The KREM New Year's Day Cycling Classic is a single day road cycling

Cycling

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 race held in Belize

Belize

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 since 1992 on New Year's Day, January 1, and is thus the first race on Belize's cycling calendar. The race was restricted to elite and junior men until 2001, when females became eligible to ride. It is considered the second most prestigious race in Belize after the Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic

Cross Country Cycling Classic

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The usual route is over the Northern Highway

Northern Highway

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 from Corozal District

Corozal District

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 (at first Corozal Town

Corozal Town

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, now the Santa Elena northern border) to Belize City

Belize City

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, finishing at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Mahogany Street, approximately two blocks from the home of the race's sponsor, Kremandala Ltd., located on Partridge Street.

Past winners

Year	Winner (Male)	Winner (Female)
2011	Marco Salas Arias
2010	Carlos Manuel Hernandez
2009	Marlon Castillo
2008	Moe Herman Camacho
2007	Shane Vasquez
2006	Scottie Weiss
2005	Michael Lewis Michael Lewis (cyclist) Michael Dennison Lewis is a Belizean professional racing cyclist, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1988 and 1992.-Career:1989199220032005-References:*...
2004	Marlon Castillo
2003	Douglas Lamb
2002	Barney Brown Barney Brown Barney Brown was an American Negro league baseball pitcher and outfielder who played from 1931 to 1949. Among the teams he played for were the New York Cubans, Philadelphia Stars, and New York Black Yankees....
2001	Miguel Perez Laparra
2000	Ariel Rosado
1999	Ernest Meighan
1998	Francisco Flores
1997	Ian Smith
1996	Robert Mariano
1995	Fred Usher
1994	Douglas Lamb
1993	Derrick Mahler
1992	Francisco Flores