Vuelta Ciclista a Rioja (1.1), Spain

Historic results, distances, average speed

The Vuelta Ciclista a Rioja was launched in 1957 as a short stage race in the La Rioja province of northern Spain. Originally held in September, since 1996 it has been run in early spring.

In 2005 it was ranked as a 2.1 stage race, but economic troubles forced the organizers to cut back in 2009. Rather than scrap the race, it was re-invented as a single-day race with a 1.1 rating.

Velonews explained the situation: "Economic woes in Spain have forced organizers to reduce the formerly three-day Rioja tour into a one-day race around the famous wine-growing region. Rather than risk not having any race at all, organizers opted to downsize in 2009 with hopes of reviving the stage-race format next season".

Jesus Manzaneque and Carlos Echeverria have the most Vuelta Rioja wins, at three each.

The race is organized by the Club Ciclista Logroñes

The last edition held was in 2017.

Year	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Distance	Average Speed km/hr
1957	Alberto Sant 18hr 28min 41sec	Cosme Barrutia @ 41sec	Salvador Botella @ 10min 23sec	622 km	33.662
1958	Manuel Martin Piñera 14hr 18min 4sec	José Antonio Montero @ 1min 54sec	Luciano Montero @ 6min 24sec	509 km	35.592
1959	Race not held
1960	Angel Rodriguez 7hr 39min 39sec	Juan Campillo @ 9sec	Raul Rey @ 30sec	299 km	39.030
1961	Race not held
1962	Carlos Echevarria 9hr 55min 34sec	Adolfo Legarra @ s.t.	Sebastian Elorza @ 4sec	366 km	36.872
1963	Carlos Echevarria 10hr 7min 31sec	José Anotnio Momene @ s.t.	Antonio Barrutia @ s.t.	366 km	36.147
1964	Antonio Barrutia 10hr 42min 27sec	Carlos Echevarria @ 1sec	Ramon Mendiburu @ s.t.	360.8 km	33.696
1965	Juan Maria Uribezubia 11hr 37min 29sec	Valentin Uriona @ 37sec	Carlos Echevarria @ 2min 40sec	379 km	32.603
1966	Antonio Gomez del Moral 11hr 29min 30sec	Mariano Diaz @ s.t.	José Manuel Lasa @ 1min 53sec	375 km	32.632
1967	Gabino Erenozaga 11hr 19min 40sec	Eugenio Lisarde @ s.t.	Andrés Gandarias @ s.t.	420 km	37.077
1968	Ramon Mendiburu 10hr 15min 36sec	José Ramon Goyeneche @ s.t.	Jésus Roda @ s.t.	355 km	34.600
1969	Luis Ocaña 10hr 40min 54sec	Andrés Gandarias @ 22sec	Francisco Galdos @ 28sec	384 km	35.949
1970	Carlos Echevarria	José Luis Galdamez @ 34sec	Juan Manuel Santisteban @ 1min 17sec	552 km
1971	Jésus Manzaneque 10hr 47min 37sec	José Casas @ 1min 6sec	José Luis Abilleira @ 1min 7sec	450.7 km	41.756
1972	José Antonio Ponton 10hr 56min 31sec	Luis Pedro Santamarina @ s.t.	Antonio Martos @ s.t.	420 km	38.384
1973	Jésus Manzaneque 9hr 47min 47sec	Francisco Galdos @ 1min 7sec	José Pesarrodona @ 1min 47sec	342 km	34.911
1974	Jésus Manzaneque 12hr 45min 26sec	Juan Manuel Santisteban @ 1min 6sec	José Casas @ 1min 17sec	490 km	38.410
1975	Javier Elorriaga 11hr 41min 52sec	Jésus Manzaneque @ 9sec	Vicente Lopez Carril @ 10sec	485.3 km	41.487
1976	Race not run
1977	Rafael Ladron de Guevara 11hr 16min 59sec	Domingo Perurena @ s.t.	Carlos Melero @ 1min 3sec	471 km	41.744
1978	Francisco Galdos 7hr 21min 22sec	Vicente Belda @ 7sec	Israel Lejarreta @ 8sec	260.4 km	35.399
1979	Eulalio Garcia 8hr 45min 52sec	Jésus Manzaneque @ 55sec	Angel Lopez del Alamo @ 1min 24sec	327 km	37.310
1980	Jésus Suarez Cuevas 7hr 47min 11sec	Elalio Garcia @ 15sec	Vicente Belda @ 20sec	356 km	45.721
1981	Isidro Juarez 10hr 43min 20sec	Alberto Fernandez @ 2min 46sec	Juan Fernandez @ 3min 53sec	425 km	39.637
1982	Marino Lejarreta 10hr 28min 57sec	Vicente Belda @ 15sec	Elalio Garcia @ 3min 43sec	433.5 km	41.354
