Tour of Spain : the real numbers of doping

Warning

These statistics count riders who have been pinned at some point in their career. They therefore evolve according to positive controls, confessions, inquieries, etc. All of these numbers are likely to rise over time. In particular, the figures for the last ten years races should be regarded as highly provisional.

Statistics

The table below establishes, team by team, the count of the riders who have been or will be subsequently "pinned" in doping cases.

Race	Participants			Top 10		Podium		Winner
	Riders	Pinned	%	Pinned	%	Pinned	%	Pinned	%
1968	89	17	19,1%	4	40%	1	33,3%	1	100%
1969	100	23	23%	4	40%	2	66,7%	0	0%
1970	100	26	26%	6	60%	2	66,7%	1	100%
1971	109	37	33,9%	6	60%	3	100%	1	100%
1972	100	24	24%	6	60%	1	33,3%	0	0%
1973	80	29	36,2%	6	60%	3	100%	1	100%
1974	88	35	39,8%	8	80%	2	66,7%	0	0%
1975	89	25	28,1%	6	60%	2	66,7%	0	0%
1976	100	30	30%	5	50%	2	66,7%	0	0%
1977	70	24	34,3%	6	60%	2	66,7%	1	100%
1978	100	28	28%	5	50%	2	66,7%	1	100%
1979	90	32	35,6%	5	50%	2	66,7%	1	100%
1980	110	32	29,1%	6	60%	1	33,3%	0	0%
1981	80	19	23,8%	8	80%	3	100%	1	100%
1982	100	33	33%	4	40%	2	66,7%	1	100%
1983	100	28	28%	6	60%	3	100%	1	100%
1984	130	25	19,2%	8	80%	3	100%	1	100%
1985	170	44	25,9%	6	60%	3	100%	1	100%
1986	170	43	25,3%	6	60%	2	66,7%	0	0%
1987	180	45	25%	4	40%	2	66,7%	0	0%
1988	180	42	23,3%	5	50%	2	66,7%	1	100%
1989	189	35	18,5%	2	20%	1	33,3%	1	100%
1990	198	37	18,7%	4	40%	1	33,3%	0	0%
1991	198	46	23,2%	5	50%	2	66,7%	0	0%
1992	187	42	22,5%	5	50%	2	66,7%	1	100%
1993	169	38	22,5%	5	50%	3	100%	1	100%
1994	169	50	29,6%	4	40%	2	66,7%	1	100%
1995	180	65	36,1%	6	60%	3	100%	1	100%
1996	180	70	38,9%	7	70%	3	100%	1	100%
1997	198	79	39,9%	8	80%	2	66,7%	1	100%
1998	197	89	45,2%	9	90%	2	66,7%	1	100%
1999	189	80	42,3%	8	80%	3	100%	1	100%
2000	180	80	44,4%	5	50%	3	100%	1	100%
2001	176	83	47,2%	5	50%	3	100%	1	100%
2002	207	92	44,4%	8	80%	2	66,7%	1	100%
2003	198	82	41,4%	9	90%	3	100%	1	100%
2004	189	85	45%	5	50%	3	100%	1	100%
2005	198	75	37,9%	6	60%	2	66,7%	1	100%
2006	189	67	35,4%	6	60%	3	100%	1	100%
2007	189	49	25,9%	5	50%	2	66,7%	1	100%
2008	171	40	23,4%	5	50%	2	66,7%	1	100%
2009	198	38	19,2%	5	50%	2	66,7%	1	100%
2010	198	43	21,7%	4	40%	1	33,3%	0	0%
2011	198	41	20,7%	4	40%	3	100%	1	100%
2012	198	28	14,1%	3	30%	2	66,7%	1	100%
2013	198	31	15,7%	2	20%	1	33,3%	0	0%
2014	198	27	13,6%	5	50%	3	100%	1	100%
2015	198	27	13,6%	2	20%	0	0%	0	0%
2016	198	19	9,6%	4	40%	2	66,7%	1	100%
2017	198	18	9,1%	4	40%	2	66,7%	1	100%
2018	176	15	8,5%	4	40%	2	66,7%	1	100%
2019	176	12	6,8%	3	30%	1	33,3%	0	0%
2020	184	13	7,1%	1	10%	0	0%	0	0%
2021	184	9	4,9%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
2022	183	7	3,8%	1	10%	0	0%	0	0%
2023	176	6	3,4%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Totals	8947	2259		279		111		38
Average	159,8	40,3	25,2%		49,8%		66,1%		67,9%

