Emakumeen Bira
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Mid June |
| Region | Basque, Spain |
| Discipline | Road race |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Iurreta Txirrindulari Elkartea |
| History | |
| First edition | 1992 |
| Editions | 16 |
| First winner |  Lenka Ilavska |
| Most wins |  Hanka Kupfernagel3 times |
| Most recent |  Susanne Ljungskog |
The Emakumeen Bira is a women's cycling race held in the Basque region of Spain. It has been held annually since 1992, starting out as a two stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stage is always a double stage.
[edit] Emakumeen Bira Past Winners
| 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) | Marianne Vos (Ned) | Nicole Brändli (Sui) |
| 2006 | Fabiana Luperini (Ita) | Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) | Nicole Brändli (Sui) |
| 2005 | Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) | Trixi Worrack (Ger) | Mirjam Melchers (Ned) |
| 2004 | Joane Somarriba (Esp) | Mirjam Melchers (Ned) | Fabiana Luperini (Ita) |
| 2003 | Mirjam Melchers (Ned) | Olga Sliossareva (Rus) | Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) |
| 2002 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) | Eneritz Iturriaga (Esp) | Zinaida Stahurskaia (Ukr) |
| 2001 | Joane Somarriba (Esp) | Daniela Veronesi (Smr) | Fany Lecourtois (Fra) |
| 2000 | Leontien Van Moorsel (Ned) | Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) | Zinaida Stahurskaia (Ukr) |
| 1999 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) | Joane Somarriba (Esp) | Valentina Gerasimova (Rus) |
| 1998 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) | Lenka Ilavska (Svk) | Ita Kryjanovskaia (Rus) |
| 1997 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) | Alessandra Capellotto (Ita) | Diana Rast (Sui) |
| 1996 | Teodora Ruano (Esp) | Lenka Ilavska (Svk) | Joane Somarriba (Esp) |
| 1995 | Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) | Lenka Ilavska (Svk) | Tatjana Kaverina (Cze) |
| 1994 | Elena Barillova (Cze) | Elisabeth Chevanee-Brunel (Fra) | Maria Tsal (Rus) |
| 1993 | Elena Barillova (Cze) | Lenka Ilavska (Svk) | Ildiko Paczova (Cze) |
| 1992 | Lenka Ilavska (Svk) | Elena Barillova (Cze) | Teodora Ruano (Esp) |
