Vuelta a Extremadura

The Tour of Extremadura (Spanish: Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Extremadura or Vuelta a Extremadura) was an annual multiple stage bicycle race in Spain, visiting the main towns of the Extremadura region. Beginning as an amateur event in 1987, it became part of the professional UCI Europe Tour in 2005, and was last run in 2011.

History

The first race took place in 1987, although it did not become a regular event until 2002.^[1] It was restricted to amateurs until the creation of the Continental Circuits UCI in 2005, when it became part of the professional circuit of the UCI Europe Tour, in category 2.2 (the lowest professional category).^[2]^[3] The 2010 event was cancelled, and the final race took place in 2011 as an amateur event, with all its stages in the province of Badajoz, and four of the five stages started and finished in the same place.^[4]

Notable winners include José Ángel Gómez Marchante and Daniel Lloyd, both professional cyclists.

Results

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1987	?	?	?
1988-1993	No race
1994	Claus Michael Møller DEN	?	?
1995	?	?	?
1996	?	?	?
1997	Ernesto Manchón ESP	?	?
1998-1999	No race
2000	?	?	?
2001	No race
2002	Sergio Domínguez ESP	Ricardo Serrano ESP	Fredrik Modin SWE
2003	José Ángel Gómez Marchante ESP	Carlos Barredo ESP	Francisco Javier Andujar ESP
2004	Juan Carlos López COL	Jordi Grau ESP	Sergio Domínguez ESP
2005	Luis Roberto Álvarez ESP	Juan Carlos Rojas CRC	Francisco José Terciado ESP
2006	Pedro Romero Ocampo ESP	Ángel Rodríguez ESP	Gustavo Domínguez ESP
2007	Nuno Marta POR	Reinier Honig NLD	José Luis Cubillo ESP
2008	Daniel Lloyd GBR	Manuel Lloret ESP	Sergio Sousa POR
2009	José de Segovia ESP	Luis Felipe Laverde COL	Bruno Castanheira POR
2010	No race
2011	Gustavo Pérez ARG	Paul Kneppers NED	Raúl García de Mateos ESP