Race details | |
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Date | May |
Region | Slovakia |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One day race |
History | |
First edition | 2004 |
Editions | 6 |
Final edition | 2009 |
First winner | Laszlo Garamszegi (HUN) |
Most wins | No repeat winners |
Final winner | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
The Grand Prix Kooperativa was a cycling race held annually in Slovakia. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2. [1]
Year | Winner | Second | Third |
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2004 | Laszlo Garamszegi | Martin Prázdnovský | Stanislav Kozubek |
2005 | Piotr Przydział | František Raboň | Kairat Baigudinov |
2006 | Peter Velits | Jure Kocjan | Radoslav Rogina |
2007 | Kristjan Fajt | René Andrle | Marcin Sapa |
2008 | Esad Hasanovic | Nebojša Jovanović | Artur Detko |
2009 | Peter Sagan | Oleksandr Sheydyk | Rupert Probst |
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