Vuelta a La Rioja

The Vuelta a la Rioja ( La Rioja Tour ) was a Spanish road bike race .

The competition has been a stage race in the La Rioja region since 1957 and has been held annually since then, with a few exceptions. Originally the time of the race was in September, but later the race was postponed to the end of April. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 and was initially classified in category 2.1. From 2009 onwards, the race was held as a one-day race and was classified in category 1.1. The last event was in 2017.

Ten foreign drivers won the race, including the German Reimund Dietzen . The record winner is the Spaniard Jesus Manzanque .

winner

1957 Alberto Sant 1958 Manuel Martín 1959 not held 1960 Ángel Rodríguez 1961 not held 1962 Carlos Echeverría 1963 Carlos Echeverría 1964 Antonio Barrutia 1965 Juan María Uribezubia 1966 Antonio Gómez 1967 Gabino Erenozaga 1968 Ramón Meniburu 1969 Luis Ocaña 1970 Carlos Echeverría 1971 Jesús Manzanque 1972 José Antonio Pontón 1973 Jesús Manzanque 1974 Jesús Manzanque 1975 Javier Elorriaga 1976 not held

1977 Rafael Ladrón 1978 Francisco Galdós 1979 Eulalio García 1980 Jesús Suárez 1981 Isidro Juarez 1982 Marino Lejarreta 1983 Eduardo Chozas 1984 Iñaki Gastón 1985 Francisco Antequera 1986 José Luis Laguía 1987 Reimund Dietzen 1988 Federico Echave 1989 Enrique Aja 1990 Alfonso Gutiérrez 1991 not held 1992 Mikel Zarrabeitia 1993 Laurent Jalabert 1994 José María Jiménez 1995 Miguel Indurain 1996 Roberto Sierra

1997 José María Jiménez 1998 Abraham Olano 1999 Juan Carlos Domínguez 2000 Miguel Ángel Martín 2001 César Solaun 2002 Carlos Torrent 2003 Félix Cárdenas 2004 Vladimir Karpez 2005 Javier Pascual 2006 Ricardo Serrano 2007 Rubén Plaza 2008 Manuel Calvente 2009 David García 2010 Angel Vicioso 2011 Imanol Erviti 2012 Yevgeny Shalunov 2013 Francesco Lasca 2014 Michael Matthews 2015 Caleb Ewan 2016 Michael Matthews 2017 Rory Sutherland

Web links

• Official Website (Spanish)
• Vuelta a La Rioja in the ProCyclingStats.com database