Vuelta a España winners: complete year-by-year podium results (1935-2025)
Looking for a complete list of Vuelta a España winners, runners-up and third-place finishers? This page provides the full year-by-year overview from 1935 to 2025.
Since its inception in 1935, 80 editions have been contested, with two riders holding the title for the most Vuelta a España victories, with 4, Roberto Heras and Primož Roglič.
In total, 63 different riders have won the Vuelta a España, from 15 different nations. Spanish riders have won 32 times, with France (9) and Belgium (8) in 2nd and 3rd for most wins.
The table below lists the top three finishers of every edition, complete with national flags and full names.
Vuelta a España podium history (1935–2025)
| Year | Winner | Number 2 | Number 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard | 🇵🇹 João Almeida | 🇬🇧 Thomas Pidcock |
2024 | 🇸🇮 Primož Roglič | 🇦🇺 Ben O'Connor | 🇪🇸 Enric Mas |
2023 | 🇺🇸 Sepp Kuss | 🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard | 🇸🇮 Primož Roglič |
2022 | 🇧🇪 Remco Evenepoel | 🇪🇸 Enric Mas | 🇪🇸 Juan Ayuso |
2021 | 🇸🇮 Primož Roglič | 🇪🇸 Enric Mas | 🇦🇺 Jack Haig |
2020 | 🇸🇮 Primož Roglič | 🇪🇨 Richard Carapaz | 🇬🇧 Hugh Carthy |
2019 | 🇸🇮 Primož Roglič | 🇪🇸 Alejandro Valverde | 🇸🇮 Tadej Pogačar |
2018 | 🇬🇧 Simon Yates | 🇪🇸 Enric Mas | 🇨🇴 Miguel Ángel López |
2017 | 🇬🇧 Chris Froome | 🇮🇹 Vincenzo Nibali | 🏳️ Ilnur Zakarin |
2016 | 🇨🇴 Nario Quintana | 🇬🇧 Chris Froome | 🇨🇴 Esteban Chaves |
2015 | 🇮🇹 Fabio Aru | 🇪🇸 Joaquim Rodríguez | 🇵🇱 Rafał Majka |
2014 | 🇪🇸 Alberto Contador | 🇬🇧 Chris Froome | 🇪🇸 Alejandro Valverde |
2013 | 🇺🇸 Chris Horner | 🇮🇹 Vincenzo Nibali | 🇪🇸 Alejandro Valverde |
2012 | 🇪🇸 Alberto Contador | 🇪🇸 Alejandro Valverde | 🇪🇸 Joaquim Rodríguez |
2011 | 🇬🇧 Chris Froome | 🇬🇧 Bradley Wiggins | 🇳🇱 Bauke Mollema |
2010 | 🇮🇹 Vincenzo Nibali | 🇸🇰 Peter Velits | 🇪🇸 Joaquim Rodríguez |
2009 | 🇪🇸 Alejandro Valverde | 🇪🇸 Samuel Sánchez | 🇦🇺 Cadel Evans |
2008 | 🇪🇸 Alberto Contador | 🇺🇸 Levi Leipheimer | 🇪🇸 Carlos Sastre |
2007 | 🏳️ Denis Menchov | 🇪🇸 Carlos Sastre | 🇪🇸 Samuel Sánchez |
2006 | 🇰🇿 Alexandre Vinokourov | 🇪🇸 Alejandro Valverde | 🇰🇿 Andrey Kashechkin |
2005 | 🇪🇸 Roberto Heras | 🏳️ Denis Menchov | 🇪🇸 Carlos Sastre |
2004 | 🇪🇸 Roberto Heras | 🇪🇸 Santiago Pérez | 🇪🇸 Francisco Mancebo |
2003 | 🇪🇸 Roberto Heras | 🇪🇸 Isidro Nozal | 🇪🇸 Alejandro Valverde |
