Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (English: International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali,[1] is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
Race details
DateLate March
RegionEmilia-Romagna, Italy
English nameInternational Week of Coppi and Bartali
Local name(s)Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (in Italian)
DisciplineRoad
TypeStage race
OrganiserGruppo Sportivo Emilia
Web sitewww.gsemilia.it
History
First edition1984 (1984)
Editions34 (as of 2019)
First winner Moreno Argentin (ITA)
Most wins Moreno Argentin (ITA)
 Damiano Cunego (ITA)
(2 wins)
Most recent Jhonatan Narváez (ECU)

History

Between 1999 and 2000 it was called Memorial Cecchi Gori while it was also previously held as Giro di Sardegna and Giro di Sicilia. The race is named after Italian cyclists Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi.

Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is considered one of the most important stage races in Italy and is organized by Gruppo Sportivo Emilia.

In 2004 the organization of the race retired the number 145, worn by Marco Pantani in 2003 when he placed tenth and finished second in one stage after Ruslan Ivanov, allowing him to stand on the podium for the last time in his life. At the start of the race a flock of white doves was also released to remember him.

In 2009 at the 24th edition of the race, Damiano Cunego was the overall victor after two stage wins and a second place on the last day.

Damiano Cunego won by 24 seconds over Cadel Evans in 2nd place and by 38 seconds over Massimo Giunti in 3rd place.

Both Damiano Cunego and Cadel Evans said this was an important part of their training lead up to both Giro d'Italia 2009 for Cunego and Tour de France 2009 for Cadel Evans.

List of winners

Year Country Rider Team
1984  Italy Moreno Argentin Sammontana
1985  France Laurent Fignon Renault-Elf
1986  Italy Giuseppe Saronni Del Tongo
1987  Italy Maurizio Rossi Ecoflam-B.F.B.
1988  Italy Adriano Baffi GIS-Ecoflam-Jolly
1989  Italy Bruno Leali Gewiss-Bianchi
1990  Denmark Rolf Sørensen Ariostea
1991  Australia Phil Anderson Motorola
1992  Italy Moreno Argentin Ariostea
1993  Italy Michele Bartoli Mercatone Uno–Zucchini–Medeghini
1994  Italy Rodolfo Massi Amore & Vita–Galatron
1995 No race
1996  Italy Gabriele Colombo Gewiss Playbus
1997  Italy Roberto Petito Saeco
1998 No race
1999  Latvia Romāns Vainšteins Vini Caldirola
2000  Italy Paolo Bettini Mapei–Quick-Step
2001  Moldova Ruslan Ivanov Alessio
2002  Italy Francesco Casagrande Fassa Bortolo
2003  Italy Mirko Celestino Saeco Macchine per Caffè
2004  Italy Giuliano Figueras Ceramica Panaria–Margres
2005  Italy Franco Pellizotti Liquigas–Bianchi
2006  Italy Damiano Cunego Lampre–Fondital
2007  Italy Michele Scarponi Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo
2008  Australia Cadel Evans Silence–Lotto
2009  Italy Damiano Cunego Lampre–NGC
2010  Italy Ivan Santaromita Liquigas–Doimo
2011  Italy Emanuele Sella Androni Giocattoli
2012  Czech Republic Jan Bárta Team NetApp
2013  Italy Diego Ulissi Lampre–Merida
2014  Great Britain Peter Kennaugh Team Sky
2015  South Africa Louis Meintjes MTN–Qhubeka
2016  Russia Sergey Firsanov Gazprom–RusVelo
2017  France Lilian Calmejane Direct Énergie
2018  Italy Diego Rosa Team Sky
2019  Australia Lucas Hamilton Mitchelton–Scott
2020  Ecuador Jhonatan Narváez Ineos Grenadiers

References

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