Giro di Sicilia
Italian bicycle race
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Giro di Sicilia (English: Tour of Sicily) is a men's multi-stage bicycle race held on Sicily, Italy. The race was first held in 1907 and was won by Carlo Galetti.[2] The race disappeared from the calendar after the 1977 edition won by Giuseppe Saronni, until it was revived by RCS Sports in 2019.[3] The first edition of the revived race was won by American rider Brandon McNulty.[4] It is part of the UCI Europe Tour, classified as a 2.1 event.[5]
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | April |
| Region | Sicily |
| English name | Tour of Sicily |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | RCS Sport |
| Web site | ilgirodisicilia |
| History | |
| First edition | 1907 |
| Editions | 27 (as of 2023)[1] |
| First winner |  Carlo Galetti (ITA) |
| Most recent |  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) |
- another "Giro di Sicilia" was held for automobiles, in some years prior to 1951 known as Targa Florio
The 2024 edition was cancelled as RCS Sport, in collaboration with the Abruzzo Region, will organize the Giro d'Abruzzo instead.[6]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  Carlo Galetti |
Luigi Ganna |
Umberto Zoffoli |
| 1908 | Carlo Galetti |
Pierino Albini |
Ernesto Azzini |
| 1926 | Domenico Caratozzolo |
Francisco Gambino |
Gianbattista Gilli |
| 1929 | Nicola Mammina |
Leonida Frascarelli |
Albino Binda |
| 1932 | Nicola Mammina |
Attilio Pavesi |
Antonio Nicolosi |
| 1936 | Francesco Patti |
Ernesto Zuppa |
Alfredo Mazzocchetti |
| 1939 | Remo Cerasa |
Francesco Patti |
Giovanni Corrieri |
| 1940–1947 | Not held (WW II) | ||
| 1948 | Francesco Patti |
Marcello Spadolini |
Italiano Lazzerini |
| 1949 | Dino Rossi |
Sergio Pagliazi |
Angelo Fumagali |
| 1950 | Donato Zampini |
Giacomo Zampieri |
Arigo Padovan |
| 1951 | Primo Volpi |
Francesco Patti |
Ugo Fondelli |
| 1952 | Not held | ||
| 1953 | Elio Brasola |
Pietro Giudici |
Luigi Mastroianni |
| 1954 | Ugo Massocco |
Livio Isotti |
Giovanni Roma |
| 1955 | Gilberto Dall'Agata |
Franco Franchi |
Renzo Accordi |
| 1956 | Piero Polo |
Luciano Ciancola |
Walter Serena |
| 1957 | Alberto Emiliozzi |
Alfredo Sabbadin |
Giuseppe Cainero |
| 1958 | Carlo Azzini |
Gianbattista Milesi |
Antonio Catalano |
| 1958[7] | Diego Ronchini |
Noè Conti |
Mario Mori |
| 1959 | Loris Guernieri |
Federico Galeaz |
Noé Conti |
| 1960 | Giorgio Tinazzi |
Aurelio Cestari |
Idrio Bui |
| 1961–1972 | Not held | ||
| 1973 | Enrico Maggioni |
Michele Dancelli |
Enrico Paolini |
| 1974 |  Roger De Vlaeminck |
Patrick Sercu |
Marino Basso |
| 1975–1976 | Not held | ||
| 1977 | Giuseppe Saronni |
Pierino Gavazzi |
Carmelo Barone |
| 1978–2018 | Not held | ||
| 2019 |  Brandon McNulty |
 Guillaume Martin |
Fausto Masnada |
| 2020 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | Vincenzo Nibali |
 Alejandro Valverde |
Alessandro Covi |
| 2022 | Damiano Caruso |
 Jefferson Alexander Cepeda |
 Louis Meintjes |
| 2023[8] | Alexey Lutsenko |
Louis Meintjes |
Vincenzo Albanese |
