Circuito de Getxo

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Circuito de Getxo

Race details
Date	Late-July
Region	Basque Country, Spain
English name	Circuito de Getxo
Local name(s)	Circuito de Getxo de ciclismo (Spanish)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1924
Editions	62 (as of 2007)
First winner	Domingo Gutierrez
Most wins	Federico Ezquerra (3 wins)
Most recent	Vicente Reynès

The Circuito de Getxo (English: Getxo Circuit) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

Established in 1924 as Circuito de Getxo, since 2001 it is also held as Memorial Ricardo Otxoa in memory of former cyclist Ricardo Otxoa, who died after a car hit him and his twin brother, Javier in early 2001.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1924 Domingo Gutierrez 1925 Francisco Cepeda 1926 Segundo Barruetabena 1927 Dioscoro Alonso 1928 Manuel Lopez 1929 Francisco Cepeda 1930 Mariano Canardo 1929- 1933 No race 1934 José Urdangarin 1935 Federico Ezquerra 1936- 1939 No race 1940 Federico Ezquerra 1941 Julian Berrendero 1942 Federico Ezquerra 1943 Martin Mancisidor 1944 Julian Berrendero 1945 Cipriano Aguirrezabal 1946 Cipriano Aguirrezabal 1947 Miguel Gual 1948 Juan Jauregui 1949 Jesus Lorono 1950 Jesus Morales 1951 Oscar Elguezabal 1952 Oscar Elguezabal 1953 Hortencio Vidaurreta 1954 Antonio Barrutia 1955 Cosme Barrutia 1956 Antonio Ferraz 1957 Hortencio Vidaurreta 1958 Fausto Iza 1959 Roberto Morales 1960 Jacinto Urrestarazu

Rider Team 1961 Antonio Barrutia 1962 Roberto Morales 1963 Manuel Martin-Pinera 1964 Sebastian Elorza 1965 Antonio Gaomez del Moral 1966 Antonio Gaomez del Moral 1967- 1979 No race 1980 Felipe Yanez 1981 Marino Lejarreta 1982 Juan-Carlos Alonso 1983 Carlos Hernandez 1984 Jesus Guzman 1985 Antonio Esparza 1987 Federico Echave 1988 José Luis Villanueva 1989 John Talen 1990 Victor Gonzalo 1991 Adri van der Poel 1992 Mathieu Hermans 1994 Orlando Rodrigues 1995 Mika Hietanen 1996 Arsenio Gonzales 1997 Jeremy Hunt 1998 Marcel Wust 1999 Jesper Skibby 2000 César Garcia Calvo 2001 Alessandro Bertolini 2002 Martin Elmiger 2003 Roberto Lozano 2004 Gert Vanderaerden 2005 David Fernandez 2006 Mikel Gaztañaga 2007 Vicente Reynès