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Race details | |
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Date | Early August (until 2012) February (2013–2014) |
Region | Tuscany, Italy |
English name | Gran Prix City of Camaiore |
Local name(s) | Gran Premio Città di Camaiore (in Italian) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One-day |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1949 |
Editions | 65 |
Final edition | 2014 |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins | ![]() |
Final winner | ![]() |
The Gran Premio Città di Camaiore was a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Tuscany, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. [1] It was an amateur race between 1949 and 1965. It was traditionally held in August, but in 2013 and 2014, was held in February. [2] In 2014 it was announced that the race would be discontinued. [3]
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