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 different 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.

By year

Vuelta	Year		Overall		Points		Mountains		Combination
71	2016		Quintana, NairoNairo Quintana		Felline, FabioFabio Felline		Fraile, OmarOmar Fraile		Quintana, NairoNairo Quintana
70	2015		Aru, FabioFabio Aru		Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde		Fraile, OmarOmar Fraile		Rodríguez, JoaquimJoaquim Rodríguez
69	2014		Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador		Degenkolb, JohnJohn Degenkolb		Sánchez, Luis LeónLuis León Sánchez		Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador
68	2013		Horner, ChrisChris Horner		Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde		Edet, NicolasNicolas Edet		Horner, ChrisChris Horner
67	2012		Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador		Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde		Clarke, SimonSimon Clarke		Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde
66	2011		Cobo, Juan JoséJuan José Cobo		Mollema, BaukeBauke Mollema		Moncoutié, DavidDavid Moncoutié		Cobo, Juan JoséJuan José Cobo
65	2010		Nibali, VincenzoVincenzo Nibali		Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish		Moncoutié, DavidDavid Moncoutié		Nibali, VincenzoVincenzo Nibali
64	2009		Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde		Greipel, AndréAndré Greipel		Moncoutié, DavidDavid Moncoutié		Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde
63	2008		Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador		Van Avermaet, GregGreg Van Avermaet		Moncoutié, DavidDavid Moncoutié		Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador
62	2007		Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov		Bennati , DanieleDaniele Bennati		Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov		Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov
61	2006		Vinokourov, AlexandreAlexandre Vinokourov		Hushovd , ThorThor Hushovd		Martínez, EgoiEgoi Martínez		Vinokourov, AlexandreAlexandre Vinokourov
60	2005		Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras		Petacchi , AlessandroAlessandro Petacchi		Rodríguez, JoaquimJoaquim Rodríguez		Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras
59	2004		Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras		Zabel , ErikErik Zabel		Cárdenas , FélixFélix Cárdenas		Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras
58	2003		Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras		Zabel, ErikErik Zabel		Cárdenas, FélixFélix Cárdenas		Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde
57	2002		González, AitorAitor González		Zabel, ErikErik Zabel		Osa, AitorAitor Osa		Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras
56	2001		Casero, ÁngelÁngel Casero		Jiménez, José MaríaJosé María Jiménez		Jiménez, José MaríaJosé María Jiménez
55	2000		Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras		Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras		Sastre, CarlosCarlos Sastre
54	1999		Ullrich, JanJan Ullrich		Vandenbroucke, FrankFrank Vandenbroucke		Jiménez, José MaríaJosé María Jiménez
53	1998		Olano, AbrahamAbraham Olano		Guidi, FabrizioFabrizio Guidi		Jiménez, José MaríaJosé María Jiménez
52	1997		Zülle, AlexAlex Zülle		Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert		Jiménez, José MaríaJosé María Jiménez
51	1996		Zülle, AlexAlex Zülle		Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert		Rominger, TonyTony Rominger
50	1995		Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert		Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert		Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert
49	1994		Rominger, TonyTony Rominger		Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert		Leblanc, LucLuc Leblanc
48	1993		Rominger, TonyTony Rominger		Rominger, TonyTony Rominger		Rominger, TonyTony Rominger		Montoya, JesúsJesús Montoya
47	1992		Rominger, TonyTony Rominger		Abdoujaparov, DjamolidineDjamolidine Abdoujaparov		Hernández, CarlosCarlos Hernández		Rominger, TonyTony Rominger
46	1991		Mauri, MelchorMelchor Mauri		Raab, UweUwe Raab		Herrera, LuchoLucho Herrera		Echave, FedericoFederico Echave
45	1990		Giovannetti, MarcoMarco Giovannetti		Raab, UweUwe Raab		Farfán, José MartínJosé Martín Farfán		Echave, FedericoFederico Echave
44	1989		Delgado, PedroPedro Delgado		Elliott, MalcolmMalcolm Elliott		Vargas, ÓscarÓscar Vargas		Vargas, ÓscarÓscar Vargas
43	1988		Kelly, SeanSean Kelly		Kelly, SeanSean Kelly		Pino, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Pino		Kelly, SeanSean Kelly
42	1987		Herrera, LuchoLucho Herrera		Gutiérrez, AlfonsoAlfonso Gutiérrez		Herrera, LuchoLucho Herrera		Fignon, LaurentLaurent Fignon
41	1986		Pino, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Pino		Kelly, SeanSean Kelly		Laguía, José LuisJosé Luis Laguía		Kelly, SeanSean Kelly
40	1985		Delgado, PedroPedro Delgado		Kelly, SeanSean Kelly		Laguía, José LuisJosé Luis Laguía
39	1984		Caritoux, EricEric Caritoux		Van Calster, GuidoGuido Van Calster		Yáñez, FelipeFelipe Yáñez
