List of Vuelta a Espana winners

Winnig Vuelta a Espana with the smallest winning margin in the history of the race, French rider Éric Caritoux delivered a surprise victory in 1984. Vuelta a Espana always has provided much more opportunitiy to success for lesser known riders, especially in the era, when it was a spring race. (Vuelta a Espana moved to autumn … Read more

Over the last few years, since the new golden generation arrived in the world of road cycling races, there are no more unbeatable records, or at least  very old lists with some cery new names. Since the beginning of his professional career, we always knew, Remco Evenepoel’s name will be one of those we should … Read more

Take a look at the list of Vuelta a Espana winners frim the beginning to 2022.  Note, the first two decades in the history of the youngest grand tour were a bit chaotic. There were a quite a few years, when the race wasn’t held.  1935 Gustaaf Deloor1936 Gustaaf Deloor1941 Julián Berrendero1942 Julián Berrendero1945 Delio … Read more

The leader jersey of the Spanish cycling race Vuelta a Espana is red since 2010 only.  But  of course, leader jerseys with different colours were awarded since the beginning (1935) of the race1 Alex Zülle 482 Primoz Roglic 373 Roberto Heras 344 Delio Rodriguez 32Tony Rominger  32Gustaaf Deloor  327 Alejandro Valverde  27Julián Berrendero27Chris Froome United … Read more

Vuelta a Espana was a sping race for decades, the first autumn edition was held in 1995, and its original schedules were usually very close to Giro d’Italia. Little wonder, that the first Giro-Vuelta happened only in 1973, and the first rider to achieve it was Eddy Merkcx. (Just for the record: Fausto Coppi managed … Read more

Passo del Mortirolo, usually a mid-stage ascent, was introduced to Giro d’Italia in 1990. The first rider on the top was the Venezuelan Leonardo Sierra. There is a monument to Marco Pantani at 8 km from the top (from the side of Mazzo di Valtellina).Also,  there is a special prize for the rider first atop, … Read more

There are only four riders who led the general classification of Giro d’Italia thtough the entire race. Although the number of days they spent in leadeship differs due to the different stucture of the race though the years. Costante Girardengo 1919 (10 stages) During the first edition of Giro d’Italia after World War I Girardengo … Read more

Mario Cipollini won the most Giro d’Italia stages  He became the sole record holder on the 9th stage of Giro d’ Italia in 2003See the list of the top 25 riders:Mario Cipollini 42Alfredo Binda  41Learco Guerra  31Costante Girardengo  30Eddy Merckx  25Giuseppe Saronni  24Francesco Moser  23Roger De Vlaeminck 22Alessandro Petacchi 22Fausto Coppi  22Franco Bitossi  20Miguel Poblet … Read more

Olimpio Bizzi is the younges stage winner ever with19 years  and 229 days.He won the 8th stage at Giro d’Italia 1936.Mark Cavendish was38 years and 7 daysold, when he crossed the finish line first in the last stage of Giro d’Italia 2023. 

Winners of both Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix in the same year: Henri Suter 1923 Romain Gijssels 1932 Gaston Rebry 1934 Raymond Impanis 1954 Fred De Bruyne 1957 Rik Van Looy 1962 Roger De Vlaeminck 1977 Peter van Petegem 2003 Tom Boonen 2005 Fabian Cancellara 2010 Tom Boonen Belgium 2012 Fabian Cancellara 2013 Mathieu van … Read more