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! colspan=2 |''Clásica de San Sebastián'' (Sp)<br>''Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa'' (Bas)
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|Region:  ||  [[Basque]] ([[Spain]])
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|Date:  ||  August
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|Type:  ||  One-day race
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! colspan=2 |History
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|First Edition:  ||  1981
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|Editions:  ||  25
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|First Winner:  ||  [[Marino Lejarreta]] {{flagiconESP}}
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|Most Recent:  ||  [[Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez]] {{flagiconESP}}
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|Most Wins:  ||  [[Marino Lejarreta]] {{flagiconESP}},<br>3 times
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The '''Clasica San Sebastian''' is a [[bicycling|bicycle]] race held every summer since 1981 in the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque]] region of [[Spain]].  It is traditionally a climbers race, with several famous [[Grand Tour]] stars claiming the race over its 25 year history.  

Clasica San Sebastian is famous for its spectacular views of the coastline and for its winding, climbing race route.  The current race route is approximately 227 kilometres in length and includes the tough Alto de Jaizkibel climb at around the 200 kilometre mark.  This climb is usually the decisive point of the race.  Until 2004 it was round 7 of the [[UCI]] World Cup Series.  Now it constitutes a major 1-day race in the [[UCI]] Pro Tour.

The course of the race tends to favor aggressive riding, and in the past has been won by riders such as [[Laurent Jalabert]] of France in 2001 and 2002, and [[Paolo Bettini]] in 2003.

[[Image:SDV2005podiumSanSebastian.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Saunier Duval-Prodir riders Constantino Zaballa and Joaquim Rodriguez on the podium of [[Clasica San Sebastian]] in 2005.]]




==Winners==

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*[[1981]] : [[Marino Lejarreta]]   {{flagiconESP}}
*[[1982]] : [[Marino Lejarreta]]   {{flagiconESP}}
*[[1983]] : [[Claude Criquelion]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
*[[1984]] : [[Niki Rüttimann]]   {{flagiconSUI}}
*[[1985]] : [[Adri van der Poel]]   {{flagiconNED}}
*[[1986]] : [[Inaki Gaston]]   {{flagiconESP}}
*[[1987]] : [[Marino Lejarreta]]   {{flagiconESP}}
*[[1988]] : [[Gert-Jan Theunisse]]   {{flagiconNED}}
*[[1989]] : [[Gerhard Zadrobilek]]   {{flagiconAUT}}
*[[1990]] : [[Miguel Indurain]]   {{flagiconESP}}
*[[1991]] : [[Gianni Bugno]]   {{flagiconITA}}
*[[1992]] : [[Raul Alcala]]   {{flagiconMEX}}
*[[1993]] : [[Claudio Chiappucci]]   {{flagiconITA}}
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*[[1994]] : [[Armand de Las Cuevas]]   {{flagiconFRA}}
*[[1995]] : [[Lance Armstrong]]   {{flagiconUSA}}
*[[1996]] : [[Udo Bölts]]   {{flagiconGER}}
*[[1997]] : [[Davide Rebellin]]   {{flagiconITA}}
*[[1998]] : [[Francesco Casagrande]]   {{flagiconITA}}
*[[1999]] : [[Francesco Casagrande]]   {{flagiconITA}}
*[[2000]] : [[Erik Dekker]]   {{flagiconNED}}
*[[2001]] : [[Laurent Jalabert]]   {{flagiconFRA}}
*[[2002]] : [[Laurent Jalabert]]   {{flagiconFRA}}
*[[2003]] : [[Paolo Bettini]]   {{flagiconITA}}
*[[2004]] : [[Miguel Martin Perdiguero]]   {{flagiconESP}}
*[[2005]] : [[Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez]]   {{flagiconESP}}
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