Below is information about the Alto de Ortiguero in the Vuelta a España that I collected.
Height
I don't have the height of the Alto de Ortiguero in my database (yet?).
Chain
The Alto de Ortiguero is part of the mountain chain Cantabrian.
Used in mountains classification in the Vuelta a España
The Alto de Ortiguero has been used as a classified climb 8 times in the mountains classification in the Vuelta. The table below shows for every year in which it was used the stage, the category (using the red background) and the rider who reached the top first. (Or in case of a mountain time trial: the rider with the fastest up-hill time.)
| Year | Stage | Km | Category | First rider | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | ? | 3 | 2 | 1 | A. Oliva | |||||||
| 1987 | 11 | ? | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | H | B. Richard | |||||
| 1993 | 17 | ? | 3 | 2 | 1 | H | A. Leanizbarrutia | ||||||
| 1996 | 14 | ? | 3 | 2 | 1 | H | L. Jalabert | ||||||
| 1997 | 16 | ? | 3 | 2 | 1 | H | L. Jalabert | ||||||
| 2005 | 14 | 136 | 3 | 2 | 1 | H | J. Rodríguez | ||||||
| 2008 | 13 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 1 | H | C. Kern | ||||||
| 2021 | 17 | 37.3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | H | J. Polanc | ||||||
