List of Vuelta a España winners

Since 1935, and annually since 1955, the Vuelta a España has been the most important multiday cycle racing event in Spain. In the 63 editions of the race, riders from eleven different countries have won the general classification. A mountains classification has been held every edition too, while the first points classification was held in 1945 and annually since 1955. Madrid has staged the most Vuelta-starts and finishes, and has been the regular finish city since 1994.

Contents 1 By year 2 By riders 3 By country 3.1 Overall 3.2 Points 3.3 King of the Mountains 4 See also

By year

Vuelta	Year		Overall		Points		Mountains		Combination
66	2011	Spain !	Cobo, Juan JoséJuan José Cobo	Netherlands !	Mollema, BaukeBauke Mollema	France !	Moncoutié, DavidDavid Moncoutié	Spain !	Cobo, Juan JoséJuan José Cobo
65	2010	Italy !	Nibali, VincenzoVincenzo Nibali	Great Britain !	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish	France !	Moncoutié, DavidDavid Moncoutié	Italy !	Nibali, VincenzoVincenzo Nibali
64	2009	Spain !	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde	Germany !	Greipel, AndréAndré Greipel	France !	Moncoutié, DavidDavid Moncoutié	Spain !	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde
63	2008	Spain !	Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador	Belgium !	Van Avermaet, GregGreg Van Avermaet	France !	Moncoutié, DavidDavid Moncoutié	Spain !	Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador
62	2007	Russia !	Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov	Italy !	Bennati , DanieleDaniele Bennati	Russia !	Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov	Russia !	Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov
61	2006	Kazakhstan !	Vinokourov, AlexandreAlexandre Vinokourov	Norway !	Hushovd , ThorThor Hushovd	Spain !	Martínez, EgoiEgoi Martínez	Kazakhstan !	Vinokourov, AlexandreAlexandre Vinokourov
60	2005	Russia !	Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov	Italy !	Petacchi , AlessandroAlessandro Petacchi	Spain !	Rodríguez, JoaquimJoaquim Rodríguez	Russia !	Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov
59	2004	Spain !	Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras	Germany !	Zabel , ErikErik Zabel	Colombia !	Cárdenas , FélixFélix Cárdenas	Spain !	Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras
58	2003	Spain !	Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras	Germany !	Zabel, ErikErik Zabel	Colombia !	Cárdenas, FélixFélix Cárdenas	Spain !	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde
57	2002	Spain !	González, AitorAitor González	Germany !	Zabel, ErikErik Zabel	Spain !	Osa, AitorAitor Osa	Spain !	Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras
56	2001	Spain !	Casero, ÁngelÁngel Casero	Spain !	Jiménez, José MaríaJosé María Jiménez	Spain !	Jiménez, José MaríaJosé María Jiménez
55	2000	Spain !	Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras	Spain !	Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras	Spain !	Sastre, CarlosCarlos Sastre
54	1999	Germany !	Ullrich, JanJan Ullrich	Belgium !	Vandenbroucke, FrankFrank Vandenbroucke	Spain !	Jiménez, José MaríaJosé María Jiménez
53	1998	Spain !	Olano, AbrahamAbraham Olano	Italy !	Guidi, FabrizioFabrizio Guidi	Spain !	Jiménez, José MaríaJosé María Jiménez
52	1997	Switzerland !	Zülle, AlexAlex Zülle	France !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert	Spain !	Jiménez, José MaríaJosé María Jiménez
51	1996	Switzerland !	Zülle, AlexAlex Zülle	France !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert	Switzerland !	Rominger, TonyTony Rominger