1983	Eduardo Chozas 15hr 9min 59sec	Arsenio Gonzalez @ 5sec	Enrique Aja @ 15sec	576.5 km	38.012
1984	Iñaki Gaston 15hr 49min 3sec	Julian Gorospe @ 3sec	Jésus Blanco @ 50sec	606 km	38.312
1985	Francisco Antequera 17hr 11min 42sec	Enrique Aja @ 8sec	Jésus Blanco Villar @ 54sec	627 km	36.464
1986	José Luis Laguia 12hr 3min 47sec	Mariano Sanchez @ 3sec	Francisco Antequera @ s.t.	491 km	40.703
1987	Raimond Dietzen 15hr 4min 25sec	Iñaki Gaston @ s.t.	Julian Gorospe @ sec	614.4 km	40.733
1988	Federico Echave 17hr 9min 22sec	Marino Alonso @ s.t.	Juan Carlos Gonzalez @ 4min 34sec	643.9 km	37.532
1989	Enrique Aja 18hr 15min 3sec	Ruben Gorospe @ 2min 17sec	Fernando Quevedo @ 2min 43sec	675.6 km	37.017
1990	Alfonso Gutierrez 16hr 22min 39sec	Iñaki Gaston @ s.t.	Enrique Aja @ s.t.	660 km	40.299
1991	Race not run
1992	Mikel Zarrabeitia 14hr 17min 17sec	Antonio Martin @ 15sec	Viktor Klimov @ 28sec	493 km	35.504
1993	Laurent Jalabert 14hr 19min 31sec	Kiko Garcia @ s.t.	Asiate Saitov @ s.t.	528 km	36.858
1994	José Maria Jimenez 15hr 41min 1sec	Alex Zülle @ 14sec	David Garcia @ 15sec	542 km	34.558
1995	Miguel Indurain 13hr 42min 3sec	José Maria Jimenez @ 24sec	Laudelino Cubino @ 45sec	509.4 km	37.180
1996	Roberto Sierra 12hr 46min 41sec	Heminio Diaz Zabala @ s.t.	Francisco Cabello @ 1min 34sec	490.2 km	38.363
1997	José Maria Jimenez 15hr 18min 15sec	Santiago Blanco @ s.t.	Marcos Serrano @ 1min 6sec	648.2 km	42.354
1998	Abraham Olano 19hr 2min 28sec	Juan Carlos Dominguez @ 3sec	Santiago Blanco @ s.t.	713.5 km	37.472
1999	Juan Carlos Dominguez 12hr 54min 10sec	Jan Hruska @ 1min 20sec	Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano @ 1min 23sec	520.2 km	40.317
2000	Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero 17hr 19min 57sec	Angel Vicioso @ s.t.	Roberto Heras @ s.t.	687.6 km	39.671
2001	Cesar Solaun 16hr 17min 34sec	Aitor Kintana @ 14sec	José Maria Jimenez @ 16sec	661.6 km	40.607
2002	Carlos Torrent 13hr 0sec 2sec	Denis Menchov @ s.t.	Xavier Florencio @ s.t.	573 km	44.075
2003	Felix Rafael Cardenas 8hr 22min 56sec	Francisco Mancebo @ 13sec	José Manuek Maestre @ 39sec	339.9 km	40.501
2004	Vladimir Karpets 12hr 8min 25sec	José Angel Gomez @ 10sec	Josep Jufre @ 24sec	503.4 km	41.465
2005	Javier Pascual Rodriguez 13hr 10min 12sec	Israel Perez @ 10sec	Jaume Rovira @ 14sec	529.2 km	40.182
2006	Riccardo Serrano 11hr 26min 47sec	Ruben Plaza @ s.t.	Vladimir Efimkin @ s.t.	474.5 km	41.454
2007	Ruben Plaza 11hr 8min 21sec	Vladimir Karpets @ s.t.	Candido Barbosa @ 53sec	459.2 km	41.223
2008	Manuel Calvente 11hr 1min 32sec	Sergio Pardilla @ s.t.	Niklas Axelsson @ 7sec	460.9 km	41.802
2009	David Garcia 5hr 55min 47sec	Angel Vicioso @ s.t.	Manuel Vazquez @ s.t.	218.7 km	36.881
2010	Angel Vicioso 5hr 35min 10sec	Aitor Perez @ s.t.	Marcos Garcia @ 17sec	199.5 km	35.714
2011	Imanol Erviti 4hr 51min 42sec	Juan Pablo Suarez @ s.t.	Giovanni Manuel Baez @ 2sec	198 km	40.727
2012	Evgeny Shalunov 4hr 48min 41sec	Pablo Urtasun @ 28sec	Mikhail Antonov @ s.t.	190.9 km	39.677
2013	Francesco Lasca 3hr 55min 50sec	Michael Matthews @ s.t.	Ken Hanson @ s.t.	158.7 km	40.376
2014	Michael Matthews 3hr 54min 34sec	Francesco Lasca @ s.t.	Carlos Barbero @ s.t.	164.7 km	42.129
2015	Caleb Ewen 3hr 52min 42sec	Daryl Impey @ s.t.	Andrea Palini @ s.t.	166.3 km	42.879
2016	Michael Matthews 3hr 47min 20sec	Sergei Shilov @ s.t.	Carlos Barbero @ s.t.	157.4 km	41.543 km/hr
2017	Rory Sutherland 3hr 25min 7sec	Michael Albasini @ 20sec	José Rojas @ s.t.	150.5 km	44.014 km/hr