Race details | |
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Date | Early-October |
Region | Tuscany, Italy |
English name | Sabatini Cup |
Local name(s) | Coppa Sabatini (in Italian) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries |
Type | Single-day |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1952 |
Editions | 72 (as of 2024) [1] |
First winner | Primo Volpi (ITA) |
Most wins | 2 wins: Primo Volpi (ITA) Rino Benedetti (ITA) Dino Bruni (ITA) Franco Bitossi (ITA) Moreno Argentin (ITA) Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) Dmitri Konyshev (RUS) Giovanni Visconti (ITA) Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) Marc Hirschi (SUI) |
Most recent | Marc Hirschi (SUI) |
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