Other statistics :

• Quantity of Tours of Spain since 1968 : 56
• Riders : 8947
• Finishers : 6300
• Pinned : 2259 (25,2%)
• Pinned in the top 10 : 279 (49,8%)
• Pinned in the top 3 : 111 (66,1%)
• Pinned among the winners : 38 (67,9%)

General classification winners

In the list below, runners pinned in our doping directory appear with a red or yellow card.

Tour	Winner	Second	Third
1968	Gimondi Felice	Perez Frances José	Velez Eusebio
1969	Pingeon René	Ocana Luis	Wagtmans Rini
1970	Ocana Luis	Tamames Agustin	Van Springel Herman
1971	Bracke Ferdinand	David Wilfried	Ocana Luis
1972	Fuente José-manuel	Lasa Miguel-maria	Tamames Agustin
1973	Merckx Eddy	Ocana Luis	Thévenet Bernard
1974	Fuente José-manuel	Agostinho Joachim	Lasa Miguel-maria
1975	Tamames Agustin	Perurena Domingo	Lasa Miguel-maria
1976	Pesarrodona José	Ocana Luis	Nazabal José
1977	Maertens Freddy	Lasa Miguel-maria	Thaler Klaus-peter
1978	Hinault Bernard	Pesarrodona José	Bernaudeau Jean-rené
1979	Zoetemelk Joop	Galdos Francisco	Pollentier Michel
1980	Ruperez Faustino	Torres Pedro	Criquielion Claude
1981	Battaglin Giovanni	Munoz Pedro	Belda Vicente
1982	Lejarreta Marino	Pollentier Michel	Nilsson Sven-ake
1983	Hinault Bernard	Lejarreta Marino	Fernandez Blanco Alberto
1984	Caritoux Eric	Fernandez Blanco Alberto	Dietzen Raimund
1985	Delgado Pedro	Millar Robert	Rodriguez Francisco
1986	Pino Counago Alvaro	Millar Robert	Kelly Sean
1987	Herrera Luis	Dietzen Raimund	Fignon Laurent
1988	Kelly Sean	Dietzen Raimund	Fuerte Abelenda Anselmo
1989	Delgado Pedro	Parra Fabio	Vargas Restrepo Oscar
1990	Giovannetti Marco	Delgado Pedro	Fuerte Abelenda Anselmo
1991	Mauri Melchior	Indurain Miguel	Lejarreta Marino
1992	Rominger Tony	Montoya Alarcon Jesus	Delgado Pedro
1993	Rominger Tony	Zülle Alex	Cubino Laudelino
1994	Rominger Tony	Zarrabeitia Mikel	Delgado Pedro
1995	Jalabert Laurent	Olano Abraham	Bruyneel Johan
1996	Zülle Alex	Dufaux Laurent	Rominger Tony
1997	Zülle Alex	Escartin Fernando	Dufaux Laurent
1998	Olano Abraham	Escartin Fernando	Jimenez José-maria
1999	Ullrich Jan	Gonzales De Galdeano Igor	Heras Roberto
2000	Heras Roberto	Casero Angel	Tonkov Pavel
2001	Casero Angel	Sevilla Oscar	Leipheimer Levi
2002	Gonzalez Aitor	Heras Roberto	Beloki Joseba
2003	Heras Roberto	Nozal Isidro	Valverde Alejandro
2004	Heras Roberto	Perez Santiago	Mancebo Francisco
2005	Menchov Denis	Sastre Carlos	Mancebo Francisco
2006	Vinokourov Alexandre	Valverde Alejandro	Kashechkin Andrey
2007	Menchov Denis	Sastre Carlos	Sanchez Gonzalez Samuel
2008	Contador Alberto	Leipheimer Levi	Sastre Carlos
2009	Valverde Alejandro	Sanchez Gonzalez Samuel	Evans Cadel
2010	Nibali Vincenzo	Miquez Mosquera Ezequiel Miguel	Velits Peter
2011	Cobo Acebo Juan Jose	Froome Christopher Clive	Wiggins Bradley
2012	Contador Alberto	Valverde Alejandro	Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin
2013	Horner Christopher	Nibali Vincenzo	Valverde Alejandro
2014	Contador Alberto	Froome Christopher Clive	Valverde Alejandro
2015	Aru Fabio	Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin	Majka Rafal
2016	Quintana Rojas Nairo Alexander	Froome Christopher Clive	Chaves Rubio Johan Esteban
2017	Froome Christopher Clive	Nibali Vincenzo	Zakarin Ilnur
2018	Yates Simon	Mas Nicolau Enric	Lopez Moreno Miguel Angel
2019	Roglic Primoz	Valverde Alejandro	Pogacar Tadej
2020	Roglic Primoz	Carapaz Montenegro Richard Anton	Carthy Hugh
2021	Roglic Primoz	Mas Nicolau Enric	Haig Jack
2022	Evenepoel Remco	Mas Nicolau Enric	Ayuso Juan
2023	Kuss Sepp	Vingegaard Rasmussen Jonas	Roglic Primoz

