Vuelta a Murcia

Vuelta a Murcia
Race details
Date Early-March
Region Murcia, Spain
English name Tour of Murcia
Local name(s) Vuelta Ciclistica a la Region di Murcia
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage race
History
First edition 1981 (1981)
Editions 31 (as of 2011)
First winner  Pedro Delgado (ESP)
Most wins  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (3 wins)
Most recent  Alberto Contador (ESP)

The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia (English: Tour of Murcia) is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs.

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2010 Edition

The race brought controversy in 2010 when the organisers banned all Italian teams from taking part in the race. [1] This was in direct response to Alejandro Valverde's ban from riding in Italy.

Past winners

Rider Team
1981 Delgado, PedroPedro Delgado (ESP)
1982 Sanchis, SalvadorSalvador Sanchis (ESP)
1983 Cedena, Francisco JavierFrancisco Javier Cedena (ESP)
1984 Martinez, RicardoRicardo Martinez (ESP)
1985 Recio, JoseJosé Recio (ESP) Kelme
1986 Indurain, MiguelMiguel Indurain (ESP) Reynolds
1987 Ruiz Cabestany, PelloPello Ruiz Cabestany (ESP) Caja Rural-Seat
1988 Hernandez, CarlosCarlos Hernández (ESP) Teka
1989 Alonso, MarinoMarino Alonso (ESP) Teka
1990 Cordes, TomTom Cordes (NED) Buckler-Colnago-Decca
1991 Villanueva, Jose LuisJose Luis Villanueva (ESP) ONCE
1992 Mejia, AlvaroÁlvaro Mejía (COL) Postobon
1993 Galarreta, CarlosCarlos Galarreta (ESP) Deportpublic
1994 Mauri, MelchorMelchor Mauri (ESP) Banesto
1995 Baffi, AdrianoAdriano Baffi (ITA) Mapei-GB
1996 Mauri, MelchorMelchor Mauri (ESP) ONCE
1997 Dominguez, Juan CarlosJuan Carlos Domínguez (ESP) Kelme-Costa Blanca
1998 Elli, AlbertoAlberto Elli (ITA) Casino-Ag2r
1999 Pantani, MarcoMarco Pantani (ITA) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
2000 Canada, DavidDavid Cañada (ESP) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
2001 Gonzalez, AitorAitor Gonzalez (ESP) Kelme-Costa Blanca
2002 Pena, Victor HugoVictor Hugo Peña (COL) US Postal
2003 Pascual Llorente, JavierJavier Pascual Llorente (ESP) Kelme-Costa Blanca
2004 Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme
2005 Gil, KoldoKoldo Gil (ESP) Liberty Seguros-Würth
2006 Gonzalez, SantosSantos Gonzalez (ESP) 3 Molinos Resort
2007 Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne
2008 Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne
2009 Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov (RUS) Rabobank
2010 Rabon, FrantisekFrantisek Rabon (CZE) Team HTC-Columbia
2011 Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador (ESP) Saxo Bank-SunGard

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