Vuelta a España records and statistics

The Vuelta a España is an important cycling race (one of the grand tours). The first Vuelta a España was in 1935. As the Vuelta a España is a stage race, a classification based on times is calculated after every stage. The cyclist with the lowest time after a stage is the leader of the general classification after that stage. A jersey is given to that cyclist, which the cyclist wears during the next stage. From 1999 to 2009, this jersey had a golden color and was named the golden jersey. From 2010 onwards, the leader's jersey was red. It has also been black and white at different points in the Vuelta's history.

Although the leader of the classification after a stage gets the leader's jersey, he is not considered the winner of that jersey, only the wearer. Only after the final stage, the wearer of the leader's jersey is considered the winner, and therefore the winner of the Vuelta a España.

Since the first Vuelta a España in 1935, there have been 1,377 stages, up to and including the 2015 Vuelta a España. The race leader following each stage has been awarded a leader's jersey.

Although the number of stages is 1,377, there have been 1,378 leader's jerseys awarded, because after the first stage of the 1948 Vuelta a España, Bernardo Ruiz and Julián Berrendero shared the lead and both received the leader's jersey. As of 2015, 1,378 leader's jerseys have been awarded in the Vuelta a España to 208 different riders.

Jerseys per rider

Key:

Cyclists who are still active

In previous Vueltas a España, sometimes a stage was split in two. On such occasions, only the cyclist leading at the end of the day is counted. The "Leader's jerseys" column gives the number of days that the cyclist wore the leader's jersey, the "Vuelta wins" column gives the number of times that the cyclist won the Vuelta. The next three columns indicate the number of times the rider won the points classification, the mountains classification, and the years in which the rider lead the general classification, with bold years indicating an overall Vuelta win.

For example: Alex Zülle has spent 48 days in the leader's jersey, and won the overall classification two times. He wore the leader's jersey in the Vueltas of 1993, 1996, 1997 and 2000, of which he won the 1996 and 1997 Vueltas.

