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Tour of Catalonia (Pro Tour)
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya -Tour de Catalogne
Results, winners and placings, distance & average speed
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The race:
The Tour of Catalonia used to be one of the three important stage races in May and June, set between the Giro and the Tour. For many riders it was an important pre-Tour tune-up. The other important stage races still sitting between the Giro and the Tour are the Tour of Switzerland and the Dauphiné Libéré.
In 2005 the Tour of Catalonia was moved to May, where it conflicted with the Giro. For 2010 the race was moved to late March where it still meets up with a very busy calender, conflicting principally with the Coppi-Bartali stage race in Italy, Critérium International in France and E3 and Ghent-Wevelgem in Belgium.
It is the oldest currently run race in Spain and is second only to the Vuelta in prestige among Spanish races. The only stage races older than the Volta a Catalunya are the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia. Mariano Cañardo has won the Catalonian tour most often, with 7 victories.
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Complete Volta a Catalunya podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1911 | Sebastián Masdeau 15hr 30min 40sec |
José Magdalena @ 2min 46sec |
Vicente Blanco @ 17min 55sec |
365 km | 23.408 |
| 1912 | José Magdalena 18hr 32min 8sec |
Joaquin Marti @ 44min 16sec |
Antonio Crespo @ 56min 21sec |
427 km | 23.056 |
| 1913 | Juan Marti 18hr 56min 23sec |
Antonio Crespo @ 18min 13sec |
Guillermo Anton @ 50min 32sec |
448 km | 23.654 |
| 1914-1919 | Race not held | ||||
| 1920 | José Pelletier 23hr 55min 16sec |
Joseph Nat @ 20min 6sec |
Jaime Janer @ 1hr 9min 14sec |
630 km | 26.337 |
| 1921-1922 | Race not held | ||||
| 1923 | Maurice Ville 26hr 36min |
José Pelletier @ 13min 10sec |
Joseph Nat @ 20min 47sec |
642 km | 24.135 |
| 1924 | Miguel Mucio 25hr 1min 30sec |
Teodoro Monteys @ 10min 13sec |
Victorino Otero @ 15min 10sec |
660 km | 26.377 |
| 1925 | Miguel Mucio 28hr 36min 12sec |
Jaime Janier @ 5min 10sec |
Teodoro Monteys @ 10min 9sec |
711 km | 25.002 |
| 1926 | Victor Fontan 44hr 4min 40sec |
Miguel Mucio @ 2min 6sec |
Mariano Cañardo @ 9min 49sec |
1189 km | 26.975 |
| 1927 | Victor Fontan 51hr 3min 34sec |
Mariano Cañardo @ 3min 1sec |
Georges Cuveler @ 12min 2sec |
1342 km | 26.283 |
| 1928 | Mariano Cañardo 51hr 3min 36sec |
Miguel Mucio @ 5min 52sec |
Julio Borras @ 16min 32sec |
1348 km | 26.403 |
| 1929 | Mariano Cañardo 40hr 1min 44sec |
Jean Aerts @ 1min 51sec |
Arturo Bresciani @ 8min 33sec |
1111 km | 27.755 |
| 1930 | Mariano Cañardo 53hr 17min 37sec |
Marcel Maurel @ 22min 5sec |
Ricardo Montero @ 30min 1sec |
