2023 Giro di Sicilia | |
Race details | |
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Date | April |
Region | Sicily |
English name | Tour of Sicily |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | RCS Sport |
Web site | ilgirodisicilia |
History | |
First edition | 1907 |
Editions | 27 (as of 2023) [1] |
First winner | Carlo Galetti (ITA) |
Most recent | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) |
Giro di Sicilia (English: Tour of Sicily) is a men's multi-stage bicycle race held on Sicily, Italy. The race was first held in 1907 and was won by Carlo Galetti. [2] The race disappeared from the calendar after the 1977 edition won by Giuseppe Saronni, until it was revived by RCS Sports in 2019. [3] The first edition of the revived race was won by American rider Brandon McNulty. [4] It is part of the UCI Europe Tour, classified as a 2.1 event. [5]
The 2024 edition was cancelled as RCS Sport, in collaboration with the Abruzzo Region, will organize the Giro d'Abruzzo instead. [6]
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