Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

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Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

Race details
Date	March
Region	Catalonia, Spain
English name	Catalan Cycling Week
Local name(s)	Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme (Catalan)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1963
Editions	42
Final edition	2005
First winner	José Pérez Francés
Most wins	José Pérez-Francés Luis Ocaña Eddy Mercx Alex Zülle Michael Boogerd Laurent Jalabert :2 times
Most recent	Alberto Contador

The Catalan Cycling Week (Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme in Catalan) was an important multi-stage road bicycle race held in Catalonia, Spain. It was last organised in 2005 as a 2.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour. Setmana Catalana was cancelled in 2006 and it is no longer part of the UCI Calendar.

The first winner of the race was José Pérez-Francés in 1963. Famous riders like Luis Ocaña, Eddy Merckx, Alex Zülle, Laurent Jalabert, Michael Boogerd, Joop Zoetemelk, Seán Kelly, Stephen Roche and Pedro Delgado have won the race.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1963 José Pérez-Francés 1964 José Pérez-Francés 1965 José Luís Talamillo 1966 José López Rodríguez 1967 Domingo Perurena 1968 Mariano Díaz 1969 Luis Ocaña 1970 Italo Zilioli 1971 Raymond Poulidor 1972 Miguel María Lasa 1973 Luis Ocaña 1974 Joop Zoetemelk 1975 Eddy Merckx 1976 Eddy Merckx 1977 Freddy Maertens 1978 Enrique Cima 1979 Claude Criquielion 1980 No race 1981 Sven-Ake Nilsson 1982 Jostein Wilmann 1983 Alberto Fernández 1984 Phil Anderson

Rider Team 1985 Josep Recio 1986 Felipe Yañez 1987 Vicent Belda 1988 Seán Kelly 1989 Raimund Dietzen 1990 Iñaki Gastón 1991 Stephen Roche 1992 Alex Zülle 1993 Pedro Delgado 1994 Stefano Della Santa 1995 Francesco Frattini 1996 Alex Zülle 1997 Juan Carlos Domínguez 1998 Michael Boogerd 1999 Laurent Jalabert 2000 Laurent Jalabert 2001 Michael Boogerd 2002 Juan Miguel Mercado 2003 Dario Frigo 2004 Joaquim Rodríguez 2005 Alberto Contador