Race details | |
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Date | Late August (until 2012) March (2013–2015) |
Region | Province of Novara, Italy |
Local name(s) | Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie (in Italian) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
Organiser | Associazione Ciclistica Arona |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1997 |
Editions | 18 |
Final edition | 2015 |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins | ![]() |
Final winner | ![]() |
The Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Arona, Italy between 1997 and 2015. It was held primarily as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2010 the GP was split in two challenges, Coppa Papà Carlo [1] and Coppa Città di Stresa, [2] but reverted to a single race – on the route of the Coppa Città di Stresa – in 2012. [3]
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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1997 | ![]() | Dario Andriotto [N 1] | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | |
1998 | No race | |||
1999 | ![]() | Ivan Gotti | Polti | |
2000 | ![]() | Stefano Garzelli | Mercatone Uno–Albacom | |
2001 | ![]() | Vladimir Smirnov | Ceresit–CCC–Mat | |
2002 | ![]() | Andrus Aug | De Nardi–Pasta Montegrappa | |
2003 | ![]() | Andrea Ferrigato | Alessio | |
2004 | ![]() | Damiano Cunego | Saeco Macchine per Caffè | |
2005 | ![]() | Damiano Cunego | Lampre–Caffita | |
2006 | ![]() | Paolo Longo Borghini | Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce | |
2007 | ![]() | Luis Felipe Laverde | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | |
2008 | ![]() | Giampaolo Cheula | Barloworld | |
2009 | ![]() | Grega Bole | Amica Chips–Knauf | |
2012 | ![]() | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | |
2013 | ![]() | Bob Jungels | RadioShack–Leopard | |
2014 | ![]() | Simone Ponzi | Neri Sottoli | |
2015 | ![]() | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing |
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2010 | ![]() | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago–CSF Inox |
2011 | ![]() | Simone Ponzi | Liquigas–Cannondale |
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2009 | ![]() | Marco Pinotti [N 2] | Team Columbia–HTC |
2010 | ![]() | Oscar Gatto | ISD–NERI |
2011 | ![]() | Elia Viviani | Liquigas–Cannondale |
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