Trofeo Luis Puig Explained

Trofeo Luis Puig
Date:Late January/February
Region:Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Localnames:Gran Premio Valencia (1969−1979)
Trofeo Luis Puig (1981−2005)
Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 (2021−)
Discipline:Road
Competition:UCI Europe Tour
Type:Single-day
Number:40 (as of 2024)
Firstwinner: Carlos Echeverría
Mostwins: Noël Dejonckheere
Erik Zabel
(3 wins)
Mostrecent: Dylan Groenewegen

The Trofeo Luis Puig is a single-day road bicycle race held in Valencian Community, Spain.[1] Originally named the Gran Premio Valencia, it was held annually (except for 1980) from the first edition in 1969 until 2005, in which year it was promoted to be a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.[2] It was then not run for 16 years, until re-introduced under the name Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969, as the opening event of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour as a race of 1.2 status.[3] In 2023, the race was upgraded to category 1.1. it is now named after Luis Puig, a prominent Spanish sports executive who server as president of the Union Cycliste Internationale.[4]

Spanish rider Vicente Mata died after being hit by a motorist in the 1987 edition of the race.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 5 October 2023 . Ruta de la Cerámica . FirstCycling.com . en.
  2. Web site: 5 October 2023 . Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 - Gran Premio V(1.1) . ProcyclingStats . en.
  3. Web site: 27ème Trofeo Luis Puig 1996 . 5 October 2023 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.
  4. Web site: History.
  5. Web site: Noted fatalities in professional cycling . www.velonews.com . . 28 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110513235012/https://velonews.competitor.com/2011/05/road/noted-fatalities-in-professional-cycling_172004 . May 13, 2011 . en . May 9, 2011.