Coppa Collecchio Explained

Coppa Collecchio
Date:Mid September
Region:Parma, Italy
English:Collecchio Cup
Localnames:Coppa Collecchio
Discipline:Road
Type:One-day race
Organiser:G.S. Virtus Collecchio
Number:87 (as of 2023)
Mostwins: 3 wins

The Coppa Collecchio is an annual one-day cycling race held in the Collecchio commune of Province of Parma, Italy. It is organized by G.S. Virtus Collecchio. In 2020 the race was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

The route

Every year the route is almost the same. It commences in the square in front of Collecchio's historic Town Hall (Municipio). It features a demanding course with eight loops through the and three loops through Talignano, including a notable GPM (Gran Premio della Montagna) ascent at Segalara. The race concludes at the starting point. [2]

Book about Coppa Collecchio

In September 2016, a book was launched to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the event. The book "Coppa Collecchio, 80 years on two wheels" (Italian: Coppa Collecchio, 80 anni sulle due ruote) commemorates the rich history of the Coppa Collecchio cycling race, one of Italy's oldest, and includes details on winners and key cyclists. The event, now focused on elite and under-23 categories, has played a pivotal role in the careers of many cyclists. The presentation featured Stefano Risoli, President of G.S. Virtus Collecchio, Paolo Bianchi, Collecchio's Mayor, and Silvia Dondi, Sports Councilor of the Collecchio Municipality.[3]

Results

YearWinnerSecondThird
1929 Ettore Morellini
1930 Vasco Bergamaschi
1931 Mario Borsari
1932 Bruno Negri
1933 Edoardo Molinar
1934 Armando Zucchini
1935 Pietro Rimoldi Rinaldo Gerini Renato Scorticati
1936 Aldo Postè
1937 Angelo Fava
1938 Corrado Ardizzoni
1939 Francesco De Rosa
1940 Arnaldo Cristofori
1941Not disputed due to World War II
1942 Federico Rozzi
1943-1944Not disputed due to World War II
1945 Giovanni Ronco
1946 Nello Spreafichi
1947 Luciano Pezzi
1948No race
1949 Gianni Ghidini
1950 Angelo Venturoli
1951 Renzo Cella
1952 Aldo Gandini
1953 Renato Ponzini
1954 Gino Reggiani
1955 Gianni Ferlenghi
1956 Nello Olivetti
1957 Colombo Cassano
1958 Ercole Baldini
1959 Guido Carlesi
1960 Remo Amici
1961 Guido Neri
1962 Lorenzo Lorenzi
1963 Alberto Pellizzaro
1964 Emilio Casalini
1965 Pietro Guerra
1966 Luciano Greci
1967 Ernesto Jotti
1968 Paolo Zini
1969 Giovanni Varini
1970No race
1971 Bruno Reggenini
1972 Claudio Guarnieri
1973 Massimo Tremolada
1974 Paolo Simboli
1975 Wainer Reggiani
1976 Emanuele Bombini
1977 Daniele Antinori
1978 Fabrizio Rizzolini
1979 Paolo Maini
1980No race
1981 Fabio Benotti
1982 Daniele Simboli
1983No race
1984 Roberto Pelliconi
1985 Maurizio Vandelli
1986 Marco Lietti
1987 Gianluca Tonetti
1988 Gianluca Tonetti
1989 Stefano Zanini
1990 Enrico Cecchetto
1991 Alessandro Bertolini
1992 Elio Aggiano
1993 Daniele Sgnaolin
1994 Sergio Previtali
1995 Michele Bedin
1996 Diego Ferrari
1997 Ruslan Ivanov
1998 Michele Gobbi
1999 Luigi Giambelli
2000 Dmitrij Dement'ev
2001 Volodymyr Starchyk
2002 Roman Luhovyy Andrea Moletta Davide Silvestri
2003 Davide Silvestri Riccardo Riccò Andrea Sanvido
2004 Marco Vettoretti Paolo Bailetti Domenico Pozzovivo
2005 Alessandro Raisoni Carlo Scognamiglio Maurizio Biondo
2006 Federico Masiero Mauro Colombera Sergej Rudaskov
2007 Davide Bonuccelli Damiano Margutti Emanuele Moschen
2008 Leonardo Pinizzotto Sacha Modolo Daniel Oss
2009 Andrea Vaccher Matteo Collodel Giorgio Cecchinel
2010 Mario Sgrinzato Andrea Pasqualon Rafael Andriato
2011 Enrico Battaglin Andrea Palini Francesco Lasca
2012 Mario Sgrinzato Oleksandr Polivoda Ricardo Pichetta
2013 Mario Sgrinzato Paolo Colonna Andrei Nechita
2014 Damiano Cima Stefano Perego Simone Bettinelli
2015 Nicola Toffali Fausto Masnada Marco Bernardinetti
2016 Aleksandr Riabushenko Davide Orrico Andrea Vendrame
2017 Federico Sartor Francesco Romano Davide Gabburo
2018 Simone Ravanelli Luca Mozzato Ottavio Dotti
2019 Edoardo Faresin Alexander Konychev Yuri Colonna
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Andrea Piccolo Luca Rastelli Alessio Martinelli
2022 Andrea Guerra Alessandro Romele Lorenzo Quartucci
2023[4] Egor Igoshev Michael Belleri Nicolò Garibbo

Wins by country

Position CountryWins
1 Italy 75
2 Russia2
3 Moldova1
4 Belarus1
5 Ukraine1

Multiple wins

Position CountryWins
1 Mario Sgrinzato3
2 Gianluca Tonetti2

Notes and References

  1. News: Annullamento gare 2020 . 8 September 2023 . gsvirtuscollecchio.it . 29 July 2020 . it.
  2. Web site: CoppaCollecchio Planimetria . comune.collecchio.pr.it . 8 September 2023.
  3. Web site: Coppa Collecchio: tutte le 80 edizioni raccontate in un libro . gsvirtuscollecchio.com . 8 September 2023 . it . 10 September 2016.
  4. News: Coppa Collecchio 2023: Igoshev vince la corsa emiliana davanti a Belleri e Garibbò . 20 September 2023 . BiciSport . 19 September 2023 . it.