Giro della Lunigiana | |
Date: | Early September |
Region: | La Spezia, Liguria, Italy and Massa Carrara, Tuscany, Italy |
Discipline: | Road race |
Competition: | UCI Junior Men |
Type: | Stage race |
Number: | 47 (as of 2023) |
Mostwins: | No repeat winners |
Giro della Lunigiana is a four-day road bicycle race for junior men (age 17 and 18) in the historical territory Lunigiana (currently the provinces of La Spezia and Massa Carrara), Italy. The race, class 2.1 MJ on the UCI calendar, counts as a big event in the junior men category. Famous Italian pro riders such as Gilberto Simoni, Danilo Di Luca, Damiano Cunego and Vincenzo Nibali won this race when they were juniors; as did future international stars including grand tour winners Tao Geoghegan Hart, Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogačar.