MADRID, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Winners of the Vuelta a Espana
cycle race since 1980:
1980 – Faustino Ruperez (Spain)
1981 – Giovanni Battglin (Italy)
1982 – Marino Lejarreta (Spain)
1983 – Bernard Hinault (France)
1984 – Eric Caritoux (France)
1985 – Pedro Delgado (Spain)
1986 – Alvaro Pino (Spain)
1987 – Luis Herrera (Spain)
1988 – Sean Kelly (Ireland)
1989 – Delgado
1990 – Marco Giovanetti (Italy)
1991 – Melchor Mauri (Italy)
1992 – Toni Rominger (Switzerland)
1993 – Rominger
1994 – Rominger
1995 – Laurent Jalabert (France)
1996 – Alex Zuelle (Switzerland)
1997 – Zuelle
1998 – Abraham Olano (Spain)
1999 – Jan Ullrich (Germany)
2000 – Roberto Heras (Spain)
2001 – Angel Casero (Spain)
2002 – Aitor Gonzalez (Spain)
2003 – Heras
2004 – Heras
2005 – Denis Menchov (Russia)*
2006 – Alexander Vinokourov (Kazakhstan)
2007 – Menchov
2008 – Alberto Contador (Spain)
2009 – Alejandro Valverde (Spain)
2010 – Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
2011 – Juan Jose Cobo (Spain)
2012 – Contador
* Original winner Heras was stripped of the title after
testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO).
(Compiled by Alasdair Fotheringham; Editing by John O’Brien)
