| 2023 UCI Europe Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 11–14 April 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 718 km (446.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Giro di Sicilia is a road cycling stage race that took place between 11 and 14 April 2023 on the island of Sicily in Italy. The race is rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2023 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and is the 27th edition of the Giro di Sicilia. [1]
Five of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI ProTeams, eleven UCI Continental teams and one national team make up the 25 teams that are participating in the race. [2] Each team entered a full squad of seven riders except for teams Biesse–Carrera, Intermarché–Circus–Wanty, Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, Team Colpack–Ballan, Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna, UAE Team Emirates and Zalf Euromobil Fior with 6 riders and Team Bahrain Victorious with 5 riders, for a total of 166 riders who started the race.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
National teams
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | |
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| 1 | 11 April | Marsala to Agrigento | 159 km (99 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) |
| 2 | 12 April | Canicattì to Vittoria | 193 km (120 mi) |  | Intermediate stage |  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) |
| 3 | 13 April | Enna to Termini Imerese | 150 km (93 mi) | | Intermediate stage |  Joel Suter (SUI) |
| 4 | 14 April | Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto to Giarre | 216 km (134 mi) |  | Mountain stage |  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) |
| Total | 718 km (446 mi) | |||||
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| Stage | Winner | General classification  | Points classification  | Mountains classification  | Young rider classification  | Team classification |
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| 1 | Finn Fisher-Black | Finn Fisher-Black | Finn Fisher-Black | Finn Fisher-Black | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates |
| 2 | Niccolò Bonifazio | Vincenzo Albanese | Michael Belleri | |||
| 3 | Joel Suter | |||||
| 4 | Alexey Lutsenko | Alexey Lutsenko | Alexis Guérin | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | ||
| Final | Alexey Lutsenko | Vincenzo Albanese | Alexis Guérin | Finn Fisher-Black | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | |
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 | Denotes the leader of the general classification |  | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
 | Denotes the leader of the points classification |  | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 16h 55' 50" |
| 2 |  Louis Meintjes (RSA) | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | + 44" |
| 3 | Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) | Eolo–Kometa | + 1' 07" |
| 4 | Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) | UAE Team Emirates | + 1' 07" |
| 5 |  Mark Donovan (GBR) | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 1' 20" |
| 6 |  Kobe Goossens (BEL) | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | + 1' 21" |
| 7 | Yannis Voisard (SUI) | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 1' 23" |
| 8 | Simone Petilli (ITA) | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | + 1' 25" |
| 9 |  Rafal Majka (POL) | UAE Team Emirates | + 1' 34" |
| 10 | Damiano Caruso (ITA) | Team Bahrain Victorious | + 3' 02" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) | Eolo–Kometa | 34 |
| 2 | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 18 |
| 3 | Filippo Fiorelli (ITA) | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 17 |
| 4 | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | 16 |
| 5 | Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) | UAE Team Emirates | 15 |
| 6 | Damiano Caruso (ITA) | Team Bahrain Victorious | 14 |
| 7 | Mark Donovan (GBR) | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 10 |
| 8 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | 10 |
| 9 | Kobe Goossens (BEL) | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | 10 |
| 10 | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | UAE Team Emirates | 9 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alexis Guérin (FRA) | Bingoal WB | 34 |
| 2 | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 21 |
| 3 |  Bart Lemmen (NED) | Human Powered Health | 20 |
| 4 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | 19 |
| 5 | Samuele Zoccarato (ITA) | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 16 |
| 6 | Michael Belleri (ITA) | Biesse–Carrera | 11 |
| 7 | Mark Donovan (GBR) | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 10 |
| 8 | Simone Petilli (ITA) | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | 10 |
| 9 |  Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) | Team Bahrain Victorious | 10 |
| 10 |  Erik Fetter (HUN) | Eolo–Kometa | 10 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) | UAE Team Emirates | 16h 56' 57" |
| 2 | Mark Donovan (GBR) | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 13" |
| 3 | Yannis Voisard (SUI) | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 16" |
| 4 | Samuele Zoccarato (ITA) | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | + 2' 49" |
| 5 | Gianmarco Garofoli (ITA) | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 7' 02" |
| 6 | Walter Calzoni (ITA) | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 7' 31" |
| 7 | Thomas Pesenti (ITA) | Beltrami TSA–Tre Colli | + 7' 31" |
| 8 | Alessandro Monaco (ITA) | Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna | + 7' 41" |
| 9 |  Felix Engelhardt (GER) | Team Jayco–AlUla | + 8' 11" |
| 10 |  Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (NOR) | Human Powered Health | + 9 31" |
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | 50h 51' 08" |
| 2 | UAE Team Emirates | + 3' 51" |
| 3 | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 15' 05" |
| 4 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 15' 41" |
| 5 | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | + 17' 39" |
| 6 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 19' 52" |
| 7 | Human Powered Health | + 24' 03" |
| 8 | Eolo–Kometa | + 25' 15" |
| 9 | Team Bahrain Victorious | + 28' 01" |
| 10 | Team Jayco–AlUla | + 37' 06" |
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