0 0 1989
107=sm=c Fernando Manzaneque  Spain 3 0 0 0 1960
107=sm=c David Millar  United Kingdom 3 0 0 0 2001
107=sm=c Ramón Saez  Spain 3 0 0 0 1969
107=sm=c José Segu  Spain 3 0 0 0 1959
107=sm=c Luigi Sgarbozza  Italy 3 0 0 0 1969
107=sm=c Raymond Steegmans  Belgium 3 0 1 0 1969
107=sm=c Edouard Van Dyck  Belgium 3 1 0 1 1947
107=sm=c Eusebio Vélez  Spain 3 0 0 0 1961, 1964
107=sm=c Michael Wright  United Kingdom 3 0 0 0 1968, 1969
129=sm=c Gilbert Bauvin  France 2 0 0 0 1955
129=sm=c Santiago Botero  Colombia 2 0 0 0 2001
129=sm=c Janez Brajkovic  Slovenia 2 0 0 0 2006
129=sm=c Mark Cavendish  United Kingdom 2 0 1 0 2010
129=sm=c Biagio Conte  Italy 2 0 0 0 1996
129=sm=c Danilo Di Luca  Italy 2 0 0 0 2006
129=sm=c Laurent Dufaux  Switzerland 2 0 0 0 1997
129=sm=c Jacky Durand  France 2 0 0 0 1999
129=sm=c Javier Elorriaga  Spain 2 0 0 0 1976
129=sm=c Óscar Freire  Spain 2 0 0 0 2007
129=sm=c Igor González Galdeano  Spain 2 0 0 0 1999, 2003
129=sm=c André Greipel  Germany 2 0 1 0 2009
129=sm=c Cees Haast  Netherlands 2 0 0 0 1966
129=sm=c Benoît Joachim  Luxembourg 2 0 0 0 2004
129=sm=c Gerben Karstens  Netherlands 2 0 0 0 1973
129=sm=c Hennie Kuiper  Netherlands 2 0 0 0 1976
129=sm=c Levi Leipheimer  United States 2 0 0 0 2008
129=sm=c René Marigil  Spain 2 0 0 0 1955
129=sm=c Bert Oosterbosch  Netherlands 2 0 0 0 1985
129=sm=c Roberto Pagnin  Italy 2 0 0 0 1987
129=sm=c Angelino Soler  Spain 2 1 0 0 1961
129=sm=c José Luis Talamillo  Spain 2 0 0 0 1961
129=sm=c Bernard Thévenet  France 2 0 0 0 1974
129=sm=c Marcel Wüst  Germany 2 0 0 0 1999
129=sm=c Markus Zberg  Switzerland 2 0 0 0 1998
155=sm=c Felipe Alberdi  Spain 1 0 0 0 1960
155=sm=c Alessandro Ballan  Italy 1 0 0 0 2008
155=sm=c José Herrero Berrendero  Spain 1 0 0 0 1958
155=sm=c Salvador Botella  Spain 1 0 1 0 1957
155=sm=c Miguel Chacón  Spain 1 0 0 0 1957
155=sm=c Hilaire Covreur  France 1 0 0 0 1958
155=sm=c Michele Dancelli  Italy 1 0 0 0 1967
155=sm=c Gino De Bakker  Belgium 1 0 0 0 1989
155=sm=c Stijn Devolder  Belgium 1 0 0 0 2007
155=sm=c Antoine Dignef  Belgium 1 0 0 0 1935
155=sm=c Antonio Escuriet  Spain 1 0 0 0 1935
155=sm=c Cadel Evans  Australia 1 0 0 0 2009
155=sm=c José Martín Farfán  Colombia 1 0 0 1 1989
155=sm=c Chris Froome  United Kingdom 1 0 0 0 2011
155=sm=c Jakob Fuglsang  Denmark 1 0 0 0 2011
155=sm=c Jesús Galdeano  Spain 1 0 0 0 1960
155=sm=c Frans Gielen  Belgium 1 0 0 0 1948
155=sm=c Aitor González  Spain 1 1 0 0 2002
155=sm=c Santos González  Spain 1 0 0 0 2000
155=sm=c Max van Heeswijk  Netherlands 1 0 0 0 2004
155=sm=c Joseph Huts  Belgium 1 0 0 0 1936
155=sm=c Julio Jiménez  Spain 1 0 0 3 1964
155=sm=c Pablo Lastras  Spain 1 0 0 0 2011
155=sm=c François Mahé  France 1 0 0 0 1961
155=sm=c Thierry Marie  France 1 0 0 0 1986
155=sm=c Antonio Martín  Spain 1 0 0 0 1946
155=sm=c Gabriel Mas  Spain 1 0 0 0 1960
155=sm=c Bauke Mollema  Netherlands 1 0 1 0 2011
155=sm=c Carmelo Morales  Spain 1 0 0 0 1957
155=sm=c Francisco Moreno  Spain 1 0 0 0 1957
155=sm=c Jelle Nijdam  Netherlands 1 0 0 0 1992
155=sm=c Joaquín Olmos  Spain 1 0 0 0 1946
155=sm=c Miguel Pacheco  Spain 1 0 0 0 1958
155=sm=c Gianluca Pianegonda  Italy 1 0 0 0 1995
155=sm=c Manuel Martín Piñera  Spain 1 0 0 0 1968
155=sm=c Filippo Pozzato  Italy 1 0 0 0 2008
155=sm=c José María López Rodríguez  Spain 1 0 0 0 1967
155=sm=c Carlos Sastre  Spain 1 0 0 1 2006
155=sm=c Modesto Urrutibeazcoa  Spain 1 0 0 0 1988
155=sm=c Benny Van Brabant  Belgium 1 0 0 0 1989
155=sm=c Rik Van Steenbergen  Belgium 1 0 1 0 1956
155=sm=c Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke  Belgium 1 0 0 0 1987
155=sm=c Jesús Blanco Villar  Spain 1 0 0 0 1986
155=sm=c Josef Vloebergh  Belgium 1 0 0 0 1959
155=sm=c Herminio Díaz Zabala  Spain 1 0 0 0 1991
155=sm=c Mikel Zarrabeitia  Spain 1 0 0 0 2002

