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Vuelta a Guatemala

Guatemalan multi-day road cycling race

Summary

Guatemalan multi-day road cycling race

Field	Value
name	Vuelta a Guatemala
date	October–November
region	Guatemala
english	Tour of Guatemala
discipline	Road race
competition	UCI America Tour
type	Stage race
organiser	Fed. Nacional de Ciclismo de Guatemala
first
number	64 (as of 2025)
last	COL Santiago Garzón
firstwinner	GUA Jorge Surqué
mostwins	2 times:
GUA Aureliano Cuque López
COL José Patrocinio Jiménez
GUA Edin Roberto Nova
GUA Manuel Rodas
CRC Juan Carlos Rojas
CRC Román Villalobos
mostrecent	Robinson López

GUA Aureliano Cuque López COL José Patrocinio Jiménez GUA Edin Roberto Nova GUA Manuel Rodas CRC Juan Carlos Rojas CRC Román Villalobos

The Vuelta a Guatemala (Spanish for Tour of Guatemala) is a multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually and typically during late October and early November in several locations in Guatemala. The competition carries a UCI rating of 2.2 (having also been rated 2.5 from 2002 to 2004) 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. The race is organized by the Federacion Nacional de Ciclismo de Guatemala.

History

The Vuelta a Guatemala, which has become the largest sporting event in the country in terms of spectator affluence, was first held in 1957. The winner of the first edition was local racer Jorge Surqué, and during the first four years, the competition was dominated by Guatemalan and Colombian participants. As of 2007, Colombia is the nation with the most wins all-time, with 21 general classification individual wins.

From 1992 to 1996, five different Colombian participants took five consecutive titles, before local racer Luis Rodolfo Muj won in 1997, becoming the first Guatemalan to finish first since Edin Roberto Nova had won his second tour in 1988, and ending the longest drought of titles for his country.

The winner of the 2004 edition of the race, Lizandro Ajcú, was disqualified afterwards for doping in what was the biggest doping case of the race's history – nine riders including the first four on the General classification returned positive A samples.

In 2005, the tour was cancelled after Tropical Storm Stan's heavy rainfalls caused floods and mudslides which damaged infrastructure and caused 1500 deaths weeks before the race was due to begin.

The LII edition of the race in 2011 was cancelled by the organizers shortly before the start of the race. Heavy rains during September and October damaged roads and paths, and the Guatemala Government, having concerns for life safety, decreed the cancellation as the infrastructure could not be restored in such a short period and rescheduling of the event was not feasible due to the busy schedules of different participants. The event was then scheduled for May 13–20, 2012.

Past winners

References

"Vuelta a Guatemala". memoire-du-cyclisme.net.
"UCI Road Calendar". UCI.
"Nine positives in Vuelta a Guatemala". Cyclingnews.com.
"Vuelta a Guatemala cancelled". cyclingnews.com.
"''La vuelta a Guatemala se suspende''". [[Prensa Libre (Guatemala).
{{in lang. es [http://noticias.emisorasunidas.com/noticias/nacionales/gobierno-suspende-lii-vuelta-ciclistica-guatemala "Gobierno suspende la edición número 52 de la Vuelta ciclística a Guatemala"] [http://www.prensalibre.com/deportes/hacer_0_576542403.html "Se confirma la cancelación de la 52 Vuelta a Guatemala"] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-10-29)
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