Colliers Classic
Appearance
Race details | |
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Date | Late-April, Early-May |
Region | Aarhus, Denmark |
English name | Colliers Classic |
Local name(s) | Colliers Classic (in Danish) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
History | |
First edition | 1997 |
Editions | 11 (as of 2007) |
Final edition | 2007 |
First winner | Bjarne Riis (DEN) |
Final winner | Juan José Haedo (ARG) |
Colliers Classic (also known as Grand Prix Aarhus) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aarhus, Denmark. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Name of the race
- 1997 - 1999 : Grand Prix Aarhus
- 2000 - 2001 : Samsung Mobile Grand Prix
- 2002 - 2005 : CSC Classic
- Since 2006 : Colliers Classic
Winners
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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1997 | Denmark | Bjarne Riis | |
1998 | Latvia | Romāns Vainšteins | |
1999 | Denmark | Allan Johansen | |
2000 | Latvia | Arvis Piziks | |
2001 | Denmark | Michael Sandstød | |
2002 | France | Laurent Jalabert |
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2003 | Denmark | Jakob Piil | |
2004 | Norway | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | |
2005 | Denmark | Jacob Moe Rasmussen | |
2006 | Belgium | Erwin Thijs | |
2007 | Argentina | Juan José Haedo |