Per country

The leader's jersey has been awarded to 19 different countries since 1935. In the table below, "Jerseys" indicates the number of leader's jerseys that were given to cyclists of each country. "Vuelta wins" stands for the number of Vuelta wins by cyclists of that country, "Points" for the number of times the points classification was won by a cyclist of that country and "KoM" for the number of times the mountains classification was won by a cyclist of that country. The "Most recent" column shows the cyclist of the country that wore the leader's jersey most recently. The "Different holders" column gives the number of different cyclists of the country that wore the leader's jersey.

Rank Country Jerseys Vuelta Wins Points KoM Most recent cyclist Most recent date Different holders
1  Spain 609 30 13 45 Juan José Cobo 2011, stage 21 83
2  France 155 9 5 6 Sylvain Chavanel 2011, stage 7 24
3  Belgium 140 7 13 1 Philippe Gilbert 2010, stage 7 26
4  Switzerland 89 5 2 2 Fabian Cancellara 2009, stage 7 5
5  Italy 87 5 4 3 Daniele Bennati 2011, stage 2 18
6  Germany 50 4 7 0 André Greipel 2009, stage 6 7
7  Netherlands 45 2 5 1 Bauke Mollema 2011, stage 9 10
8  Russia 30 2 0 1 Denis Menchov 2007, stage 21 3
9  United Kingdom 26 0 1 0 Bradley Wiggins 2011, stage 14 6
10  Colombia 23 1 0 6 Santiago Botero 2001, stage 7 4
11  Ireland 16 1 4 0 Sean Kelly 1988, stage 20 2
12  United States 7 0 0 0 Levi Leipheimer 2008, stage 8 2
13=  Portugal 5 0 0 0 Joaquim Agostinho 1976, stage 16 1
13=  Kazakhstan 5 1 0 0 Alexander Vinokourov 2006, stage 21 1
13=  Australia 5 0 0 0 Cadel Evans 2009, stage 8 2
13=  Denmark 5 0 0 0 Jakob Fuglsang 2011, stage 1 2
17  Norway 3 0 1 0 Thor Hushovd 2006, stage 4 1
18=  Luxembourg 2 0 0 0 Benoit Joachim 2004, stage 4 1
18=  Slovenia 2 0 0 0 Janez Brajkovic 2006, stage 8 1
20=  Uzbekistan 0 0 1 0 - - 0

See also

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