Trofeo Franco Balestra

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Trofeo Franco Balestra

Race details
Date	Mid-March
Region	Italy
English name	Franco Balestra Trophy
Local name(s)	Trofeo Franco Balestra (in Italian)
Nickname(s)	Memorial Giampietro Metelli
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1977 (1977)
Editions	37 (as of 2013)
First winner	Vinicio Coppi (ITA)
Most recent	Andrea Zordan (ITA)

Trofeo Franco Balestra is a road bicycle race held annually in Italy. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

1977-2005: Memorial Sabbadini
2006-  : Memorial Giampietro Metelli

Winners[]

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1977	Italy
1978	Italy
1979	Italy
1980	Italy
1981	Italy
1982	Italy
1983	Italy	Enrico Zaina
1984	Italy
1985	Italy
1986	Italy
1987	Italy
1988	Italy
1989	Italy
1990	Italy
1991	Italy	Diego Ferrari
1992	Italy
1993	Italy
1994	Russia
1995	Italy
1996	Italy	Elio Aggiano
1997	Italy	Moreno Di Biase
1998	Mexico
1999	Italy	Marco Zanotti
2000	Italy
2001	Italy	Alberto Loddo
2002	Italy	Antonio Bucciero
2003	Italy
2004	Italy	Paride Grillo
2005	Belarus	Branislau Samoilau
2006	France	Aurélien Passeron
2007	Italy	Simone Ponzi
2008	Poland
2009	Italy	Davide Cimolai
2010	Russia	Alexander Mironov	Itera-Katusha
2011	Italy	Alessandro Mazzi
2012	Italy	Patrick Facchini
2013	Italy	Andrea Zordan
2014[1]	Italy	Christian Delle Stelle	Team Idea

References[]

External links[]

• 2009 Trofeo Franco Balestra

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