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O Gran Camiño

O Gran Camiño

Spanish cycling race

O Gran Camiño (English: The Great Way), also known as Gran Camiño and the International Galician Tour, is a road cycling stage race held in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. The race is rated as a category 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour calendar.[1][2]

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The race returns regular professional cycling to Galicia for the first time since the Tour of Galicia, which was last held as a professional event in 2000;[3][4] however, the two events are not related.[5] The inaugural edition of the event took place in late February 2022 and consisted of four stages.[2]

The name of the race draws inspiration from the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.[6]

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    "Gran Camiño". UCI. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    "Preview statistics for Gran Camiño 2022". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    Penedo, Pablo (24 February 2022). "O Gran Camiño regala a Galicia cuatro días de pasión ciclista" [O Gran Camiño gives Galicia four days of cycling passion]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Corporación Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    Miranda, Daniel (24 February 2022). "O Gran Camiño regala a Galicia cuatro días de pasión ciclista" [Two comebacks hand in hand: that of Valverde and that of Galicia]. Diario AS (in Spanish). PRISA. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    "O Gran Camiño - International Galician Tour". O Gran Camiño. EmeSports. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    ""O Gran Camiño", a professional cycling tour of the highest level". Viajes Camino de Santiago. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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