KREM New Years' Day Cycling Classic
The KREM New Year's Day Cycling Classic is a single day road cycling race held in Belize since 1992 on New Year's Day, January 1, and is thus the first race on Belize's cycling calendar. The race was restricted to elite and junior men until 2001, when females became eligible to ride. It is considered the second most prestigious race in Belize after the Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic.
The usual route is over the Northern Highway from Corozal District (at first Corozal Town, now the Santa Elena northern border) to Belize City, finishing at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Mahogany Street, approximately two blocks from the home of the race's sponsor, Kremandala Ltd., located on Partridge Street.
Past winners
Year | Winner (Male) | Winner (Female) |
2011 | Marco Salas Arias | |
2010 | Carlos Manuel Hernandez | |
2009 | Marlon Castillo | |
2008 | Moe Herman Camacho | |
2007 | Shane Vasquez | |
2006 | Scottie Weiss | |
2005 | Michael Lewis | |
2004 | Marlon Castillo | |
2003 | Douglas Lamb | |
2002 | Barney Brown | |
2001 | Miguel Perez Laparra | |
2000 | Ariel Rosado | |
1999 | Ernest Meighan | |
1998 | Francisco Flores | |
1997 | Ian Smith | |
1996 | Robert Mariano | |
1995 | Fred Usher | |
1994 | Douglas Lamb | |
1993 | Derrick Mahler | |
1992 | Francisco Flores |