Race details | |
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Date | Early-June |
Region | Basque Country, Spain |
English name | Basque Bicycle |
Local name(s) | Euskal Bizikleta Kirol Elkartea (Basque) Bicicleta Vasca (Spanish) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage-race |
History | |
First edition | 1991 |
Editions | 18 (as of 2008) |
First winner | Louis Caput (FRA) |
Most recent | Eros Capecchi (ITA) |
Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: Bicicleta Vasca, English: Basque Bicycle) is an annual cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour.
The first race was held in 1952, but it has only been called Euskal Bizikleta since 1991. The first winner (1952) was Louis Caput from France. The first winner of the 'modern' Euskal Bizikleta (1991) was Gianni Bugno. The most recent edition (2008) was won by Eros Capecchi from Italy.
Rider | Team | ||
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1991 | Gianni Bugno (ITA) | ||
1992 | Franco Chioccioli (ITA) | ||
1993 | Piotr Ugrumov (LAT) | ||
1994 | Stefano Della Santa (ITA) | ||
1995 | Eugeni Berzin (RUS) | ||
1996 | Miguel Indurain (ESP) | ||
1997 | Abraham Olano (ESP) | ||
1998 | Abraham Olano (ESP) | ||
1999 | David Etxebarría (ESP) | ||
2000 | Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) | ||
2001 | Juan Carlos Domínguez (ESP) | ||
2002 | Mikel Zarrabeitia (ESP) | ||
2003 | José Antonio Pecharromán (ESP) | ||
2004 | Roberto Heras (ESP) | ||
2005 | Eladio Jimenez (ESP) | ||
2006 | Koldo Gil (ESP) | ||
2007 | Constantino Zaballa (ESP) | ||
2008 | Eros Capecchi (ITA) |