O Gran Camiño

O Gran Camiño
2024 O Gran Camiño
Race details
DateLate February
RegionGalicia
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserEmeSports
Web siteograncamino.gal
History
First edition2022 (2022)
Editions3 (as of 2024)
First winner Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
Most wins Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) (2 wins)
Most recent Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)

O Gran Camiño (English: The Great Way), also known as Gran Camiño and the International Galician Tour, is a road cycling stage race held in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. The race is rated as a category 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour calendar.[1][2]

The race returns regular professional cycling to Galicia for the first time since the Tour of Galicia, which was last held as a professional event in 2000;[3][4] however, the two events are not related.[5] The inaugural edition of the event took place in late February 2022 and consisted of four stages.[2]

The name of the race draws inspiration from the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.[6]

Winners

Year Country Rider Team
2022  Spain Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team
2023  Denmark Jonas Vingegaard Team Jumbo–Visma
2024  Denmark Jonas Vingegaard Visma–Lease a Bike

References

  1. ^ "Gran Camiño". UCI. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Preview statistics for Gran Camiño 2022". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  3. ^ Penedo, Pablo (24 February 2022). "O Gran Camiño regala a Galicia cuatro días de pasión ciclista" [O Gran Camiño gives Galicia four days of cycling passion]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Corporación Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  4. ^ Miranda, Daniel (24 February 2022). "O Gran Camiño regala a Galicia cuatro días de pasión ciclista" [Two comebacks hand in hand: that of Valverde and that of Galicia]. Diario AS (in Spanish). PRISA. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  5. ^ "O Gran Camiño - International Galician Tour". O Gran Camiño. EmeSports. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  6. ^ ""O Gran Camiño", a professional cycling tour of the highest level". Viajes Camino de Santiago. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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