RankNameCountryLeader's
jerseys
Vuelta WinsPointsKoMYears
1Alex Zülle   Switzerland 482001993, 1996, 1997, 2000
2Roberto Heras  Spain 344102000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
3=Delio Rodriguez  Spain 321101941, 1945, 1946, 1947
3=Tony Rominger   Switzerland 323121992, 1993, 1994
3=Gustaaf Deloor  Belgium 322001935, 1936
6Alejandro Valverde  Spain 271302006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
6=Julián Berrendero  Spain 272031941, 1942, 1945, 1948
8Alberto Contador  Spain 263002008, 2012, 2014
9Domingo Perurena  Spain 250201967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1975
10Laurent Jalabert France 241411995, 1996, 1997, 1998
11Abraham Olano  Spain 231001995, 1998, 1999, 2000
12=Manuel Costa  Spain 220001946, 1947
12=Denis Menchov  Russia 222012005, 2007
13Óscar Sevilla  Spain 210002001, 2002
14Freddy Maertens  Belgium 201101977
14=Vincenzo Nibali  Italy 201002010, 2013
15Emilio Rodriguez  Spain 191021950
15=Joaquim Rodríguez  Spain 190002003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
16=Melchior Mauri  Spain 181001991
18=René Pijnen  Netherlands 170001970, 1971, 1972
19=Angelo Conterno  Italy 161001956
19=José Manuel Fuente  Spain 162011972, 1974
19=Isidro Nozal  Spain 160002003
22=Jacques Anquetil  France 151001963
22=Pedro Delgado  Spain 152001984, 1985, 1989
22=Bernard Hinault  France 152001978, 1983
22=Dalmacio Langarica  Spain 151001946, 1948
22=Faustino Rupérez  Spain 151001980
27=Rudi Altig  Germany 141101962, 1968
27=Laudelino Cubino  Spain 140001988
30=Miguel María Lasa  Spain 130101972, 1975
30=Robert Millar  United Kingdom 130001985, 1986
30=Joop Zoetemelk  Netherlands 131011979
33=Giovanni Battaglin  Italy 121001981
33=Marco Giovannetti  Italy 121001990
33=Jesús Montoya  Spain 120001992
33=Álvaro Pino  Spain 121011983, 1986
33=Bernardo Ruiz  Spain 121011948
33=Fermín Trueba  Spain 120001941
33=Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany 121001965
40=Luis Herrera  Colombia 111021987
40=Rik Van Looy  Belgium 110101958, 1959, 1964, 1965
42=Jean-Pierre Ducasse  France 100001967
42=Agustín Tamames  Spain 101011970, 1971, 1975
42=Jan Ullrich  Germany 101001999
42=Valentín Uriona  Spain 100001966, 1967
46=Seamus Elliott  Ireland 90001962
46=Ferdi Van den Haute  Belgium 90101978
46=Omar Hernandez  Colombia 90001989
46=Jesús Loroño  Spain 91001955, 1957
46=Eddy Merckx  Belgium 91101973
46=Pello Ruiz Cabestany  Spain 90001985, 1990, 1992
52=Eric Caritoux  France 81001984
52=Régis Clère  France 80001981
52=Marc Gomez  France 80001982, 1986
52=Julián Gorospe  Spain 80001983, 1990
52=José Pesarrodona  Spain 81001973, 1976
57=Ángel Arroyo  Spain 70001982
57=Fabio Aru  Italy 71002015
57=Joseba Beloki  Spain 70002001, 2002
57=Juan José Cobo  Spain 71002011
57=Sean Kelly  Ireland 71401987, 1988
57=Marino Lejarreta  Spain 71101982, 1983
57=Christian Levavasseur  France 70001979
57=Francesco Moser  Italy 70001984
57=Roger Pingeon  France 71001969
57=Raymond Poulidor  France 71001964, 1965
57=Jean Stablinski  France 71001958
57=Dietrich Thurau  Germany 70101976
69=Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium 61001971
69=Esteban Chaves  Colombia60002015
69=Claude Criquielion  Belgium 60001982
69=Armand Desmet  France 60001960
69=Jean Dotto  France 61001955
69= Tom Dumoulin  Netherlands 60002015
69=Luis Ocaña  Spain 61011970
74=Joaquim Agostinho  Portugal 50001976
74=Igor Antón  Spain 50002010
74=Fabian Cancellara   Switzerland 50002009
74=Sylvain Chavanel  France 50002008, 2011
74=Anselmo Fuerte  Spain 50001988, 1991
74=Dominique Gaigne  France 50001983
74=Philippe Gilbert  Belgium 50002010
74=Chris Horner United States 51002013
74=Jan Janssen  Netherlands 51201967, 1968
74=Antonio Karmany  Spain 50031959
74=Floyd Landis  United States 50002004
74=Luis Otaño  Spain 50001964
74=José Pérez-Francés  Spain 50101964, 1968
74=Marcel Seynaeve  Belgium 50001961
74=Roberto Visentini  Italy 50001980
74=Alexander Vinokourov  Kazakhstan 51002006
89=Federico Bahamontes  Spain 40021957
89=Fabio Baldato  Italy 40001996
89=Daniele Bennati  Italy 40102007, 2008, 2011
89=Ángel Casero  Spain 41002000, 2001
89=Reimund Dietzen  Germany 40001987
89=Vladimir Efimkin  Russia 40002007
