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 1,491 stages, up to and including the Stage 12 of the 2021 Vuelta a España The race leader following each stage has been awarded a leader's jersey.

Although the number of stages is 1,491, there have been 1,492 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 2021, 1,492 leader's jerseys have been awarded in the Vuelta a España to 226 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  Switzerland482001993, 1996, 1997, 2000
2Primož Roglič Slovenia363202019, 2020, 2021
3Roberto Heras Spain344102000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
4=Delio Rodriguez Spain321101941, 1945, 1946, 1947
4=Tony Rominger  Switzerland323121992, 1993, 1994
4=Gustaaf Deloor Belgium322001935, 1936
7=Alejandro Valverde Spain271402006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
7=Julián Berrendero Spain272031941, 1942, 1945, 1948
7=Chris Froome United Kingdom272102011, 2017
10Alberto Contador Spain263002008, 2012, 2014
11Domingo Perurena Spain250201967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975
12Laurent Jalabert France241411995, 1996, 1997, 1998
13Abraham Olano Spain231001995, 1998, 1999, 2000
14=Manuel Costa Spain220001946, 1947
14=Denis Menchov Russia222012005, 2007
16Óscar Sevilla Spain210002001, 2002
17=Freddy Maertens Belgium201101977
17=Vincenzo Nibali Italy201002010, 2013
19=Emilio Rodriguez Spain191021950
19=Joaquim Rodríguez Spain190002003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
21Melchior Mauri Spain181001991
22René Pijnen Netherlands170001970, 1971, 1972
23=Angelo Conterno Italy161001956
23=José Manuel Fuente Spain162011972, 1974
23=Isidro Nozal Spain160002003
26=Jacques Anquetil France151001963
26=Pedro Delgado Spain152001984, 1985, 1989
26=Bernard Hinault France152001978, 1983
26=Dalmacio Langarica Spain151001946, 1948
26=Nairo Quintana Colombia151002014, 2016, 2019
26=Faustino Rupérez Spain151001980
32=Rudi Altig Germany141101962, 1968
32=Laudelino Cubino Spain140001988
34=Miguel María Lasa Spain130101972, 1975
34=Robert Millar United Kingdom130001985, 1986
34=Joop Zoetemelk Netherlands131011979
37=Giovanni Battaglin Italy121001981
37=Marco Giovannetti Italy121001990
37=Jesús Montoya Spain120001992
37=Álvaro Pino Spain121011983, 1986
37=Bernardo Ruiz Spain121011948
37=Fermín Trueba Spain120001941
37=Rolf Wolfshohl Germany121001965
44=Luis Herrera Colombia111021987
44=Rik Van Looy Belgium110101958, 1959, 1964, 1965
44=Simon Yates United Kingdom111002018
47=Jean-Pierre Ducasse France100001967
47=Agustín Tamames Spain101011970, 1971, 1975
47=Jan Ullrich Germany101001999
47=Valentín Uriona Spain100001966, 1967
51=Seamus Elliott Ireland90001962
51=Ferdi Van den Haute Belgium90101978
51=Omar Hernandez Colombia90001989
51=Jesús Loroño Spain91001955, 1957
51=Eddy Merckx Belgium91101973
51=Pello Ruiz Cabestany Spain90001985, 1990, 1992
57=Eric Caritoux France81001984
57=Régis Clère France80001981
57=Marc Gomez France80001982, 1986
57=Julián Gorospe Spain80001983, 1990
57=José Pesarrodona Spain81001973, 1976
62=Ángel Arroyo Spain70001982
62=Fabio Aru Italy71002015
62=Joseba Beloki Spain70002001, 2002
62=Sean Kelly Ireland71401987, 1988
62=Marino Lejarreta Spain71101982, 1983
62=Christian Levavasseur France70001979
62=Francesco Moser Italy70001984
62=Roger Pingeon France71001969
62=Raymond Poulidor France71001964, 1965
62=Jean Stablinski France71001958
62=Dietrich Thurau Germany70101976
73=Ferdinand Bracke Belgium61001971
73=Esteban Chaves Colombia60002015
73=Claude Criquielion Belgium60001982
73=Armand Desmet Belgium60001960
73=Jean Dotto France61001955
73=Tom Dumoulin Netherlands60002015
73=Luis Ocaña Spain61011970
80=Joaquim Agostinho Portugal50001976
80=Igor Antón Spain50002010
80=Fabian Cancellara  Switzerland50002009
80=Richard Carapaz Ecuador50002020
80=Sylvain Chavanel France50002008, 2011
80=Anselmo Fuerte Spain50001988, 1991
80=Dominique Gaigne France50001983
80=Philippe Gilbert Belgium50002010
80=Chris Horner United States51002013
80=Jan Janssen Netherlands51201967, 1968
80=Antonio Karmany Spain50031959
80=Floyd Landis United States50002004
80=Luis Otaño Spain50001964
80=José Pérez-Francés Spain50101964, 1968
80=Marcel Seynaeve Belgium50001961
80=Roberto Visentini Italy50001980
80=Alexander Vinokourov Kazakhstan51002006
97=Darwin Atapuma Colombia40002016
97=Federico Bahamontes Spain40021957
97=Fabio Baldato Italy40001996
97=Daniele Bennati Italy40102007, 2008, 2011
97=Ángel Casero Spain41002000, 2001
97=Reimund Dietzen Germany40001987
