Date | Mid June |
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Region | Basque, Spain |
Discipline | Road race |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Iurreta Txirrindulari Elkartea |
First edition | 1988 |
Editions | 29 (as of 2016) |
First winner | Imma De Carlos |
Most wins |
Hanka Kupfernagel 3 times |
Most recent | Emma Johansson |
The Emakumeen Euskal Bira is a women's cycling race held in the Basque region of Spain. It has been held annually since 1988, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stage is always a double stage. It is rated a 2.1 event according to UCI race classifications.
The name of the race changed during the years, from 1988 to 2007 it was called Emakumeen Bira and from 2008 to 2011 Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira.