Clásica de Almería

Clásica de Almería
Race details
Date February-March
Region Almería, Spain
English name Classic of Almería
Local name(s) Clásica de Almería (in Spanish)
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
History
First edition 1986 (1986)
Editions 33 (as of 2018)
First winner  Miguel Ángel Martínez Torres (ESP)
Most wins  Massimo Strazzer (ITA) (2 wins)
Most recent  Caleb Ewan (AUS)

The Clásica de Almería (English: Classic of Almería) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.[1] Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in its first six years. In 1992, it became fully professional.[1]

Winners

Rider Team
1986 Spain Miguel Ángel Martinez (ESP) Spain (national team)
1987 Spain Tomás Ortega (ESP) CAM
1988 Spain José Gonzalez (ESP) Puertas Cerdán
1989 Spain José Bernabé (ESP) Plastimer
1990 Spain Bernardo Gonzalez (ESP) CAM
1991 Spain Asier Guenetxea (ESP) Kaiku
1992 Denmark Johnny Weltz (DEN) ONCE
1993 Russia Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) Novemail-Histor
1994 Belgium Johan Capiot (BEL) TVM-Bison Kit
1995 Belgium Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (BEL) Collstrop-Lystex
1996 Belgium Wilfried Nelissen (BEL) Lotto-Isoglass
1997 Italy Massimo Strazzer (ITA) Roslotto-ZG Mobili
1998 Italy Mario Traversoni (ITA) Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
1999 Czech Republic Ján Svorada (CZE) Lampre-Daikin
2000 Spain Isaac Gálvez (ESP) Kelme-Costa Blanca
2001 Denmark Tayeb Braikia (DEN) Lotto-Adecco
2002 Italy Massimo Strazzer (ITA) Phonak
2003 Brazil Luciano Pagliarini (BRA) Lampre
2004 France Jérôme Pineau (FRA) Brioches La Boulangère
2005 Spain Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Illes Balears–Banesto
2006 Spain Francisco Pérez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
2007 Russia Eduard Vorganov[nb 1] (RUS) Karpin–Galicia
2008 Argentina Juan José Haedo (ARG) Team CSC
2009 New Zealand Greg Henderson (NZL) Team Columbia–High Road
2010 Netherlands Theo Bos (NED) Cervélo TestTeam
2011 Italy Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) Geox–TMC
2012 Australia Michael Matthews (AUS) Rabobank
2013 Australia Mark Renshaw (AUS) Blanco Pro Cycling
2014 Republic of Ireland Sam Bennett (IRL) NetApp–Endura
2015 United Kingdom Mark Cavendish (GBR) Etixx–Quick-Step
2016 Australia Leigh Howard (AUS) IAM Cycling
2017 Denmark Magnus Cort (DEN) Orica–Scott
2018 Australia Caleb Ewan (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott

Notes

  1. Giuseppe Muraglia tested positive for hCG after winning the 2007 Clásica de Almería.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Clásica de Almería (HC), Spain". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. Weislo, Laura (12 October 2007). "Two years for Muraglia". Cycling News. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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