89=Francisco Gabica  Spain 41011966
89=Felice Gimondi  Italy 41001968
89=Miguel Indurain  Spain 40001985
89=José María Jiménez  Spain 40141998
89=Viktor Klimov  Russia 40001990
89=Egoi Martínez  Spain 40012008
89=Bradley McGee  Australia 40002005
89=André Messelis  Belgium 40001961
89=Lars Michaelsen  Denmark 40001997
89=Antonio Suárez  Spain 41111959
89=Roger Swerts  Belgium 40001974, 1975
89=Bradley Wiggins  United Kingdom 40002011
107=Antón Barrutia  Spain 30001960, 1962
107=Manuel Beltrán  Spain 30002004
107=Omer Braeckeveldt  Belgium 30001950
107=Janez Brajkovič  Slovenia 30002006, 2013
107=Jonathan Castroviejo  Spain 30002012, 2014
107=Joseph De Cauwer  Belgium 30001976
107=Daan De Groot  Belgium 30001958
107=Franz De Mulder  Belgium 31001960
107=José María Errandonea  Spain 30001966
107=Pierre Everaert  France 30001959
107=Alberto Fernández  Spain 30001983
107=Raphaël Géminiani  France 30001955
107=Fabrizio Guidi  Italy 30101997, 1998
107=Thor Hushovd  Norway 30102006
107=Roland Leclerq  France 30001989
107=Fernando Manzaneque  Spain 30001960
107= Michael Matthews Australia 30002014
107=David Millar  United Kingdom 30002001
107=Ramón Saez  Spain 30001969
107=José Segu  Spain 30001959
107=Luigi Sgarbozza  Italy 30001969
107=Raymond Steegmans  Belgium 30101969
107=Edouard Van Dyck  Belgium 31011947
107=Eusebio Vélez  Spain 30001961, 1964
107=Michael Wright  United Kingdom 30001968, 1969
129=Gilbert Bauvin  France 20001955
129=Santiago Botero  Colombia 20002001
129=Mark Cavendish  United Kingdom 20102010
129=Biagio Conte  Italy 20001996
129=Danilo Di Luca  Italy 20002006
129=Laurent Dufaux   Switzerland 20001997
129=Jacky Durand  France 20001999
129=Javier Elorriaga  Spain 20001976
129=Óscar Freire  Spain 20002007
129=Igor González Galdeano  Spain 20001999, 2003
129=André Greipel  Germany 20102009
129=Cees Haast  Netherlands 20001966
129=Benoît Joachim  Luxembourg 20002004
129=Gerben Karstens  Netherlands 20001973
129=Hennie Kuiper  Netherlands 20001976
129=Levi Leipheimer  United States 20002008
129=René Marigil  Spain 20001955
129=Bert Oosterbosch  Netherlands 20001985
129=Roberto Pagnin  Italy 20001987
129=Angelino Soler  Spain 21001961
129=José Luis Talamillo  Spain 20001961
129=Bernard Thévenet  France 20001974
129=Marcel Wüst  Germany 20001999
129=Markus Zberg   Switzerland 20001998
156=Felipe Alberdi  Spain 10001960
156=Alessandro Ballan  Italy 10002008
156=José Herrero Berrendero  Spain 10001958
156=Salvador Botella  Spain 10101957
156=Miguel Chacón  Spain 10001957
156=Hilaire Covreur  France 10001958
156=Michele Dancelli  Italy 10001967
156=Gino De Bakker  Belgium 10001989
156=Stijn Devolder  Belgium 10002007
156=Antoine Dignef  Belgium 10001935
156=Antonio Escuriet  Spain 10001935
156=Cadel Evans  Australia 10002009
156=José Martín Farfán  Colombia 10011989
156=Chris Froome  United Kingdom 10002011
156=Jakob Fuglsang  Denmark 10002011
156=Jesús Galdeano  Spain 10001960
156=Frans Gielen  Belgium 10001948
156=Aitor González  Spain 11002002
156=Santos González  Spain 10002000
156=Max van Heeswijk  Netherlands 10002004
156=Joseph Huts  Belgium 10001936
156=Julio Jiménez  Spain 10031964
156=Pablo Lastras  Spain 10002011
156=François Mahé  France 10001961
156=Thierry Marie  France 10001986
156=Antonio Martín  Spain 10001946
156=Gabriel Mas  Spain 10001960
156=Bauke Mollema  Netherlands 10102011
156=Carmelo Morales  Spain 10001957
156=Daniel Moreno  Spain 10002013
156=Francisco Moreno  Spain 10001957
156=Jelle Nijdam  Netherlands 10001992
156=Joaquín Olmos  Spain 10001946
156=Miguel Pacheco  Spain 10001958
156=Gianluca Pianegonda  Italy 10001995
156=Manuel Martín Piñera  Spain 10001968
156=Filippo Pozzato  Italy 10002008
156= Nairo Quintana Colombia 10002014
156=Nicolas Roche Ireland 10002013
156=José María López Rodríguez  Spain 10001967
156=Carlos Sastre  Spain 10012006
156=Modesto Urrutibeazcoa  Spain 10001988
156=Benny Van Brabant  Belgium 10001989
156=Rik Van Steenbergen  Belgium 10101956
156=Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke  Belgium 10001987
156= Peter Velits  Slovakia10002015
156=Jesús Blanco Villar  Spain 10001986
156=Josef Vloebergh  Belgium 10001959
156=Herminio Díaz Zabala  Spain 10001991
156=Mikel Zarrabeitia  Spain 10002002

