List of Vuelta a España classification winners

Since 1935, and annually since 1955, the Vuelta a España has been the most important multiday cycle racing event in Spain. In the 63 editions of the race, riders from eleven countries have won the general classification. A mountains classification has been held every edition too, while the first points classification was held in 1945 and annually since 1955. Madrid has staged the most Vuelta-starts and finishes, and has been the regular finish city since 1994.

Vuelta	Year	Overall	Points	Mountains	Combination	Young rider
79	2024	Primož Roglič	Kaden Groves	Jay Vine		Mattias Skjelmose
78	2023	Sepp Kuss	Kaden Groves	Remco Evenepoel		Juan Ayuso
77	2022	Remco Evenepoel	Mads Pedersen	Richard Carapaz		Remco Evenepoel
76	2021	Primož Roglič	Fabio Jakobsen	Michael Storer		Gino Mäder
75	2020	Primož Roglič	Primož Roglič	Guillaume Martin		Enric Mas
74	2019	Primož Roglič	Primož Roglič	Geoffrey Bouchard		Tadej Pogačar
73	2018	Simon Yates	Alejandro Valverde	Thomas De Gendt	Simon Yates	Enric Mas
72	2017	Chris Froome	Chris Froome	Davide Villella	Chris Froome	Miguel Ángel López
71	2016	Nairo Quintana	Fabio Felline	Omar Fraile	Nairo Quintana
70	2015	Fabio Aru	Alejandro Valverde	Omar Fraile	Joaquim Rodríguez
69	2014	Alberto Contador	John Degenkolb	Luis León Sánchez	Alberto Contador
68	2013	Chris Horner	Alejandro Valverde	Nicolas Edet	Chris Horner
67	2012	Alberto Contador	Alejandro Valverde	Simon Clarke	Alejandro Valverde
66	2011	Chris Froome	Bauke Mollema	David Moncoutié	Chris Froome
65	2010	Vincenzo Nibali	Mark Cavendish	David Moncoutié	Vincenzo Nibali
64	2009	Alejandro Valverde	André Greipel	David Moncoutié	Alejandro Valverde
63	2008	Alberto Contador	Greg Van Avermaet	David Moncoutié	Alberto Contador
62	2007	Denis Menchov	Daniele Bennati	Denis Menchov	Denis Menchov
61	2006	Alexandre Vinokourov	Thor Hushovd	Egoi Martínez	Alexandre Vinokourov
60	2005	Roberto Heras	Alessandro Petacchi	Joaquim Rodríguez	Roberto Heras
59	2004	Roberto Heras	Erik Zabel	Félix Cárdenas	Roberto Heras
58	2003	Roberto Heras	Erik Zabel	Félix Cárdenas	Alejandro Valverde
57	2002	Aitor González	Erik Zabel	Aitor Osa	Roberto Heras
56	2001	Ángel Casero	José María Jiménez	José María Jiménez
55	2000	Roberto Heras	Roberto Heras	Carlos Sastre
54	1999	Jan Ullrich	Frank Vandenbroucke	José María Jiménez
53	1998	Abraham Olano	Fabrizio Guidi	José María Jiménez
52	1997	Alex Zülle	Laurent Jalabert	José María Jiménez
51	1996	Alex Zülle	Laurent Jalabert	Tony Rominger
50	1995	Laurent Jalabert	Laurent Jalabert	Laurent Jalabert
49	1994	Tony Rominger	Laurent Jalabert	Luc Leblanc
48	1993	Tony Rominger	Tony Rominger	Tony Rominger	Jesús Montoya
47	1992	Tony Rominger	Djamolidine Abdoujaparov	Carlos Hernández	Tony Rominger
46	1991	Melcior Mauri	Uwe Raab	Lucho Herrera	Federico Echave
45	1990	Marco Giovannetti	Uwe Raab	José Martín Farfán	Federico Echave
44	1989	Pedro Delgado	Malcolm Elliott	Óscar Vargas	Óscar Vargas
43	1988	Sean Kelly	Sean Kelly	Álvaro Pino	Sean Kelly
42	1987	Lucho Herrera	Alfonso Gutiérrez	Lucho Herrera	Laurent Fignon
41	1986	Álvaro Pino	Sean Kelly	José Luis Laguía	Sean Kelly
40	1985	Pedro Delgado	Sean Kelly	José Luis Laguía	Robert Millar
39	1984	Éric Caritoux	Guido Van Calster	Felipe Yáñez
38	1983	Bernard Hinault	Marino Lejarreta	José Luis Laguía
37	1982	Marino Lejarreta	Stefan Mutter	José Luis Laguía
36	1981	Giovanni Battaglin	Francisco Javier Cedena	José Luis Laguía
35	1980	Faustino Rupérez	Sean Kelly	Juan Fernández
34	1979	Joop Zoetemelk	Fons De Wolf	Felipe Yáñez
33	1978	Bernard Hinault	Ferdi Van den Haute	Andrés Oliva
32	1977	Freddy Maertens	Freddy Maertens	Pedro Torres
31	1976	José Pesarrodona	Dietrich Thurau	Andrés Oliva
30	1975	Agustín Tamames	Miguel María Lasa	Andrés Oliva
29	1974	José Manuel Fuente	Domingo Perurena	José Luis Abilleira	José Luis Abilleira
28	1973	Eddy Merckx	Eddy Merckx	José Luis Abilleira	Eddy Merckx
27	1972	José Manuel Fuente	Domingo Perurena	José Manuel Fuente	José Manuel Fuente
26	1971	Ferdinand Bracke	Cyrille Guimard	Joop Zoetemelk	Cyrille Guimard
25	1970	Luis Ocaña	Guido Reybrouck	Agustín Tamames	Guido Reybrouck
24	1969	Roger Pingeon	Raymond Steegmans	Luis Ocaña
23	1968	Felice Gimondi	Jan Janssen	Francisco Gabica
22	1967	Jan Janssen	Jan Janssen	Mariano Díaz
21	1966	Francisco Gabica	Jos van der Vleuten	Gregorio San Miguel
20	1965	Rolf Wolfshohl	Rik Van Looy	Julio Jiménez
19	1964	Raymond Poulidor	José Pérez-Francés	Julio Jiménez
18	1963	Jacques Anquetil	Bas Maliepaard	Julio Jiménez
17	1962	Rudi Altig	Rudi Altig	Antonio Karmany
16	1961	Angelino Soler	Antonio Suárez	Antonio Karmany
15	1960	Franz De Mulder	Arthur De Cabooter	Antonio Karmany
14	1959	Antonio Suárez	Rik Van Looy	Antonio Suárez
13	1958	Jean Stablinski	Salvador Botella	Federico Bahamontes
12	1957	Jesús Loroño	Vicente Iturat	Federico Bahamontes
11	1956	Angelo Conterno	Rik Van Steenbergen	Nino Defilippis
10	1955	Jean Dotto	Fiorenzo Magni	Giuseppe Buratti
9	1950	Emilio Rodríguez		Emilio Rodríguez
8	1948	Bernardo Ruiz		Bernardo Ruiz
7	1947	Edward Van Dijck	Delio Rodríguez	Emilio Rodríguez
6	1946	Dalmacio Langarica		Emilio Rodríguez
5	1945	Delio Rodríguez	Delio Rodríguez	Julián Berrendero
4	1942	Julián Berrendero		Julián Berrendero
3	1941	Julián Berrendero		Fermín Trueba
2	1936	Gustaaf Deloor		Salvador Molina
1	1935	Gustaaf Deloor		Edoardo Molinar

