The Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Líder (Vuelta Líder) was an elite men's professional

road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The ...

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held annually in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

. The Vuelta Líder was created in 1997 by

Líder Líder (Spanish for ''Leader'') is a Chilean hypermarket chain originally owned and operated by Distribución y Servicio (DyS) but sold to United States, US American corporation Walmart in 2009.

, the largest supermarket chain in Chile, and was sanctioned by the Chilean Cycling Federation (''Federación Ciclista de Chile''). The last race was held in 2007. The Vuelta Líder was one of the largest cycling races in Chile. When the

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were created in 2005, the Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Líder was added to the

UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...

schedule.

List of winners

References

UCI America Tour races

Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2007 Defunct cycling races in Chile 1997 establishments in Chile 2007 disestablishments in Chile {{cycling-race-stub