97=Vladimir Efimkin Russia40002007
97=Francisco Gabica Spain41011966
97=Felice Gimondi Italy41001968
97=Miguel Indurain Spain40001985
97=José María Jiménez Spain40141998
97=Viktor Klimov Russia40001990
97=Michal Kwiatkowski Poland40002016, 2018
97=Egoi Martínez Spain40012008
97=Bradley McGee Australia40002005
97=André Messelis Belgium40001961
97=Lars Michaelsen Denmark40001997
97=Rudy Molard France40002018
97=Nicolas Roche Ireland40002013, 2019
97=Antonio Suárez Spain41111959
97=Roger Swerts Belgium40001974, 1975
97=Bradley Wiggins United Kingdom40002011
119=Antonio Barrutia Spain30001960, 1962
119=Manuel Beltrán Spain30002004
119=Omer Braeckeveldt Belgium30001950
119=Janez Brajkovič Slovenia30002006, 2013
119=Jonathan Castroviejo Spain30002012, 2014
119=José De Cauwer Belgium30001976
119=Daan De Groot Netherlands30001958
119=Franz De Mulder Belgium31001960
119=Odd Christian Eiking Norway30002021
119=José María Errandonea Spain30001966
119=Pierre Everaert France30001959
119=Alberto Fernández Spain30001983
119=Raphaël Géminiani France30001955
119=Fabrizio Guidi Italy30101997, 1998
119=Thor Hushovd Norway30102006
119=Roland Le Clerc France30001989
119=Miguel Ángel López Colombia30002019
119=Fernando Manzaneque Spain30001960
119=Michael Matthews Australia30002014
119=David Millar United Kingdom30002001
119=Ramón Saez Spain30001969
119=José Segu Spain30001959
119=Luigi Sgarbozza Italy30001969
119=Raymond Steegmans Belgium30101969
119=Edouard Van Dyck Belgium31011947
119=Eusebio Vélez Spain30001961, 1964
119=Michael Wright United Kingdom30001968, 1969
146=Gilbert Bauvin France20001955
146=Santiago Botero Colombia20002001
146=Mark Cavendish United Kingdom20102010
146=Biagio Conte Italy20001996
146=Rohan Dennis Australia20002017, 2018
146=Danilo Di Luca Italy20002006
146=Laurent Dufaux  Switzerland20001997
146=Jacky Durand France20001999
146=Javier Elorriaga Spain20001976
146=Óscar Freire Spain20002007
146=Igor González Galdeano Spain20001999, 2003
146=André Greipel Germany20102009
146=Cees Haast Netherlands20001966
146=Jesús Herrada Spain20002018
146=Benoît Joachim Luxembourg20002004
146=Gerben Karstens Netherlands20001973
146=Hennie Kuiper Netherlands20001976
146=Levi Leipheimer United States20002008
146=René Marigil Spain20001955
146=Bert Oosterbosch Netherlands20001985
146=Roberto Pagnin Italy20001987
146=Angelino Soler Spain21001961
146=Rein Taaramäe Estonia20002021
146=José Luis Talamillo Spain20001961
146=Bernard Thévenet France20001974
146=Marcel Wüst Germany20001999
146=Markus Zberg  Switzerland20001998
173=Felipe Alberdi Spain10001960
173=Alessandro Ballan Italy10002008
173=José Herrero Berrendero Spain10001958
173=Salvador Botella Spain10101957
173=Miguel Chacón Spain10001957
173=Hilaire Couvreur Belgium10001958
173=David de la Cruz Spain10002016
173=Michele Dancelli Italy10001967
173=Gino De Bakker Belgium10001989
173=Stijn Devolder Belgium10002007
173=Antoine Dignef Belgium10001935
173=Kenny Elissonde France10002021
173=Antonio Escuriet Spain10001935
173=Nicolas Edet France10002019
173=Cadel Evans Australia10002009
173=José Martín Farfán Colombia10011989
173=Rubén Fernández Spain10002016
173=Jakob Fuglsang Denmark10002011
173=Jesús Galdeano Spain10001960
173=Frans Gielen Belgium10001948
173=Aitor González Spain11002002
173=Santos González Spain10002000
173=Max van Heeswijk Netherlands10002004
173=Joseph Huts Belgium10001936
173=Julio Jiménez Spain10031964
173=Peter Kennaugh United Kingdom10002016
173=Yves Lampaert Belgium10002017
173=Pablo Lastras Spain10002011
173=François Mahé France10001961
173=Thierry Marie France10001986
173=Antonio Martín Spain10001946
173=Gabriel Mas Spain10001960
173=Bauke Mollema Netherlands10102011
173=Carmelo Morales Spain10001957
173=Daniel Moreno Spain10002013
173=Francisco Moreno Spain10001957
173=Jelle Nijdam Netherlands10001992
173=Joaquín Olmos Spain10001946
173=Miguel Pacheco Spain10001958
173=Gianluca Pianegonda Italy10001995
173=Manuel Martín Piñera Spain10001968
173=Filippo Pozzato Italy10002008
173=José María López Rodríguez Spain10001967
173=Carlos Sastre Spain10012006
173=Dylan Teuns Belgium10002019
173=Modesto Urrutibeazcoa Spain10001988
173=Benny Van Brabant Belgium10001989
173=Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium10101956
173=Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke Belgium10001987
173=Peter Velits Slovakia10002015
173=Jesús Blanco Villar Spain10001986
173=Josef Vloebergh Belgium10001959
173=Herminio Díaz Zabala Spain10001991
173=Mikel Zarrabeitia Spain10002002