1428 km | 25.794 |
| 1931 | Salvador Cardona 54hr 48min 42sec |
Mariano Cañardo @ 4min 45sec |
Aleardo Simoni @ 11min 14sec |
1440 km | 26.272 |
| 1932 | Mariano Cañardo 40hr 53min 14sec |
Domenico Piemontesi @ 4min 2sec |
Isidro Figueras @ 16min 15sec |
1190 km | 29.104 |
| 1933 | Alfredo Bovet 55hr 4min 19sec |
Ambrogio Morelli @ 31min 59sec |
Antoine Dignef @ 34min 57sec |
1537 km | 27.918 |
| 1934 | Bernardo Rogora 45hr 33min 7sec |
Alfons Deloor @ 9min 6sec |
Nino Sella @ 9min 58sec |
1358 km | 29.812 |
| 1935 | Mariano Cañardo 44hr 55min 55sec |
Federico Ezquerra @ 10min 48sec |
Jozef Huts @ 14min 42sec |
1358 km | 30.223 |
| 1936 | Mariano Cañardo 48hr 20min 21sec |
Frans Bonduel @ 2min 22sec |
Juan Gimeno @ 7min 40sec |
1536 km | 31.775 |
| 1937-1938 | Race not held | ||||
| 1939 | Mariano Cañardo 27hr 1min 28sec |
Diego Chafer @ 6min 39sec |
Fermin Trueba @ 15min 51sec |
928 km | 34.339 |
| 1940 | Christophe Didier 48hr 41min 44sec |
Mathias Clemens @ 4min 26sec |
Mariano Cañardo @ 8min 59sec |
1344 km | 27.600 |
| 1941 | Antonio Andrés Sancho 38hr 9min 41sec |
Andres Canals @ 2min 24sec |
José Campana @ 4min 16sec |
1227 km | 32.152 |
| 1942 | Federico Ezquerra 39hr 31min 52sec |
Julian Berrendero @ 8min 21sec |
Diego Chafer @ 11min 18sec |
1262 km | 31.924 |
| 1943 | Julián Berrendero 37hr 51min 11sec |
Vicente Miro @ 4min 47sec |
Antonio Destrieux @ 8min 13sec |
1124 km | 29.693 |
| 1944 | Miguel Casas 36hr 53min 39sec |
Dalmacio Langarica @ 2min 37sec |
Vicente Miro @ min 15sec |
1096 km | 29.707 |
| 1945 | Bernardo Ruiz 61hr 43min 33sec |
Juan Gimeno @ 9min 32sec |
Robert Zimmermann @ 11min 28sec |
1893 km | 30.624 |
| 1946 | Julián Berrendero 46hr 43min 58sec |
Gottfried Weilenmann @ 4min 18sec |
Bernardo Capo @ 7min 28sec |
1391 km | 29.764 |
| 1947 | Emilio Rodriguez 44hr 51min 5sec |
Miguel Gual @ 5min 1sec |
Georges Aeschlimann @ 11min 59sec |
1340 km | 29.876 |
| 1948 | Emilio Rodriguez 46hr 23min 21sec |
Giuliano Breschi @ 7min 31sec |
Ezio Cecchi @ 8min 37sec |
1431.5 km | 30.858 |
| 1949 | Emile Rol 36hr 1min 16sec |
Miguel Poblet @ 3min 46sec |
Robert Desbats @ s.t. |
1228 km | 34.091 |
| 1950 | Antonio Gelabert 39hr 57min 59sec |
José Serra @ 3min 29sec |
Francisco Masip @ 4min 4sec |
1320 km | 33.028 |
| 1951 | Primo Volpi 47hr 12min 57sec |
Francisco Masip @ 3min 17sec |
Manolo Rodriguez @ 3min 38sec |
1596 km (?) | 33.810 (?) |
| 1952 | Miguel Poblet 41hr 51min 51sec |
Adolfo Grosso @ 1min 44sec |
José Serra @ 5min 58sec |
1390 km | 33.203 |
| 1953 | Salvador Botella 42hr 48min 21sec |
Francisco Masip @ 2min 46sec |
José Serra @ 3min 16sec |
1433 km | 33.476 |
| 1954 | Walter Serena 39hr 13min 36sec |
Alberto Sant @ 1min 43sec |
Miguel Poblet @ 8min 10sec |
1287 km | 32.809 |
| 1955 | José Gómez del Moral 39hr 52min 59sec |
Gabriel Company @ 11min 3sec |
