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Vuelta a Asturias (2.1), Spain
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
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.
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Complete podium history
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1925 | Segundo Barruetabeña 9hr 10min 50sec |
Vicente Rojo @ 3 lengths |
Angel Castro @ 5 lengths |
231 km |
25.161 km/hr |
| 1926 | Rocardo Montero 27hr 45min 12sec |
Mucio Miquel @ 5min 8sec |
Angel Castro @ 22min 7sec |
726 km |
26.159 km/hr |
| 1927 | Mucio Miquel 33hr 3min 38sec |
Ricardo Montero @ 2min 3sec |
Mariano Cañardo @ 6min 2sec |
832 km |
25.165 km/hr |
| 1928 | Ricardo Montero 37hr 25min 0sec |
Mariano Cañardo @ 16min 0sec |
Juan Mateu @ 23min 30sec |
858 km |
23.930 km/hr |
| 1929 - 1946: Race not held | |||||
| 1947 | Emlio Rodriguez | Senen Blanco | Senen Mesa | ||
| 1948 - 1949: Race not held | |||||
| 1950 | Miguel Gual | Senen Mesa | Andres Trobat | ||
| 1951 - 1952: Race not held | |||||
| 1953 | Antonio Gelabert 33hr 16min 25sec |
Pedro Sant @ 10min 20sec |
Vicente Iturat @ 16min 2sec |
1,050 km |
31.811 km/hr |
| 1954 | Bernardo Ruiz 27hr 2min 14sec |
Dalmacio Langarica @ 8min 0sec |
Manolo Rodriguez-Barros @ 9min 58sec |
939 km |
34.730 km/hr |
| 1955 | Federico Bahamontes 28hr 56min 28sec |
Francisco Alomar @ 2min 37sec |
Gabriel Company @ 5min 24sec |
998 km |
34.483 km/hr |
| 1956 | Emilio Hernan 34hr 22min 15sec |
Antonio Suarez @ 3min 23sec |
Andres Trobat @ 4min 10sec |
1,182 km |
34.340 km/hr |
| 1957 | Federico Bahamontes 31hr 8min 18sec |
René Marigil @ 3min 0sec |
Antonio Suarez @ 3min 14sec |
? km | ? |
| 1958 - 1967: Race not held | |||||
| 1968 | Jesus Manzaneque | Luis Balague | Enrique Sanchidrian | ||
| 1969 | Andres Oliva | Enrique Sahagun | José Manuel Fuente | ||
| 1970 | Antonio Martos | Francisco Galdeano | Antonio Menendez | ||
| 1971 | Eduardo Castello 23hr 13min 49sec |
Antonio Gomez del Moral @ 14sec |
Juan Zurano @ 20sec |
804 km |
34.610 km/hr |
| 1972 | Agustin Tamames 22hr 14min 3sec |
Luis Pedro Santamarina @ 7sec |
José Grande @ 15sec |
928 km |
41.738 km/hr |
| 1973 | Jesus Manzaneque | José Pesarrodona | Pedro Torres | ||
| 1974 | Juan Manuel Santisteban | Agustin Tamames | José Freitas | ||
| 1975 | Miguel Lasa | José Antonio Gonzalez | Luis Ocaña | ||
| 1976 | Santiago Lazcano | José Luis Viejo | Domingo Perurena | ||
| 1977 | Vicente Lopez-Carril | José Nazabal | Klaus-Peter Thaler | ||
| 1978 | Enrique Martinez | Bernardo Alfonsel | Enrique Cima | ||
| 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 |
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 |
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| 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 | ||||
| 2021 | Nairo Quintana 13hr 34min 27sec |
Antonio Pedrero @ 36sec |
Pierre Latour @ 54sec |
510.3 km |
37.401 km/hr |
| 2022 | Ivan Sosa 12hr 27min 12sec |
Lorenzo Fortunato @ 15sec |
Nicolas Edet @ 44sec |
493 km |
39.588 km/hr |
| 2023 | Lorenzo Fortunato 12hr 42min 33sec |
Einer Rubio @ 31sec |
Ivan Sosa @ 33sec |
511.1 km |
40.215 km/hr |
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