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About this Race

History
Palmares
Cities of the Race
Country & Rider statistics


Race Winners

2022 HIGUITA GARCIA Sergio Andres

2021 YATES Adam

2019 LÓPEZ MORENO Miguel Ángel

2018 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro

2017 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro

2016 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander

2015 PORTE Richie

2014 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin

2013 MARTIN Daniel

2012 ALBASINI Michael

2011 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto

2010 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin

2009 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro

2008 CESAR VELOSO Gustavo

2007 KARPETS Vladimir

2006 CANADA GRACIA David

2005 POPOVYCH Yaroslav

2004 MARTIN PERDIGUERO Miguel Angel

2003 PECHARROMAN FABIAN José Antonio

2002 HERAS HERNANDEZ Roberto

2001 BELOKI DORRONSORO Joseba

2000 JIMENEZ SASTRE José Maria

1999 BELTRAN MARTINEZ Manuel

1998 BUENAHORA GUTIERREZ Hernan

1997 ESCARTIN COTI Fernando

1996 ZUELLE Alex

1995 JALABERT Laurent

1994 CHIAPPUCCI Claudio

1993 MEJIA CASTRILLON Alvaro

1992 INDURAIN LARRAYA Miguel

1991 INDURAIN LARRAYA Miguel

1990 CUBINO GONZALEZ Laudelino

1989 LEJARRETA Marino

1988 INDURAIN LARRAYA Miguel

1987 PINO COUNAGO Alvaro

1986 KELLY Sean

1985 MILLAR Robert

1984 KELLY Sean

1983 RECIO José

1982 FERNANDEZ Alberto

1981 RUPEREZ Faustino

1980 LEJARRETA Marino

1979 BELDA Vicente

1978 MOSER Francesco

1977 MAERTENS Freddy

1976 MARTINEZ HEREDIA Enrique

1975 BERTOGLIO Fausto

1974 THEVENET Bernard

1973 PERURENA Domingo

1972 GIMONDI Felice

1971 OCANA Luis

1970 BITOSSI Franco

1969 DIAZ Mariano

1968 MERCKX Eddy

1967 ANQUETIL Jacques

1966 DEN HARTOG Arie

1965 GOMEZ DEL MORAL Antonio

1964 CARRARA Joseph

1963 NOVALES Joseph

1962 KARMANY Antonio

1961 DUEZ Henri

1960 POBLET ORRIOLS Miguel

1959 BOTELLA Salvador

1958 VAN GENECHTEN Richard

1957 LORONO ARTEGA Jesus

1956 UTSET Aniceto

1955 GOMEZ DEL MORAL José

1954 SERENA Walter

1953 BOTELLA Salvador

1952 POBLET ORRIOLS Miguel

1951 VOLPI Primo

1950 GELABERT Antonio

1949 ROL Emile

1948 RODRIGUEZ Emilio

1947 RODRIGUEZ Emilio

1946 BERRENDERO Julian

1945 RUIZ Bernardo

1944 CASAS Miguel

1943 BERRENDERO Julian

1942 EZQUERRA Federico

1941 SANCHO Antonio Andres

1940 CRISTOBAL Didier

1939 CANARDO Mariano

1936 CANARDO Mariano

1935 CANARDO Mariano

1934 ROGORA Bernardo

1933 BOVET Alfredo

1932 CANARDO Mariano

1931 CARDONA BALBASTRE Salvador

1930 CANARDO Mariano

1929 CANARDO Mariano

1928 CANARDO Mariano

1927 FONTAN Victor

1926 FONTAN Victor

1925 MIQUEL Mussió

1924 MIQUEL Mussió

1923 VILLE Maurice

1920 PELLETIER José

1913 MARTÍ Juan

1912 MAGDALENA José

1911 MASDEU Sebastián








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History

Written by Wicky (2005-03-01 00:00)
Translated by DZI (2006-02-09 00:00:00)



It’s 1911, Sebastián Masdeu wins the first tour of Catalonia. This Catalan part of Spain will be the background for a new stagerace, known as Volta a Cataluñya.
After the 1913 edition, the First World War prevents any cycling to take place in Spain. It takes the Catalans some time to recover, the next ‘volta’ taking place in 1920. Yet, the following year the race was cancelled and the future of this race looked bleak.


A merger of four race organisers provides the race with a new lease of life on the 26th of april 1922. This fifth edition is the start of a new era. That 1923 race is won by Frenchman Maurice Ville. We don’t know if this second French victory convinced the Spanish to make this a national event, but they did. The next two years saw Spaniard Miguel Mucio ruling Catalonia’s Tour. That following year the route brings them to the Bax-Ebres region. This time French, Italian and Swiss riders are also accepted into the race. Somehow the Spanish organisers realised the international input was more important to the value of their race. But again a French rider, Víctor Fontan, wins the race!
Fortunately for the organisers a local talent emerges from the Spanish ranks. Mariano Cañardo wins in 1928, and will ride to victory on many occasion. Cañardo actually wins the ‘Volta’ seven times, the last one in 1939, after a two year pause because of the Spanish Civil War (1937 – 1938).


Together with all the Wars in that period, the Tour of Catalonia also had their own sporting struggle because of the Italian Giro. Logically the bulk of riders, including the big Italian names Coppi, Bartali and Magni, opted for that Italian race. So mostly they were left with riders that didn’t stand a chance in the Giro. Fortunately some French, Swiss riders and the odd Belgian participated in the race. Still, it remained a Spanish dominated race through the Catalonian mountains.


This all changed in the late sixties. More people started to ride their bikes and discovered they could compete with the existing elite riders. Winners from Belgium, Italy, France and the Netherlands can suddenly be found on the leaderboard. Obviously Eddy Merckx is the greatest champion this race has ever known. But no-one would ever beat the seven time winner Cañardo on Catalonia’s palmares, not even one of the greatest Spanish champions. Miguel Induráin did win this race three times, but will be remembered mostly by his presence in a certain French race! Maybe the near future will provide us with another great champion in the Volta a Cataluñya.




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