Giro del Mendrisiotto

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Giro del Mendrisiotto
Race details
DateMid-March
RegionTicino, Switzerland
English nameTour of Mendrisiotto
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeSingle day race
History
First edition1933 (1933)
Editions72 (as of 2012)
First winnerFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Enrico Gerosa  (SUI)
Most winsFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Gilbert Glaus  (SUI)(3 wins)
Most recentFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Marcel Aregger  (SUI)

Giro del Mendrisiotto is a road bicycle race held annually around Mendrisio, in the canton of Ticino of Switzerland. The race was an amateur competition until 1996. Since 2005, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2010 the race was excluded from the UCI calendar, once again becoming a national event.

Winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
1933Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Enrico Gerosa
1934Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Fausto Introzzi
1935Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Ettore Maestrani
1936Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Fermo Radaelli
1937Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Fermo Radaelli
1938Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Walter Diggelmann
1939Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany Ernesto Kuhn
1940–
1946
No race
1947Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Franco Fanri
1948No race
1949Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Remo Pianezzi
1950Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Hans Pfenninger
1951Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rino Benedetti
1952Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Fausto Lurati
1953Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Attilio Moresi
1954Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Vittorio Mazzuchelli
1955Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Armando Ceroni
1956Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Adriano De Gasperi
1957Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Alfred Ruegg
1958Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Giancarlo Poiano
1959Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Arturo Sabbadin
1960Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Rolf Maurer
1961Flag of France.svg  France Jean Jourden
1962Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Robert Hintermüller
1963Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Gilbert Fatton
1964Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Hans Luethi
1965Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Hans Luethi
1966Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Vladimiro Palazzi
1967Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Walter Richard
1968Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Arthur Schlatter
1969Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Franco Maietti
1970Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Germano Mignami
1971Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Josef Fuchs
1972Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Xavier Kurmann
1973Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Robert Thalmann
1974Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Ivan Schmid
1975Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Roland Schär
1976Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Gabriele Mirri
1977Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Gilbert Glaus
1978Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Stefan Mutter
1979Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Kurt Ehrensberger
1980Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Gilbert Glaus
1981Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Gilbert Glaus
1982Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Jürg Bruggmann
1983Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Richard Trinkler
1984Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Benno Wyss
1985Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Thomas Wegmüller
1986Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Stephen Hodge
1987Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Daniel Huwyler
1988Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Scott Sunderland
1989Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Barney St. George
1990Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Pascal Jaccard
1991Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Daniel Huwyler
1992Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Serhiy Utchakov
1993Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Christian Andersen
1994Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Peter Luttenberger
1995Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Ralph Gartmann
1996Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvatore Commesso
1997Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Beat Zberg Mercatone Uno
1998Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Felice Puttini Ros Mary–Amica Chips
1999Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Valentino Fois Vini Caldirola
2000Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Felice Puttini Alessio
2001Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Alexandre Moos Phonak
2002Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Ruslan Gryshchenko Zoccorinese Vellutex
2003Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Mariusz Wiesiak Pacific-Da-Ver
2004Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giuseppe De Maria Vellutex Palazzago
2005Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Michele Maccanti LPR–Piacenza
2006Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Daniele De Paoli Team LPR
2007Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Andreas Dietziker Team LPR
2008Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Eddy Serri Miche–Silver Cross
2009Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Ignatas Konovalovas Cervélo TestTeam
2010Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Andreas Dietziker Vorarlberg–Corratec
2011Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Mirco Saggiorato Atlas Personal
2012Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Marcel Aregger Atlas Personal–Jakroo

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