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.
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Race details | |
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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 |
History | |
First edition | 1919 |
Editions | 103 (as of 2022) *see below |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins | ![]() (3 wins) |
Most recent | ![]() |

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.

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.
Winners
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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1919 | ![]() |
Ruggero Ferrario | ||
1920 | ![]() |
Giovanni Tragella | ||
1921 | ![]() |
Angelo Testa | ||
1922 | ![]() |
Libero Ferrario | ||
1923 | ![]() |
Libero Ferrario | ||
1924 | ![]() |
Alfredo Dinale | ||
1925 | ![]() |
Luigi Mainetti | ||
1926 | ![]() |
Giuseppe Pancera | Olympia–Dunlop | |
1927 | ![]() |
Giuseppe Pancera | Berrettini–Hutchinson | |
1928 | ![]() |
Carlo Galluzzi | Maino–Dunlop | |
1929 | ![]() |
Allegro Grandi | Bianchi–Pirelli | |
1930 | ![]() |
Eugenio Gestri | individual | |
1931 | No race | |||
1932 | ![]() |
Marco Giuntelli | Gerbi | |
1933 | ![]() |
Bruno Negri | individual | |
1934 | ![]() |
Pietro Rimoldi | Bianchi | |
1935 | ![]() |
Gino Bartali | Fréjus | |
1936 | ![]() |
Enrico Mollo | Gloria | |
1937 | ![]() |
Francesco Albani | individual | |
1938 | ![]() |
Cino Cinelli | Fréjus | |
1939 | ![]() |
Adolfo Leoni | Bianchi | |
1940 | ![]() |
Aldo Bini | Bianchi | |
1941 | ![]() |
Severino Canavesi | Gloria | |
1942 | ![]() |
Glauco Servadei | Bianchi | |
1943 | No race | |||
1944 | ![]() |
Oreste Conte | Benotto | |
1945 | ![]() |
Sergio Maggini | Benotto | |
1946 | ![]() |
Osvaldo Bailo | Girardengo | |
1947 | ![]() |
Mario Ricci | Legnano–Pirelli | |
1948 | ![]() |
Virgilio Salimbeni | Legnano–Pirelli | |
1949 | ![]() |
Mario Ricci | Viscontea | |
1950 | ![]() |
Fiorenzo Crippa | Bianchi–Ursus | |
1951 | ![]() |
Luigi Casola | Atala–Pirelli | |
1952 | ![]() |
Primo Volpi | Arbos–Pirelli | |
1953 | ![]() |
Giorgio Albani | Legnano–Pirelli | |
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Antonio Bevilacqua | Benotto–Levriere | ||
1954 | ![]() |
Fausto Coppi | Bianchi–Pirelli | |
1955 | ![]() |
Renato Ponzini | Arbos–Pirelli | |
1956 | ![]() |
Vasco Modena | Arbos–Bif–Clément | |
1957 | ![]() |
Rik Van Looy | Faema–Guerra | |
1958 | ![]() |
Rik Van Looy | Faema–Guerra | |
1959 | ![]() |
Noè Conti | Bianchi–Pirelli | |
1960 | ![]() |
Giuseppe Fallarini | Ignis | |
1961 | ![]() |
Arturo Sabbadin | Philco | |
1962 | ![]() |
Pierino Baffi | Ghigi | |
1963 | ![]() |
Aldo Moser | Firte | |
1964 | ![]() |
Gianni Motta | Molteni | |
1965 | ![]() |
Adriano Durante | Molteni | |
1966 | ![]() |
Raffaele Marcoli | Sanson | |
1967 | ![]() |
Vittorio Adorni | Salamini–Luxor | |
1968 | ![]() |
Franco Bitossi | Filotex | |
1969 | ![]() |
Giacinto Santambrogio | Molteni | |
1970 | ![]() |
Pietro Guerra | Salvarani | |
1971 | ![]() |
Virginio Levati | Salvarani | |
1972 | ![]() |
Marino Basso | Salvarani | |
1973 | ![]() |
Felice Gimondi | Bianchi–Campagnolo | |
1974 | ![]() |
Francesco Moser | Filotex | |
1975 | ![]() |
Enrico Paolini | Scic | |
1976 | ![]() |
Franco Bitossi | Zonca-Santini | |
1977 | ![]() |
Carmelo Barone | Fiorella Mocassini | |
1978 | ![]() |
Giovanni Battaglin | Fiorella–Citroën | |
