Vuelta a La Rioja | |
Date: | Late-April |
Region: | La Rioja, Spain |
English: | Tour of La Rioja |
Localnames: | Vuelta a La Rioja |
Discipline: | Road |
Competition: | UCI Europe Tour |
Type: | Stage-race (until 2008) One-day race (from 2009) |
Organiser: | Club Ciclista Logroñés |
Number: | 57 (as of 2017) |
Mostwins: | (3 wins) |
The Vuelta a La Rioja (English: Tour of La Rioja) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour.
The event is facing financial challenges in 2009. Wrote velonews.com:
Economic woes in Spain have forced organizers to reduce the formerly three-day Rioja tour into a one-day race around the famous wine-growing region. Rather than risk not having any race at all, organizers opted to downsize in 2009 with hopes of reviving the stage-race format next season.[1]