The San Silvestre Vallecana is an annual 10 km road race held on 31 December in

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, Spain since 1964. It has two editions: a

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, the San Silvestre Vallecana is one of the city's foremost annual running events.

Past winners

10 km (since 1998)

1964–1997

References

Volver a resultados
San Silvestre Vallecana. Retrieved on 2022-12-31.

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. Retrieved on 2022-12-31.

External links

Official site of the race
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