- Emakumeen Bira
Cycling race infobox
name = Emakumeen Bira
current_event =
date = Mid June
region = Basque, Spain
english =
localnames =
nickname =
discipline = Road race
competition =
type = Stage race
organiser = Iurreta Txirrindulari Elkartea
director =
first = 1992
number = 16
last =
firstwinner = flagicon|SVK Lenka Ilavska
mostwins = flagicon|GER Hanka Kupfernagel
"3 times"
mostrecent = flagicon|SWE Susanne LjungskogThe Emakumeen Bira is a women's cycling race held in the Basque region of Spain. It has been held annually since 1992, starting out as a two stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stage is always a double stage.
Emakumeen Bira Past Winners
1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 2007 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe)Marianne Vos (Ned)Nicole Brändli (Sui)2006 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Susanne Ljungskog (Swe)Nicole Brändli (Sui)2005 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Trixi Worrack (Ger)Mirjam Melchers (Ned)2004 Joane Somarriba (Esp)Mirjam Melchers (Ned)Fabiana Luperini (Ita) 2003 Mirjam Melchers (Ned)Olga Sliossareva (Rus) Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) 2002 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu)Eneritz Iturriaga (Esp) Zinaida Stahurskaia (Ukr) 2001 Joane Somarriba (Esp)Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Fany Lecourtois (Fra) 2000 Leontien Van Moorsel (Ned)Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Zinaida Stahurskaia (Ukr) 1999 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger)Joane Somarriba (Esp)Valentina Gerasimova (Rus) 1998 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger)Lenka Ilavska (Svk) Ita Kryjanovskaia (Rus) 1997 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger)Alessandra Capellotto (Ita) Diana Rast (Sui) 1996 Teodora Ruano (Esp) Lenka Ilavska (Svk) Joane Somarriba (Esp)1995 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra)Lenka Ilavska (Svk) Tatjana Kaverina (Cze) 1994 Elena Barillova (Cze) Elisabeth Chevanee-Brunel (Fra) Maria Tsal (Rus) 1993 Elena Barillova (Cze) Lenka Ilavska (Svk) Ildiko Paczova (Cze) 1992 Lenka Ilavska (Svk) Elena Barillova (Cze) Teodora Ruano (Esp) External links
* [http://www.iurretatxirrindulari.com/BIRA/Portadas/Inicio/BiraInicioing.html Emakumeen Bira web site]
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