Race details | |
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Date | Late-April |
Region | Trentino, Italy |
English name | Tour of Gold |
Local name(s) | Giro d'Oro (in Italian) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
History | |
First edition | 1983 |
Editions | 26 |
Final edition | 2008 |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins | ![]() |
Final winner | ![]() |
The Giro d'Oro was an early season road bicycle race held annually in Trentino, Italy. The race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 until 2008. It was an important semi classic race in Italy, but was not held in 2009 or after due to organisational problems.
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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1983 | ![]() | Ezio Moroni | |
1984 | ![]() | Luciano Godio | |
1985 | ![]() | Paolo Dalbianco | |
1986 | ![]() | Pierluigi Berzotelli | |
1987 | ![]() | Federico Longo | |
1988 | ![]() | Stefano Dalla Pozza | |
1989 | ![]() | Igor Tramanin | |
1990 | ![]() | Carlo Benigni | |
1991 | ![]() | Sergio Barbero | |
1992 | ![]() | Fausto Dotti | |
1993 | ![]() | Mauro Bettin | |
1994 | ![]() | Roberto Dal Sie | |
1995 | ![]() | Davide Casarotto | |
1996 | ![]() | Emiliano Murtas | |
1997 | ![]() | Michele Favaron | |
1998 | ![]() | Angelo Citracca | |
1999 | ![]() | Milan Kadlec | |
2000 | ![]() | Alessandro Baronti | |
2001 | ![]() | Oscar Borlini | |
2002 | ![]() | Damiano Cunego | |
2003 | ![]() | Dave Bruylandts | |
2004 | ![]() | Jure Golčer | |
2005 | ![]() | Luca Mazzanti | |
2006 | ![]() | Damiano Cunego | Lampre–Fondital |
2007 | ![]() | Dainius Kairelis | Amore & Vita–McDonald's |
2008 | ![]() | Gabriele Bosisio | L.P.R. Brakes |
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