Clásica de San Sebastián (World Tour), Spain

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The race:

Clasica San Sebastián became a Pro Tour race in 2005 (now a UCI WorldTour race). Formerly round 7 of the World Cup Series and Spain's only World Cup race.

The winning move in this hilly race is usually made on the Alto de Jaizkebel climb, about 36 kilometers from the finish. Good climbers generally win this race. It is selective and a glance at the winners' list shows that some of the modern era's finest riders have won the race.

The San Sebastián Classic and the Vattenfall Cyclassics are generally held soon after the Tour de France is completed. In 2009 the San Sebastian race was run on August 1.

The race is held in Basque country, Donostia being the Basque name for San Sebastián.

Podium history & complete results for every edition of the Clasica San Sebastián:

For complete results, click on years with links

Year, distance	1st place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Ave. speed
1981 230 km	Marino Lejarreta 6hr 9min 24sec	Graham Jones @ 2min 16sec	Faustino Ruperez @ s.t.	37.357 km/hr
1982 229 km	Marino Lejarreta 5hr 54min 48sec	Jesus Rodriguez @ s.t.	Pedro Delgado @ s.t.	38.726 km/hr
1983 244 km	Claude Criquielion 6hr 22min 54sec	Antonio Coll @ 14sec	Raimund Dietzen @ s.t.	38.234 km/hr
1984 244 km	Niki Rüttimann 6hr 11min 10sec	Raimund Dietzen @ s.t.	Celestino Prieto @ s.t.	39.443 km/hr
1985 244 km	Adri Van Der Poel 5hr 52min 32sec	Inaki Gaston @ s.t.	Juan Fernandez @ s.t.	41.527 km/hr
1986 244 km	Iñaki Gastón 5hr 53min 5sec	Marino Lejarreta @ s.t.	Juan Fernandez @ 43sec	41.370 km/hr
1987 244 km	Marino Lejarreta 6hr 19min 19sec	Angel Arroyo @ 28sec	Federico Echave @ s.t.	38.595 km/hr
1988 244 km	Gert-Jan Theunisse 6hr 9min 36sec	Enrique Aja @ s.t.	Steven Rooks @ 6sec	39.610 km/hr
1989 244 km	Gerhard Zadrobilek 6hr 24min 10sec	Francisco Antequera @ 2min 5sec	Tony Rominger @ s.t.	38.108 km/hr
1990 248 km	Miguel Indurain 6hr 19min 59sec	Laurent Jalabert @ 2min 24sec	Sean Kelly @ s.t.	39.16 km/hr
1991 238 km	Gianni Bugno 6hr 4min 28sec	Pedro Delgado @ 55sec	Maurizio Fondriest @ 1min 17sec	39.180 km/hr
1992 234 km	Raúl Alcalá 5hr 58min 17sec	Claudio Chiappucci @ 1min 11sec	Eddy Bouwmans @ 1min 12sec	39.187 km/hr
1993 234 km	Claudio Chiappucci 5hr 47min 51sec	Gianni Faresin @ 2sec	Alberto Volpi @ 24sec	41.052 km/hr
1994 238 km	Armand de las Cuevas 5hr 24min 44sec	Lance Armstrong @ 1min 56sec	Stefano Della Santa @ 1min 57sec	43.974 km/hr
1995 230 km	Lance Armstrong 5hr 31min 17sec	Stefano Della Santa @ 2sec	Johan Museeuw @ 27sec	41.656 km/hr
1996 234 km	Udo Bölts 5hr 45min 55sec	Stefano Cattai @ s.t.	Massimo Podenzana @ s.t.	39.374 km/hr
1997 234 km	Davide Rebellin 5hr 47min 22sec	Alexander Gontchenkov @ s.t.	Stefano Colage @ s.t.	39.727 km/hr
1998 232 km	Francesco Casagrande 5hr 43min 35sec	Axel Merckx @ s.t.	Leonardo Piepoli @ 2sec	40.495 km/hr
1999 230 km	Francesco Casagrande 5hr 15min 29sec	Rik Verbrugghe @ 43sec	Giuliano Figueras s.t.	43.742 km/hr
2000 232 km	Erik Dekker 5hr 16min 1sec	Andrei Tchmil @ 4sec	Romans Vainsteins @ s.t.	44.048 km/hr