Vuelta a Espana Statistics

Updated for the 2021 edition

Profiles year-by-year

ITT ITT ITT ITT ITT ITT ITT ITT ITT ITT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 stage number profile cancelled flat-flat hill-flat hill-hill mt-notup mt-up

Figure 1: Vuelta a Espana stage profiles year-by-year since 2012.

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Cumulative distance

0 1000 2000 3000 0 5 10 15 20 cumulative distance year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Figure 2: Vuelta a Espana cumulative distance per year over all stages since 2012.

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Race info

Table 1: Number of Vuelta a Espana stages by distance groups.
year 0 - 160 161 - 180 181 - 200 200+
2013 6 8 5 2
2014 6 7 6 2
2015 7 6 4 4
2016 6 8 5 2
2017 9 5 5 3
2018 7 7 5 2
2019 5 8 6 1
2020 7 6 3 2

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Table 2: Number of Vuelta a Espana stages by profile.
year flat - flat hill - flat hill - hill mt - notup mt - up
2013 5 3 3 1 9
2014 9 2 4 0 6
2015 4 6 5 1 5
2016 3 8 3 0 7
2017 5 8 3 2 4
2018 5 5 1 3 7
2019 1 5 4 2 8
2020 2 5 4 1 6

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Table 3: Vuelta a Espana kilometers by stage profile.
year flat - flat hill - flat hill - hill mt - notup mt - up
2013 682.1 402.1 537.5 169.0 1559.4
2014 1142.2 369.2 690.9 0.0 1037.6
2015 312.2 1042.5 922.7 175.8 904.9
2016 168.9 1417.4 504.4 0.0 1224.0
2017 388.6 1482.1 500.7 339.0 609.4
2018 515.4 893.8 195.1 537.9 1123.9
2019 106.6 738.0 771.7 379.6 1282.1
2020 349.4 865.1 607.8 151.6 934.1

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Table 4: Vuelta a Espana N (number) and kilometers individual (ITT) and team (TTT) time trials.
year N ITT N TTT km ITT km TTT
2013 1 1 38.8 27.4
2014 2 1 46.4 12.6
2015 1 1 38.7 7.4
2016 1 1 37.0 27.8
2017 1 2 40.2 27.4
2018 2 0 40.0 0.0
2019 1 0 36.2 0.0
2020 1 0 33.7 0.0

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Most frequent participants

Adam Hansen Alberto Losada Andrey Zeits Bart De Clercq Chris Froome Esteban Chaves José Herrada José Joaquín Rojas Koen de Kort Daniel Moreno Dario Cataldo David de la Cruz George Bennett Johannes Fröhlinger Luis León Sánchez Mitchell Docker Thomas De Gendt Alejandro Valverde Imanol Erviti Luis Ángel Maté 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 rider year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Figure 3: Most Vuelta a Espana participations since 2012. Only the top 20 riders are shown.

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Most stage wins

B. King C. Horner C. Froome D. Moreno D. Gaudu A. De Marchi A. Geniez E. Viviani M. Cort M. Matthews N. Bouhanni P. Roglič S. Bennett T. Pogačar A. Contador M. Trentin J. Rodríguez P. Gilbert A. Valverde J. Degenkolb 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Figure 4: Most Vuelta a Espana stage wins since 2012. Only the top 20 riders are shown.

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Most top 10 classifications

K. Sbaragli R. Gesink R. Urán G. Meersman M. López V. Nibali D. Martin R. Majka W. Kelderman D. Moreno F. Aru J. Degenkolb P. Roglič E. Chaves A. Contador N. Quintana N. Roche C. Froome J. Rodríguez A. Valverde 0 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56 year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Figure 5: Most Vuelta a Espana stage top 10 positions since 2012. Only the top 20 riders are shown.

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Number of participants per country

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Figure 6: Number participants per country since 2012.

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Most stage wins by country

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Figure 7: Most Vuelta a Espana stage wins since 2012 by country. Only the top 20 countries are shown.

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Stage wins per participant per country

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Figure 8: Number of stage wins per number of participants per country since 2012.

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Most top 10 classifications by country

lu ca za ch ru dk pt us pl si au ie gb de nl co be fr it es 0 35 70 105 140 175 210 245 280 315 year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Figure 9: Most Vuelta a Espana stage top 10 positions since 2012 by country. Only the top 20 countries are shown.

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Top 10 classifications per participant per country

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Figure 10: Number of stage top 10 classifications per number of participants per country since 2012.

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General classification winners

Mas Pogačar Contador Contador Horner Froome Aru Quintana Roglič Roglič Yates Valverde Valverde Valverde Valverde Froome Felline Degenkolb Roglič Roglič Villella Bouchard Martin Sánchez Edet Fraile Fraile Clarke Gendt GC MC PC YC 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 classification flag au be co de es fr gb it si us

Figure 11: Vuelta a Espanaclassifications winners since 2012. GC=general classification, PC=points classification, YC=youth classification and MC=mountain classification.

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Cumulative number of abandoned riders

0 10 20 30 40 50 0 5 10 15 20 Cumulative number of abandoned riders (excl. TTT) year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Figure 12: The cumulative number of abandoned riders over the Vuelta a Espana stages since 2012, excluding Team Time Trials (TTT).

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Mountain points since 2012

B. King W. Poels A. De Marchi M. Soler R. Plaza S. Clarke D. Villella A. Contador G. Bouchard L. Sánchez J. Rodríguez B. Mollema C. Froome L. Maté K. Elissonde G. Martin M. López A. Valverde O. Fraile T. De Gendt 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Figure 13: Most Vuelta a Espana mountain points since 2012. Only the top 20 riders are shown.

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Sprint points since 2012

S. Bennett M. Matthews A. De Marchi M. Trentin D. Martin W. Kelderman V. Nibali F. Aru D. Moreno N. Roche M. López E. Chaves J. Degenkolb R. Majka A. Contador N. Quintana P. Roglič J. Rodríguez C. Froome A. Valverde 0 92 184 276 368 460 552 644 736 828 year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Figure 14: Most Vuelta a Espana mountain points since 2012. Only the top 20 riders are shown.

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Position GC winner stage-by-stage

-200 -100 0 100 200 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 time lead (w.r.t. #2) or lag (w.r.t. leader) A. Contador (2012) C. Horner (2013) A. Contador (2014) F. Aru (2015) N. Quintana (2016) C. Froome (2017) S. Yates (2018) P. Roglič (2019) P. Roglič (2020)

Figure 15: Position in GC through the stages for Vuelta a Espana winners since 2012.

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In our last analysis, shown in Figure 15, we take a look at how the GC winner moves within the GC as the race matures. The figure is a bit complex, but what you see is the following:

  • The horizontal axis shows each stage of the race, the vertical axis is the time difference with respect to the GC leader after each stage.

  • Each line is the overall GC winner from 2012 up to now. So from each year there is one name.

  • The height of the line shows the lead (negative values) or the lag of the GC winner from stage 1 until the end. If the dot is above 0 the GC winner is still behind, once the dot is below zero the GC winner is in the lead. The further below zero it gets the larger the gap with the runnerup in the general classification.

  • The figure is interactive so by hovering over the dots you can see the exact details and the full GC top 3.