Subida a Urkiola

Subida a Urkiola

Race details
Date	Early August
Region	Basque Country, Spain
English name	Ascent to Urkiola
Local name(s)	Subida a Urkiola (in Spanish) Urkiola Igoera (in Basque)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
Organiser	Sociedad Ciclista Bilbaina
History
First edition	1931 (1931)
Editions	33 (as of 2009)
First winner	Ricardo Montero (ESP)
Most wins	Leonardo Piepoli (ITA) (4 wins)
Most recent	Igor Antón (ESP)

Subida a Urkiola is a one-day cycling race in Durango, Biscay of the Basque Country. The first edition began in 1931 and is organized by the Sociedad Ciclista Bilbaina, but has not been held consistently until 1984 to present. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

Winners

		Rider	Team
1931	ESP !	Montero, RicardoRicardo Montero (ESP)
1932- 1935	~ !No race
1936	ITA !	Leturia, ClaudioClaudio Leturia (ITA)
1936- 1960	~ !No race
1961	ESP !	Karmany, AntonioAntonio Karmany (ESP)
1962	ESP !	Jimenez, JulioJulio Jiménez (ESP)
1963	~ !No race
1964	ESP !	Jimenez, JulioJulio Jiménez (ESP)
1965	ESP !	Jimenez, JulioJulio Jiménez (ESP)
1966	ESP !	Velez, EusebioEusebio Velez (ESP)
1967	~ !No race
1968	~ !No race
1969	ESP !	Mariscal, GabrielGabriel Mariscal (ESP)
1970- 1983	~ !No race
1984	ESP !	Belda, VicenteVicente Belda (ESP)
1985	ESP !	Rodriguez Magro, JoseJosé Rodriguez Magro (ESP)
1986	COL !	Vargas, ÓscarÓscar Vargas (COL)
1987	ESP !	Lejarreta, MarinoMarino Lejarreta (ESP)
1988	ESP !	Lejarreta, MarinoMarino Lejarreta (ESP)
1989	USA !	Hampsten, AndrewAndrew Hampsten (USA)
1990	USA !	Hampsten, AndrewAndrew Hampsten (USA)
1991	ESP !	Delgado, PedroPedro Delgado (ESP)
1992	ITA !	Chiappucci, ClaudioClaudio Chiappucci (ITA)
1993	CHE !	Rominger, TonyTony Rominger (CHE)
1994	ESP !	Jimenez, Jose MariaJosé Maria Jiménez (ESP)
1995	ITA !	Piepoli, LeonardoLeonardo Piepoli (ITA)
1996	ESP !	Jimenez, Jose MariaJosé Maria Jiménez (ESP)
1997	CHE !	Zberg, BeatBeat Zberg (CHE)
1998	ITA !	Bhorgheresi, SimoneSimone Bhorgheresi (ITA)
1999	ITA !	Piepoli, LeonardoLeonardo Piepoli (ITA)
2000	ITA !	Casagrande, FrancescoFrancesco Casagrande (ITA)
2001	ESP !	Odriozola, JonJon Odriozola (ESP)
2002	ITA !	Frigo, DarioDario Frigo (ITA)
2003	ITA !	Piepoli, LeonardoLeonardo Piepoli (ITA)
2004	ITA !	Piepoli, LeonardoLeonardo Piepoli (ITA)
2005	ESP !	Rodriguez, JoaquimJoaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
2006	ESP !	Mayo, IbanIban Mayo (ESP)
2007	ESP !	Gomez Marchante, Jose AngelJosé Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP)
2008	ESP !	Arroyo, DavidDavid Arroyo (ESP)
2009	ESP !	Anton, IgorIgor Antón (ESP)

External links

• Official Site (in Spanish)