Euskal Bizikleta

Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: Bicicleta Vasca, English: Basque Bicycle) was an annual road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. From 2005 to 2008, the race was organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, it was merged with the Tour of the Basque Country.^[1]

Euskal Bizikleta

Race details
Date	Early-June
Region	Basque Country, Spain
English name	Basque Bicycle
Local name(s)	Euskal Bizikleta Kirol Elkartea (in Basque) Bicicleta Vasca (in Spanish)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
History
First edition	1991 (1991)
Editions	18 (as of 2008)
First winner	Louis Caput (FRA)
Most recent	Eros Capecchi (ITA)

The first race was held in 1952, but it has only been called Euskal Bizikleta since 1991. The first winner (1952) was Louis Caput from France. The first winner of the 'modern' Euskal Bizikleta (1991) was Gianni Bugno. The most recent edition (2008) was won by Eros Capecchi from Italy.

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1952	France	Louis Caput
1953	Spain	Vicente Iturat
1954	Spain	José Serra Gil
1955	Spain	José Escolano
1956	Spain	Jesús Loroño
1957	Spain	Antonio Barrutia
1958	Spain	Jesús Loroño
1959	Spain	Antonio Bertrán
1960	Spain	Benigno Aspuru
1961	Spain	Antonio Karmany
1962	West Germany	Rolf Wolfshohl
1963	Spain	Juan José Sagarduy
1964	Spain	Carlos Echeverría
1965	Spain	Sebastian Elorza
1966	Spain	Eusebio Vélez
1967	Spain	Carlos Echeverría
1968	Spain	José María Errandonea Urtizberea
1987	Spain	Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga
1988	Spain	Jokin Mújika
1989	Spain	Federico Echave Musatadi
1990	France	Thierry Claveyrolat
1991	Italy	Gianni Bugno
1992	Italy	Franco Chioccioli
1993	Latvia	Piotr Ugrumov
1994	Italy	Stefano Della Santa
1995	Russia	Evgeni Berzin
1996	Spain	Miguel Induráin
1997	Spain	Abraham Olano
1998	Spain	Abraham Olano
1999	Spain	David Etxebarría
2000	Spain	Haimar Zubeldia
2001	Spain	Juan Carlos Domínguez
2002	Spain	Mikel Zarrabeitia
2003	Spain	José Antonio Pecharromán
2004	Spain	Roberto Heras
2005	Spain	Eladio Jiménez
2006	Spain	Koldo Gil
2007	Spain	Constantino Zaballa
2008	Italy	Eros Capecchi