Emilio Rodriguez @ 13min 14sec |
1447 km | 36.281 |
| 1956 | Aniceto Utset 39hr 24min 35sec |
Vicente Iturat @ 15sec |
Francisco Masip @ 2min 44sec |
1421 km | 36.057 |
| 1957 | Jesús Loroño 34hr 56min 49sec |
Salvado Botella @ 1min 41sec |
René Marigil @ 2min 33sec |
1296.8 km | 37.107 |
| 1958 | Richard Van Genechten 37hr 28min 2sec |
Gabriel Mas @ 3min 51sec |
Aniceto Utset @ 4min 31sec |
1389.4 km | 37.073 |
| 1959 | Salvador Botella 36hr 54min 53sec |
Fernando Manzaneque @ 3sec |
José Herrero Berrendero @ 19sec |
1306.6 km | 35.38 |
| 1960 | Miguel Poblet 33hr 26min 29sec |
José Perez-Frances @ 3min 56sec |
Emilio Cruz @ 5min 3sec |
1247.7 km | 37.306 |
| 1961 | Henri Duez 34hr 56min 57sec |
Jordi Nicolau @ 1min 17sec |
Juan-Manuel Menendez @ 3min 2sec |
1273 km | 36.424 |
| 1962 | Antonio Karmany 36hr 55min 8sec |
Manuel Martin Pinera @ 32sec |
Ginès Garcia @ 50sec |
1339.5 km | 36.282 |
| 1963 | Joseph Novales 35hr 1min 5sec |
Angelino Soler @ 5min 30sec |
Antonio Suerez @ 5min 39sec |
1282 km | 36.623 |
| 1964 | Joseph Carrara 36hr 14min 17sec |
Pascuale Fabbri @ 3min 13sec |
José-Maria Errandonea 4min 5sec |
1295.9 | 35.761 |
| 1965 | Antonio Gomez del Moral 29hr 8min 7sec |
Carlos Echeverria @ 6min 14sec |
Roberto Poggiali @ 7min 2sec |
1114 km | 38.237 |
| 1966 | Arie den Hartog 35hr 47min 4sec |
Jacques Anquetil @ 1min 23sec |
Paul Gutty @ 2min 7sec |
1299 km | 36.301 |
| 1967 | Jacques Anquetil 37hr 6min 25sec |
Antonio Gomez del Moral @ 37sec |
Robert Hagmann @ 1min 16sec |
1405 km | 37.864 |
| 1968 | Eddy Merckx 37hr 57min 23sec |
Felice Gimondi @ 33sec |
Giancarlo Ferretti @ 3min 51sec |
1417 km | 37.332 |
| 1969 | Mariano Diaz 40hr 4min 50sec |
Franco Bitossi @ 8sec |
Jesus Manzaneque @ 27sec |
1528.9 km | 38.148 |
| 1970 | Franco Bitossi 43hr 0min 31sec |
Francisco Galdos @ 1min 5sec |
Bernard Labourdette @ 2min 21sec |
1564.5 km | 36.376 |
| 1971 | Luis Ocaña 28hr 7min 29sec |
Bernard Labourdette @ 20sec |
Domingo (Txomin) Perurena @ 37sec |
1034.5 km | 36.782 |
| 1972 | Felice Gimondi 26hr 1min 43sec |
José-Antonio Gonzalez-Linares @ 7sec |
Antonio Martos @ 56sec |
927.6 km | 35.638 |
| 1973 | Domingo (Txomin) Perurena 35hr 10min 12sec |
Jesus Manzaneque @ 6sec |
Antonio Martos @ 10sec |
1215.9 km | 34.573 |
| 1974 | Bernard Thévenet 34hr 32min 51sec |
Andres Oliva @ 1min |
Domingo (Txomin) Perurena @ 1min 12sec |
1212.9 km | 35.107 |
| 1975 | Fausto Bertoglio 34hr 18min 1sec |
Michel Laurent @ 13sec |
José Martins @ 1min 14sec |
1220.9 km | 35.594 |
| 1976 | Enrique Martinez-Heredia 33hr 49min 54sec |
Ronald de Witte @ 2min 46sec |
Agustin Tamames @ 3min 3sec |
1224.8 km | 36.204 |
| 1977 | Freddy Maertens 33hr 4min 51sec |
Johan De Muynck @ 24sec |
Joop Zoetemelk @ 1min 27sec |
1175.3 km | 35.527 |
| 1978 | Francesco Moser 32hr 31min 20sec |