50	1995	France !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert	France !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert	France !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert
49	1994	Switzerland !	Rominger, TonyTony Rominger	France !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert	France !	Leblanc, LucLuc Leblanc
48	1993	Switzerland !	Rominger, TonyTony Rominger	Switzerland !	Rominger, TonyTony Rominger	Switzerland !	Rominger, TonyTony Rominger	Spain !	Montoya, JesúsJesús Montoya
47	1992	Switzerland !	Rominger, TonyTony Rominger	Uzbekistan !	Abdoujaparov, DjamolidineDjamolidine Abdoujaparov	Spain !	Hernández, CarlosCarlos Hernández	Switzerland !	Rominger, TonyTony Rominger
46	1991	Spain !	Mauri, MelchorMelchor Mauri	Germany !	Raab, UweUwe Raab	Colombia !	Herrera, LuchoLucho Herrera	Spain !	Echave, FedericoFederico Echave
45	1990	Italy !	Giovannetti, MarcoMarco Giovannetti	Germany !	Raab, UweUwe Raab	Colombia !	Farfán, José MartínJosé Martín Farfán	Spain !	Echave, FedericoFederico Echave
44	1989	Spain !	Delgado, PedroPedro Delgado	Great Britain !	Elliott, MalcolmMalcolm Elliott	Colombia !	Vargas, ÓscarÓscar Vargas	Colombia !	Vargas, ÓscarÓscar Vargas
43	1988	Ireland !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly	Ireland !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly	Spain !	Pino, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Pino	Ireland !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly
42	1987	Colombia !	Herrera, LuchoLucho Herrera	Spain !	Gutiérrez, AlfonsoAlfonso Gutiérrez	Colombia !	Herrera, LuchoLucho Herrera	France !	Fignon, LaurentLaurent Fignon
41	1986	Spain !	Pino, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Pino	Ireland !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly	Spain !	Laguía, José LuisJosé Luis Laguía	Ireland !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly
40	1985	Spain !	Delgado, PedroPedro Delgado	Ireland !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly	Spain !	Laguía, José LuisJosé Luis Laguía
39	1984	France !	Caritoux, EricEric Caritoux	Belgium !	Van Calster, GuidoGuido Van Calster	Spain !	Yáñez, FelipeFelipe Yáñez
38	1983	France !	Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault	Spain !	Lejarreta, MarinoMarino Lejarreta	Spain !	Laguía, José LuisJosé Luis Laguía
37	1982	Spain !	Lejarreta, MarinoMarino Lejarreta	Switzerland !	Mutter, StefanStefan Mutter	Spain !	Laguía, José LuisJosé Luis Laguía
36	1981	Italy !	Battaglin, GiovanniGiovanni Battaglin	Spain !	Cedena, Francisco JavierFrancisco Javier Cedena	Spain !	Laguía, José LuisJosé Luis Laguía
35	1980	Spain !	Rupérez, FaustinoFaustino Rupérez	Ireland !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly	Spain !	Fernández, JuanJuan Fernández
34	1979	Netherlands !	Zoetemelk, JoopJoop Zoetemelk	Belgium !	De Wolf, FonsFons De Wolf	Spain !	Yáñez, FelipeFelipe Yáñez
33	1978	France !	Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault	Belgium !	Van den Haute, FerdiFerdi Van den Haute	Spain !	Oliva, AndrésAndrés Oliva
32	1977	Belgium !	Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens	Belgium !	Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens	Spain !	Torres, PedroPedro Torres
31	1976	Spain !	Pesarrodona, JoséJosé Pesarrodona	Germany !	Thurau, DietrichDietrich Thurau	Spain !	Oliva, AndrésAndrés Oliva
30	1975	Spain !	Tamames, AgustínAgustín Tamames	Spain !	Lasa, Miguel MaríaMiguel María Lasa	Spain !	Oliva, AndrésAndrés Oliva
29	1974	Spain !	Fuente, José ManuelJosé Manuel Fuente	Spain !	Perurena, DomingoDomingo Perurena	Spain !	Abilleira, José LuisJosé Luis Abilleira	Spain !	Abilleira, José LuisJosé Luis Abilleira
