Giro di Sicilia

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. The race disappeared from the calendar after the 1977 edition won by Giuseppe Saronni, until it was revived by RCS Sports in 2019.[2] The first edition of the revived race was won by American rider Brandon McNulty. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour, classified as a 2.1 event.[3]

Giro di Sicilia
2023 Giro di Sicilia
Race details
DateApril
RegionSicily
English nameTour of Sicily
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserRCS Sport
Web siteilgirodisicilia.it
History
First edition1907 (1907)
Editions27 (as of 2023)[1]
First winner Carlo Galetti (ITA)
Most recent Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)

Winners
Year Winner Second Third
1907 Italy Carlo Galetti Italy Luigi Ganna Italy Umberto Zoffoli
1908 Italy Carlo Galetti Italy Pierino Albini Italy Ernesto Azzini
1926 Italy Domenico Caratozzolo Italy Francisco Gambino Italy Gianbattista Gilli
1929 Italy Nicola Mammina Italy Leonida Frascarelli Italy Albino Binda
1932 Italy Nicola Mammina Italy Attilio Pavesi Italy Antonio Nicolosi
1936 Italy Francesco Patti Italy Ernesto Zuppa Italy Alfredo Mazzocchetti
1939 Italy Remo Cerasa Italy Francesco Patti Italy Giovanni Corrieri
1940–1947 Not held (WW II)
1948 Italy Francesco Patti Italy Marcello Spadolini Italy Italiano Lazzerini
1949 Italy Dino Rossi Italy Sergio Pagliazi Italy Angelo Fumagali
1950 Italy Donato Zampini Italy Giacomo Zampieri Italy Arigo Padovan
1951 Italy Primo Volpi Italy Francesco Patti Italy Ugo Fondelli
1952 Not held
1953 Italy Elio Brasola Italy Pietro Giudici Italy Luigi Mastroianni
1954 Italy Ugo Massocco Italy Livio Isotti Italy Giovanni Roma
1955 Italy Gilberto Dall'Agata Italy Franco Franchi Italy Renzo Accordi
1956 Italy Piero Polo Italy Luciano Ciancola Italy Walter Serena
1957 Italy Alberto Emiliozzi Italy Alfredo Sabbadin Italy Giuseppe Cainero
1958 Italy Carlo Azzini Italy Gianbattista Milesi Italy Antonio Catalano
1958[4] Italy Diego Ronchini Italy Noè Conti Italy Mario Mori
1959 Italy Loris Guernieri Italy Federico Galeaz Italy Noé Conti
1960 Italy Giorgio Tinazzi Italy Aurelio Cestari Italy Idrio Bui
1961–1972 Not held
1973 Italy Enrico Maggioni Italy Michele Dancelli Italy Enrico Paolini
1974 Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck Belgium Patrick Sercu Italy Marino Basso
1975–1976 Not held
1977 Italy Giuseppe Saronni Italy Pierino Gavazzi Italy Carmelo Barone
1978–2018 Not held
2019 United States Brandon McNulty France Guillaume Martin Italy Fausto Masnada
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Italy Vincenzo Nibali Spain Alejandro Valverde Italy Alessandro Covi
2022 Italy Damiano Caruso Ecuador Jefferson Alexander Cepeda South Africa Louis Meintjes
2023[5] Kazakhstan Alexey Lutsenko South Africa Louis Meintjes Italy Vincenzo Albanese

References
  1. "Il Giro Di Sicilia Is Back After 42 Years". Il Giro Di Sicilia. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. "Sicily confirmed as host of Giro d'Italia 2021 start". www.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  3. "Giro di Sicilia 2019". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  4. Cursa en línia
  5. Farr, Stephen (14 April 2023). "Giro di Sicilia: Alexey Lutsenko captures overall title with Mount Etna stage 4 solo victory". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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