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Vuelta a Andalucia-Ruta del Sol (2.Pro)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
The Vuelta a Andalucia (Tour of Andalucia), a week-long stage race held in southern Spain during late February is more popularly known as the Ruta del Sol.
A single edition in 1925 was organized by the secretary of the Spanish cycling federation, Miguel Arteman. After that, the race remained dormant until it was revived by the Malagueña Cycling Association in 1955.
Between 1979 and 1986 it was called the Ruta Ciclista del Sol, referring to the Costa del Sol of Spain.
In 1993 it was finally named Vuelta a Andalucia-Ruta del Sol. That should make everyone happy.
Because of ongoing farmers' protests, the 2024 edition consisted solely of 4.95 km individual time trial.
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Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1925 | Ricardo Montero 29hr 32min 34sec |
Victorio Otero @ 2sec |
Telmo Garcia @ 12min |
735 km | 25.060 |
| 1926- 1954 | Race not held | ||||
| 1955 | José Gomez Del Moral 30hr 7min 19sec |
Salvador Botella @ 4min 5sec |
Francisco Alomar @ 5min 44sec |
1164 km | 38.640 |
| 1956 | Miguel Bover 42hr 26min 49sec |
José Gomez Del Moral @ 8min 7sec |
Antonio Barrutia @ 9min 25sec |
1337 km | 32.700 |
| 1957 | Hortencio Vidaurreta 33hr 35min 38sec |
Gabriel Mas @ 2min 49sec |
Jesus Galdeano @ 3min 14sec |
1201 km | 31.726 |
| 1958 | Gabriel Company 33hr 2min 54sec |
Gabriel Mas @ 1min 36sec |
José Gomez Del Moral @ s.t. |
1216.4 km | 36.800 |
| 1959 | Miguel Pacheco 35hr 37min 56sec |
Joaquin Barcelo @ 1min 4sec |
Antonio Jimenez Pareja @ 2min 12sec |
1342 km | 37.999 |
| 1960 | Gabriel Mas 34hr 11min 46sec |
José Gomez Del Moral @ 1min 38sec |
Santiago Montilla @ 1min 43sec |
1219 km | 36.667 |
| 1961 | Angelino Soler 35hr 37min 15sec |
Antonio Gomez Del Moral @ 2min 19sec |
Gabriel Mas @ 6min 34sec |
1334 km | 35.147 |
| 1962 | Jose Antonio Momeñe 30hr 30min 31sec |
Antonio Barrutia @ s.t. |
Gabriel Mas @ s.t. |
1101 km | 36.678 |
| 1963 | Antonio Barrutia 31hr 50min 48sec |
Antonio Carreras @ 7sec |
Alcino Rodrigues @ s.t. |
1325 km | 36.573 |
| 1964 | Rudi Altig 32hr 26min 15sec |
Michel "Mies" Stolker @ 42sec |
Bastiaan Maliepaard @ s.t. |
1195 km | 37.857 |
| 1965 | José Segu 31hr 55min 35sec |
Jesus Isasi @ 30sec |
Antonio Tous @ 45sec |
1205 km | 37.637 |
| 1966 | Jesus Aranzabal 35hr 33min 28sec |
Dieter Puschel @ 3min 55sec |
José Maria Errandonea @ 4min 26sec |
1267 km | 35.550 |
| 1967 | Ramon Mendiburu 32hr 10min 42sec |
Gabino Ereñozaga @ 2min |
José Antonio Momeñe @ 2min 57sec |
1077 km | 33.305 |
| 1968 | Antoon Houbrechts 28hr 39min 29sec |
Francisco Juan Granell @ 5min 51sec |
Luis Ocaña @ 6min 13sec |
1056 km | 38.082 |
| 1969 | Antonio Gomez Del Moral 31hr 39min 45sec |
Jorge Marine @ 55sec |
José Manuel Lasa @ 1min 10sec |
1044 km | 33.469 |
| 1970 | José Gomez-Lucas 23hr 56min 45sec |
José Antonio Gonzalez @ 2min 4sec |
Harm Ottenbros @ 2min 55sec |
851 km | 37.106 |
| 1971 | Jean-Pierre Monseré 19hr 56min 22sec |
Jos Van Der Vleuten @ 58sec |
Roger De Vlaeminck @ s.t. |
