Tour of Galicia
cycling race
The Tour of Galicia (Spanish: Vuelta a Galicia; Galician: Volta a Galicia) is an annual cycling race held in Galicia, Spain. It was first held in 1933 and was held a further five times between 1934 and 1984. The tour did not take place from the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, until the end of the Second World War in 1945.
In 1986, it became a regular annual race. The final professional edition of the race was held in 2000. In 2002, after a year's hiatus, the race returned to the calendar as an amateur race.
History
The first Vuelta a Galicia occurred in 1933 between August 9 and 13. Villalba's (Vilalba) local newspaper, Faro Villalbés, reported on the race. There were 33 initial competitors and eight were from the region of Galicia.
The race started in Vigo and the cyclists covered 195 kilometers to Orense, averaging about 31 kilometers per hour.
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