28	1973	Belgium !	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx	Belgium !	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx	Spain !	Abilleira, José LuisJosé Luis Abilleira	Belgium !	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx
27	1972	Spain !	Fuente, José ManuelJosé Manuel Fuente	Spain !	Perurena, DomingoDomingo Perurena	Spain !	Manuel, JoséJosé Manuel	Spain !	Fuente, José ManuelJosé Manuel Fuente
26	1971	Belgium !	Bracke, FerdinandFerdinand Bracke	France !	Guimard, CyrilleCyrille Guimard	Netherlands !	Zoetemelk, JoopJoop Zoetemelk	France !	Guimard, CyrilleCyrille Guimard
25	1970	Spain !	Ocaña, LuisLuis Ocaña	Belgium !	Reybrouck, GuidoGuido Reybrouck	Spain !	Tamames, AgustínAgustín Tamames	Belgium !	Reybrouck, GuidoGuido Reybrouck
24	1969	France !	Pingeon, RogerRoger Pingeon	Belgium !	Steegmans, RaymondRaymond Steegmans	Spain !	Ocaña, LuisLuis Ocaña
23	1968	Italy !	Gimondi, FeliceFelice Gimondi	Netherlands !	Janssen, JanJan Janssen	Spain !	Gabica, FranciscoFrancisco Gabica
22	1967	Netherlands !	Janssen, JanJan Janssen	Netherlands !	Janssen, JanJan Janssen	Spain !	Díaz, MarianoMariano Díaz
21	1966	Spain !	Gabica, FranciscoFrancisco Gabica	Netherlands !	van der Vleuten, JosJos van der Vleuten	Spain !	San Miguel, GregorioGregorio San Miguel
20	1965	Germany !	Wolfshohl, RolfRolf Wolfshohl	Belgium !	Van Looy, RikRik Van Looy	Spain !	Jiménez, JulioJulio Jiménez
19	1964	France !	Poulidor, RaymondRaymond Poulidor	Spain !	Pérez-Francés, JoséJosé Pérez-Francés	Spain !	Jiménez, JulioJulio Jiménez
18	1963	France !	Anquetil, JacquesJacques Anquetil	Netherlands !	Maliepaard, BasBas Maliepaard	Spain !	Jiménez, JulioJulio Jiménez
17	1962	Germany !	Altig, RudiRudi Altig	Germany !	Altig, RudiRudi Altig	Spain !	Karmany, AntonioAntonio Karmany
16	1961	Spain !	Soler, AngelinoAngelino Soler	Spain !	Suárez, Antonio Antonio Suárez	Spain !	Karmany, AntonioAntonio Karmany
15	1960	Belgium !	De Mulder, FranzFranz De Mulder	Belgium !	De Cabooter, ArthurArthur De Cabooter	Spain !	Karmany, AntonioAntonio Karmany
14	1959	Spain !	Suárez, Antonio Antonio Suárez	Belgium !	Van Looy, RikRik Van Looy	Spain !	Suárez, Antonio Antonio Suárez
13	1958	France !	Stablinski, JeanJean Stablinski	Spain !	Botella, SalvadorSalvador Botella	Spain !	Bahamontes, FedericoFederico Bahamontes
12	1957	Spain !	Loroño, JesúsJesús Loroño	Spain !	Iturat, VicenteVicente Iturat	Spain !	Bahamontes, FedericoFederico Bahamontes
11	1956	Italy !	Conterno, AngeloAngelo Conterno	Belgium !	van Steenbergen, RikRik van Steenbergen	Italy !	Defilippis, NinoNino Defilippis
10	1955	France !	Dotto, JeanJean Dotto	Italy !	Magni, FiorenzoFiorenzo Magni	Italy !	Buratti, GiuseppeGiuseppe Buratti
9	1950	Spain !	Rodríguez, EmilioEmilio Rodríguez			Spain !	Rodríguez, EmilioEmilio Rodríguez
8	1948	Spain !	Ruiz, BernardoBernardo Ruiz			Spain !	Ruiz, BernardoBernardo Ruiz
7	1947	Belgium !	van Dyck, EdouardEdouard van Dyck	Spain !	Rodríguez, DelioDelio Rodríguez	Spain !	Rodríguez, EmilioEmilio Rodríguez
6	1946	Spain !	Langarica, DalmacioDalmacio Langarica			Spain !	Rodríguez, EmilioEmilio Rodríguez
5	1945	Spain !	Rodríguez, DelioDelio Rodríguez	Spain !	Rodríguez, DelioDelio Rodríguez	Spain !	Berrendero, JuliánJulián Berrendero
4	1942	Spain !	Berrendero, JuliánJulián Berrendero			Spain !	Berrendero, JuliánJulián Berrendero
3	1941	Spain !	Berrendero, JuliánJulián Berrendero			Spain !	Trueba, FermínFermín Trueba
2	1936	Belgium !	Deloor, GustaafGustaaf Deloor			Spain !	Molina, SalvadorSalvador Molina
1	1935	Belgium !	Deloor, GustaafGustaaf Deloor			Italy !	Molinar, EdoardoEdoardo Molinar

