Race details | |
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Date | Varies |
Region | Apennine Mountains, Italy |
English name | Tour of the Apennines |
Local name(s) | Giro dell'Appennino (in Italian) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One-day |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1934 |
Editions | 83 (as of 2022) |
First winner | Augusto Como (ITA) |
Most wins | Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA) (6 wins) |
Most recent | Louis Meintjes (RSA) |
The Giro dell'Appennino is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Famous riders like Fausto Coppi, Francesco Moser, Felice Gimondi, Gianni Bugno and Gilberto Simoni have won the race.
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