Züri-Metzgete
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Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; English: Championship of Zürich; German: Meisterschaft von Zürich) was a European Classic cycle race held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, and continued as a non-professional mass participation event from 2007 until 2014.[1] It was a race with a long history dating back to 1914, on a demanding course in the hilly region around Zürich. In its heyday the race was considered the sixth monument of cycling, alongside the five most prestigious one-day races on the calendar (Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Tour of Lombardy). It was the most prominent of the summer classics.[2]
Race details | |
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Date | Early October |
Region | Zürich, Switzerland |
English name | Championship of Zürich |
Local name(s) | Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German) Meisterschaft von Zürich (in German) |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition |
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Type | One-day |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1914 (1914) |
Editions | 91 |
Final edition | 2006 |
First winner | Henri Rheinwald (SUI) |
Most wins | Heiri Suter (SUI) (6 wins) |
Final winner | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) |
The Züri-Metzgete was included in every edition of the former UCI Road World Cup which ran from 1989 to 2004, and a leg of the inaugural UCI ProTour in 2005. In 2005 the race was moved to the end of the season for the first time in its history. The 2007 edition of the race was canceled after organizers failed to attract enough sponsors in the wake of several doping scandals in international cycling.[3] In 2008, the race was held on September 7, but the format has been changed to an amateur competition.