Volta da Ascension

The Volta Ciclista da Ascension is a former Spanish cycling race .

The stage race took place around the city of Santiago de Compostela in the autonomous community of Galicia . From 1975 to 1988 it was held annually as an amateur event. In the first two years it was a purely team competition, that is, there was no overall individual classification. Between 1989 and 2006 the race took place only once in 1991, followed by a 15-year break.

From 2007 to 2009 the event was held annually, initially in 2007 as a national race. Since 2008 the tour has been part of the UCI Europe Tour racing series, where it is classified in category 2.2.

winner

2009 Rafael Rodriguez Segarra 2008 Pablo De Pedro 2007 José Luís Ruíz 1992–2006 not held 1991 Søren Petersen 1989–1990 not held 1988 Miguel Ángel Serrano 1987 Gonzalo Aguiar Martínez

1986 Isidro Araújo Penabella 1985 Rufino Alonso Cristóbal 1984 José Luís Blanco Soto 1983 Camilo Figueroa Fernández 1982 Arsenio González Gutiérrez 1981 Julián Gorospe Artabe 1980 Fabián García Rodríguez

1979 José Luís Rodríguez 1978 Fortunato Greciano 1977 Carlos Machín Rodríguez 1976 Lugones de Asturias * 1975 Almogavares de Cataluña *

* Winner of the overall team classification; In 1975 and 1976 there was no individual evaluation

Web links

• Official website ( Galician )
• Volta da Ascension in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ voltaascension.com: Santiago alberga xa aos vinte equipos que mañá afrontarán a proba de maior rango de Galicia no 2008 ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2008 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 the instructions and then remove this notice. (Galician) Retrieved June 21, 2008