674 km | 34.530 |
| 1972 | Jan Krekels 22hr 42min 2sec |
Gérard Vianen @ 7sec |
José Antonio Gonzalez @ 22sec |
792 km | 34.763 |
| 1973 | Georges Pintens 18hr 41min 41sec |
José Antonio Gonzalez @ 49sec |
Rik Van Linden@ 1min 11sec | 728 km | 38.076 |
| 1974 | Freddy Maertens 24hr 1min 24sec |
José-Luis Viejo @ 2min 25sec |
José Antonio Gonzalez @ 2min 48sec |
895 km | 37.254 |
| 1975 | Freddy Maertens 19hr 29min 28sec |
Luis Ocaña @ 1min 3sec |
Dietrich Thurau @ 1min 17sec |
807 km | 39.510 |
| 1976 | Gerrie Knetemann 23hr 33sec |
Hennie Kuiper @ 54sec |
Gerben Karstens @ 1min 17sec |
879 km | 37.791 |
| 1977 | Dietrich Thurau 19hr 43min 56sec |
Hennie Kuiper @ 2min 46sec |
Domingo Perurena @ 2min 59sec |
844 km | 39.602 |
| 1978 | Race not held | ||||
| 1979 | Dietrich Thurau 21hr 54min 15sec |
Daniel Willems @ 5sec |
Vicente Belda @ 9sec |
826.4 km | 37.727 |
| 1980 | Daniel Willems 20hr 42min 11sec |
Bernt Johansson @ 56sec |
Eulalio Garcia @ 2min 17sec |
720 km | 34.777 |
| 1981 | Jos Schipper 23hr 22min 51sec |
Ronald De Witte @ 58sec |
Martin Havik @ 59sec |
792.3 km | 33.886 |
| 1982 | Marc Sergeant 23hr 8min 4sec |
Angel Arroyo @ s.t. |
Alberto Fernandez @ 15sec |
797.6 | 34.784 |
| 1983 | Eduardo Chozas 23hr 4min 12sec |
Antonio Coll @ 1min 6sec |
Jo Maas @ s.t. |
796.5 km | 34.543 |
| 1984 | Julian Gorospe 22hr 48min 22sec |
Jaime Vilamjo @ 3sec |
Jesus Blanco Villar @ 17sec |
790.4 km | 34.648 |
| 1985 | Rolf Gölz 23hr 59min 34sec |
Miguel Indurain @ 14sec |
Jesus Blanco Villar @ 38sec |
853.1 km | 35.556 |
| 1986 | Steven Rooks 20hr 48min 15sec |
Peter Hilse @ 6sec |
Inaki Gaston @ 20sec |
765.7 km | 36.805 |
| 1987 | Rolf Gölz 25hr 16min 47sec |
Jesus Blanco Villar @ 9sec |
Julian Gorospe @ 25sec |
940.5 km | 37.222 |
| 1988 | Edwig Van Hooydonck 22hr 49min 5sec |
Jesus Blanco Villar @ 4sec |
Maarten Ducrot @ 11sec |
836.7 km | 36.670 |
| 1989 | Fabio Bordonali 22hr 25min 57sec |
Luc Roosen @ 8sec |
Peter Hilse @ 49sec |
828.7 km | 36.941 |
| 1990 | Eduardo Chozas 23hr 29min 39sec |
Miguel Angel Martinez @ 36sec |
Pascal Lance @ s.t. |
908 km | 38.647 |
| 1991 | Roberto Lezuan 24hr 21min 51sec |
Jesper Skibby s.t. |
Adri Van Der Poel @ 3sec |
1040.3 km | 42.685 |
| 1992 | Miguel Angel Martinez 21hr 17min 30sec |
Jesus Montoya @ 24sec |
Herminio Diaz Zabala @ 1min 28sec |
804 km | 37.761 |
| 1993 | Julian Gorospe 20hr 48min 3sec |
Edwig Van Hooydonck @ 1sec |
Neil Stephens @ s.t. |
731 km | 35.018 |
| 1994 | Stefano Della Santa 24hr 31min 14sec |
Luc Roosen @ 1min 7sec |
Francisco Cabello @ 1min 17sec |
859.4 km | 35.048 |
| 1995 | Stefano Della Santa 19hr 35min 51sec |
Francisco Cabello @ s.t. |
Mariano Rojas @ 17sec |
823.6 km | 41.184 |
| 1996 | Neil Stephens 22hr 52min 53sec |
Alexandre Gontchenkov @ 32sec |
Peter Farazijn @ 2min 8sec |
864.6 km | 37.759 |
| 1997 | Erik Zabel 18hr 30min 33sec |
Johan Museeuw @ s.t. |
David Etxebarria @ s.t. |
721.2 km | 38.964 |
| 1998 | Marcelino Garcia 21hr 39min 58sec |
Laurent Jalabert @ 5sec |
David Etxebarria @ 10sec |
839.9 km | 38.766 |
| 1999 | Javier Pascual Rodriguez 20hr 15min 34sec |
Santiago Botero @ 2sec |