reports a rider who was sanctioned in a doping case
reports a rider pinned in our doping directory but who has not been sanctioned or whose we are not aware of the possible sanction

The alternative prize list

The other track record is the one you will not see anywhere else. We have removed from the official list all the riders who have been, at one time or another of their career or even after, involved in a doping case and appear as such in our directory.
This alternative ranking starts in 1968, the date of the first anti-doping tests.

Tour	Winner	Second	Third
1968	Perez Frances José	Velez Eusebio	Errandonea José-maria
1969	Pingeon René	Lasa José-manuel	Wright Michael
1970	Tamames Agustin	Galdos Francisco	Santamarina Luis-pedro
1971	Galera Manuel	Tamames Agustin	Martos Antonio
1972	Fuente José-manuel	Tamames Agustin	Aja Gonzalo
1973	Pesarrodona José	Torres Pedro	Tamames Agustin
1974	Fuente José-manuel	Uribezubia José-luis	Vallori Antonio
1975	Tamames Agustin	Kuiper Hennie	Perletto Giuseppe
1976	Pesarrodona José	Lopez-carril Vicente	Kuiper Hennie
1977	Thaler Klaus-peter	Clively Gary	Pesarrodona José
1978	Pesarrodona José	Schipper Jos	Martinez Heredia Enrique
1979	Galdos Francisco	Ruperez Faustino	Torres Pedro
1980	Ruperez Faustino	Torres Pedro	De Muynck Johan
1981	Marcussen Jorgen	Ruperez Faustino	Chozas Eduardo
1982	Nilsson Sven-ake	Ruperez Faustino	Mutter Stefan
1983	Pino Counago Alvaro	Kuiper Hennie	Chozas Eduardo
1984	Corredor Alvarez Edgar	Jimenez Bautista José-patrocinio	Rodriguez Magro Jesus
1985	Ruiz Cabestany Pello	Parra Fabio	Pino Counago Alvaro
1986	Pino Counago Alvaro	Ruiz Cabestany Pello	Parra Fabio
1987	Herrera Luis	Vargas Restrepo Oscar	Fuerte Abelenda Anselmo
1988	Fuerte Abelenda Anselmo	Parra Fabio	Blanco Villar Jesus
1989	Parra Fabio	Vargas Restrepo Oscar	Pino Counago Alvaro
1990	Giovannetti Marco	Fuerte Abelenda Anselmo	Ruiz Cabestany Pello
1991	Mauri Melchior	Parra Fabio	Ruiz Cabestany Pello
1992	Montoya Alarcon Jesus	Giovannetti Marco	Parra Fabio
1993	Rincon Quintana Oliveiro	Montoya Alarcon Jesus	Breukink Erik
1994	Zarrabeitia Mikel	Rincon Quintana Oliveiro	Aparicio Vicente
1995	Mauri Melchior	Pistore Roberto	Garcia Marquina David
1996	Pistore Roberto	Faustini Stefano	Escartin Fernando
1997	Escartin Fernando	Zaina Enrico	Bordenave Philippe
1998	Escartin Fernando	Uria Gonzales José-manuel	Plaza David
1999	Rubiera Vigil José-luis	Blanco Gil Santiago	Zarrabeitia Mikel
2000	Laiseka Jaoi Roberto	Escartin Fernando	Sastre Carlos
2001	Mercado Juan Miguel	Plaza David	Rubiera Vigil José-luis
2002	Beloki Joseba	Garcia Casas Felix Manuel	Zubeldia Haimar