Francisco Galdos @ 3min 15sec |
Pedro Torres @ 5min 37sec |
1175.5 km | 36.144 |
| 1979 | Vicente Belda 35hr 58min 45sec |
Pedro Vilardebó @ 2sec |
Christian Jourdan @ 9sec |
1256.4 km | 34.919 |
| 1980 | Marino Lejarreta 33hr 43min 2sec |
Johan Van Der Velde @ 34sec |
Vicente Belda @ 2min 18sec |
1191.6 km | 35.355 |
| 1981 | Faustino Rupérez 34hr 56min 11sec |
Serge Demierre @ 3min 32sec |
Marino Lejaretta @ 12min 22sec |
1254.5 km | 35.91 |
| 1982 | Alberto Fernández 33hr 13min 53sec |
Pedro Munoz @ 51sec |
Julian Gorospe @ 2min 12sec |
1258.8 km | 37.884 |
| 1983 | José Recio 32hr 28min 11sec |
Faustino Rupérez @ 4min 26sec |
Julius Thalmann @ 4min 27sec |
1270.1 km | 37.730 |
| 1984 | Sean Kelly 33hr 46min 44sec |
Pedro Munoz @ s.t. |
Angel Arroyo @ 1min 56sec |
1251.2 km | 40.647 |
| 1985 | Robert Millar 34hr 18sec |
Sean Kelly @ 3sec |
Julian Gorospe @ 35sec |
1283.4 km | 37.742 |
| 1986 | Sean Kelly 30hr 7min 3sec |
Alvaro Pino @ 1min 33sec |
Charly Mottet @ 1min 37sec |
1148.9 km | 38.147 |
| 1987 | Alvaro Pino 34hr 32min 36sec |
Angel Arroyo @ 2min 43sec |
Iñaki Gaston @ 3min 26sec |
1367 km | 39.573 |
| 1988 | Miguel Induráin 25hr 29min 14sec |
Laudelino Cubino @ 8sec |
Marino Lejarreta @ 44sec |
989.4 km | 38.819 |
| 1989 | Marino Lejaretta 28hr 34min 5sec |
Pedro Delgado @ 9sec |
Alvaro Pino @ 23sec |
1130.3 km | 39.555 |
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| 1990 | Laudelino Cubino 26hr 8min 31sec |
Marino Lejaretta @ 4sec |
Pedro Delgado @ 26sec |
1059.3 km | 40.510 |
| 1991 | Miguel Induráin 21hr 35min 56sec |
Pedro Delgado @ 1min |
Alex Zülle @ 1min 28sec |
877,1 km | 40.609 |
| 1992 | Miguel Induráin 24hr 29min 40sec |
Tony Rominger @ 19sec |
Antonio Martin @ 1min 18sec |
943 km | 38.499 |
| 1993 | Álvaro Mejía 23hr 48min 26sec |
Maurizio Fondriest @ 4sec |
Antonio Martin @ 35sec |
899.9 km | 37.799 |
| 1994 | Claudio Chiappucci 25hr 22min 31sec |
Fernando Escartin @ 21sec |
Pedro Delgado @ 30sec |
978.4 km | 38.557 |
| 1995 | Laurent Jalabert 29hr 24min 54sec |
Melchior Mauri @ 46sec |
Jesus Montoya @ 49sec |
1146.1 km | 38.960 |
| 1996 | Alex Zülle 24hr 45min 29sec |
Patrick Jonker @ 1min 8sec |
Marco Fincato @ 4min 23sec |
886.2 km | 35.794 |
| 1997 | Fernando Escartin 31hr 13min 49sec |
Angel Casero @ 2sec |
Mikel Zarrabeitia @ 26sec |
1167.5 km | 37.340 |
| 1998 | Hernán Buenahora 32hr 59min 36sec |
Georg Totschnig @ 8sec |
Fernando Escartin @ 16sec |
1228.4 km | 37.231 |
| 1999 | Manuel Beltran 23hr 40min 32sec |
Roberto Heras @ 57sec |
José-Maria Jimenez @ 1min |
910 km | 38.436 |
| 2000 | José-Maria Jimenez 24hr 36min 59sec |
Oscar Sevilla @ 41sec |
Leonardo Piepoli @ 3min 41sec |
984.2 km | 39.981 |
| 2001 | Joseba Beloki 26hr 40min 14sec |
Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano @ 33sec |
