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	Francisco Mancebo

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 (ESP) Arenas Club 1926 Ricardo Montero (ESP) Real Union Irun 1927 Miguel Mucio (ESP) individual 1928 Ricardo Montero (2) (ESP) Real Union Irun 1929-1956 No race 1947 Emilio Rodríguez (ESP) Real Sociedad 1948-1949 No race 1950 Miguel Gual (ESP) individual 1951-1952 No race 1953 Antonio Gelabert (ESP) Terrot-Hutchinson 1954 Bernardo Ruiz (ESP) Ideor 1955 Federico Bahamontes (ESP) Terrot-Hutchinson 1956 Emilio Hernán (ESP) Minaco 1957 Federico Bahamontes (2) (ESP) Mobylette-Coabania 1958-1967 No race 1968 Jesús Manzaneque (ESP) La Casera-Peña Bahamontes 1969 Andrés Oliva (ESP) La Casera-Peña Bahamontes 1970 Antonio Martos (ESP) Werner 1971 Eduardo Castello (ESP) Karpy-Licor 1972 Augustín Tamames (ESP) Werner 1973 Jesús Manzaneque (2) (ESP) La Casera-Peña Bahamontes 1974 Juan Manuel Santisteban (ESP) KAS-Kaskol 1975 Miguel María Lasa (ESP) KAS-Kaskol 1976 Santiago Lazcano (ESP) Super Ser 1977 Vicente López Carril (ESP) KAS-Campagnolo 1978 Enrique Martínez Heredia (ESP) KAS-Campagnolo 1979 Alberto Fernández (ESP) Moliner-Vereco 1980 Faustino Rupérez (ESP) Fosforera-Vereco 1981 Ángel Arroyo (ESP) Zor-Helios

Rider Team 1982 Jerónimo Ibáñez (ESP) Kelme 1983 Pedro Muñoz (ESP) Zor-Gemeaz-Cusin 1984 Faustino Rupérez (2) (ESP) Zor-Gemeaz 1985 Jesús Blanco Villar (ESP) Teka 1986 Jesús Rodríguez Magro (ESP) Zor-B.H. Sport 1987 Iñaki Gastón (ESP) KAS 1988 Rolf Gölz (GER) Superconfex-Yoko 1989 Gert-Jan Theunisse (NED) PDM-Concorde 1990 Raúl Alcalá (MEX) PDM-Concorde 1991 Piotr Ugrumov (LVA) Seur 1992 Alex Zülle (SUI) O.N.C.E. 1993 Erik Breukink (NED) O.N.C.E. 1994 Abraham Olano (ESP) Mapei-CLAS 1995 Beat Zberg (SUI) Carrera Jeans-Tassoni 1996 Miguel Induráin (ESP) Banesto 1997 Manuel Fernández Ginés (ESP) Banesto 1998 Laurent Jalabert (FRA) O.N.C.E. 1999 Juan Carlos Domínguez (ESP) Vitalicio Seguros-Grupo Generali 2000 Joseba Beloki (ESP) Festina 2001 Juan Carlos Domínguez (2) (ESP) iBanesto.com 2002 Leonardo Piepoli (ITA) iBanesto.com 2003 Fabian Jeker (SUI) Milaneza-MSS 2004 Iban Mayo (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2005 Adolfo García Quesada (ESP) Comunidad Valenciana-Elche 2006 Óscar Sevilla (ESP) T-Mobile Team 2007 Koldo Gil (ESP) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2008 Ángel Vicioso (ESP) LA-MSS 2009 Francisco Mancebo (ESP) Rock Racing

[edit] External links

• Official website (Spanish)