Race details | |
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Date | May |
Region | Moscow, Russia |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
History | |
First edition | 1993 |
Editions | 27 (as of 2021) |
First winner | Yuri Amelkhin (RUS) |
Most wins | Sergey Firsanov (RUS) Andrei Ptchelkine (RUS) Ivan Terenine (RUS) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Igor Frolov (RUS) |
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