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Giro dell'Appennino
Race details |
Date |
Early-August |
Region |
Apennine Mountains, Italy |
English name |
Tour of the Apennines |
Local name(s) |
Giro dell'Appennino (Italian) |
Discipline |
Road |
Competition |
UCI Europe Tour |
Type |
Single-day |
History |
First edition |
1934 |
Editions |
68 (as of 2007) |
First winner |
Augusto Como |
Most wins |
Gianbattista Baronchelli (6 wins) |
Most recent |
Alessandro Bertolini |
The Giro dell'Appennino is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Famous riders like Fausto Coppi, Francesco Moser, Felice Gimondi, Gianni Bugno and Gilberto Simoni have won the race.
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