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The race:
The Gran Premio Miguel Induráin is a single-day road race held in the Spanish region of Navarre in northern Spain. It is currently (2014) held in early spring.
The race is centered in the city of Estella and features lots of serious climbing.
The roots of the GP Miguel Induráin go back to 1951 with the launching of the Trophy Vasco Navarro de Montana. Since then it has undergone several changes and in 1999 it was named the Gran Premio Miguel Induráin.
Recently it has undergone a series of status upgrades by the UCI, being made a 1.1 race in 2005. Reflecting it's growing importance it was re-classed HC in 2007.
In 2014, amid Spain's ongoing economic difficulties, it was downgraded to 1.1. There was some doubt as to whether the 2014 edition would actually be run.
In 2020 the UCI reclassified the race as "1.Pro".
Below is the podium history of the race since it was renamed GP Miguel Induráin:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
1999 | Stefano Garzelli 5hr 38min 2sec |
David Etxebarria @ s.t. |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
198.2 km | 35.180 |
2000 | Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero 5hr 30min 24sec |
Laurent Jalabert @ s.t. |
Angel Vicioso @ s.t. |
198.2 km | 35.993 |
2001 | Angel Vicioso 5hr 8min 22sec |
David Etxebarria @ s.t. |
Paolo Lanfnanchi @ s.t. |
189 km | 37.774 |
2002 | Angel Vicioso 4hr 28min 18sec |
Marcos Antonio Serrano @ s.t. |
Mario Aerts @ s.t. |
177 km | 39.583 |
2003 | Matthias Kessler 5hr 2min 5sec |
Angel Vicioso @ s.t. |
David Etxebarria @ s.t. |
186 kkm | 36.943 |
2004 | Mattias Kessler 4hr 49min 58sec |
Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero @ s.t. |
Daniele Righi @ s.t. |
189 km | 39.107 |
2005 | Javier Pascal Rodriguez 5hr 4min 23sec |
Alejandro Valverde @ 9sec |
Angel Vicioso @ s.t. |
191.5 km | 37.748 |
2006 | Fabian Wegmann 4hr 41min 38sec |
Andrea Moletta @ s.t. |
Andriy Grivko @ s.t. |
191 km | 40.691 |
2007 | Rinaldo Nocentini 4hr 59min 17sec |
Joaquin Rodriguez @ 3sec |
Alejandro Vlaverde @ 5sec |
198.6 km | 39.815 |
2008 | Fabian Wegmann 4hr 57min 23sec |
Michael Albasini @ s.t. |
Joaquin Rodriguez @ 2sec |
199.2 km | 40.190 |
2009 | David De La Fuente 5hr 9min 5sec |
Alexandr Kolobnev @ s.t. |
Fabian Wegmann @ s.t. |
191.4 km | 37.155 |
2010 | Joaquin Rodriguez 4hr 52min 40sec |
Alejandro Valverde @ 5sec |
Michel Kreder @ 8sec |
179.3 km | 36.759 |
2011 | Samuel Sanchez 4hr 42min 47sec |
Alexandr Kolobnev @ 2 sec |
Fabian Wegmann @ 7sec |
179.3 km | 38.043 |
2012 | Daniel Moreno 4hr 54min 34sec |
Mikel Landa @ sec |
Angel Madrazo @ 7sec |
179.3 km | 36.521 |
2013 | Simon Spilak 4hr 50min 46sec |
Igor Anton @ 1min 32sec |
Peter Stetina @ 1min 34sec |
181.3km | 37.411 |
2014 | Alejandro Valverde 4hr 52min 1sec |
Tom Jelte Slagter @ 1min 2sec |
Sergey Chernetsky @ s.t. |
187 km | 38.422 |
2015 | Angel Vicioso 4hr 56min 42sec |
Ion Izagirre @ s.t. |
Beñat Intxausti @ sec |
192.7 km | 38.969 |
2016 | Ion Izagirre 4hr 37min 18sec |
Sergio Henao @ s.t. |
Moreno Moser @ 14sec |
191.1 km | 41.349 km/hr |
2017 | Simon Yates 4hr 34min 1sec |
Michael Woods @ 23sec |
Sergio Henao @ s.t. |
186 km | 40.727 km/hr |
2018 | Alejandro Valverde 4hr 41min 18sec |
Carlos Verona @ 20sec |
Nicholas Schultz @ 1min 4sec |
186 km | 39.673 km/hr |
2019 | Jonathan Hivert 4hr 47min 56sec |
Luis Leon Sanchez @ 9sec |
Sergio Higuita @ s.t. |
185 km | 38.551 km/hr |
2020 | Race cancelled because of coronavirus pandemic | ||||
2021 | Alejandro Valverde 5hr 10min 47sec |
Alexey Lutsenko @ 6sec |
Luis Leon Sanchez @ 15sec |
203.2 km | 39.230 km/hr |
2022 | Warren Barguil 4hr 57min 49sec |
Aleksandr Vlasov @ s.t. |
Simon Clarke @ s.t. |
191 km | 38.480 km/hr |
2023 | Ion Izagirre 5hr 9min 5sec |
Sergio Higuita @ 2sec |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen @ 13sec |
203.2 km | 39.446 km/hr |
2024 | Brandon McNulty 4hr 55min 48sec |
Maxim Van Gils @ s.t. |
Oscar Onley @ 2sec |
198.1 km | 40.183 km/hr |