Vuelta of Spain ( Spanish: Vuelta a España , Tour of Spain, Vuelta ,) - a multi-day road bike race, one of three grand tours .
 Vuelta of Spain | |
|---|---|
| Spanish Vuelta a España | |
 Leader's T-shirt | |
| Race info | |
| Discipline | road cycling |
| Founded by | 1935 year |
| Racing | 73 (in 2018) |
| Location |  Spain |
| Type of | grand tour |
| Competition | UCI World Tour ( 2.UWT ) |
| Time spending | Aug. Sept |
| Organizers | Unipublic Amaury sport organization |
| Status | professional |
| Website | |
| Record winners | |
| Record holder | Roberto Heras 4 wins |
| Current Event | |
 Vuelta Spain 2019 | |
It passes annually through the territory of Spain and Andorra in August and September (starting from 1995; before that, in May). The first race took place in 1935. Only 3 races also took place in other European countries: 1997 - Portugal , 2009 - the Netherlands and Belgium , and 2017 - France .
Content
- 1 Leader's T-shirt
- 2 Classifications
- 2.1 General classification
- 2.1.1 Winners of the Vuelta of Spain
- 2.2 Spectacle classification
- 2.3 Mountain classification
- 2.4 Combined classification
- 2.5 Prize to the most aggressive driver
- 2.6 Team classification
- 2.1 General classification
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Leader's T-shirt
The race leader is required to wear a T-shirt of a certain color, which distinguishes him from the rest of the riders in the same way as in the Tour de France (yellow T-shirt) and Giro d'Italia (pink T-shirt). The color of the leader shirt of the Vuelta of Spain has changed several times. Organizers who revived the race after multiple pauses usually changed the color of the shirt. Since 1935, the leadership shirt was orange, in 1941 it turned white and again orange in 1942. In 1945-1950, the leaders wore a white T-shirt with a horizontal red stripe. In 1955 - by analogy with the Tour de France - the color of the T-shirt turned yellow. With the exception of 1977, when the shirt turned orange, all the years, including 1998, the shirt was yellow, after which the color got a golden hue. However, in 2010, the leadership shirt turned red.
Classifications
General classification
fr. Classement général - classification by which the athlete of the race winner is determined. The leader of the classification wears a distinctive T-shirt that appeared at the very first race in 1935. Since 2010, it is red ( Spanish la roja or Spanish maillot rouge ). [1] [2]
Winners of the Vuelta of Spain
- 1960 - F. de Mulder
- 1961 - A. Soler
- 1962 - R. Altig
- 1963 - J. Questionnaire
- 1964 - R. Pulidor
- 1965 - R. Wolfshol
- 1966 - F. Gabika
- 1967 - J. Janssen
- 1968 - F. Gimondi
- 1969 - R. Pinjon
- 1970 - L. Ocana
- 1971 - F. Bracke
- 1972 - H.M. Fuente (1)
- 1973 - E. Merckx
- 1974 - H.M. Fuente (2)
- 1975 - A. Tamames
- 1976 - H. Pesarrodon
- 1977 - F. Martens
- 1978 - B. Ino (1)
- 1979 - J. Zutemelk
- 1980 - F. Ruperes
- 1981 - D. Battaglin
- 1982 - M. Leharreta
- 1983 - B. Ino (2)
- 1984 - E. Caritu
- 1985 - P. Delgado (1)
- 1986 - A. Pino
- 1987 - L. Herrera
- 1988 - S. Kelly
- 1989 - P. Delgado (2)
- 1990 - M. Giovannetti
- 1991 - M. Mauri
- 1992 - T. Rominger (1)
- 1993 - T. Rominger (2)
- 1994 - T. Rominger (3)
- 1995 - L. Jalaber
- 1996 - A. Zulle (1)
- 1997 - A. Zulle (2)
- 1998 - A. Olano
- 1999 - J. Ulrich
- 2000 - R. Eras (1)
- 2001 - A. Casero
- 2002 - A. Gonzalez
- 2003 - R. Eras (2)
- 2004 - R. Eras (3)
- 2005 - R. Eras [0] (4)
- 2006 - A. Vinokurov
- 2007 - D. Menshov
- 2008 - A. Contador (1)
- 2009 - A. Valverde
- 2010 - V. Nibali
- 2011 - C. Frum
- 2012 - A. Contador (2)
- 2013 - C. Horner
- 2014 - A. Contador (3)
- 2015 - F. Aru
- 2016 - N. Quintana
- 2017 - C. Frum
- 2018 - S. Yates
- 2019 - P. Roglich
Spectacle classification
Spanish Clasificación por puntos has been played in the Vuelta of Spain since 1945. The winner is determined by the sum of points scored at the stages and at the intermediate finishes. This classification is considered a sprinter competition. The leader of the classification wears a green T-shirt ( Spanish: Maillot verde ).
Mountain classification
Spanish Gran Premio de la montaña has been played in the framework of the Vuelta of Spain since 1935. The winner is determined by the sum of points scored at the mountain finishes and is called the “mountain king”. The leader of the classification is a white T-shirt with blue peas called simply a pea T-shirt ( Spanish: Maillot blanc à pois bleus ).
Combined classification
Spanish The Classificació de la combinada has been played within the framework of the Vuelta of Spain since 1970. The winner is determined by the sum of the places occupied in the general , mountain and points classification. The leader of the classification is wearing a white T-shirt ( Spanish: Maillot blanc ).
Prize to the most aggressive rider
Spanish Premi de la combativitat has been played in the framework of the Vuelt since 2012. He is awarded to the most aggressive driver who showed the greatest fighting spirit and team, attacking style, courage, courage. The winner of the previous stage and the entire classification receives red number ( Spanish: maillot du combiné ).
Team Classification
Spanish Clasificación por equipos has been played within the framework of the Vuelta of Spain since 1935. The winner was determined by the sum of the three best times of the team members shown at each stage. Classification leader gets yellow number ( fr. dossard jaune ) and yellow helmet .
Notes
0. ↑ Roberto Eras became the winner of the 2005 Vuelta of Spain and was awarded during a ceremony in Madrid at the end of the last stage, but it was subsequently established that he showed a positive test for drugs that increase performance during stage 20 of the race. The Spanish Cycling Federation found him guilty of using erythropoietin during the race and stripped him of his title, conferring victory on Denis Menshov . [3] However, in 2012, Roberto Eras was reinstated as champion of the 2005 Vuelta of Spain, when the Spanish Supreme Court ruled in favor of Eras, citing procedural violations related to the storage and handling of urine samples. [four]
- ↑ Vuelta start in Seville for 2010. Night-time prologue, red to replace gold leader's jersey (September 15, 2009)
- ↑ Custo Dalmau vestirà de vermell el líder de la Volta a Espanya
- ↑ Heras contests two year drug ban , BBC Sport (February 9, 2005). Date of appeal September 19, 2010.
- ↑ Roberto Heras regains 2005 Vuelta a Espana win . Cycling Weekly. Date of treatment February 14, 2017.