The Copa da Republica de Ciclismo is a single day

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held in Brazil. It exists as both a men's and a women's competition. The women's race, however, did not occur in the first and fifth editions. The first edition of the race was held in 2002 at the

Aterro do Flamengo Flamengo Park, also known as ''Aterro do Flamengo'', Eduardo Gomes Park, and Aterro do Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, is the largest public park and recreation area within the city of Rio de Janeiro, in eastern Brazil, and the largest urban seaside ...

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. From the second edition (held in 2003) to the fifth (held in January 2007), the race took place at the

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. The sixth edition took place on the streets of

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in December 2007. The seventh edition returned to Aterro do Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro.

Past winners

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Janildes Fernandes Janildes Fernandes Silva (born 23 August 1980) is a Brazilian road bicycle racer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, but failed to finish, having finished in 49th and 54th at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics res ...

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Francisco Chamorro Francisco Ramon Chamorro Piva (born 7 August 1981) is an Argentine professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for Brazilian amateur team Unifunvic Pindamondangadaba. He competed at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships in the road race ...

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Nilceu Santos Nilceu Aparecido dos Santos (born July 14, 1977, in Cascavel) is a Brazilian former professional racing cyclist. Major results ;2001 : 1st Prova Ciclística 9 de Julho ;2002 : 1st Stages 2 & 5 Volta do Rio de Janeiro : 3rd Copa América de Ci ...

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References

Results

Cycle races in Brazil Recurring sporting events established in 2002 Men's road bicycle races Women's road bicycle races 2002 establishments in Brazil