Giro d'Abruzzo explained

Giro d'Abruzzo
Date:April–May
Region:Abruzzo
Discipline:Road race
Competition:UCI Europe Tour
Type:Stage race
Number:35 (as of 2024)
Mostwins:(2)

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

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

Notes and References

  1. News: Bye Bye Sicilia: RCS si sposta al Giro d’Abruzzo . 6 March 2024 . ciclismoweb.net . 5 March 2024 . it.
  2. Web site: Giro d'Abruzzo . cyclingnews . 12 April 2024.