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 |
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.