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The Vuelta a España started in 1935
It is the youngest of the three Grand Tours and is held in late summer The first Vuelta ran in 1935 and was won by the Belgian Gustaaf Deloor. The race was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War, and it did not settle into an annual slot until the 1950s. Since 2010 it has finished in Madrid after three weeks of racing. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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The Vuelta a España started in 1935: the short answers
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- It is the youngest of the three Grand Tours and is held in late summer. The figure is taken from La Vuelta, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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