Clásica de San Sebastián

Clásica de San Sebastián

Race details
Date	August
Region	Basque Country, Spain
English name	Classic of San Sebastián
Local name(s)	Clásica de San Sebastián (in Spanish) Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa (in Basque)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI World Tour
Type	One-day
History
First edition	1981 (1981)
Editions	37 (as of 2017)
First winner	Marino Lejarreta (ESP)
Most wins	Marino Lejarreta (ESP) (3 wins)
Most recent	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)

The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a cycle race that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián, Spain. The 2017 edition was won by Michał Kwiatkowski. It is traditionally a climbers' race, with several famous Grand Tour stars claiming the race.

Clásica de San Sebastián is famous for its spectacular views of the coastline and its winding, undulating terrain which strongly favours aggressive riding. The current race route is approximately 220 kilometres in length and includes the tough Alto de Jaizkibel climb at around the 200 kilometre mark. This is usually the decisive point of the race. It was a round of the UCI Road World Cup (which ran from 1989 to 2004) and has since been part of its successors, the UCI ProTour and since 2011 the UCI World Tour.

Winners

		Rider	Team
1981	ESP !	Lejarreta, MarinoMarino Lejarreta (ESP)	Teka
1982	ESP !	Lejarreta, MarinoMarino Lejarreta (ESP)	Teka
1983	BEL !	Criquielion, ClaudeClaude Criquielion (BEL)	Splendor
1984	SUI !	Ruttimann, NikiNiki Rüttimann (SUI)	La Vie Claire
1985	NED !	Poel, Adri van derAdri van der Poel (NED)	Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko
1986	ESP !	Gaston, InakiInaki Gaston (ESP)	Kas
1987	ESP !	Lejarreta, MarinoMarino Lejarreta (ESP)	Caja Rural
1988	NED !	Theunisse, Gert-JanGert-Jan Theunisse (NED)	PDM–Ultima–Concorde
1989	AUT !	Zadrobilek, GerhardGerhard Zadrobilek (AUT)	7-Eleven
1990	ESP !	Indurain, MiguelMiguel Indurain (ESP)	Banesto
1991	ITA !	Bugno, GianniGianni Bugno (ITA)	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade
1992	MEX !	Alcala, RaulRaúl Alcalá (MEX)	PDM–Concorde
1993	ITA !	Chiappucci, ClaudioClaudio Chiappucci (ITA)	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni
1994	FRA !	Cuevas, Armand de LasArmand de Las Cuevas (FRA)	Castorama
1995	USA !	Armstrong, LanceLance Armstrong (USA)	Motorola
1996	GER !	Bolts, UdoUdo Bölts (GER)	Team Telekom
1997	ITA !	Rebellin, DavideDavide Rebellin (ITA)	Française des Jeux
1998	ITA !	Casagrande, FrancescoFrancesco Casagrande (ITA)	Cofidis
1999	ITA !	Casagrande, FrancescoFrancesco Casagrande (ITA)	Vini Caldirola
2000	NED !	Dekker, ErikErik Dekker (NED)	Rabobank
2001	FRA !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert (FRA)	CSC–Tiscali
2002	FRA !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert (FRA)	CSC–Tiscali
2003	ITA !	Bettini, PaoloPaolo Bettini (ITA)	Quick-Step–Davitamon
2004	ESP !	Perdiguero, Miguel Angel MartinMiguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP)	Saunier Duval–Prodir
2005	ESP !	Zaballa, ConstantinoConstantino Zaballa (ESP)	Saunier Duval–Prodir
2006	ESP !	Florencio, XavierXavier Florencio (ESP)	Bouygues Télécom
2007	ITA !	Bertagnolli, LeonardoLeonardo Bertagnolli (ITA)	Liquigas
2008	ESP !	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne
2009	ESP !	Barredo, CarlosCarlos Barredo (ESP)	Quick-Step
2010	ESP !	Sanchez, Luis LeonLuis León Sánchez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne
2011	BEL !	Gilbert, PhilippePhilippe Gilbert (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012	ESP !	Sanchez, Luis LeonLuis León Sánchez (ESP)	Rabobank
2013	FRA !	Gallopin, TonyTony Gallopin (FRA)	RadioShack–Leopard
2014	ESP !	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team
2015	GBR !	Adam Yates (GBR)	Orica–GreenEDGE
2016	NED !	Bauke Mollema (NED)	Trek–Segafredo
2017	POL !	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Team Sky

Multiple winners

Riders in italics are active.

Wins	Rider	Editions
3	Marino Lejarreta (ESP)	1981, 1982, 1987
2	Francesco Casagrande (ITA)	1998, 1999
	Laurent Jalabert (FRA)	2001, 2002
	Luis León Sanchez (ESP)	2010, 2012
	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	2008, 2014

Wins per country

Wins	Country
13	Spain
7	Italy
4	France,  Netherlands
2	Belgium
1	Austria,  Germany,  Mexico,  Poland,   Switzerland,  United Kingdom,  United States

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clásica de San Sebastián.

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Clásica de San Sebastián palmares at Cycling Archives