By riders

Cyclist	Total	Years
Rominger, TonyTony Rominger (SUI)	3	1992, 1993, 1994
Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras (ESP)	3	2000, 2003, 2004
Deloor, GustaafGustaaf Deloor (BEL)	2	1935, 1936
Berrendero, JuliánJulián Berrendero (ESP)	2	1941, 1942
Manuel Fuente, JoséJosé Manuel Fuente (ESP)	2	1972, 1974
Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault (FRA)	2	1978, 1983
Zülle, AlexAlex Zülle (SUI)	2	1996, 1997
Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov (RUS)	2	2005, 2007

By country

Overall

Rank	Country	Wins
1	Spain	30
2	France	9
3	Belgium	7
4	Switzerland	5
5	Italy	4
6	Germany	3
7	Netherlands	2
	Russia	2
9	Colombia	1
	Ireland	1
	Kazakhstan	1

Points

Rank	Country	Wins
1	Spain	15
2	Belgium	13
3	Germany	8
4	France	5
	Netherlands	5
6	Italy	4
7	Ireland	3
8	Switzerland	2
10	United Kingdom	2
	Norway	1
	Uzbekistan	1

King of the Mountains

Rank	Country	Wins
1	Spain	47
2	Colombia	6
3	France	5
4	Italy	3
5	Switzerland	2
6	Netherlands	1
	Russia	1

See also

• List of Tour de France winners
• List of Giro d'Italia general classification winners
• Golden jersey statistics

Vuelta a España 1935 · 1936 suspended due to Spanish Civil War 1941  · 1942 suspended due to World War II 1945 · 1946 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 General classification Points classification Mountains classification Combination classification

Vuelta a España winners of the General classification 1935–36 Gustaaf Deloor 1937–40 Spanish Civil War 1941–42 Julián Berrendero 1943–44 World War II 1945 Delio Rodríguez 1946 Dalmacio Langarica 1947 Edward Van Dijck 1948 Bernardo Ruiz 1949 Race not held 1950 Emilio Rodríguez 1951–54 Race not held 1955 Jean Dotto 1956 Angelo Conterno 1957 Jesús Loroño 1958 Jean Stablinski 1959 Antonio Suárez 1960 Frans De Mulder 1961 Angelino Soler 1962 Rudi Altig 1963 Jacques Anquetil 1964 Raymond Poulidor 1965 Rolf Wolfshohl 1966 Francisco Gabica 1967 Jan Janssen 1968 Felice Gimondi 1969 Roger Pingeon 1970 Luis Ocaña 1971 Ferdinand Bracke 1972 José Manuel Fuente 1973 Eddy Merckx 1974 José Manuel Fuente 1975 Agustín Tamames 1976 José Pesarrodona 1977 Freddy Maertens 1978 Bernard Hinault 1979 Joop Zoetemelk 1980 Faustino Ruperez 1981 Giovanni Battaglin 1982 Marino Lejarreta 1983 Bernard Hinault 1984 Éric Caritoux 1985 Pedro Delgado 1986 Álvaro Pino 1987 Luis Herrera 1988 Sean Kelly 1989 Pedro Delgado 1990 Marco Giovannetti 1991 Melcior Mauri 1992–93–94 Tony Rominger 1995 Laurent Jalabert 1996–97 Alex Zülle 1998 Abraham Olano 1999 Jan Ullrich 2000 Roberto Heras 2001 Ángel Casero 2002 Aitor González 2003–04 Roberto Heras 2005 Denis Menchov 2006 Alexander Vinokourov 2007 Denis Menchov 2008 Alberto Contador 2009 Alejandro Valverde 2010 Vincenzo Nibali 2011 Juan José Cobo

