| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Mid-February |
| Region | Andalucía |
| English name | Tour of Andalusia |
| Local name(s) | Vuelta a Andalucía (in Spanish) |
| Nickname(s) | Ruta del Sol (in Spanish) Route of the Sun (in English) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour 2.1 |
| Type | Stage-race (5 days) |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1925 |
| Editions | 65 (as of 2020) |
| First winner | .svg.png){kind=small} Ricardo Montero (ESP) |
| Most wins |  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (5 wins) |
| Most recent |  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) |
The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925.[1] Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race will become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020. The nickname, Ruta del Sol, is in reference to the region's popular tourist coastline the Costa del Sol.
Winners
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Spain | Ricardo Montero | Real Union Irun | |
| 1926– 1954 | No race | |||
| 1955 | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain | José Gómez del Moral | individual | |
| 1956 | Spain | Miguel Bover | Splendid-d'Alessandro | |
| 1957 | Spain | Hortencio Vidaurreta | Real Union-Palmera | |
| 1958 | Spain | Gabriel Company | Faema-Guerra | |
| 1959 | Spain | Miguel Pacheco | Faema-Guerra | |
| 1960 | Spain | Gabriel Mas | Faema | |
| 1961 | Spain | Angelino Soler | Faema | |
| 1962 | Spain | José Antonio Momeñe | KAS | |
| 1963 | Spain | Antonio Barrutia | KAS-Kaskol | |
| 1964 |  Germany | Rudi Altig | Saint-Raphaël–Gitane–Dunlop | |
| 1965 | Spain | José Segu | Tedi Montjuich | |
| 1966 | Spain | Jesus Aranzabal | Fagor | |
| 1967 | Spain | Ramon Mendiburu | Fagor | |
| 1968 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | Antoon Houbrechts | Flandria–De Clerck | |
| 1969 | Spain | Antonio Gómez del Moral | KAS-Kaskol | |
| 1970 | Spain | José Gómez | KAS-Kaskol | |
| 1971 | Belgium | Jean-Pierre Monseré | Flandria–Mars | |
| 1972 |  Netherlands | Jan Krekels | Goudsmit-Hoff | |
| 1973 | Belgium | Georges Pintens | Rokado | |
| 1974 | Belgium | Freddy Maertens | Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria | |
| 1975 | Belgium | Freddy Maertens | Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria | |
| 1976 | Netherlands | Gerrie Knetemann | TI–Raleigh | |
| 1977 | Germany | Dietrich Thurau | TI–Raleigh | |
| 1978 | No race | |||
| 1979 | Germany | Dietrich Thurau | IJsboerke-Warncke | |
| 1980 | Belgium | Daniel Willems | IJsboerke-Warncke | |
| 1981 | Netherlands | Jos Schipper | HB Alarmsystemen | |
| 1982 | Belgium | Marc Sergeant | Boule d'Or | |
| 1983 | Spain | Eduardo Chozas | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | |
| 1984 | Spain | Julián Gorospe | Reynolds | |
| 1985 | Germany | Rolf Gölz | Del Tongo | |
| 1986 | Netherlands | Steven Rooks | PDM–Concorde | |
| 1987 | Germany | Rolf Gölz | Superconfex–Kwantum–Yoko–Colnago | |
| 1988 | Belgium | Edwig Van Hooydonck | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago | |
| 1989 |  Italy | Fabio Bordonali | Malvor–Sidi | |
| 1990 | Spain | Eduardo Chozas | ONCE | |
| 1991 | Spain | Roberto Lezaun | Banesto | |
| 1992 | Spain | Miguel Martinez Torres | ONCE | |
| 1993 | Spain | Julián Gorospe | Banesto | |
| 1994 | Italy | Stefano Della Santa | Mapei–CLAS | |
| 1995 | Italy | Stefano Della Santa | Mapei–GB–Latexco | |
| 1996 | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | Neil Stephens | ONCE | |
| 1997 | Germany | Erik Zabel | Team Telekom | |
| 1998 | Spain | Marcelino García | ONCE | |
| 1999 | Spain | Javier Pascual Rodriguez | Kelme | |
| 2000 | Spain | Miguel Angel Peña | ONCE–Deutsche Bank | |
| 2001 | Netherlands | Erik Dekker | Rabobank | |
| 2002 | Spain | Antonio Colom | Relax-Fuenlabrada | |
| 2003 | Spain | Javier Pascual Llorente | Kelme-Costa Blanca | |
| 2004 | Spain | Juan Carlos Domínguez | Saunier Duval–Prodir | |
| 2005 | Spain | Francisco Cabello | Comunidad Valenciana-Elche | |
| 2006 | Spain | Carlos García Quesada | Unibet.com | |
| 2007 | Spain | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | |
| 2008 | Spain | Pablo Lastras | Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 2009 | Netherlands | Joost Posthuma | Rabobank | |
| 2010 | Australia | Michael Rogers | Team HTC–Columbia | |
| 2011 | Spain | Markel Irizar | Team RadioShack | |
| 2012 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | |
| 2013 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | |
| 2014 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | |
| 2015 |  Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky | |
| 2016 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | |
| 2017 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | |
| 2018 | Belgium | Tim Wellens | Lotto–Soudal | |
| 2019 | Denmark | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana | |
| 2020 | Denmark | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana | |
Multiple winners
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Alejandro Valverde (pictured at the 2015 Tour de France) has won the race five times.
| Wins | Rider | Editions |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 |
| 2 | Freddy Maertens (BEL) | 1974, 1975 |
| Dietrich Thurau (GER) | 1977, 1979 | |
| Rolf Gölz (GER) | 1985, 1987 | |
| Eduardo Chozas (ESP) | 1983, 1990 | |
| Julián Gorospe (ESP) | 1984, 1993 | |
| Stefano Della Santa (ITA) | 1994, 1995 | |
| Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | 2019, 2020 |
Wins per country
| Wins | Country |
|---|---|
| 37 | Spain |
| 9 | Belgium |
| 6 | Germany, Netherlands |
| 3 | Italy |
| 2 | Australia, Denmark |
| 1 | United Kingdom |
References
- ^ "Vuelta a Andalucía". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)