2002 | 🇪🇸 Aitor González | 🇪🇸 Roberto Heras | 🇪🇸 Joseba Beloki |
2001 | 🇪🇸 Ángel Luis Casero | 🇪🇸 Óscar Sevilla | 🇺🇸 Levi Leipheimer |
2000 | 🇪🇸 Roberto Heras | 🇪🇸 Ángel Luis Casero | 🏳️ Pavel Tonkov |
1999 | 🇩🇪 Jan Ullrich | 🇪🇸 Igor González de Galdeano | 🇪🇸 Roberto Heras |
1998 | 🇪🇸 Abraham Olano | 🇪🇸 Fernando Escartín | 🇪🇸 José María Jiménez |
1997 | 🇨🇭 Alex Zülle | 🇪🇸 Fernando Escartín | 🇨🇭 Laurent Dufaux |
1996 | 🇨🇭 Alex Zülle | 🇨🇭 Laurent Dufaux | 🇨🇭 Tony Rominger |
1995 | 🇫🇷 Laurent Jalabert | 🇪🇸 Abraham Olano | 🇧🇪 Johan Bruyneel |
1994 | 🇨🇭 Tony Rominger | 🇪🇸 Mikel Zarrabeitia | 🇪🇸 Pedro Delgado |
1993 | 🇨🇭 Tony Rominger | 🇨🇭 Alex Zülle | 🇪🇸 Laudelino Cubino |
1992 | 🇨🇭 Tony Rominger | 🇪🇸 Jesús Montoya | 🇪🇸 Pedro Delgado |
1991 | 🇪🇸 Melchor Mauri | 🇪🇸 Miguel Induráin | 🇪🇸 Marino Lejarreta |
1990 | 🇮🇹 Marco Giovannetti | 🇪🇸 Pedro Delgado | 🇪🇸 Anselmo Fuerte |
1989 | 🇪🇸 Pedro Delgado | 🇨🇴 Fabio Enrique Parra | 🇨🇴 Óscar de Jesús Vargas |
1988 | 🇮🇪 Sean Kelly | 🇩🇪 Reimund Dietzen | 🇪🇸 Anselmo Fuerte |
1987 | 🇨🇴 Luis Alberto Herrera | 🇩🇪 Reimund Dietzen | 🇫🇷 Laurent Fignon |
1986 | 🇪🇸 Álvaro Pino | 🇬🇧 Robert Millar | 🇮🇪 Sean Kelly |
1985 | 🇪🇸 Pedro Delgado | 🇬🇧 Robert Millar | 🇨🇴 José Francisco Rodriguez |
1984 | 🇫🇷 Éric Caritoux | 🇪🇸 Alberto Fernández | 🇩🇪 Reimund Dietzen |
1983 | 🇫🇷 Bernard Hinault | 🇪🇸 Marino Lejarreta | 🇪🇸 Alberto Fernández |
1982 | 🇪🇸 Marino Lejarreta | 🇧🇪 Michel Pollentier | 🇸🇪 Sven-Åke Nilsson |
1981 | 🇮🇹 Giovanni Battaglin | 🇪🇸 Pedro Muñoz | 🇪🇸 Vicente Belda |
1980 | 🇪🇸 Faustino Rupérez | 🇪🇸 Pedro Torres | 🇧🇪 Claude Criquielion |
1979 | 🇳🇱 Joop Zoetemelk | 🇪🇸 Francisco Galdós | 🇧🇪 Michel Pollentier |
1978 | 🇫🇷 Bernard Hinault | 🇪🇸 José Pesarrodona | 🇫🇷 Jean-René Bernaudeau |
1977 | 🇧🇪 Freddy Maertens | 🇪🇸 Miguel María Lasa | 🇩🇪 Klaus-Peter Thaler |
1976 | 🇪🇸 José Pesarrodona | 🇪🇸 Luis Ocaña | 🇪🇸 José Nazábal |
1975 | 🇪🇸 Agustín Tamames | 🇪🇸 Domingo Perurena | 🇪🇸 Miguel María Lasa |
1974 | 🇪🇸 José Manuel Fuente | 🇵🇹 Joaquim Agostinho | 🇪🇸 Miguel María Lasa |
1973 | 🇧🇪 Eddy Merckx | 🇪🇸 Luis Ocaña | 🇫🇷 Bernard Thévenet |
1972 | 🇪🇸 José Manuel Fuente | 🇪🇸 Miguel María Lasa | 🇪🇸 Agustín Tamames |
1971 | 🇧🇪 Ferdinand Bracke | 🇧🇪 Wilfried David | 🇪🇸 Luis Ocaña |
1970 | 🇪🇸 Luis Ocaña | 🇪🇸 Agustín Tamames | 🇧🇪 Herman Van Springel |
1969 | 🇫🇷 Roger Pingeon | 🇪🇸 Luis Ocaña | 🇳🇱 Rini Wagtmans |
1968 | 🇮🇹 Felice Gimondi | 🇪🇸 José Pérez Francés | 🇪🇸 Eusebio Vélez |
