Race details | |
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Region | Fiorenzuola, Italy |
Discipline | Track |
Type | Six-day racing |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1998 |
Editions | 27 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Giovanni Lombardi (ITA) Bruno Risi (SUI) |
Most recent | Lev Gonov (RUS) Ivan Smirnov (RUS) |
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