Udo Bölts
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Udo Bölts is a retired German racing cyclist, the brother of Hartmut Bölts. Bölts confessed publicly in 2007 to having used EPO and growth hormones in 1996 and 1997.
Bölts (left) at the 1993 Tour de France
Bölts (right) leading Jan Ullrich during the 1997 Tour de France
Clásica de San Sebastián
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The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in the Basque Country that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián
Udo Bölts
…Godefroot, said: "Bölts is strong, he never breaks down". Some of his victories include three German road national titles (1990, 1995 and 1999), the Clásica de San Sebastián in 1996 or a stage win at the 1992 Giro d'Italia. He also is the only German rider to have won the Dauphiné Libéré, which he did in 1997, a year in…
Jaime Ugarte (1996)
Joaquim Rodríguez and his teammate Constantino Zaballa, wearing the txapela, usually given to winners in the Basque Country.
Marino Lejarreta, the race's first, and most successful champion.
The cyclists climb in 2006.