The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The race starts from Bologna, it generally takes a tour of Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park and ends in Bologna with 5 reps on the brutal climbing ring of Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca. It is considered one of the most important and historical classic bicycle races of the calendar, the palmarès shows great champions like Coppi, Bartali, Merckx and Roglič.
Primož Roglič is a Slovenian professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He started as a ski jumper and switched to cycling several years after an accident suffered at Planica.
Luca Wackermann is an Italian cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Team Polti Kometa. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia. However, at the end of stage 4, Wackermann was involved in a crash caused by a low-flying helicopter that blew some crash barriers into him. Wackermann suffered a broken nose and a suspected broken back in the incident.
Enric Mas Nicolau is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team. He is a climber, and has finished in top 10 in world tour stage races, and has also won a stage at the Tour of the Basque Country.
Tadej Pogačar is a Slovenian professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. He won the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Tour de France, winning three different jerseys during each Tour, a feat unseen in nearly four decades. Comfortable in time-trialing, one-day classic riding and grand-tour climbing, he has been compared to legendary all-round cyclists such as Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Fausto Coppi.
The 2019 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race organised by RCS Sport that took place mainly in Italy, between 11 May and 2 June 2019. The race was the 102nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and was the first Grand Tour of the 2019 cycling season. The race started with an individual time trial in Bologna, and finished with another time-trial in Verona. The race was won by Richard Carapaz, who became the first Ecuadorian rider to win the Giro d'Italia. Italian Vincenzo Nibali finished 2nd, with Slovenian rider Primož Roglič in 3rd place. Carapaz also became the second South American rider to win the Giro, after Nairo Quintana in 2014.
The 2019 Giro dell'Emilia was the 102nd edition of the Giro dell'Emilia road cycling one day race. It was held on 5 October 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour as a 1.HC-ranked event. It was won by Slovenian rider Primož Roglič of Team Jumbo–Visma.
Lorenzo Fortunato is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.
The 2021 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali was a road cycling stage race that took place between 23 and 27 March 2021 in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna and in San Marino. It was the 36th edition of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali and was part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour as a category 2.1 event.
The 2021 Tour of the Alps was the 44th edition of the Tour of the Alps road cycling stage race and the fifth edition since its renaming from the Giro del Trentino. It was held from 19 to 23 April 2021 in the Austrian state of Tyrol and in the Italian provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol, which all make up the Euroregion of Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino. The 2.Pro-category race was initially scheduled to be a part of the inaugural edition of the UCI ProSeries, but after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it made its UCI ProSeries debut in 2021, while also still being a part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour.
The 2021 Coppa Sabatini was the 69th edition of the Coppa Sabatini road cycling one day race, which was held on 16 September 2021 as part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the 2021 UCI ProSeries calendars.
The 2021 Coppa Bernocchi was the 102nd edition of the Coppa Bernocchi road cycling one day race, which was held in and around Legnano, Italy, on 4 October 2021. This edition was the race's first in the UCI ProSeries; the 2020 edition was expected to feature in the inaugural UCI ProSeries but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race was the first of the 2021 Trittico Lombardo, which also included the Tre Valli Varesine held the day after and the Coppa Ugo Agostoni, to be held a week later.
The 2021 Tre Valli Varesine was the 100th edition of the Tre Valli Varesine road cycling one day race, which was held in the Lombardy region of northwestern Italy on 5 October 2021. This edition was the race's first in the UCI ProSeries; the 2020 edition was expected to feature in the inaugural UCI ProSeries but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race was the second of the 2021 Trittico Lombardo, which also included the Coppa Bernocchi held the day before and the Coppa Ugo Agostoni, to be held six days later.
The 2021 Milano–Torino was the 102nd edition of the Milano–Torino cycling classic. It was held on 6 October 2021 as part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the 2021 UCI ProSeries calendars.
The 2022 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali was a road cycling stage race that took place between 22 and 26 March 2022 in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna and in San Marino. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2022 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and was the 37th edition of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali.
The 2022 Giro dell'Emilia was the 105th edition of the Giro dell'Emilia road cycling one day race in the titular region of central Italy. It was held on 1 October 2022 as part of the 2022 UCI ProSeries.
The 2022 Coppa Bernocchi was the 103rd edition of the Coppa Bernocchi road cycling one day race, which was held in and around Legnano, Italy, on 3 October 2022.
The 2023 Giro d'Italia was the 106th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 6 May in Fossacesia and finished on 28 May in Rome. There were 3 individual time trial stages and 6 stages longer than 200 km. The race was won by Primož Roglič of Team Jumbo–Visma, taking his fourth Grand Tour victory and becoming the first Slovenian to win the Giro.
The 2023 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali was a road cycling stage race that will take place between 21 and 25 March 2023 in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna and in San Marino. The race is rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2023 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and is the 38th edition of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali.
The 2023 Giro dell'Emilia was the 106th edition of the Giro dell'Emilia road cycling one day race in the titular region of central Italy. It was held on 30 September 2023 as part of the 2023 UCI ProSeries.
