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Race details | |
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Date | 25 April |
Region | Italy |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
Web site | www |
History (men) | |
First edition | 1946 |
Editions | 77 (as of 2024) |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins | ![]() |
Most recent | ![]() |
Women's history | |
First edition | 2016 |
Editions | 4 |
Final edition | 2022 |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins | ![]() |
Final winner | ![]() |
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.
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.
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2016 | ![]() | Marta Bastianelli | Alé–Cipollini |
2017 | ![]() | Marta Bastianelli | Alé–Cipollini |
2018 | ![]() | Letizia Paternoster | Astana |
2022 | ![]() | Silvia Persico | Valcar–Travel & Service |
2023 | ![]() | Silvia Zanardi | Bepink |
2024 | ![]() | Chiara Consonni | UAE Team ADQ |
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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.]