Gran Premio della Liberazione

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Gran Premio della Liberazione
Race details
Date25 April
RegionItaly
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
TypeSingle-day
Web site www.gpliberazione.it/en/home OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History (men)
First edition1946 (1946)
Editions77 (as of 2024)
First winnerFlag of Italy.svg  Gustavo Guglielmetti  (ITA)
Most winsFlag of Italy.svg  Antonio Toniolo  (ITA)(2 wins)
Most recentFlag of Italy.svg  Davide Donati  (ITA)
Women's history
First edition2016 (2016)
Editions4
Final edition2022
First winnerFlag of Italy.svg  Marta Bastianelli  (ITA)
Most winsFlag of Italy.svg  Marta Bastianelli  (ITA)(2 wins)
Final winnerFlag of Italy.svg  Silvia Persico  (ITA)

Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 on the UCI Europe Tour.

Contents

Winners

Men's race

YearCountryRiderTeam
1946Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gustavo Guglielmetti
1947Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Spartaco Rosati
1948Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Bruno Fossa
1949Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Arnaldo Benfenati
1950Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Donato Piazza
1951Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Vincenzo Zucconelli
1952Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Renzo Ghirardi
1953Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Nazareno Venturini
1954Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Cleto Maule
1955Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giancarlo Ceppi
1956Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Aurelio Cestari
1957Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvatore Morucci
1958Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Remo Tamagni
1959Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Romeo Venturelli
1960Flag of France.svg  France René Bianchi
1961Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Teodoro Cerbella
1962Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Antonio Toniolo
1963Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Antonio Toniolo
1964Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Carlo Storai
1965Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ferruccio Manza
1966Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Kvapil
1967Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Carlo Galazzi
1968Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Attilio Rota
1969Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pietro Mingardi
1970Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Rudolf Labus
1971Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giuseppe Milioli
1972Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Yuri Osincew
1973Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Ivan Trifonov
1974Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Cvitko Bilić
1975Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Palmiro Masciarelli
1976Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain William Nickson
1977Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Bob Downs
1978Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Henning Jørgensen
1979Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Walter Delle Case
1980Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marco Cattaneo
1981Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Ivan Mitchenko
1982Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Andrej Serediuk
1983Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Claudio Golinelli
1984Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Manuel Domínguez
1985Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gianni Bugno
1986Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Mark van Orsouw
1987Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Dimitri Konyshev
1988Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Bernd Gröne
1989Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Joachim Halupczok
1990Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Uwe Winter
1991Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Andrea Solagna
1992Flag of the United States.svg  United States Vassili Davidenko
1993Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alessandro Bertolini
1994Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Alex Petersen
1995Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Paolo Valoti
1996Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Davide Casarotto
1997Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Cristiano Citton
1998Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Savoldi
1999Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marco Zanotti
2000Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Lorenzo Bernucci Vellutex
2001Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alberto Loddo Zoccorinese–Vellutex
2002Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Andrea Sanvido Team Parolin–Radio Birikina
2003Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Devid Garbelli Bergamasca 1902
2004Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Daniele Colli Zalf–Désirée–Fior
2005Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Christopher Sutton Australia (national team)
2006Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Matthew Goss Southaustralia.com–AIS
2007Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Manuele Boaro Zalf–Désirée–Fior
2008Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Andrea Grendene Filmop Sorelle Ramonda Bottoli
2009Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Sacha Modolo Zalf–Désirée–Fior
2010Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Jan Tratnik Slovenia (national team)
2011Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Matteo Trentin Team Brilla–Pasta Montegrappa
2012Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Enrico Barbin U.C. Trevigiani–Dynamon–Bottoli
2013Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Ilia Koshevoy Big Hunter Seanese
2014Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Evgeny Shalunov Lokosphinx
2015Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Lucas Gaday Unieuro–Wilier
2016Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Vincenzo Albanese Hopplà–Petroli Firenze
2017Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Seid Lizde Team Colpack
2018Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alessandro Fedeli Trevigiani Phonix–Hemus 1896
2019No race due to financial reasons [1]
2020No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
2021Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Michele Gazzoli Team Colpack–Ballan
2022Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Henri Uhlig Germany
2023Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alessandro Romele Team Colpack–Ballan–CSB
2024Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Davide Donati Biesse–Carrera

Women's race

In 2016, the Gran Premio della Liberazione Pink was held for the first time, [2] after a previous GP Liberazione race was held between 1989 and 2012.

YearCountryRiderTeam
2016Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marta Bastianelli Alé–Cipollini
2017Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marta Bastianelli Alé–Cipollini
2018Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Letizia Paternoster Astana
2022Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Silvia Persico Valcar–Travel & Service
2023Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Silvia Zanardi Bepink
2024Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Chiara Consonni UAE Team ADQ

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References

  1. Farina, Alessandro (24 April 2019). "GP Liberazione 2019: una corsa storica quest'anno non si disputerà. Le cause della cancellazione" [GP Liberazione 2019: a historic race will not be held this year. The causes of the cancellation]. OA Sport (in Italian). CLESS soc. coop. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. "Gran Premio Liberazione Pink 2016 La spunta Marta Bastianelli" [Marta Bastianelli wins Gran Premio Liberazione Pink 2016]. Cyclinside (in Italian). Guido Rubino. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2021. La prima edizione del Gran Premio Liberazione femminile ha visto la vittoria di Marta Bastianelli, in volata, con un ottimo terzo posto di Arianna Fidanza. [The first edition of the Women's Gran Premio Liberazione saw the victory of Marta Bastianelli, in the sprint, with an excellent third place by Arianna Fidanza.]