Coppa Bernocchi

The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before joining the UCI ProSeries in 2020.

Coppa Bernocchi

Race details
Date	Mid-August
Region	Lombardy, Italy
English name	Bernocchi Cup
Local name(s)	Coppa Bernocchi (in Italian)
Nickname(s)	La Bernocchi
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI ProSeries
Type	Single-day
Race director	Pino Cozzi
Web site	www.uslegnanese.it/coppa-bernocchi/
History
First edition	1919 (1919)
Editions	103 (as of 2022) *see below
First winner	Ruggero Ferrario (ITA)
Most wins	Danilo Napolitano (ITA) (3 wins)
Most recent	Wout van Aert (BEL)

Antonio Bernocchi, founder and patron of Bernocchi Cup, Legnano, 1919

In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup), with his brothers Andrea and Michele Bernocchi in Legnano, and give the executive organization of the race to the family friend Pino Cozzi, President of the "Unione Sportiva Legnanese", sports club which has since organized the cycling race, which used the prestige of the Bernocchi brand license, already known all over the world, to publicize the race that will become one of the most prestigious in Europe. At the Bernocchi Cup have participated, and sometimes won all the greatest champions in the history of cycling, including Fausto Coppi, Pierino Bestetti, Michele Gismondi, Gino Bartali.

Departure of the 1935 Coppa Bernocchi

It is the last race of Trittico Lombardo, which includes three races held around the region of Lombardy in three consecutive days. These races are Tre Valli Varesine, Coppa Ugo Agostoni and Coppa Bernocchi.

Coppa Bernocchi is one of the most historic cycling races in Europe, with over a hundred years of history, and one of the most important in Italy.