Coppa Placci

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Coppa Placci
Race details
DateMid-October
RegionEmilia, Italy
English namePlacci Cup
Local name(s)Coppa Placci (in Italian)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeOne-day
OrganiserUnione Sportiva Imolese
Web site www.coppaplacci.it OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition1923 (1923)
Editions59 (as of 2009)
First winner Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Enea Dal Fiume
Most wins Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Emilio Petiva
Flag of Italy.svg Ugo Colombo
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Roger De Vlaeminck
Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Battaglin
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Casagrande
(2 wins)
Most recent Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Pozzato

The Coppa Placci is a semi-classic European bicycle race held between Imola, Italy and San Marino. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour.

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The race is named after Antonio Placci, a cyclist born in Imola who died in 1921, two years before the race was created.

Because of sponsorship problems, in 2010 the race has been excluded from the UCI Europe Tour and was reserved to the Elite/Under 23 Category.

In 2011 the race was held as Giro della Romagna – Coppa Placci and won by Oscar Gatto. [1]

In 2012 the race also merged with another Italian classic, the Giro del Veneto; [2] the Giro del Veneto – Coppa Placci was won again by Oscar Gatto. [3]

The race should have returned in 2013 as Coppa Placci. [4] The edition was scheduled on 16 October 2013 as a 1.1 event; [5] however, the race was later cancelled again. [6]

Winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
1923Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Enea Dal Fiume
1924Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Emilio Petiva
1925Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Emilio Petiva
1926Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Ermanno Vallazza
1927Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Aleardo Simoni
1928Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Pietro Fossati
1929–1945No race
1946Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Nedo Logli
1947No race
1948Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Luigi Casola
1949Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Renzo Soldani
1950Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giacomo Zampieri
1951–1952No race
1953Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Luciano Maggini
1954–1961No race
1962Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Franco Cribori
1963Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ercole Baldini
1964Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Guido De Rosso
1965Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Michele Dancelli
1966Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Felice Gimondi
1967Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Luciano Armani
1968No race
1969Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Ballini
1970Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ugo Colombo
1971Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ugo Colombo
1972Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
1973Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Italo Zilioli
1974Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
1975Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Francesco Moser
1976Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fausto Bertoglio
1977Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marino Basso
1978Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gianbattista Baronchelli
1979Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giovanni Battaglin
1980Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giovanni Battaglin
1981Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alfio Vandi
1982Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alfredo Chinetti
1983Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marino Amadori
1984Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Acacio Da Silva
1985Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Silvano Contini
1986Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Guido Bontempi
1987Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Massimo Ghirotto
1988Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Piermattia Gavazzi
1989Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Claudio Chiappucci
1990Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Mauro Gianetti
1991Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Laurent Dufaux
1992Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Johan Bruyneel
1993Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Maximillian Sciandri
1994Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Angelo Lecchi
1995Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Francesco Casagrande
1996Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Andrea Tafi
1997Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Beat Zberg
1998Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Mauro Zanetti
1999Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Mirko Celestino
2000Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Francesco Casagrande
2001Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Paolo Bettini
2002Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Matteo Tosatto
2003Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Danilo Di Luca
2004Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Leonardo Bertagnolli
2005Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Paolo Valoti
2006Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rinaldo Nocentini
2007Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alessandro Bertolini
2008Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Luca Paolini
2009Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filippo Pozzato Team Katusha
2010Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Francesco Bongiorno Futura Team-Matricardi
2011 *Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Oscar Gatto Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli
2012 **Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Oscar Gatto Farnese Vini–Selle Italia

*as Giro della Romagna – Coppa Placci
**as Giro del Veneto – Coppa Placci

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