1996 Vuelta a Murcia

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1996 Vuelta a Murcia
Race details
Dates6–10 March 1996
Stages5
Distance752.3 [1]  km (467.5 mi)
Winning time19h 50' 43"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Spain.svg  Melcior Mauri  (ESP)
  SecondFlag of Italy.svg  Wladimir Belli  (ITA)
  ThirdFlag of Italy.svg  Rodolfo Massi  (ITA)
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The 1996 Vuelta a Murcia was the 12th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 6 March to 10 March 1996. The race started and finished in Murcia. [2] The race was won by Melcior Mauri.

The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's financial turmoil, the race was scaled back to three stages in 2011 and two stages in 2012. From 2013 to 2018 the Vuelta a Murcia was organised as a single-day race and shifted to mid-February on the international calendar. In 2019 the race was expanded to two stages. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event.

Murcia Municipality in Spain

Murcia is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country, with a population of 447,182 inhabitants in 2018. The population of the metropolitan area was 689,591 in 2010. It is located on the Segura River, in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, noted by a climate with hot summers, mild winters, and relatively low precipitation.

Melcior Mauri Prat is a Spanish retired cyclist who won the 1991 Vuelta a España. He has also won numerous other small stage races, mainly due to his abilities as a time triallist, and is a former World silver medallist in this discipline.

General classification

Final general classification [3]
RankRiderTime
1Flag of Spain.svg  Melcior Mauri  (ESP)19h 50' 43"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Wladimir Belli  (ITA)+ 27"
3Flag of Italy.svg  Rodolfo Massi  (ITA)+ 1' 01"
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Neil Stephens  (AUS)+ 1' 01"
5Flag of Spain.svg  Santos González  (ESP)+ 2' 00"
6Flag of Russia.svg  Viatcheslav Ekimov  (RUS)+ 2' 12"
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Danny Nelissen  (NED)+ 2' 38"
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Servais Knaven  (NED)+ 2' 50"
9Flag of Russia.svg  Asiat Saitov  (RUS)+ 2' 54"
10Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Serpellini  (ITA)+ 3' 13"

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References

  1. ↑ "Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia (2.1)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "12ème Vuelta a Murcia 1996". Memoire de cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004.
  3. ↑ "1996 Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia". First Cycling. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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