Cycling-List of Tour of Spain winners since 1980

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Winners of the Tour of Spain cycle race since 1980: 1980 - Faustino Ruperez (Spain) 1981 - Giovanni Battglin (Italy) 1982 - Marino Lejarreta (Spain) 1983 - Bernard Hinault (France) 1984 - Eric Caritoux (France) 1985 - Pedro Delgado (Spain) 1986 - Alvaro Pino (Spain) 1987 - Luis Herrera (Spain) 1988 - Sean Kelly (Ireland) 1989 - Delgado 1990 - Marco Giovanetti (Italy) 1991 - Melchor Mauri (Italy) 1992 - Toni Rominger (Switzerland) 1993 - Rominger 1994 - Rominger 1995 - Laurent Jalabert (France) 1996 - Alex Zuelle (Switzerland) 1997 - Zuelle 1998 - Abraham Olano (Spain) 1999 - Jan Ullrich (Germany) 2000 - Roberto Heras (Spain) 2001 - Angel Casero (Spain) 2002 - Aitor Gonzalez (Spain) 2003 - Heras 2004 - Heras 2005 - Denis Menchov (Russia)* 2006 - Alexander Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) 2007 - Menchov 2008 - Alberto Contador (Spain) 2009 - Alejandro Valverde (Spain) 2010 - Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) 2011 - Juan Jose Cobo (Spain) 2012 - Contador 2013 - Chris Horner (United States) 2014 - Contador * Original winner Heras was stripped of the title after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO). (Editing by Martyn Herman)