Fernando Escartin @ 41sec |
1014.7 km | 37.843 |
| 2002 | Roberto Heras 17hr 27min 20sec |
Aitor Garmendia @ 31sec |
Luis Perez @ 44sec |
713.9 km | 40.898 |
| 2003 | José Pecharromán 22hr 15min 13sec |
Roberto Heras @ 43sec |
Koldo Gil @ 3min 46sec |
887.9 km | 39.899 |
| 2004 | Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero 20hr 39min 44sec |
Vladimir Karpets @ 28sec |
Roberto Laiseka @ 41sec |
838.1 km | 40.562 |
| 2005 |
Yaroslav Popovych 22hr 36min 56sec |
Leonardo Piepoli @ 20sec |
David Moncoutie @ 58sec |
930.3 km | 41.135 |
| 2006 |
David Cañada 25hr 6min 26sec |
Santiago Botero @ 2sec |
Christophe Moreau @ 8sec |
1020.6 km | 40.649 |
| 2007 |
Vladimir Karpets 22hr 21min 5sec |
Michael Rogers @ 40sec |
Denis Menchov @ s.t. |
865.7 km | 38.731 |
| 2008 |
Gustavo César 24hr 29min 22sec |
Rigoberto Uran @ 16sec |
Remi Pauriol @ 21sec |
1014.2 km | 41.414 |
| 2009 |
Alejandro Valverde 24hr 12min 10sec |
Daniel Martin @ 15sec |
Haimar Zubeldia @ 22sec |
978 km | 40.421 |
| 2010 |
Joaquin Rodriguez 25hr 16min 3sec |
Xavier Tondo @ 10sec |
Rein Taaramae @ 43sec |
1050.8 km | 41.587 |
| 2011 | Alberto Contador 29hr 24min 42sec |
Michele Scarponi @ 23sec | Daniel Martin @ 35sec |
1,242.6 km | 42.249 |
| 2012 | Michael Albasini 24hr 15min 45sec |
Samuel Sanchez @ 1min 30sec |
Jurgen Van Den Broeck @ 1min 32sec |
995.21 | 41.018 |
| 2013 | Daniel Martin 29hr 2min 25sec |
Joaquin Rodriguez @ 17sec |
Michele Scarponi @ 34sec |
1,175.9 km | 40.492 |
| 2014 | Joaquin Rodriguez 29hr 41min 34sec |
Alberto Contador @ 4sec |
Tejay Van Garderen @ 7sec |
1,167.9 km | 39.333 |
| 2015 | Richie Porte 30hr 30min 30sec |
Alejandro Valverde @ 4sec |
Domenico Pozzovivo @ 5sec |
1,238.1 km | 40.582 km/hr |
| 2016 | Nairo Quintana 30hr 50min 19sec |
Alberto Contador @ 7sec |
Daniel Martin @ 17sec |
1,219.6 km | 39.548 |
| 2017 | Alejandro Valverde 25hr 27min 15sec |
Alberto Contador @ 1min 3sec |
Marc Soler @ 1min 16sec |
1,055.9 km | 41.447 km/hr |
| 2018 | Alejandro Valverde 28hr 25min 7sec |
Nairo Quintana @ 29sec |
Pierre Latour @ 47sec |
1,136.6 km | 39.99 km/hr |
| 2019 | Miguel Lopez 29hr 14min 17sec |
Adam Yates @ 14sec |
Egan Bernal @ 17sec |
1,148.7 km | 39.288 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race cancelled because of Covid-19 threat. | ||||
| 2021 | Adam Yates 26hr 16min 41sec |
Richie Porte @ 45sec |
Geraint Thomas @ 49sec |
1,086.9 km | 41.362 km/hr |
| 2022 | Sergio Higuita 29hr 53min 33sec |
Richard Carapaz @ 16sec |
Joao Almeida @ 52sec |
1,214.9 km | 40.642 km/hr |
| 2023 | Primoz Roglic 28hr 19min 10sec |
Remco Evenepoel @ 6sec |
Joao Almeida @ 2min 11sec |
1,185.3 km | 41.855 km/hr |
| 2024 | Tadej Pogacar 28hr 21min 29sec |
Mikel Landa @ 3min 41sec |
Egan Bernal @ 5min 3sec |
1,173.4 km | 41.378 km/hr |
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