New and tougher route for San Sebastián

The peloton rides through the stunning Basque region of Spain.

The peloton rides through the stunning Basque region of Spain. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The organizers of the San Sebastián Classic have toughened up the route of the Spanish one-day race that takes place on the Saturday after the Tour de France finishes (July 31). In an attempt to make the race more selective, the route now features two climbs of both the first-category Jaizkibel and second-category Arkale during the final third of the race.

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Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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