Vuelta a Murcia

Vuelta a Murcia
Race details
Date	Early-March
Region	Murcia, Spain
English name	Tour of Murcia
Local name(s)	Vuelta Ciclistica a la Region di Murcia
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
History
First edition	1981
Editions	31 (as of 2011)
First winner	Pedro Delgado (ESP)
Most wins	Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (3 wins)
Most recent	Alberto Contador (ESP)

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The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia (English: Tour of Murcia) is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs.

[edit] 2010 Edition

The race brought controversy in 2010 when the organisers banned all Italian teams from taking part in the race. [1] This was in direct response to Alejandro Valverde's ban from riding in Italy.

[edit] Past winners

		Rider	Team
1981	ESP !	Delgado, PedroPedro Delgado (ESP)
1982	ESP !	Sanchis, SalvadorSalvador Sanchis (ESP)
1983	ESP !	Cedena, Francisco JavierFrancisco Javier Cedena (ESP)
1984	ESP !	Martinez, RicardoRicardo Martinez (ESP)
1985	ESP !	Recio, JoseJosé Recio (ESP)	Kelme
1986	ESP !	Indurain, MiguelMiguel Indurain (ESP)	Reynolds
1987	ESP !	Ruiz Cabestany, PelloPello Ruiz Cabestany (ESP)	Caja Rural-Seat
1988	ESP !	Hernandez, CarlosCarlos Hernández (ESP)	Teka
1989	ESP !	Alonso, MarinoMarino Alonso (ESP)	Teka
1990	NED !	Cordes, TomTom Cordes (NED)	Buckler-Colnago-Decca
1991	ESP !	Villanueva, Jose LuisJose Luis Villanueva (ESP)	ONCE
1992	COL !	Mejia, AlvaroÁlvaro Mejía (COL)	Postobon
1993	ESP !	Galarreta, CarlosCarlos Galarreta (ESP)	Deportpublic
1994	ESP !	Mauri, MelchorMelchor Mauri (ESP)	Banesto
1995	ITA !	Baffi, AdrianoAdriano Baffi (ITA)	Mapei-GB
1996	ESP !	Mauri, MelchorMelchor Mauri (ESP)	ONCE
1997	ESP !	Dominguez, Juan CarlosJuan Carlos Domínguez (ESP)	Kelme-Costa Blanca
1998	ITA !	Elli, AlbertoAlberto Elli (ITA)	Casino-Ag2r
1999	ITA !	Pantani, MarcoMarco Pantani (ITA)	Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
2000	ESP !	Canada, DavidDavid Cañada (ESP)	ONCE-Deutsche Bank
2001	ESP !	Gonzalez, AitorAitor Gonzalez (ESP)	Kelme-Costa Blanca
2002	COL !	Pena, Victor HugoVictor Hugo Peña (COL)	US Postal
2003	ESP !	Pascual Llorente, JavierJavier Pascual Llorente (ESP)	Kelme-Costa Blanca
2004	ESP !	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme
2005	ESP !	Gil, KoldoKoldo Gil (ESP)	Liberty Seguros-Würth
2006	ESP !	Gonzalez, SantosSantos Gonzalez (ESP)	3 Molinos Resort
2007	ESP !	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne
2008	ESP !	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne
2009	RUS !	Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov (RUS)	Rabobank
2010	CZE !	Rabon, FrantisekFrantisek Rabon (CZE)	Team HTC-Columbia
2011	ESP !	Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador (ESP)	Saxo Bank-SunGard