Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
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Race details | |
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Date | January |
Region | Chile |
English name | Tour of Chile |
Local name(s) | Vuelta Ciclista de Chile |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI America Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1976 |
Editions | 33 (as of 2019) |
First winner | Giovanni Fedrigo (ITA) |
Most wins | Luis Fernando Sepúlveda (CHI) Marco Arriagada (CHI) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Óscar Sevilla (ESP), 2019 |
The Vuelta Ciclista de Chile is an annual Chilean elite men's professional road cycling stage race first held in 1976.
History
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[edit]- ^ Marco Arriagada, who initially won the 2011 race, tested positive for the use of stanozolol in 4 stages of the Vuelta a Chile and 1 in the Vuelta Independencia Nacional, in January–February 2011. In July, he was suspended by the Chilean federation for 4 years, but in October the ban was brought back to 2 years, until February 2013.