Circuito de Getxo
The Circuito de Getxo (English: Getxo Circuit) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Late-July |
| Region | Basque Country, Spain |
| English name | Circuito de Getxo |
| Local name(s) | Circuito de Getxo de ciclismo – Memorial Ricardo Otxoa (in Spanish), Getxoko txirrindularitza zirkuitua – Ricardo Otxoa Memoriala |
| Discipline | Road race |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Single-day |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1924 |
| Editions | 78 (as of 2023) |
| First winner | Domingo Gutierrez (ESP) |
| Most wins | Fédérico Ezquerra (ESP) (3 wins) |
| Most recent | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) |
Established in 1924 as Circuito de Getxo, since 2001 it is also held as Memorial Ricardo Otxoa in memory of former cyclist Ricardo Otxoa, who died after a car hit him and his twin brother, Javier in early 2001.
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