Vuelta a Asturias (2.1), Spain
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
The Vuelta a Asturias is a professional road race of long standing, the first edition being held in 1925.
The race has had a spotty promotion history, notably not being run from 1929 to 1946, but there are other gaps as well.
In the 1979 edition, the top three finishers were all found to be positive for dope, causing the classification to be annuled. The 2010 race was marred by winner Constantino Zaballa's dope positive.
In 2014, because of a funding shortage, the Asturias race was again not held.
In 2015 the race was made part of the Europe Tour and elevated to a 2.1 ranking. The race is currently (2017) a three-day affair.
Asturias is on the northwest coast of Spain.
Recent podium history
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed
|
1979 | Results annulled after the first three finishers were positive for dope | ||||
1980 | Faustino Ruperez | Angel Arroyo | Juan Pujol | ||
1981 | Angel Arroyo | Eduardo Chozas | Pedro Muñoz | ||
1982 | Jeronimo Ibañez | Faustino Ruperez | Alvaro Pino | ||
1983 | Pedro Muñoz | Alvaro Pino | Faustino Ruperez | ||
1984 | Faustino Ruperez 28hr 8min 47sec |
Alberto Fernandez @ 33sec |
Jesus Ibanez @ 4min 58sec |
1,003 km | 36.452 km/hr |
1985 | Jesus Blanco | Raimun Dietzen | Angel Camarillo | ||
1986 | Jesus Rodriguez | Vicente Belda | Guillermo Arenas | ||
1987 | Iñaki Gaston | Julian Gorospe | Anselmo Fuerte | ||
1988 | Rolf Golz | Fedrico Echave | Janusz Kuum | ||
1989 | Gert-Jan Theunisse | Janusz Kuum | Alvaro Pino | ||
1990 | Raul Alcala 26hr 23min 52sec |
Miguel Indurain @ 7sec |
Javier Murguialday @ 31sec |
1,006.4 km | 41.25 km/hr |
1991 | Piotr Ugramov 24hr 34min 9sec |
Jesus Rodriguez @ 42sec |
Erik Breukink @ 54sec |
1,000.7 km | 40.73 km/hr |
1992 | Alex Zulle 24hr 23min 17sec |
Tony Rominger @ 21sec |
Jesus Montoya @ 42sec |
943.4 km | 38.683 km/hr |
1993 | Erik Breukink 24hr 3min 8sec |
Peter Meinert @ 50sec |
Pedro Delgado @ 55sec |
931.8 km | 38.741 km/hr |
1994 | Abraham Olano | Pedro Delgado | Felix Manuel Garcia | ||
1995 | Beat Zberg 21hr 48min 2sec |
Iñigo Cuesta @ 1min 10sec |
Miguel Indurain @ 1min 11sec |
848 km | 38.897 km/hr |
1996 | Miguel Indurain 22hr 26min 25sec |
Fernando Escartin @ 13sec |
Marcelino Garcia @ 35sec |
852.8 km | 38.003 |
1997 | Manuel Fernandez 21hr 56min 17sec |
Abraham Olano @ 13sec |
Fernando Escartin @ 19sec |
867.8 km | 39.557 |
1998 | Laurent Jalabert 22hr 47min 2sec |
José Maria Jimenez @ 24sec |
Santiago Blanco @ 30sec |
864.5 km | 37.943 |
1999 | Juan Carlos Dominguez 24hr 33min 24sec |
Roberto Laiseka @ 58sec |
Fernando Escartin @ 59sec |
984.3 km | 40.083 |
2000 | Joseba Beloki 21hr 46min 33sec |
Alberto Lopez @ 21sec |
Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano @ 29sec |
836.3 km | 38.405 |
2001 | Juan Carlos Dominguez 22hr 31min 46sec |
Joan Horrach @ 56sec |
Alex Zülle @ 1min 12sec |
810.8 km | 35.988 |
2002 | Leonardo Piepoli 20hr 49min 21sec |
David Bernabeu @ 3sec |
Joseba Beloki @ 3sec |
805.2 km | 38.670 |
2003 | Fabian Jeker 20hr 45min 8sec |
Juan Miguel Mercado @ 27sec |
Hernan Buenahora @ 46sec |
830.4 km | 40.015 |
2004 | Iban Mayo 20hr 49min 54sec |
Félix Cardenas @ 1min 18sec |
Haimar Zubeldia @ 1min 47sec |
848.3 km | 40.722 |
2005 | Adolfo Garcia 21hr 13min 4sec |
Samuel Sanchez @ 1min 28sec |
Giampoalo Cheula @ 1min 34sec |
838.5 km | 39.519 |
2006 | Oscar Sevilla 20hr 34min 54sec |
Eladio Jimenez @ 1min 20sec |
Luca Mazzanti @ 1min 43sec |
851 km | 41.347 |
2007 | Koldo Gil 19hr 41min 56sec |
Alberto Fernandez @ 11sec |
John-Lee Agustyn @ 50sec |
807 km | 40.966 |
2008 | Angel Vicioso 19hr 52min 27sec |
Xavier Tondo @ 1min 6sec |
Bruno Pires @ 1min 42sec |
803.7 km | 40.439 |
2009 | Francisco Mancebo 19hr 19min 6sec |
Tiago Machado @ 24sec |
Javier Moreno @ 39sec |
799.7 km | 41.395 |
2010 | 19hr 52min 51sec |
Fabio Duarte @ 58sec |
Beñat Intxausti @ 1min 17sec |
769.4 km | 38.701 |
2012 | Beñat Intxausti 10hr 55min 33sec |
David De la Cruz @ 36sec |
Rémy Di Gregorio @ 42sec |
437 km | 39.997 |
2013 | Amets Txurruka 8hr 25min 48sec |
Mikel Landa @ 3sec |
Javier Moreno @ 4sec |
325.2 km | 38.577 |
2014 | Race not held | ||||
2015 | Igor Anton 8hr 51min 56sec |
Amets Txurruka @ 12sec |
Jesus Herrada @ 25sec |
317 km | 35.756 |
2016 | Hugh Carthy 11hr 50min 53sec |
Sergio Pardilla @ 22sec |
Daniel Moreno @ 53sec |
462 km | 38.884 km/hr |
2017 | Raul Alarcon 12hr 20min 42sec |
Nairo Quintana @ 32sec |
Oscar Sevilla @ 1min 7sec |
466.3 km | 37.772 km/hr |
2018 | Richard Carapaz 11hr 22min 26sec |
Jonathan Caicedo @ 40sec |
Ricardo Mestre @ 59sec |
460 km | 40.444 km/hr |
2019 | Richard Carapaz 11hr 34min 16sec |
Krists Neilands @ 2min 0sec |
Aleksandr Vlasov @ 2min 4sec |
469.3 km | 40.558 km/hr |
2020 | Race cancelled because of Coronavirus pandemic |