Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

The Catalan Cycling Week (Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme in Catalan) was a multi-stage road bicycle race held in Catalonia, Spain.[1] Held annually from 1963 until 2005, it was run as a 2.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour in the second half of March. The Setmana Catalana was discontinued in 2006 due to financial problems and is no longer on the UCI Calendar. Since 2010, the Volta a Catalunya, Catalonia's oldest existing cycling race, was moved to the calendar slot formerly held by the Setmana Catalana in late March.[2]

Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
Race details
DateMarch
RegionCatalonia, Spain
English nameCatalan Cycling Week
Local name(s)Semana Catalana de Ciclismo (in Spanish) Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme (in Catalan)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage-race
History
First edition1963 (1963)
Editions42
Final edition2005
First winner José Pérez Francés (ESP)
Most wins José Pérez-Francés (ESP)
 Luis Ocaña (ESP)
 Eddy Merckx (BEL)
 Alex Zülle (SUI)
 Michael Boogerd (NED)
 Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
:2 times
Final winner Alberto Contador (ESP)

The first winner of the race was José Pérez-Francés in 1963. Six riders have won the race twice: Spaniards José Pérez-Francés and Luis Ocaña, Belgian Eddy Merckx, Swiss Alex Zülle, Dutchman Michael Boogerd and Frenchman Laurent Jalabert. Alberto Contador was the last to win in 2005.[3]

Winners

Year Country Rider Team
1963  Spain José Pérez-Francés
1964  Spain José Pérez-Francés
1965  Spain José Luis Talamillo
1966  Spain José López Rodríguez
1967  Spain Domingo Perurena
1968  Spain Mariano Díaz
1969  Spain Luis Ocaña
1970  Italy Italo Zilioli
1971  France Raymond Poulidor
1972  Spain Miguel María Lasa
1973  Spain Luis Ocaña
1974  Netherlands Joop Zoetemelk
1975  Belgium Eddy Merckx
1976  Belgium Eddy Merckx
1977  Belgium Freddy Maertens
1978  Spain Enrique Cima
1979  Belgium Claude Criquielion
1980 No race
1981  Sweden Sven-Åke Nilsson
1982  Norway Jostein Wilmann
1983  Spain Alberto Fernández
1984  Australia Phil Anderson
1985  Spain Josep Recio
1986  Spain Felipe Yañez
1987  Spain Vicent Belda
1988  Ireland Sean Kelly
1989  Germany Raimund Dietzen
1990  Spain Iñaki Gastón
1991  Ireland Stephen Roche
1992   Switzerland Alex Zülle
1993  Spain Pedro Delgado
1994  Italy Stefano Della Santa
1995  Italy Francesco Frattini
1996   Switzerland Alex Zülle
1997  Spain Juan Carlos Domínguez
1998  Netherlands Michael Boogerd
1999  France Laurent Jalabert
2000  France Laurent Jalabert
2001  Netherlands Michael Boogerd
2002  Spain Juan Miguel Mercado
2003  Italy Dario Frigo
2004  Spain Joaquim Rodríguez
2005  Spain Alberto Contador

References

  1. "Catalaane Week". FirstCycling.com (in Dutch). 2023.
  2. Westemeyer, Susan. "Centennial Volta a Catalunya one for the climbers". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. "Semaine Catalane (Esp) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French).
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