2003	Perez Rodriguez Luis	Garcia Casas Felix Manuel	Pereiro Oscar
2004	Garcia Quesada Carlos	Sastre Carlos	Gomez Marchante José Angel
2005	Sastre Carlos	Garcia Quesada Carlos	Plaza Molina Ruben
2006	Sastre Carlos	Gomez Marchante José Angel	Karpets Vladimir
2007	Sastre Carlos	Evans Cadel	Efimkin Vladimir
2008	Sastre Carlos	Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin	Gesink Robert
2009	Evans Cadel	Gesink Robert	Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin
2010	Nibali Vincenzo	Velits Peter	Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin
2011	Mollema Bauke	Monfort Maxime	Nibali Vincenzo
2012	Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin	Moreno Fernandez Daniel	Gesink Robert
2013	Horner Christopher	Nibali Vincenzo	Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin
2014	Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin	Aru Fabio	Martin Daniel
2015	Aru Fabio	Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin	Majka Rafal
2016	Chaves Rubio Johan Esteban	Talansky Andrew	De La Cruz Melgarejo David
2017	Nibali Vincenzo	Kelderman Wilco	Poels Wouter
2018	Mas Nicolau Enric	Kruijswijk Steven	Pinot Thibaut
2019	Roglic Primoz	Pogacar Tadej	Majka Rafal
2020	Roglic Primoz	Carapaz Montenegro Richard Anton	Carthy Hugh
2021	Roglic Primoz	Mas Nicolau Enric	Haig Jack
2022	Evenepoel Remco	Mas Nicolau Enric	Ayuso Juan
2023	Kuss Sepp	Vingegaard Rasmussen Jonas	Roglic Primoz

The alternative list allows us to establish a list of winners since 1968, who do not appear in the doping directory, classified by number of victories:

Victories	Riders
4	Sastre Carlos
3	Pesarrodona José
	Roglic Primoz
2	Mauri Melchior
	Escartin Fernando
	Tamames Agustin
	Pino Counago Alvaro
	Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin
	Fuente José-manuel
	Nibali Vincenzo
1	Kuss Sepp
	Evenepoel Remco
	Mas Nicolau Enric
	Chaves Rubio Johan Esteban
	Aru Fabio
	Horner Christopher
	Mollema Bauke
	Evans Cadel
	Garcia Quesada Carlos
	Perez Rodriguez Luis
	Beloki Joseba
	Mercado Juan Miguel
	Laiseka Jaoi Roberto
	Rubiera Vigil José-luis
	Pistore Roberto
	Zarrabeitia Mikel
	Rincon Quintana Oliveiro
	Montoya Alarcon Jesus
	Giovannetti Marco
	Parra Fabio
	Fuerte Abelenda Anselmo
	Herrera Luis
	Ruiz Cabestany Pello
	Corredor Alvarez Edgar
	Nilsson Sven-ake
	Marcussen Jorgen
	Ruperez Faustino
	Galdos Francisco
	Thaler Klaus-peter
	Galera Manuel
	Pingeon René
	Perez Frances José

See also

• The doping cases on the Tour of Spain
• The real numbers of doping in the Tour de France
• The real numbers of doping in the Giro d'Italia