Tour of Galicia

Tour of Galicia
Race details
Region Galicia, Spain
Local name(s)
  • Vuelta a Galicia (in Spanish)
  • Volta a Galicia (in Galician)
Discipline Road
Type Stage race
History
First edition 1933 (1933)
Editions 38 (as of 2017)
First winner  Salvador Cardona (ESP)
Most wins  Emilio Rodríguez (ESP) (3 wins)
Most recent  Martín Lestido (ESP)

The Tour of Galicia (Spanish: Vuelta a Galicia; Galician: Volta a Galicia) is an annual cycling race held in Galicia, Spain. It was first held in 1933 and was held a further five times between 1934 and 1984. The tour did not take place from the outbreak of the Spanish civil war in 1936, until the end of the second world war in 1945. In 1986, it became a regular annual race. The final professional edition of the race was held in 2000. In 2002, after a year's hiatus, the race returned to the calendar as an amateur race.

Past winners

Rider Team
1933 Spain Salvador Cardona (ESP)
1934 No race
1935 Spain Julián Berrendero (ESP)
1936–1944 No race
1945 Spain Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
1946 Spain Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)
1947 Spain Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)
1948–1954 No race
1955 Spain Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)
1956–1983 No race
1984 Spain Vicente Belda (ESP)
1985 Spain Jesús Blanco Villar (ESP)
1986 No race
1987 Spain Jokin Mujika (ESP)
1988 Spain Marino Lejarreta (ESP)
1989 Spain Vicente Ridaura (ESP)
1990 Spain Federico Echave (ESP)
1991 Colombia Álvaro Mejía  (COL)
1992 Switzerland Fabian Jeker (SUI)
1993 United States Andrew Hampsten  (USA)
1994 Spain Laudelino Cubino (ESP)
1995 Spain Miguel Indurain (ESP)
1996 Spain Abraham Olano (ESP)
1997 Spain Aitor Garmendia  (ESP)
1998 Belgium Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL)
1999 Spain Marcos-Antonio Serrano (ESP)
2000 Kazakhstan Andrei Teteriouk (KAZ)
2001 No race
2002 Spain Fernando Torres Martin (ESP)
2003 Costa Rica José Adrián Bonilla (CRC)
2004 Spain Luis Fernandez Oliveira (ESP)
2005 Spain Manuel Jesús Jiménez (ESP)
2006 Spain Óscar Laguna (ESP)
2007 Spain Óscar Laguna (ESP)
2008 Spain Óscar García-Casarrubios (ESP)
2009 Spain Enrique Salgueiro (ESP)
2010 Spain Raúl García de Mateos (ESP)
2011 Spain José Belda (ESP)
2012 Portugal Luís Afonso (POR)
2013 Spain Pedro Gregori (ESP)
2014 Spain Aitor González Prieto (ESP)
2015 Spain Aitor González Prieto (ESP)
2016 Spain Samuel Blanco (ESP)
2017 Spain Martín Lestido (ESP)
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