Giro di Sicilia

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Giro di Sicilia
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Race details
DateApril
RegionSicily
English nameTour of Sicily
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserRCS Sport
Web siteilgirodisicilia.it Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1907 (1907)
Editions25 (as of 2021)[1]
First winner Carlo Galetti (ITA)
Most recent Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)

Giro di Sicilia (English: Tour of Sicily) is a men's multi-stage bicycle race held on Sicily, Italy. The race was first held in 1907 and was won by Carlo Galetti. The race disappeared from the calendar after the 1977 edition won by Giuseppe Saronni, until it was revived by RCS Sports in 2019.[2] The first edition of the revived race was won by American rider Brandon McNulty. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour, classified as a 2.1 event.[3]

Winners[]

Year Winner Second Third
1907 Italy Carlo Galetti Italy Luigi Ganna Italy
1908 Italy Carlo Galetti Italy Pierino Albini Italy Ernesto Azzini
1926 Italy Italy Italy
1929 Italy Italy Leonida Frascarelli Italy Albino Binda
1932 Italy Italy Attilio Pavesi Italy
1936 Italy Italy Italy
1939 Italy Italy Italy Giovanni Corrieri
1948 Italy Italy Italy
1949 Italy Dino Rossi Italy Italy
1950 Italy Donato Zampini Italy Italy Arrigo Padovan
1951 Italy Primo Volpi Italy Italy
1953 Italy Italy Pietro Giudici Italy Luigi Mastroianni
1954 Italy Italy Livio Isotti Italy Giovanni Roma
1955 Italy Gilberto Dall'Agata Italy Franco Franchi Italy Renzo Accordi
1956 Italy Piero Polo Italy Luciano Ciancola Italy Walter Serena
1957 Italy Italy Alfredo Sabbadin Italy
1958 Italy Carlo Azzini Italy Italy
1958[4] Italy Diego Ronchini Italy Italy
1959 Italy Loris Guernieri Italy Italy
1960 Italy Giorgio Tinazzi Italy Aurelio Cestari Italy
1973 Italy Enrico Maggioni Italy Michele Dancelli Italy Enrico Paolini
1974 Belgium Roger de Vlaeminck Belgium Patrick Sercu Italy Marino Basso
1977 Italy Giuseppe Saronni Italy Pierino Gavazzi Italy Carmelo Barone
1978–2018 Not held
2019 United States Brandon McNulty France Guillaume Martin Italy Fausto Masnada
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Italy Vincenzo Nibali Spain Alejandro Valverde Italy Alessandro Covi

References[]

  1. ^ "Il Giro Di Sicilia Is Back After 42 Years". Il Giro Di Sicilia. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Sicily confirmed as host of Giro d'Italia 2021 start". www.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  3. ^ "Giro di Sicilia 2019". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  4. ^ Cursa en línia

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