56th Vuelta a La Comunidad Valenciana, Cat 2.3

• 1997 Results
• Past Winners

The Stages:

• Stage 1: - Tuesday, February 24, Calpe - Calpe, 183 kms

• Stage 2: - Wednesday, February 25, Calpe - Tabernes Valldigna, 163 kms.

• Stage 3: - Thursday, February 26, Tabernes - Sagunto, 198 kms.

• Stage 4: - Friday, February 27, Pto. Sagunto-Segorbe.

• Stage 5: - Saturday, February 28, Villarreal - Valencia, 120 kms.

Brief Preview

The 56th edition of la Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana (Tour of Valencia), which begins on Tuesday, February 24 at Calpe and finishes on February 28 in Valencia is race which the major teams take seriously and which combines flat fast terrain with steep mountain passes. Italian Marco Pantani will be riding.

Past Winners

1929  Salvador Cardona (Spa)
1930  Mariano Canardo (Spa)
1931  Federico Ezquerra (Spa)
1932  Ricardo Montero (Spa)
1933  Antonio Escuriet (Spa)
1940  Federico Ezquerra (Spa)
1942  Julian Berrendero (Spa)
1943  Antonio-A Sancho (Spa)
1944  Antonio Martin (Fra)
1947  Joaquim Olmos (Spa)
1948  Emilio Rodriguez (Spa)
1949  Joaquim Filba (Spa)
1954  Salvador Botella (Spa)
1955  Francisco Masip (Spa)
1956  René Marigil (Spa)
1957  Bernardo Ruiz (Spa)
1958  Hilaire Couvreur (Bel)
1959  Rik Van Looy (Bel)
1960  Fernando Manzaneque (Spa)
1961  Salvador Botella (Spa)
1962  Fernando Manzaneque (Spa)
1963  Martin Colmenarejo (Spa)
1964  Antonio Gomez del Moral (Spa)
1965  José Perez-Frances (Spa)
1966  Angelino Soler (Spa)
1967  José Perez-Frances (Spa)
1968  Mariano Diaz (Spa)
1969  Eddy Merckx (Spa)
1970  Ventura Diaz (Spa)
1971  José Lopez-Rodriguez (Spa)
1972  Domingo Perurena (Spa)
1973  José-A Gonzales-Linares (Spa)
1974  Marcello Bergamo (Ita)
1975  Vicente Lopez-Carill (Spa)
1976  Enrique Aja (Spa)
1977  Bernt Johansson (Swe)
1979  Vicente Belda (Spa)
1980  Klaus-Peter Thaler (Ger)
1981  Alberto Fernandez (Spa)
1982  Pedro Munoz (Spa)
1983  Raimund Dietzen (Ger)
1984  Bruno Cornillet (Fra)
1985  Jesus Blanco-Villar (Spa)
1986  Bernard Hinault (Fra)
1987  Stephen Roche (Ire)
1988  Erich Maechler (Swi)
1989  Pello Ruiz-Cabestany (Spa)
1990  Tom Cordes (Ned)
1991  Melchor Mauri (Spa)
1992  Melchor Mauri (Spa)
1993  Julian Gorospe (Spa)
1994  Vjatcheslav Ekimov (Rus)
1995  Alex Zülle (Swi)
1996  Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1997  Juan-Carlos Dominguez (Spa)
1998  ?