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 |
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