Santiago Blanco @ 1min 10sec |
784.2 km | 38.708 |
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| 2000 | Miguel Angel Peña 20hr 58min 8sec |
Francisco Cabello @ 22sec |
Aitor Garmendia @ 26sec |
794.5 km | 37.889 |
| 2001 | Erik Dekker 22hr 9min 32sec |
Marc Wauters @ 6sec |
Alesandr Sheffer @ 9sec |
857.1 km | 38.680 |
| 2002 | Antonio Colom 21hr 17min 40sec |
Axel Merckx @ 16sec |
Javier Pasqual Rodriguez @ 17sec |
821.9 km | 38.597 |
| 2003 | Javier Pascual Llorente 21hr 58min 34sec |
Davide Rebellin @ 8sec |
Alejandro Valverde @ 9sec |
863.2 km | 39.279 |
| 2004 | Juan Carlos Dominguez 22hr 3min 57sec |
Carlos Garcia Quesada @ 15sec |
Samuel Sanchez @ 19sec |
870.8 km | 39.464 |
| 2005 | Francisco Cabello 20hr 33min 25sec |
Daniel Moreno @ 1min 30sec |
José Luis Martinez Jimenez @ 2min 36sec |
803.8 km | 39.101 |
| 2006 | Carlos Garcia Quesada 20hr 8min 23sec |
Rodrigo Garcia Rena @ s.t. |
Adolfo Garcia Quesada @ 7sec |
827.4 km | 40.686 |
| 2007 | Oscar Freire 20hr 20min 55sec |
Dario David Cioni @ 1sec |
Tadej Valjavec @ 2sec |
823.2 km | 40.455 |
| 2008 | Pablo Lastras 20hr 33min 15sec |
Clément Lhôtellerie @ 48sec |
Cadel Evans @ 1min 32sec |
802.8 km | 39.058 |
| 2009 | Joost Posthuma 17hr 28min 40sec |
Xavier Tondo @ 2sec |
Davide Rebellin @ 3sec |
669 km | 38.277 |
| 2010 | Michael Rogers 18hr 12min 16sec |
Jurgen Van Den Broeck @ 19sec |
Sergio Pardilla @ 30sec |
676.2 km | 37.145 |
| 2011 | Markel Irirzar Aramburu 16hr 27min 21sec |
Jurgen Van Den Broeck @ 1sec |
Levi Leipheimer @ 2sec |
680.6 km | 41.359 |
| 2012 | Alejandro Valverde 16hr 8min 49sec |
Rein Taaramae @ 3sec |
Jerome Coppel @ 8sec |
646.50 km | 40.039 |
| 2013 | Alejandro Valverde 13hr 47min 27sec |
Jurgen Van den Broeck @ 7sec |
Bauke Mollema @ 11sec |
546.8 km | 39.650 |
| 2014 | Alejandro Valverde 18hr 47min 45sec |
Richie Porte @ 31sec |
Luis Leon Sanchez @ 33sec |
735.5 km | 39.078 |
| 2015 | Christopher Froome 21hr 21min 14sec |
Alberto Contador @ 2sec |
Beñat Intxausti @ 2min 38sec |
859.9 km | 40.175 |
| 2016 | Alejandro Valverde 17hr 41min 10sec |
Tejay van Garderen @ 26sec |
Bauke Mollema @ 52sec |
701.4 km | 39.658 km/hr |
| 2017 | Alejandro Valverde 17hr 12min 23sec |
Alberto Contador @ 1sec |
Thibaut Pinot @ 6sec |
675.6 km | 39.264 km/hr |
| 2018 | Tim Wellens 17hr 41min 50sec |
Wout Poels @ 8sec |
Marc Soler @ 27sec |
712.6 km | 40.27 km/hr |
| 2019 | Jakob Fuglsang 17hr 42min 0sec |
Ion Izagirre @ 7sec |
Steven Kriujswijk @ 11sec |
687.1 km | 38.819 km/hr |
| 2020 | Jakob Fuglsang 17hr 47min 58sec |
Jack Haig @ 59sec |
Mikel Landa @ 1min 12sec |
686.8 km | 38.586 km/hr |
| 2021 | Miguel Lopez 21hr 6min 55sec |
Antwan Tolhoek @ 20sec |
Julen Amezqueta @ 1min 10sec |
803.7 km | 38.062 km/hr |
| 2022 | Wouter Poels 20hr 51min 27sec |
Cristian Rodriguez @ 14sec |
Miguel Lopez @ 15sec |
818.3 km | 39.233 km/hr |
| 2023 | Tadej Pogacar 21hr 5min 2sec |
Mikel Landa @ 1min 18sec |
Santiago Buitrago @ 1min 23sec |
845.5 km | 40.102 km/hr |
| 2024 | Maxim Van Gils 8min 17sec |
Juan Ayuso @ 10sec |
Antonio Tiberi @ s.t. |
4.95 km | 35.855 km/hr |
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