The Giro d'Abruzzo is a professional cycling race held annually in Italy. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2 in 2007, and returned in 2024 as a 2.1 rated event.

Giro d'Abruzzo
Race details
DateApril–May
RegionAbruzzo
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
History
First edition1961 (1961)
Editions35 (as of 2024)
First winner Mario Zanchi (ITA)
Most wins(2)  Aleksandr Kuschynski (BLR)
Most recent Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)

The race returned in 2024 under RCS Sport, in collaboration with the Abruzzo Region, replacing the Giro di Sicilia.[1]

Winners edit

Year Winner Second Third
1961   Mario Zanchi
1962   Primo Nardello
1963   Fabrizio Carloni
1964   Giancarlo Massari
1965   Francesco Polidori
1966   Luigi Sgarbozza
1967   Antonio Fradusco
1968 No race
1969   Angelo Bassini
1970   Paolo Battistacci
1971   Luciano Mencuccini
1972   Palmiro Masciarelli
1973–78 No race
1979   Giovanni Bino
1980   Fausto Stiz
1981   Maurizio Viotto
1982   Sergey Voronin
1983   Philippe Le Peurien
1984   Tullio Cortinovis
1985   Enrico Galleschi
1986   Luigi Botteon
1987   Angelo Gelfi
1988   Moreno Picchio
1989–92 No race
1993   Maurizio Frizzo
1994   Filippo Casagrande
1995   Pasquale Braido
1996   Andrea Zatti   Oscar Pozzi   Isidoro Colombo
1997   Fabio Balzi   Cristian Moreni   Maurizio Vandelli
1998   Francesco Secchiari   Stefano Faustini   Isidoro Colombo
1999   Cristian Gasperoni   Danilo Di Luca   Giorgio Feliziani
2000   Daniele De Paoli   Vladimir Douma   Giuseppe Palumbo
2001   Danilo Di Luca   Saša Gajičić   Roberto Petito
2002   Aleksandr Kuschynski   Alessio Ciro   Luigi Bonfrate
2003   Oscar Mason   Denis Lunghi   Michele Scarponi
2004   Aleksandr Kuschynski   Valter Bonca   Domenico Quagliarello
2005–06 No race
2007   Luca Ascani   Ivan Fanelli   Davide Tortella
2008–23 No race
2024[2]   Alexey Lutsenko   Pavel Sivakov   George Bennett

References edit

  1. ^ "Bye Bye Sicilia: RCS si sposta al Giro d'Abruzzo" (in Italian). ciclismoweb.net. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Giro d'Abruzzo". cyclingnews. Retrieved 12 April 2024.