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Circuito de Getxo

Circuito de Getxo
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Date Late-July
Region Basque Country, Spain
English name Circuito de Getxo
Local name(s) Circuito de Getxo de ciclismo – Memorial Ricardo Otxoa (Spanish), Getxoko txirrindularitza zirkuitua – Ricardo Otxoa Memoriala
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
First edition 1924 (1924)
Editions 70 (as of 2015)
First winner  Domingo Gutierrez (ESP)
Most wins  Fédérico Ezquerra (ESP) (3 wins)
Most recent  Diego Ulissi (ITA)

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.

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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