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Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Race details
Date	Late February
Region	Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
English name	Tour of the Valencian Community
Local name(s)	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (Valencian); Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana (Spanish);
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Unipublic
History
First edition	1929
Editions	66 (as of 2008)
First winner	Salvador Cardona
Most wins	Fédérico Ezquerra; Salvador Botella; Fernando Manzaneque; José Pérez Francés; Melcior Mauri; Alex Zülle; Alejandro Valverde; 2 times
Most recent	Rubén Plaza

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (Comunitat Valenciana) region of Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the spring classics or the grand tours which take place later in the season.

[edit] Winners

		Rider
1929	ESP	Cardona, SalvadorSalvador Cardona (ESP)
1930	ESP	Canardo, MarianoMariano Cañardo (ESP)
1931	ESP	Ezquerra, FedericoFédérico Ezquerra (ESP)
1932	ESP	Montero, RicardoRicardo Montero (ESP)
1933	ESP	Escuriet, AntonioAntonio Escuriet (ESP)
1934- 1939	~ No race
1940	ESP	Ezquerra, FedericoFédérico Ezquerra (ESP)
1941	~ No race
1942	ESP	Berrendero, JulianJulian Berrendero (ESP)
1943	ESP	Sancho, Antonio AndresAntonio Andres Sancho (ESP)
1944	ESP	Eguia, Antonio MartinAntonio Martin Eguia (ESP)
1945- 1946	~ No race
1947	ESP	Olmos, JoaquinJoaquin Olmos (ESP)
1948	ESP	Rodriguez, EmilioEmilio Rodriguez (ESP)
1949	ESP	Filba, JoaquimJoaquim Filba (ESP)
1950- 1953	~ No race
1954	ESP	Botella, SalvadorSalvador Botella (ESP)
1955	ESP	Masip, FrancescoFrancesco Masip (ESP)
1956	ESP	Marigil, ReneRené Marigil (ESP)
1957	ESP	Ruiz, BernardoBernardo Ruiz (ESP)
1958	BEL	Couvreur, HilaireHilaire Couvreur (BEL)
1959	BEL	Van Looy, RikRik Van Looy (BEL)
1960	ESP	Manzaneque, FernandoFernando Manzaneque (ESP)
1961	ESP	Botella, SalvadorSalvador Botella (ESP)
1962	ESP	Manzaneque, FernandoFernando Manzaneque (ESP)
1963	ESP	Colmenarejo, Jose MartinJosé Martin Colmenarejo (ESP)
1964	ESP	Gomez del Moral, AntonioAntonio Gomez del Moral (ESP)
1965	ESP	Perez Frances, JoséJosé Perez Frances (ESP)
1966	ESP	Soler, AngelinoAngelino Soler (ESP)
1967	ESP	Perez Frances, JoseJosé Perez Frances (ESP)
1968	ESP	Diaz, MarianoMariano Diaz (ESP)
1969	BEL	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx (BEL)
1970	ESP	Diaz, VenturaVentura Diaz (ESP)
1971	ESP	Lopez Rodriguez, JoseJosé Lopez Rodriguez (ESP)
1972	ESP	Perurena, DomingoDomingo Perurena (ESP)
1973	ESP	Gonzales Linares, Jose AntonioJosé Antonio Gonzales Linares (ESP)
1974	ITA	Bergamo, MarcelloMarcello Bergamo (ITA)
1975	ESP	Lopez Carril, VicenteVicente López Carril (ESP)
1976	ESP	Aja, GonzaloGonzalo Aja (ESP)
1977	SWE	Johansson, BerntBernt Johansson (SWE)
1978	~ No race
1979	ESP	Belda, VicenteVicente Belda (ESP)
1980	GER	Thaler, Klaus-PeterKlaus-Peter Thaler (GER)
1981	ESP	Fernandez, AlbertoAlberto Fernández (ESP)
1982	ESP	Munoz, PedroPedro Muñoz (ESP)
1983	GER	Dietzen, RaimundRaimund Dietzen (GER)
1984	FRA	Cornillet, BrunoBruno Cornillet (FRA)
1985	ESP	Blanco Villar, JesusJesus Blanco Villar (ESP)
1986	FRA	Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault (FRA)
1987	IRL	Roche, StephenStephen Roche (IRL)
1988	SUI	Mächler, ErichErich Mächler (SUI)
1989	ESP	Ruiz Cabestany, PelloPello Ruiz Cabestany (ESP)
1990	NED	Cordes, TomTom Cordes (NED)
1991	ESP	Mauri, MelchorMelchor Mauri (ESP)
1992	ESP	Mauri, MelchorMelchor Mauri (ESP)
1993	ESP	Gorospe, JulianJulian Gorospe (ESP)
1994	RUS	Ekimov, ViatcheslavViatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)
1995	SUI	Zulle, AlexAlex Zülle (SUI)
1996	FRA	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert (FRA)
1997	ESP	Dominguez, Juan CarlosJuan Carlos Domínguez (ESP)
1998	FRA	Chanteur, PascalPascal Chanteur (FRA)
1999	KAZ	Vinokourov, AlexanderAlexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
2000	ESP	Olano, AbrahamÁbraham Olano (ESP)
2001	SUI	Jeker, FabianFabian Jeker (SUI)
2002	SUI	Zulle, AlexAlex Zülle (SUI)
2003	ITA	Frigo, DarioDario Frigo (ITA)
2004	ESP	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)
2005	ITA	Petacchi, AlessandroAlessandro Petacchi (ITA)
2006	ESP	Colom, AntonioAntonio Colom (ESP)
2007	ESP	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)
2008	ESP	Plaza, RubenRubén Plaza (ESP)