1967 | 🇳🇱 Jan Janssen | 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Ducasse | 🇪🇸 Aurelio González |
1966 | 🇪🇸 Francisco Gabica | 🇪🇸 Eusebio Vélez | 🇪🇸 Carlos Echeverría |
1965 | 🇩🇪 Rolf Wolfshohl | 🇫🇷 Raymond Poulidor | 🇧🇪 Rik Van Looy |
1964 | 🇫🇷 Raymond Poulidor | 🇪🇸 Luis Otaño | 🇪🇸 José Pérez Francés |
1963 | 🇫🇷 Jacques Anquetil | 🇪🇸 José Martín Colmenarejo | 🇪🇸 Miguel Pacheco |
1962 | 🇩🇪 Rudi Altig | 🇪🇸 José Pérez Francés | 🇮🇪 Seamus Elliott |
1961 | 🇪🇸 Angelino Soler | 🇫🇷 François Mahé | 🇪🇸 José Pérez Francés |
1960 | 🇧🇪 Frans De Mulder | 🇧🇪 Armand Desmet | 🇪🇸 Miguel Pacheco |
1959 | 🇪🇸 Antonio Suárez | 🇪🇸 José Segu | 🇧🇪 Rik Van Looy |
1958 | 🇫🇷 Jean Stablinski | 🇮🇹 Pasquale Fornara | 🇪🇸 Fernando Manzaneque |
1957 | 🇪🇸 Jesús Loroño | 🇪🇸 Federico Bahamontes | 🇪🇸 Bernardo Ruiz |
1956 | 🇮🇹 Angelo Conterno | 🇪🇸 Jesús Loroño | 🇧🇪 Raymond Impanis |
1955 | 🇫🇷 Jean Dotto | 🇪🇸 Antonio Jiménez | 🇫🇷 Raphaël Géminiani |
1954 | No race held | No race held | No race held |
1953 | No race held | No race held | No race held |
1952 | No race held | No race held | No race held |
1951 | No race held | No race held | No race held |
1950 | 🇪🇸 Emilio Rodríguez | 🇪🇸 Manuel Rodríguez | 🇪🇸 José Serra |
1949 | No race held | No race held | No race held |
1948 | 🇪🇸 Bernardo Ruiz | 🇪🇸 Emilio Rodríguez | 🇪🇸 Bernardo Capó |
1947 | 🇧🇪 Edward Van Dijck | 🇪🇸 Manuel Costa | 🇪🇸 Delio Rodríguez |
1946 | 🇪🇸 Dalmacio Langarica | 🇪🇸 Julián Berrendero | 🇳🇱 Jan Lambrichs |
1945 | 🇪🇸 Delio Rodríguez | 🇪🇸 Julián Berrendero | 🇪🇸 Juan Gimeno |
1944 | No race held (WW2) | No race held (WW2) | No race held (WW2) |
1943 | No race held (WW2) | No race held (WW2) | No race held (WW2) |
1942 | 🇪🇸 Julián Berrendero | 🇪🇸 Diego Cháfer | 🇪🇸 Francisco Antonio Andrés |
1941 | 🇪🇸 Julián Berrendero | 🇪🇸 Fermín Trueba | 🇪🇸 José Jabardo |
1940 | No race held (Spanish Civil War) | No race held (Spanish Civil War) | No race held (Spanish Civil War) |
1939 | No race held (Spanish Civil War) | No race held (Spanish Civil War) | No race held (Spanish Civil War) |
1938 | No race held (Spanish Civil War) | No race held (Spanish Civil War) | No race held (Spanish Civil War) |
1937 | No race held (Spanish Civil War) | No race held (Spanish Civil War) | No race held (Spanish Civil War) |
1936 | 🇧🇪 Gustaaf Deloor | 🇧🇪 Alfons Deloor | 🇮🇹 Antonio Bertola |
1935 | 🇧🇪 Gustaaf Deloor | 🇪🇸 Mariano Cañardo | 🇧🇪 Antoon Dignef |
