Giro d'Abruzzo

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Giro d'Abruzzo
Race details
DateApril–May
RegionAbruzzo
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
History
First edition1961 (1961)
Editions35 (as of 2024)
First winner Mario Zanchi (ITA)
Most wins(2)  Aleksandr Kuschynski (BLR)
Most recent Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)

The Giro d'Abruzzo is a professional cycling race held annually in Italy. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2 in 2007, and returned in 2024 as a 2.1 rated event.

The race returned in 2024 under RCS Sport, in collaboration with the Abruzzo Region, replacing the Giro di Sicilia.[1]

Winners[edit]

Year Winner Second Third
1961 Italy Mario Zanchi
1962 Italy Primo Nardello
1963 Italy Fabrizio Carloni
1964 Italy Giancarlo Massari
1965 Italy Francesco Polidori
1966 Italy Luigi Sgarbozza
1967 Italy Antonio Fradusco
1968 No race
1969 Italy Angelo Bassini
1970 Italy Paolo Battistacci
1971 Italy Luciano Mencuccini
1972 Italy Palmiro Masciarelli
1973–78 No race
1979 Italy Giovanni Bino
1980 Switzerland Fausto Stiz
1981 Italy Maurizio Viotto
1982 Soviet Union Sergey Voronin
1983 France Philippe Le Peurien
1984 Italy Tullio Cortinovis
1985 Italy Enrico Galleschi
1986 Italy Luigi Botteon
1987 Italy Angelo Gelfi
1988 Italy Moreno Picchio
1989–92 No race
1993 Italy Maurizio Frizzo
1994 Italy Filippo Casagrande
1995 Italy Pasquale Braido
1996 Italy Andrea Zatti Italy Oscar Pozzi Italy Isidoro Colombo
1997 Italy Fabio Balzi Italy Cristian Moreni Italy Maurizio Vandelli
1998 Italy Francesco Secchiari Italy Stefano Faustini Italy Isidoro Colombo
1999 Italy Cristian Gasperoni Italy Danilo Di Luca Italy Giorgio Feliziani
2000 Italy Daniele De Paoli Ukraine Vladimir Douma Italy Giuseppe Palumbo
2001 Italy Danilo Di Luca Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Gajičić Italy Roberto Petito
2002 Belarus Aleksandr Kuschynski Italy Alessio Ciro Italy Luigi Bonfrate
2003 Italy Oscar Mason Italy Denis Lunghi Italy Michele Scarponi
2004 Belarus Aleksandr Kuschynski Slovenia Valter Bonca Italy Domenico Quagliarello
2005–06 No race
2007 Italy Luca Ascani Italy Ivan Fanelli Italy Davide Tortella
2008–23 No race
2024[2] Kazakhstan Alexey Lutsenko France Pavel Sivakov New Zealand George Bennett

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bye Bye Sicilia: RCS si sposta al Giro d'Abruzzo" (in Italian). ciclismoweb.net. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Giro d'Abruzzo". cyclingnews. Retrieved 12 April 2024.