Jerseys per country

The leader's jersey has been awarded to 20 different countries since 1935. In the table below, "Jerseys" indicates the number of leader's jerseys that were given to cyclists of each country. "Vuelta wins" stands for the number of Vuelta wins by cyclists of that country, "Points" for the number of times the points classification was won by a cyclist of that country and "KoM" for the number of times the mountains classification was won by a cyclist of that country. "Combo'" shows the winners of the combination classification, This classification is calculated by adding the numeral ranks of each cyclist in the general, points, and mountains classifications (a rider must have a score in all). The "Most recent" column shows the cyclist of the country that wore the leader's jersey most recently. The "Different holders" column gives the number of different cyclists of the country that wore the leader's jersey.

RankCountryJerseysVuelta WinsPointsKoMCombo'Most recent cyclistMost recent dateDifferent holders
1 Spain64932164814 Joaquim Rodriguez 2015, stage 1685
2 France1559572Sylvain Chavanel2011, stage 724
3 Belgium14071312Philippe Gilbert2010, stage 726
4 Italy1076431Fabio Aru 2015, stage 2119
5  Switzerland895221Fabian Cancellara2009, stage 75
6 Netherlands512510Tom Dumoulin2015, stage 1911
7 Germany504800André Greipel2009, stage 67
8= Colombia301061Esteban Chaves 2015, stage 86
8= Russia302012Denis Menchov2007, stage 213
10 United Kingdom260200Bradley Wiggins2011, stage 146
11 Ireland171402Nicolas Roche2013,stage 83
12 United States121001Chris Horner2013, stage 213
13 Australia80010Michael Matthews2014, stage 53
14= Portugal50000Joaquim Agostinho1976, stage 161
14= Kazakhstan51001Alexander Vinokourov2006, stage 211
14= Denmark50000Jakob Fuglsang2011, stage 12
17= Norway30100Thor Hushovd2006, stage 41
17= Slovenia30000Janez Brajkovič 2013, stage 11
19 Luxembourg20000Benoît Joachim2004, stage 41
20 Slovakia10000Peter Velits 2015, Stage 1 1
21 Uzbekistan00100--0

Stage wins per country

Riders from 33 countries have won at least one stage in the Vuelta. Tables are correct as of 13 September 2015.

Country #
 Spain 544
 Belgium 211
 Italy 171
 France 116
 Netherlands 107
 Germany 71
  Switzerland 31
 Colombia 29
 United Kingdom 24
Country #
 Ireland 22
 Russia 19
 United States 16
 Denmark 13
 Portugal 11
 Australia 10
 Kazakhstan 10
 Uzbekistan 7
 Czech Republic 6
Country #
 Norway 5
 Slovakia 5
 Luxembourg 4
 Austria 2
 New Zealand 2
 Sweden 2
 Ukraine 2
 Estonia 2
 South Africa 2
Country #
 Canada 2
 Belarus 2
 Venezuela 1
 Slovenia 1
 Argentina 1
 Poland 1

Detailed table

Spain Belgium Italy France Netherlands Germany Switzerland Colombia United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Russia United States Denmark Portugal Australia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Czech Republic Norway Slovakia Luxembourg Austria New Zealand Sweden Ukraine Estonia South Africa Canada Belarus Venezuela Slovenia Argentina Poland
1935471------------------2-----------
19361182------------------------------
194122--------------------------------
194213--7-----------------------------
194517------------2-------------------
194620---2--------1-------------------
194717251-----------------------------
19481641------------------------------
19501735------------------------------
19554-92-----------------------------
19564635--1--------------------------
19577233-----------------------------
19585833-----------------------------
195994-4---------1-------------------
19601071------------------------------
1961103-3---------1-------------------
19623-2713---1-----------------------
196365-41----1-----------------------
196478-11---2------------------------
196579-3-1---------------------------
196610-3-9----------------------------
196752-291--2------------------------
1968813-23--2------------------------
196911332----2------------------------
197088-14---------------1------------
197138-27----------------------------
1972122--7----------------------------
1973313-24----------------------------
1974108-21--------2-------------------
19751046-1---------1------------------
1976261-55-------1------1------------
19774141-2----------------------------
197866153----------------------------
1979610-14----2-----------------------
1980713112---5------------1----------
198112-432-------1--------------------
1982118-2-------------------1---------
19839335----------1------------------
198451041-1---------------------------
1985831-1--3-31----------------------
198692-6-1--121----------------------
198711132---4-2-----------------------
19888-1-6--122--1--------------------
1989633-42-22-1----------------------
1990621314-3--1-1-----1--------------
19918-2-41-2--1-2--------------------
1992532-5-21--------4----------------
19935--22-61--------3-1-----1--------
19941-472-61-------------------------
19953-55151---1-1--------------------
1996-21121-41--1----------------------
19975-13331---2-1----3---------------
19986-5-223---3--------------1-------
19995231161---1-------------1-1------
20009-7-1-11--1----1-----------------
20017-2--3122--11----1--------1------
200210-9----1--1----------------------
20039-6--2-11---1----------------1---
200411-5----1--13---------------------
20056-3--3--1--111-4--1--------------
20066-3--3--1--111-4--1--------------
20077-7-12-1--21---------------------
20087452-------21--------------------
20092-22152-11-1--1-------1----1--1--
20107221----3--3------11--------1----
20116-21-21-11----1----31----1-----1-
2012822--5--1-1---1--------1---------
201331141-1--1-21-21-2----------1----
20145-42-5-1------2------------1----1
2015412141-2-1-1-11----11------------
TOTAL544211171116107713129242219161311101076554222222221111
Spain Belgium Italy France Netherlands Germany Switzerland Colombia United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Russia United States Denmark Portugal Australia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Czech Republic Norway Slovakia Luxembourg Austria New Zealand Sweden Ukraine Estonia South Africa Canada Belarus Venezuela Slovenia Argentina Poland

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