- Clásica de Almería
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Clásica de Almería Race details Date Early-March Region Almería, Spain English name Classic of Almería Local name(s) Clásica de Almería (Spanish) Discipline Road race Competition UCI Europe Tour Type Single-day History First edition 1986 Editions 26 (as of 2011) First winner Miguel Ángel Martinez (ESP)
Most wins Massimo Strazzer (ITA) (2)
Most recent Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)
The Clásica de Almería (English: Classic of Almería) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in 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. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in its first six years. In 1992, it became fully professional.
Palmarès
Rider Team 1986 Miguel Ángel Martinez (ESP) Spain (national team) 1987 Tomás Ortega (ESP) CAM 1988 José Gonzalez (ESP) Puertas Cerdán 1989 José Bernabé (ESP) Plastimer 1990 Bernardo Gonzalez (ESP) CAM 1991 Asier Guenetxea (ESP) Kaiku 1992 Johnny Weltz (DEN) O.N.C.E. 1993 Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) Novemail-Histor 1994 Johan Capiot (BEL) TVM-Bison Kit 1995 Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (BEL) Collstrop-Lystex 1996 Wilfried Nelissen (BEL) Lotto-Isoglass 1997 Massimo Strazzer (ITA) Roslotto-ZG Mobili 1998 Mario Traversoni (ITA) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 1999 Jan Svorada (CZE) Lampre-Daikin 2000 Isaac Gálvez (ESP) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2001 Tayeb Braika (DEN) Lotto-Adecco 2002 Massimo Strazzer (ITA) Phonak 2003 Luciano Pagliarini (BRA) Lampre 2004 Jérôme Pineau (FRA) Brioches La Boulangère 2005 Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Illes Balears-Banesto 2006 Francisco Pérez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2007 Giuseppe Muraglia[1] (ITA)Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 2008 Juan José Haedo (ARG) Team CSC 2009 Greg Henderson (NZL) Team Columbia-High Road 2010 Theo Bos (NED) Cervélo TestTeam 2011 Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) Geox-TMC References
External links
Official website (Spanish)
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