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 Costa Rica Marco Salas Arias
2010 Mexico Carlos Manuel Hernandez
2009 Belize Marlon Castillo
2008 Mexico Moe Herman Camacho
2007 Belize Shane Vasquez
2006 United States Scottie Weiss
2005 Belize Michael Lewis
2004 Belize Marlon Castillo
2003 Belize Douglas Lamb
2002 Belize Barney Brown
2001 Guatemala Miguel Perez Laparra
2000 Belize Ariel Rosado
1999 Belize Ernest Meighan
1998 Belize Francisco Flores
1997 Belize Ian Smith
1996 Belize Robert Mariano
1995 Belize Fred Usher
1994 Belize Douglas Lamb
1993 Belize Derrick Mahler
1992 Belize Francisco Flores

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