Jerseys per country

The leader's jersey has been awarded to 23 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 Spain64632174913Jesús Herrada2018, stage 1387
2 France1559592Kenny Elissonde2021, stage 525
3 Belgium14471312Dylan Teuns2019, stage 629
4 Italy1076531Fabio Aru2015, stage 2119
5  Switzerland895221Fabian Cancellara2009, stage 75
6 United Kingdom643303Simon Yates2018, stage 218
7 Netherlands542510Tom Dumoulin2015, stage 1912
8= Germany513800André Greipel2009, stage 67
8= Colombia512062Nairo Quintana2019, stage 98
10 Slovenia342200Primož Roglič2021, stage 92
11 Russia302012Denis Menchov2007, stage 213
12 Ireland201402Nicolas Roche2019,stage 43
13 United States121001Chris Horner2013, stage 213
14 Australia100010Rohan Dennis2018, stage 14
15 Norway60100Odd Christian Eiking2021, stage 122
16= Portugal50000Joaquim Agostinho1976, stage 161
16= Kazakhstan51001Alexander Vinokourov2006, stage 211
16= Denmark50000Jakob Fuglsang2011, stage 12
16= Ecuador50000Richard Carapaz2020, stage 121
20= Poland40000Michal Kwiatkowski2018, stage 41
21= Luxembourg20000Benoît Joachim2004, stage 41
21= Estonia20000Rein Taaramäe2021, stage 41
23 Slovakia10000Peter Velits2015, Stage 11
24 Uzbekistan00100--0

Stage wins per country

Riders from 33 countries have won at least one stage in the Vuelta. Tables are correct as of 26 August 2021

Country #
 Spain554
 Belgium226
 Italy183
 France128
 Netherlands115
 Germany74
 Colombia34
  Switzerland32
 United Kingdom31
Country #
 Ireland26
 Russia20
 Denmark19
 United States16
 Australia15
 Slovenia12
 Kazakhstan11
 Portugal11
 Uzbekistan7
Country #
 Czech Republic6
 Luxembourg5
 Norway5
 Slovakia5
 Poland4
 Canada4
 Austria3
 Estonia3
 Belarus2
Country #
 New Zealand2
 South Africa2
 Sweden2
 Ukraine2
 Argentina2
 Venezuela1

Detailed table
1935471--------------------2---------
19361182------------------------------
194122--------------------------------
194213-25-----------------------------
194517--------------2-----------------
194620---2----------1-----------------
19471726------------------------------
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-----------------------
19888-1-6-1-22--1--------------------
1989633-422-2-1----------------------
19906213143---1-1-------1------------
19918-2-512---1-2--------------------
1992532-5-12---------4---------------
19935--22-16---------3--1---------1--
19941-472-16-------------------------
19953-5515-1--1-1--------------------
1996-21121-14--1----------------------
19975-1333-1--2-1-----3--------------
19986-5-22-3--3---------------1------
1999523116-1--1-----------------1-1--
20009-7-1-11--1---1------------------
20017-2--3212--11-----1---------1----
200210-9---1---1----------------------
20039-6--21-1----1------------------1
200411-5---1---11---------------------
20056-3-13--1---1-41----1------------
20066-3--3--1--11-41----1------------
20077-7-121---21---------------------
20087452-------21--------------------
20091-2215-211-1-1--1-------1--1-----
20107221----3--3-------1-1---1-------
20114-2112-111---1-----1-3----1----1-
2012822--5--1-1--1---------------1---
201331141--1-1-2121---2------1-------
20145-42-51------2--------1-1--------
20154121412--1-1-1-1---1-1-----------
201614231-113-1-2------1-------------
20171351--2-2-----1-1-----31---------
20184145----1--2-3----------1--------
201942-1212--2-11---4----------------
202023-2-2--12--1---4-------1--------
2021-21-3-------22--2---------1------
TOTAL5542261831281167434323126201619151111127655543423222211

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