Cyclist	Total	Years
Roberto Heras (ESP)	4	2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
Primož Roglič (SLO)	4	2019, 2020, 2021, 2024
Tony Rominger (SUI)	3	1992, 1993, 1994
Alberto Contador (ESP)	3	2008, 2012, 2014
Gustaaf Deloor (BEL)	2	1935, 1936
Julián Berrendero (ESP)	2	1941, 1942
José Manuel Fuente (ESP)	2	1972, 1974
Bernard Hinault (FRA)	2	1978, 1983
Pedro Delgado (ESP)	2	1985, 1989
Alex Zülle (SUI)	2	1996, 1997
Chris Froome (GBR)	2	2011, 2017

Rank	Country	Wins
1	Spain	31
2	France	9
3	Belgium	8
4	Italy	6
5	Switzerland	5
6	Slovenia	4
7	Germany	3
7	United Kingdom	3
9	Colombia	2
	Netherlands	2
	Russia	2
	United States	2
13	Ireland	1
13	Kazakhstan	1

Rank	Country	Wins
1	Spain	16
2	Belgium	13
3	Germany	9
4	Netherlands	6
5	France	5
5	Italy	5
7	Ireland	4
8	United Kingdom	3
9	Switzerland	2
	Slovenia	2
	Australia	2
12	Denmark	1
	Norway	1
	Uzbekistan	1

Rank	Country	Wins
1	Spain	50
2	France	9
3	Colombia	6
4	Italy	3
4	Australia	2
6	Switzerland	2
7	Ecuador	1
	Netherlands	1
	Russia	1
	Belgium	1

List of Vuelta a España classification winners

By year

By rider

By country

Overall

Points

King of the Mountains

See also

References

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