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Race details | |
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Date | Early-June |
Region | Gippingen, Switzerland |
English name | Grand Prix of Aargau Canton |
Local name(s) | Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau (in German) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
Organiser | Radsporttage Gippingen GmbH |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1964 |
Editions | 60 (as of 2024) |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins | ![]() |
Most recent | ![]() |
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (German : Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland.
The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipality of Leuggern.
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