Tour of Galicia

The Tour of Galicia (Spanish: Vuelta a Galicia; Galician: Volta a Galicia) is an annual cycling race held in Galicia, Spain. It was first held in 1933 and was held a further five times between 1934 and 1984. The tour did not take place from the outbreak of the Spanish civil war in 1936, until the end of the second world war in 1945.

In 1986, it became a regular annual race. The final professional edition of the race was held in 2000. In 2002, after a year's hiatus, the race returned to the calendar as an amateur race.

Tour of Galicia
Race details
RegionGalicia, Spain
Local name(s)
  • Vuelta a Galicia (in Spanish)
  • Volta a Galicia (in Galician)
DisciplineRoad
TypeStage race
History
First edition1933 (1933)
Editions38 (as of 2017)
First winner Salvador Cardona (ESP)
Most wins Emilio Rodríguez (ESP) (3 wins)
Most recent Martín Lestido (ESP)

History

The first Vuelta a Galicia occurred in 1933 between August 9th and 13th.[1]  Villalba’s (Vilalba) local newspaper, Faro Villalbés, reported on the race.[2]  There were 33 initial competitors and eight were from the region of Galicia.

The race started in Vigo and the cyclists covered 195 kilometers to Orense, averaging about 31 kilometers per hour.

The second stage started with 29 competitors going from Orense to Lugo covering 125 kilometers and the cyclists averaged about 21 kilometers per hour.

On the third day, the competitors cycled 105 kilometers from Lugo to Ribadeo with the winner of this stage arriving in 3 hours, 18 minutes and 50 seconds.

The next stage, the fourth, the cyclist rode 153 kilometers from Ribadeo to Ferrol, averaging 28 kilometers an hour.  See article for order of arrival by the first 7 cyclists.[2]

In the fifth stage, the cyclists started in El Ferrol, traveled through Jubia (Xubia), Puentes de García Rodriguez, Cabreiros, Villalba (Vilalba), Trasparga Guitiriz, San Julian de Coirós, Betanzos, Espíritu Santo and ending in La Coruña.

On the sixth stage the cyclists rode 237 kilometers from La Coruña to Pontevedra.

In the final stage only 19 cyclists remained, riding 120 kilometers from Pontevedra to Vigo.  The winner was Cardona, finishing at 41 hours, 28 minutes and 5 seconds.  The winning purse was 3,000 pesetas which equates to about $320 dollars, in 1933.

Past winners
Year Country Rider Team
1933  Spain Salvador Cardona
1934 No race
1935  Spain Julián Berrendero
1936–1944 No race
1945  Spain Delio Rodríguez
1946  Spain Emilio Rodríguez
1947  Spain Emilio Rodríguez
1948–1954 No race
1955  Spain Emilio Rodríguez
1956–1983 No race
1984  Spain Vicente Belda
1985  Spain Jesús Blanco Villar
1986 No race
1987  Spain Jokin Mujika
1988  Spain Marino Lejarreta
1989  Spain Vicente Ridaura
1990  Spain Federico Echave
1991  Colombia Álvaro Mejía
1992   Switzerland Fabian Jeker
1993  United States Andrew Hampsten
1994  Spain Laudelino Cubino
1995  Spain Miguel Indurain
1996  Spain Abraham Olano
1997  Spain Aitor Garmendia
1998  Belgium Frank Vandenbroucke
1999  Spain Marcos-Antonio Serrano
2000  Kazakhstan Andrei Teteriouk
2001 No race
2002  Spain Fernando Torres Martin
2003  Costa Rica José Adrián Bonilla
2004  Spain Luis Fernandez Oliveira
2005  Spain Manuel Jesús Jiménez
2006  Spain Óscar Laguna
2007  Spain Óscar Laguna
2008  Spain Óscar García-Casarrubios
2009  Spain Enrique Salgueiro
2010  Spain Raúl García de Mateos
2011  Spain José Belda
2012  Portugal Luís Afonso
2013  Spain Pedro Gregori
2014  Spain Aitor González Prieto
2015  Spain Aitor González Prieto
2016  Spain Samuel Blanco
2017  Spain Martín Lestido

References
  1. Faro Villalbés, 1932-1936. Santiago de Compostela: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. 2002. p. 164. ISBN 9788497501309.
  2. "Faro Villalbés, 1932-1936". Google Libros. 2005–2009. ISBN 9788497501309. Retrieved January 3, 2020.


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