Clásica de Almería

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 (1986)
Editions	28 (as of 2013)
First winner	Miguel Ángel Martinez (ESP)
Most wins	Massimo Strazzer (ITA) (2)
Most recent	Mark Renshaw (AUS)

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	ESP !	martinez, Miguel AngelMiguel Ángel Martinez (ESP)	Spain (national team)
1987	ESP !	Ortega, TomasTomás Ortega (ESP)	CAM
1988	ESP !	Gonzalez, JoseJosé Gonzalez (ESP)	Puertas Cerdán
1989	ESP !	Bernabe, JoseJosé Bernabé (ESP)	Plastimer
1990	ESP !	Gonzalez, BernardoBernardo Gonzalez (ESP)	CAM
1991	ESP !	Guenetxea, AsierAsier Guenetxea (ESP)	Kaiku
1992	DEN !	Weltz, JohnnyJohnny Weltz (DEN)	ONCE
1993	RUS !	Ekimov, ViatcheslavViatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)	Novemail-Histor
1994	BEL !	Capiot, JohanJohan Capiot (BEL)	TVM-Bison Kit
1995	BEL !	Heynderickx, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Heynderickx (BEL)	Collstrop-Lystex
1996	BEL !	Nelissen, WilfriedWilfried Nelissen (BEL)	Lotto-Isoglass
1997	ITA !	Strazzer, MassimoMassimo Strazzer (ITA)	Roslotto-ZG Mobili
1998	ITA !	Traversoni, MarioMario Traversoni (ITA)	Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
1999	CZE !	Svorada, JánJán Svorada (CZE)	Lampre-Daikin
2000	ESP !	Galvez, IsaacIsaac Gálvez (ESP)	Kelme-Costa Blanca
2001	DEN !	Braika, TayebTayeb Braika (DEN)	Lotto-Adecco
2002	ITA !	Strazzer, MassimoMassimo Strazzer (ITA)	Phonak
2003	BRA !	Pagliarini, LucianoLuciano Pagliarini (BRA)	Lampre
2004	FRA !	Pineau, JeromeJérôme Pineau (FRA)	Brioches La Boulangère
2005	ESP !	Gutierrez, IvanIván Gutiérrez (ESP)	Illes Balears-Banesto
2006	ESP !	Perez, FranciscoFrancisco Pérez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
2007	ITA !	Muraglia, GiuseppeGiuseppe Muraglia (ITA)	Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
2008	ARG !	Haedo, Juan JoseJuan José Haedo (ARG)	Team CSC
2009	NZL !	Henderson, GregGreg Henderson (NZL)	Team Columbia-High Road
2010	NED !	Bos, TheoTheo Bos (NED)	Cervélo TestTeam
2011	ITA !	Pelucchi, MatteoMatteo Pelucchi (ITA)	Geox-TMC
2012	AUS !	Matthews, MichaelMichael Matthews (AUS)	Rabobank
2013	AUS !	Renshaw, MarkMark Renshaw (AUS)	Blanco Pro Cycling

External links

Official website (Spanish)