The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin (Spanish: Gran Premio Miguel Induráin), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race.[1]
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Early April |
| Region | Navarre, Spain |
| English name | Grand Prix Miguel Induráin |
| Local name(s) | Gran Premio Miguel Induráin (in Spanish) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI ProSeries |
| Type | Single-day |
| Organiser | Club Ciclista Estella ([1]) |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1951 |
| Editions | 70 (as of 2024) |
| First winner |  Hortensio Vidaurreta (ESP) |
| Most wins | Hortensio Vidaurreta (ESP) Miguel María Lasa (ESP) Juan Fernández (ESP) Ángel Vicioso (ESP) Alejandro Valverde (ESP)(3 wins each) |
| Most recent |  Brandon McNulty (USA) |
History
editThe race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after Spanish cyclist Miguel Induráin in 1998. In 2005, the race was upgraded to a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. For 2007 and 2008 the race was further upgraded to a 1.HC event. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020. These higher grades have attracted an increasingly competitive and international field of racers.
The race often loops through the city of Estella-Lizarra, in the Spanish region of Navarre. The modern race always includes several challenging climbs and thus tends to favor a fast all-rounder, rather than a climber or a pure sprinter.[2]
Hortensio Vidaurreta, Miguel María Lasa, Juan Fernández, Ángel Vicioso, and Alejandro Valverde share the record for most wins with three each.[3]
Past winners
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Wins per country
edit| Wins | Country |
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| 55 | Spain
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| 4 |  Germany
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| 3 |  France
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| 2 |  Italy
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| 1 |  Denmark Great Britain Slovenia Switzerland United States
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References
edit- ^ "Gran Premio Miguel Indurain (1.Pro)". ProcyclingStats. 2023.
- ^ "G.P Miguel Indurain (Esp) - Cat.1.ProS". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "GP Miguel Indurain". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (13 March 2020). "Calendar of coronavirus race cancellations". CyclingNews. Retrieved 3 April 2021.