Clásica de Almería

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Clásica de Almería

Race details
Date	Early-March
Region	Almería, Spain
English name	Classic of Almería
Local name(s)	Clásica de Almería (Spanish)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1986
Editions	22 (as of 2007)
First winner	Miguel Ángel Martinez
Most recent	Giuseppe Muraglia

The Clásica de Almería (English: Classic of Almería) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in its first six years. In 1992, it became fully professional. Nobody has won the race more than once.

[edit] Palmarès

[edit] Amateur event (1986-1991)

Rider Team 1986 Miguel Ángel Martinez 1987 Tomás Ortega 1988 José Gonzalez

Rider Team 1989 José Bernabe 1990 Bernardo Gonzalez 1991 Axier Genetxea

[edit] Professional (1992-)

Rider Team 1992 Johnny Weltz 1993 Viatcheslav Ekimov 1994 Johan Capiot 1995 Jean-Pierre Heynderickx 1996 Wilfried Nelissen 1997 Massimo Strazzer 1998 Mario Traversoni 1999 Jan Svorada

Rider Team 2000 Isaac Gálvez 2001 Tayeb Braika 2002 Massimo Strazzer 2003 Luciano Pagliarini 2004 Jérôme Pineau 2005 José Iván Gutierrez 2006 Francisco Pérez Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2007 Giuseppe Muraglia Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo