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Circuito de Getxo (1.1), Spain
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
The Circuito de Getxo is a single-day race run in Getxo, a city in Spain's Basque country. Currently (2018) the race is held in late July.
The race's full name is Circuito de Getxo - Memorial Ricardo Otxoa in memory of cyclist Ricardo Otxoa, who was killed when when a car hit him and his twin brother Xavier in 2001.
The race was classed "1.1" by the UCI in 2005 and is part of the Europe Tour.
The rider who has won the race most often is Federico Ezquerra. No one has equaled his three victories in the race.
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Complete podium history
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1924 | Domingo Gutierrez | Segundo Barruetabena | Miguel Serrano | ||
| 1925 | Francisco Cepeda | Remigio Lorono | Jacinto Suarez | ||
| 1926 | Segundo Barruetabena | Francisco Cepeda | Domingo Gutierrez | ||
| 1927 | Dioscoro Monso | Domingo Gutierrez | Ramon Abad | ||
| 1928 | Manuel Lopez | Eduardo Fernandez | Claudio Zenon | ||
| 1929 | Francisco Cepeda | Jesus Garcia | Eugenio Madrazo | ||
| 1930 | Mariano Canardo | Cesareo Sarduy | Dioniso Fernandez | ||
| 1931 - 1933: Race not held | |||||
| 1934 | José Urdangarin | Bernardo De Castro | Ramon Ruiz Trillo | ||
| 1935 | Federico Ezquerra | Antonio Escuriet | Salvador Molina | ||
| 1936 - 1939: Race not held | |||||
| 1940 | Federico Ezquerra | José Felix Excauriaza | Angel Bilbao | ||
| 1941 | Julian Berrendero | Ignacio Orbaiceta | Firmin Trueba | ||
| 1942 | Ferderico Ezquerra | José Felix Excauriaza | Angel Bilbao | ||
| 1943 | Martin Mancisidor | Fernando Murcia | Federico Ezquerra | ||
| 1944 | Julian Berrendero | Martin Mancisidor | Fermin Trueba | ||
| 1945 | Cipriano Aguirrezabal | Fermin Treuba | Miguel Lizarazu | ||
| 1946 | Cipriano Aguirrezabal | Peloton at same time | |||
| 1947 | Miguel Gual | Bernardo Capo | Emilio Rodriguez | ||
| 1948 | Juan Jauregui | Francisco Torres | Francisco Michelena | ||
| 1949 | Jesus Lorono | Pedro Lizaso | Jesus Morales | ||
| 1950 | Jesus Morales | Martin Mancisidor | Jesus Lorono | ||
| 1951 | Oscar Elguezabal | Jesus Morales | Julian Aguirrezabal | ||
| 1952 | Oscar Elguezabal | Cosme Barrutia | Jesus Morales | ||
| 1953 | Hortencio Vidaurreta | Oscar Elguezabal | Cosme Barrutia | ||
| 1954 | Antonio Barrutia | Hortencio Vidaurreta | Ponciano Arbelaiz | ||
| 1955 | Cosme Barrutia | Tomas Onaederra | Antonio Barrutia | ||
| 1956 | Antonio Ferraz | Felipe Alberdi | José Aguirre-Gomezcorta | ||
| 1957 | Hortencio Vidaurreta | Juan José Otegui | José Ramon Azcarate | ||
| 1958 | Fausto Iza | Antonio Karmany | Julio San Emeterio | ||
| 1959 | Roberto Morales | Juan Manuel Menendez | Antonio Barrutia | ||
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Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1960 | Jacinto Urrestarazu | José Segu | Fausto Iza | ||
| 1961 | Antonio Barrutia | José San Emeterio | Juan Campillo | ||
| 1962 | Roberto Morales | José Perez Frances | José Antonio Momene | ||
| 1963 | Manuel Martin Pinera | José Antonio Momene | Candelas Dominguez | ||
| 1964 | Sebastian Elorza | Jacinto Urrestarazu | José Luis Bilbao | ||
| 1965 | Antonio Gomez Del Moral | Manuel Martin Pinera | Eusebio Velez | ||
| 1966 | Antonio Gomez Del Moral | Carlos Echevarria | Gregorio San Miguel | ||
| 1967 - 1979: Race not held | |||||
| 1980 | Felipe Yanez | Hector Rondan | Imanol Murga | ||
| 1981 | Marino Lejarreta | Federico Echave | Angel Camarillo | ||
| 1982 | Juan Carlos Alonso | José Luis Lopez Cerron | Felipe Yanez | ||
| 1983 | Carlos Hernandez | Faustino Cueli | Jesus Blanco Vilar | ||
| 1984 | Jesus Guzman | Alfonso Gutierrez | Sabino Angoitia | ||
| 1985 | Antonio Esparza | Mathieu Hermans | Federico Echave | ||
| 1986 | Race not held | ||||
| 1987 | Federico Echave | Antonio Balboa | Alberto Leanizbarrutia | ||
| 1988 | José Luis Villanueva | Peter Huyghe | Melchior Mauri | ||
| 1989 | John Talen | Edwin Bafcop | Casimrio Moreda | ||
| 1990 | Victori Gonzalo | Alfonso Gutierrez | Jean-Pierre Heynderickx | ||
| 1991 | Adri Van der Poel | Kenneth Weltz | Juan Carlos Gonzalez Salvador | ||
| 1992 | Mathieu Hermans | Johan Museeuw | Mario Manzoni | ||
| 1993 | Race not held | ||||
| 1994 | Orlando Rodrigues | Juan Carlos Gonzalez Salvador | José Rodriguez | ||
| 1995 | Mika Hietanen | Manuel Fernandez Gines | Christian Henn | ||
| 1996 | Arsenio Gonzales | Serguei Smetanine | Angel Edo | ||
| 1997 | Jeremy Hunt | Angel Edo | Serguei Smetanine | ||
| 1998 | Marcel Wust | Jeremy Hunt | Oscar Freire | ||
| 1999 | Jesper Skibby | Michel Lafis | Francisco Mancebo | ||
| 2000 | Cesar Garcia Calvo | Alessandro Bertolini | Rafael Diaz Justo | ||
| 2001 | Alessandro Bertolini | Francisco Cabello | Koos Moerenhout | ||
| 2002 | Mertin Elmiger | Pavel Brutt | Jan Hruska | ||
| 2003 | Roberto Lozano | Martin Elmiger | Canstantino Zaballa | ||
| 2004 | Gert Vanderaerden | Canstantino Zaballa | Javier Pascual Rodriguez | ||
| 2005 | David Fernandez | Ruben Lobato | David Herrero | ||
| 2006 | Mikel Gastañaga | Carlos Torrent | Javier Benitez | ||
| 2007 | Vicente Reynes | Takashi Miyazawa | José Joaquin Rojas | ||
| 2008 | Reiner Honig | Koldo Fernandez | Enrique Mata | ||
| 2009 | Koldo Fernandez | Juan Pablo Forero | Mikel Gaztañaga | ||
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| 2010 | Francisco José Pacheco | Andrea Piechele | Francisco Manuel Anton | ||
| 2011 | Juan José Lobato | Stéphane Poulhies | Joaquin Rodriguez | ||
| 2012 | Giovanni Visconti | Danilo Di Luca | Enrique Sanz | ||
| 2013 | Juan José Lobato | Armindo Fonseca | Joaquin Rodriguez | ||
| 2014 | Carlos Barbero | Luca Chirico | Peio Bilbao | ||
| 2015 | Nacer Bouhanni 4hr 2min 41sec |
Juan José Lobato @ s.t. |
Carlos Barbero @ s.t. |
170 km | 42.149 |
| 2016 | Diego Ulissi 3hr 58min 44sec |
Simon Yates @ 1sec |
José Herrada @ s.t. |
170 km | 42.725 km/hr |
| 2017 | Carlos Barbero 3hr 53min 6sec |
Angel Madrazo @ 2sec |
José Herrada @ 4sec |
170 km | 43.758 km/hr |
| 2018 | Alex Aranburu 4hr 31min 40sec |
Carlos Barbero @ s.t. |
Jon Aberasturi @ s.t. |
185 km | 40.859 km/hr |
| 2019 | Jon Aberasturi 4hr 32min 0sec |
Alex Aranburu @ 5sec |
Lorrenzo Manzin @ 8sec |
192 km | 42.353 km/hr |
| 2020 | Damiano Caruso 4hr 11min 9sec |
Giacomo Nizzolo @ 1sec |
Eduard Prades @ s.t. |
177 km | 42.285 km/hr |
| 2021 | Giacomo Nizzolo 4hr 12min 24sec |
Giovann Aleotti @ s.t. |
Santiago Buitrago @ s.t. |
193.5 km | 45.998 km/hr |
| 2022 | Juan Ayuso 4hr 38min 31sec |
Andrea Piccolo @ s.t. |
Wilco Kelderman @ s.t. |
196.5 km |
42.331 km/hr |
| 2023 | Alexey Lutsenko 4hr 19min 11sec |
Tony Gallopin @ 24sec |
Simone Velasco @ 32sec |
193.3 km |
44.748 km/hr |