Race details | |
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Date | May |
Region | Minsk |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One day race |
History | |
First edition | 2015 |
Editions | 5 (as of 2021) |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins | No repeat winners |
Most recent | ![]() |
The Minsk Cup is a one-day cycling race held annually in Minsk, Belarus. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2. [1]
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2015 | ![]() | Oleksandr Golovash | Kolss BDC Team | |
2016 | ![]() | Alexandr Kulikovskiy | Russia (national team) | |
2017 | ![]() | Yegor Dementyev | ISD–Jorbi | |
2018 | ![]() | Maciej Paterski | Wibatech Merx 7R | |
2019 | ![]() | Yauheni Karaliok | ||
2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 [2] | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic |
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