Murcia tour
The Tour of Murcia ( Spanish Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia ) is a cycle race that was held every year from 1981 to 2012 in Murcia, southern Spain, as a stage race . It was an amateur race until 1986 and a national competition until 1989.
In 2007, the tour was initially canceled because the organizer could not find enough sponsors to finance the tour after Spanish television had withdrawn. In the end, however, enough sponsors were found and the race could take place as planned. However, it was shortened from five to three days and finally to two days. From 2013 to 2018 the race took place as a one-day race and is classified in UCI category 1.1. In 2019, the race was again held as a stage race and classified in category 2.1.
Winners list
- 2020 Xandro Meurisse
- 2019 Luis León Sánchez
- 2018 Luis León Sánchez
- 2017 Alejandro Valverde
- 2016 Philippe Gilbert
- 2015 Purely Taaramäe
- 2014 Alejandro Valverde
- 2013 Daniel Navarro
- 2012 Nairo Quintana
- 2011 Jérôme Coppel
- 2010 František Raboň
- 2009 Denis Menshov
- 2008 Alejandro Valverde
- 2007 Alejandro Valverde
- 2006 Santos González
- 2005 Koldo Gil
- 2004 Alejandro Valverde
- 2003 Javier Pascual Llorente
- 2002 Víctor Hugo Peña
- 2001 Aitor González Jiménez
- 2000 David Cañada
- 1999 Marco Pantani
- 1998 Alberto Elli
- 1997 Juan Carlos Domínguez
- 1996 Melchor Mauri
- 1995 Adriano Baffi
- 1994 Melchor Mauri
- 1993 Carlos Galarreta
- 1992 Álvaro Mejía Castrillón
- 1991 Jose Luis Villanueva
- 1990 Tom Cordes
- 1989 Marino Alonso
- 1988 Carlos Hernández Bali
- 1987 P. Ruiz Cabestany
- 1986 Miguel Induráin
- 1985 José Recio
- 1984 Ricardo Martínez
- 1983 Javier Cedena
- 1982 José S. Sanchis
- 1981 Pedro Delgado
Web links
- Official Website (Spanish)
- Tour of Murcia in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Tour of Murcia in the database of Radsportseiten.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tour of Murcia becomes a one-day race on radsport-news.com on January 5, 2012
- ↑ Contador's victory was revoked by a judgment of the CAS in February 2012 because of doping in another race. (CAS 2011 / A / 2384 and 2386 UCI or WADA v. Alberto Contador Velasco & RFEC Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original - and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note .; PDF; 638 kB)