Vuelta a España winners of the Points classification 1945 Delio Rodríguez 1947 Delio Rodríguez 1955 Fiorenzo Magni 1956 Rik Van Steenbergen 1957 Vicente Iturat 1958 Salvador Botella 1959 Rik van Looy 1960 Arthur Decabooter 1961 Antonio Suárez 1962 Rudi Altig 1963 Bas Maliepaard 1964 José Pérez-Francés 1965 Rik van Looy 1966 Jos van der Vleuten 1967–1968 Jan Janssen 1969 Raymond Steegmans 1970 Guido Reybrouck 1971 Cyrille Guimard 1972 Domingo Perurena 1973 Eddy Merckx 1974 Domingo Perurena 1975 Miguel María Lasa 1976 Dietrich Thurau 1977 Freddy Maertens 1978 Ferdi Van Den Haute 1979 Fons De Wolf 1980 Sean Kelly 1981 Francisco Javier Cedena 1982 Stefan Mutter 1983 Marino Lejarreta 1984 Guido Van Calster 1985–1986 Sean Kelly 1987 Alfonso Gutierrez 1988 Sean Kelly 1989 Malcolm Elliott 1990–1991 Uwe Raab 1992 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 1993 Tony Rominger 1994–1997 Laurent Jalabert 1998 Fabrizio Guidi 1999 Frank Vandenbroucke 2000 Roberto Heras 2001 José María Jiménez 2002–2004 Erik Zabel 2005 Alessandro Petacchi 2006 Thor Hushovd 2007 Daniele Bennati 2008 Greg Van Avermaet 2009 André Greipel 2010 Mark Cavendish 2011 Bauke Mollema

Vuelta a España winners of the Mountains classification 1935 Eduardo Molinar 1936 Salvador Molina 1941 Fermin Trueba 1942 Julián Berrendero 1945 Julián Berrendero 1946–1947 Emilio Rodriguez 1948 Bernardo Ruiz 1950 Emilio Rodriguez 1955 Giuseppe Buratti 1956 Nino Defilippis 1957–1958 Federico Bahamontes 1959 Antonio Suárez 1960–1962 Antonio Karmany 1963–1965 Julio Jiménez 1966 Gregorio San Miguel 1967 Mariano Diaz 1968 Francisco Gabica 1969 Luis Ocaña 1970 Agustín Tamames 1971 Joop Zoetemelk 1972 José Manuel Fuente 1973–1974 José-Luis Abilleira 1975–1976 Andrés Oliva 1977 Pedro Torres 1978 Andrés Oliva 1979 Felipe Yanez 1980 Juan Fernández 1981–1983 José Luis Laguía 1984 Felipe Yanez 1985–1986 José Luis Laguía 1987 Luis Herrera 1988 Álvaro Pino 1989 Óscar Vargas 1990 José Martín Farfán 1991 Luis Herrera 1992 Carlos Hernandez 1993 Tony Rominger 1994 Luc Leblanc 1995 Laurent Jalabert 1996 Tony Rominger 1997–1999 José María Jiménez 2000 Carlos Sastre 2001 José María Jiménez 2002 Aitor Osa 2003–2004 Félix Cárdenas 2005 Joaquín Rodríguez 2006 Egoi Martínez 2007 Denis Menchov 2008–2011 David Moncoutié

Vuelta a España winners of the Combination classification 1970 Guido Reybrouck 1971 Cyrille Guimard 1972 José Manuel Fuente 1973 Eddy Merckx 1974 José Luis Abilleira 1986 Sean Kelly 1987 Laurent Fignon 1988 Sean Kelly 1989 Óscar de Jesús Vargas 1990–1991 Federico Echave 1992 Tony Rominger 1993 Jesús Montoya 2002 Roberto Heras 2003 Alejandro Valverde 2004 Roberto Heras 2005 Denis Menchov 2006 Alexander Vinokourov 2007 Denis Menchov 2008 Alberto Contador 2009 Alejandro Valverde 2010 Vincenzo Nibali 2011 Juan José Cobo