1979 | ![]() |
Valerio Lualdi | Bianchi–Faema | |
1980 | ![]() |
Giuseppe Saronni | Gis Gelati | |
1981 | ![]() |
Giuseppe Saronni | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo | |
1982 | ![]() |
Silvano Contini | Bianchi–Piaggio | |
1983 | ![]() |
Palmiro Masciarelli | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo | |
1984 | ![]() |
Vittorio Algeri | Metauro Mobili–Pinarello | |
1985 | ![]() |
Johan van der Velde | Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec | |
1986 | ![]() |
Roberto Gaggioli | Ecoflam–Jolly–BFB | |
1987 | ![]() |
Guido Bontempi | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | |
1988 | ![]() |
Guido Bontempi | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | |
1989 | ![]() |
Rolf Sørensen | Ariostea | |
1990 | ![]() |
Davide Cassani | Ariostea | |
1991 | ![]() |
Giorgio Furlan | Ariostea | |
1992 | ![]() |
Charly Mottet | R.M.O. | |
1993 | ![]() |
Rolf Sørensen | Carrera Jeans–Tassoni | |
1994 | ![]() |
Bruno Cenghialta | Gewiss–Ballan | |
1995 | ![]() |
Stefano Zanini | Gewiss–Ballan | |
1996 | ![]() |
Fabio Baldato | MG Maglificio–Technogym | |
1997 | ![]() |
Gianluca Bortolami | Festina–Lotus | |
1998 | ![]() |
Fabio Sacchi | Team Polti | |
1999 | ![]() |
Giancarlo Raimondi | Liquigas | |
2000 | ![]() |
Romāns Vainšteins | Vini Caldirola–Sidermec | |
2001 | ![]() |
Paolo Valoti | Alessio–Bianchi | |
2002 | ![]() |
Daniele Nardello | Mapei–Quick-Step | |
2003 | ![]() |
Sergio Barbero | Lampre | |
2004 | ![]() |
Angelo Furlan | Alessio–Bianchi | |
2005 | ![]() |
Danilo Napolitano | LPR–Piacenza | |
2006 | ![]() |
Danilo Napolitano | Lampre–Fondital | |
2007 | ![]() |
Danilo Napolitano | Lampre–Fondital | |
2008 | ![]() |
Steve Cummings | Barloworld | |
2009 | ![]() |
Luca Paolini | Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo | |
2010 | ![]() |
Manuel Belletti | Colnago–CSF Inox | |
2011 | ![]() |
Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ | |
2012 | ![]() |
Sacha Modolo | Colnago–CSF Bardiani | |
2013 | ![]() |
Sacha Modolo | Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox | |
2014 | ![]() |
Elia Viviani | Cannondale | |
2015 | ![]() |
Vincenzo Nibali | Astana | |
2016 | ![]() |
Giacomo Nizzolo | Italian national team | |
2017 | ![]() |
Sonny Colbrelli | Bahrain–Merida | |
2018 | ![]() |
Sonny Colbrelli | Bahrain–Merida | |
2019 | ![]() |
Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain–Merida | |
2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic, replaced by Grande Trittico Lombardo[1] | |||
2021 | ![]() |
Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | |
2022 | ![]() |
Davide Ballerini | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
2023 | ![]() |
Wout van Aert | Team Jumbo–Visma |
Wins per country
Wins | Country |
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90 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
- 103 races registered / although 102 races held only / 101 wins, (102 names because one doubled)
- 1931 = Winner Alfredo Bovet (Italy), disqualified for not having signed in at one of the controls
- 1953 = Double-Win (Albani / Bevilacqua)
- 2020 = Winner Gorka Izagirre (Spain), Race: "Grande Trittico Lombardo", August 3, 2020
See also
- Antonio Bernocchi
References
- "Nasce il Grande Trittico Lombardo, sogno e consapevolezza". Malpensa. Malpensa. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.