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The Circuito de Getxo ( en, Getxo Circuit) is a single-day
road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
held annually in July in
Getxo Getxo () is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 77,946 inhabitants (2019). Getxo is mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the ...
, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the
UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world gove ...
. Established in 1924 as Circuito de Getxo, since 2001 it is also held as ''Memorial Ricardo Otxoa'' in memory of former cyclist Ricardo Otxoa, who died after a car hit him and his twin brother, Javier in early 2001.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Circuito De Getxo UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in the Basque Country Recurring sporting events established in 1924 1924 establishments in Spain