2018 Vuelta a España 2018 Vuelta a España The 2018 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 25 August and 16 September 2018. The race was the 73rd edition of the Vuelta a España and was the final Grand Tour of the 2018 cycling season. The race started in Málaga and finished in Madrid. The race was won by British rider Simon Yates for his first Grand Tour win, and the first ever Grand Tour win for his Australian-based team . It was the second consecutive Vuelta, and fifth consecutive Grand Tour, with a
Vuelta a España competition resumed, although again with few foreign competitors in the peloton. On this occasion, Delio Rodriguez took the final victory. That year also introduced the points classification, but this was not stable until 1955. Four editions were run until 1950. Subsequently, there was no Vuelta until 1955, when it was organized by the Basque newspaper "El Correo Español-El Pueblo Vasco". Since then, the Vuelta a España has been run annually. At this time, the Vuelta was run routinely in April and May, while previously it was held variably between April and August. Another difference was the number of participants. Previously,