38	1983		Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault		Lejarreta, MarinoMarino Lejarreta		Laguía, José LuisJosé Luis Laguía
37	1982		Lejarreta, MarinoMarino Lejarreta		Mutter, StefanStefan Mutter		Laguía, José LuisJosé Luis Laguía
36	1981		Battaglin, GiovanniGiovanni Battaglin		Cedena, Francisco JavierFrancisco Javier Cedena		Laguía, José LuisJosé Luis Laguía
35	1980		Rupérez, FaustinoFaustino Rupérez		Kelly, SeanSean Kelly		Fernández, JuanJuan Fernández
34	1979		Zoetemelk, JoopJoop Zoetemelk		De Wolf, FonsFons De Wolf		Yáñez, FelipeFelipe Yáñez
33	1978		Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault		Van den Haute, FerdiFerdi Van den Haute		Oliva, AndrésAndrés Oliva
32	1977		Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens		Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens		Torres, PedroPedro Torres
31	1976		Pesarrodona, JoséJosé Pesarrodona		Thurau, DietrichDietrich Thurau		Oliva, AndrésAndrés Oliva
30	1975		Tamames, AgustínAgustín Tamames		Lasa, Miguel MaríaMiguel María Lasa		Oliva, AndrésAndrés Oliva
29	1974		Fuente, José ManuelJosé Manuel Fuente		Perurena, DomingoDomingo Perurena		Abilleira, José LuisJosé Luis Abilleira		Abilleira, José LuisJosé Luis Abilleira
28	1973		Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx		Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx		Abilleira, José LuisJosé Luis Abilleira		Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx
27	1972		Fuente, José ManuelJosé Manuel Fuente		Perurena, DomingoDomingo Perurena		Fuente, José ManuelJosé Manuel Fuente		Fuente, José ManuelJosé Manuel Fuente
26	1971		Bracke, FerdinandFerdinand Bracke		Guimard, CyrilleCyrille Guimard		Zoetemelk, JoopJoop Zoetemelk		Guimard, CyrilleCyrille Guimard
25	1970		Ocaña, LuisLuis Ocaña		Reybrouck, GuidoGuido Reybrouck		Tamames, AgustínAgustín Tamames		Reybrouck, GuidoGuido Reybrouck
24	1969		Pingeon, RogerRoger Pingeon		Steegmans, RaymondRaymond Steegmans		Ocaña, LuisLuis Ocaña
23	1968		Gimondi, FeliceFelice Gimondi		Janssen, JanJan Janssen		Gabica, FranciscoFrancisco Gabica
22	1967		Janssen, JanJan Janssen		Janssen, JanJan Janssen		Díaz, MarianoMariano Díaz
21	1966		Gabica, FranciscoFrancisco Gabica		van der Vleuten, JosJos van der Vleuten		San Miguel, GregorioGregorio San Miguel
20	1965		Wolfshohl, RolfRolf Wolfshohl		Van Looy, RikRik Van Looy		Jiménez, JulioJulio Jiménez
19	1964		Poulidor, RaymondRaymond Poulidor		Pérez-Francés, JoséJosé Pérez-Francés		Jiménez, JulioJulio Jiménez
18	1963		Anquetil, JacquesJacques Anquetil		Maliepaard, BasBas Maliepaard		Jiménez, JulioJulio Jiménez
17	1962		Altig, RudiRudi Altig		Altig, RudiRudi Altig		Karmany, AntonioAntonio Karmany
16	1961		Soler, AngelinoAngelino Soler		Suárez, Antonio Antonio Suárez		Karmany, AntonioAntonio Karmany
15	1960		De Mulder, FranzFranz De Mulder		De Cabooter, ArthurArthur De Cabooter		Karmany, AntonioAntonio Karmany
14	1959		Suárez, Antonio Antonio Suárez		Van Looy, RikRik Van Looy		Suárez, Antonio Antonio Suárez
13	1958		Stablinski, JeanJean Stablinski		Botella, SalvadorSalvador Botella		Bahamontes, FedericoFederico Bahamontes
12	1957		Loroño, JesúsJesús Loroño		Iturat, VicenteVicente Iturat		Bahamontes, FedericoFederico Bahamontes
11	1956		Conterno, AngeloAngelo Conterno		van Steenbergen, RikRik van Steenbergen		Defilippis, NinoNino Defilippis
10	1955		Dotto, JeanJean Dotto		Magni, FiorenzoFiorenzo Magni		Buratti, GiuseppeGiuseppe Buratti
9	1950		Rodríguez, EmilioEmilio Rodríguez				Rodríguez, EmilioEmilio Rodríguez
8	1948		Ruiz, BernardoBernardo Ruiz				Ruiz, BernardoBernardo Ruiz
7	1947		van Dyck, EdouardEdouard van Dyck				Rodríguez, EmilioEmilio Rodríguez
6	1946		Langarica, DalmacioDalmacio Langarica				Rodríguez, EmilioEmilio Rodríguez
5	1945		Rodríguez, DelioDelio Rodríguez		Rodríguez, DelioDelio Rodríguez		Berrendero, JuliánJulián Berrendero
4	1942		Berrendero, JuliánJulián Berrendero				Berrendero, JuliánJulián Berrendero
3	1941		Berrendero, JuliánJulián Berrendero				Trueba, FermínFermín Trueba
2	1936		Deloor, GustaafGustaaf Deloor				Molina, SalvadorSalvador Molina
1	1935		Deloor, GustaafGustaaf Deloor				Molinar, EdoardoEdoardo Molinar

By rider

Cyclist	Total	Years
Heras, RobertoRoberto Heras (ESP)	4	2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
Rominger, TonyTony Rominger (SUI)	3	1992, 1993, 1994
Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador (ESP)	3	2008, 2012, 2014
Deloor, GustaafGustaaf Deloor (BEL)	2	1935, 1936
Berrendero, JuliánJulián Berrendero (ESP)	2	1941, 1942
Manuel Fuente, JoséJosé Manuel Fuente (ESP)	2	1972, 1974
Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault (FRA)	2	1978, 1983
Delgado, PedroPedro Delgado (ESP)	2	1985, 1989
Zülle, AlexAlex Zülle (SUI)	2	1996, 1997

By country

Overall

Rank	Country	Wins
1	Spain	32
2	France	9
3	Belgium	7
4	Italy	6
5	Switzerland	5
6	Germany	3
7
	Colombia	2
	Netherlands	2
	Russia	2
10	Ireland	1
	Kazakhstan	1
	United States	1

Points

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

King of the Mountains

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