The Vuelta Ciclista a El Salvador (English: Tour of El Salvador) is a multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually in late April and early May in El Salvador. The Vuelta a El Salvador carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the sport's international governing body.

Vuelta a El Salvador
Race details
DateApril-may
RegionEl Salvador
English nameTour of El Salvador
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI America Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserRubén Contreras Schweizer
Web sitewww.vueltaelsalvador.com Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1964 (1964)
Editions25 (as of 2006)
First winner Armando Paniagua (GUA)
Most recent Wilson Zambrano (COL)

Men’s race Past winners

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Year Winner Country Team
1964 Armando Paniagua   Guatemala
1965 Juan Jose Pontaza   Guatemala
1966–1967 No Event
1968 Julio Patricio Merino   El Salvador
1969–1972 No Event
1973 Antonio "Pato" Funes   El Salvador
1974 Fernando Moreno   Mexico
1975 Pedro Acu Tura   Guatemala
1976 No Event
1977 Arquímedes Jaén   Panama
1978 No Event
1979 Roberto "Cuque" López   Guatemala
1980 No Event
1981 Gregorio Rodríguez   Guatemala
1982 Carlos Aguilar   Guatemala
1983 Rafael Ernesto Chávez   El Salvador
1984 Arsenio Chaparro   Colombia
1985 Héctor Julio Patarroyo   Colombia Café Quetzal-Leche Klim
1986 Julio Carlos Morales   El Salvador
1987 Jorge Landaverde   El Salvador
1988 Luis Pérez   Colombia Colombia
1989 Jair Bernal   Colombia Colombia
1990 Marcos Wilches   Colombia Colombia
1991 Luis Fernando Lara   Colombia Colombia
1992 José Daniel Bernal   Colombia Colombia
1993 Luis Cárdenas   Colombia Colombia
1994 Fredy Núñez   Cuba
1995–2003 No Event
2004 Enrique Avalos   El Salvador
2005 Cameron Hughes   Australia
2006 Gregorio Ladino   Colombia Colombia
2007 Wilson Zambrano   Colombia Colombia es Pasión

Women’s Race Past Winners

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Year Winner Country Team
2004 Evelyn García   El Salvador Banco Cuscatlan - Cogeas
2005 Edita Pučinskaitė   Lithuania Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini - Cogeas
2006 Aimee Vasse   United States Tria - USA
2007 Evelyn García   El Salvador Team Cmax Dila - Guericiotti - Cogeas
2008 Tetyana Styazhkina   Ukraine USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
2009–2011 No event
2012 Clemilda Fernandes Silva   Brazil USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
2013
2014 Mara Abbott   United States UnitedHealthcare
2015–2023 No event
2024 Elena Hartmann   Switzerland Roland Cycling

Jersey classifications

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As of the 2014 edition of the race, the following jerseys were awarded:

  General classification: the rider with the lowest overall accumulated time
  Points classification: the rider who has scored the highest number of points
  Sprints classification: the rider who has scored the highest number of points from intermediate sprints
  Mountains classification: the rider who has scored the highest number of points from specified climbs
  Combativity classification: the rider who has been the most aggressive
  Young rider classification: the rider with the lowest overall accumulated time under a specified age
  Best Salvadorean rider: the rider with the lowest overall accumulated time from El Salvador

Source[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Technical Guide 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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