Giro di Sardegna

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Giro di Sardegna
Jersey Sardegna (Red-Blue Stripe).png
Winner's jersey
Race details
DateLate-February
RegionSardinia, Italy
English nameTour of Sardinia
Local nameGiro di Sardegna (in Italian)
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
History
First edition1958 (1958)
Editions29
First winnerFlag of France.svg  Antonin Rolland  (FRA)
Most winsFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eddy Merckx  (BEL)(4 wins)
Most recentFlag of Slovakia.svg  Peter Sagan  (SVK)

Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) is a stage road bicycle race held on the island of Sardinia, an Italian region. [1] It was rated 2.1 on the UCI Europe Tour. [2] The race returned in 2009 after 11 years, but only lasted a further three editions before being cancelled due to budgetary problems in 2012. [3] The race has been revived in the autumn of 2025 and there will be a thirtieth edition in february 2026.

Winners

Rik Van Looy wearing the leader's jersey in 1965 Rick Van Looy en 1966.jpg
Rik Van Looy wearing the leader's jersey in 1965
YearCountryRiderTeam
1958Flag of France.svg  France Antonin Rolland L. Bobet–BP–Hutchinson
1959Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Rik Van Looy Faema–Guerra
1960Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jo de Roo Helyett–Fynsec–Leroux
1961Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Emile Daems Philco
1962Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Rik Van Looy Flandria–Faema–Clément
1963Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Arnaldo Pambianco Salvarani
1964Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Vittorio Adorni Salvarani
1965Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Rik Van Looy Solo–Superia
1966Flag of France.svg  France Jacques Anquetil Ford France–Geminiani
1967Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Luciano Armani Salamini–Luxor
1968Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Eddy Merckx Faema
1969Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Claudio Michelotto Max Meyer
1970Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Patrick Sercu Dreher
1971Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Eddy Merckx Molteni
1972Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marino Basso Salvarani
1973Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Eddy Merckx Molteni
1974Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Rik Van Linden IJsboerke–Colner
1975Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Eddy Merckx Molteni
1976Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck Brooklyn
1977Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Freddy Maertens Flandria–Velda–Latina Assicurazioni
1978Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Knut Knudsen Bianchi–Faema
1979No race
1980Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Gregor Braun Sanson
1981No race
1982Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giuseppe Saronni Del Tongo
1983Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Gregor Braun Vivi–Benotto
1984–1995No race
1996Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gabriele Colombo Gewiss Playbus
1997Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Petito Saeco–Estro
1998–2008No race
2009Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Daniele Bennati Liquigas
2010Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Roman Kreuziger Liquigas–Doimo
2011Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Peter Sagan Liquigas–Cannondale

References

  1. ↑ "Giro di Sardegna (Ita) - Cat.2.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Giro di Sardegna". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  3. ↑ "Giro di Sardegna falls by the wayside for 2012". Cycling News. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.


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