Gran Premio della Liberazione

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Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 on the UCI Europe Tour.

Gran Premio della Liberazione
Race details
Date25 April
RegionItaly
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeSingle-day
Web sitewww.gpliberazione.it/en/home Edit this at Wikidata
History (men)
First edition1946 (1946)
Editions77 (as of 2024)
First winner Gustavo Guglielmetti (ITA)
Most wins Antonio Toniolo (ITA) (2 wins)
Most recent Davide Donati (ITA)
Women's history
First edition2016 (2016)
Editions4
Final edition2022
First winner Marta Bastianelli (ITA)
Most wins Marta Bastianelli (ITA) (2 wins)
Final winner Silvia Persico (ITA)

Winners

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Men's race

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Year Country Rider Team
1946   Italy Gustavo Guglielmetti
1947   Italy Spartaco Rosati
1948   Italy Bruno Fossa
1949   Italy Arnaldo Benfenati
1950   Italy Donato Piazza
1951   Italy Vincenzo Zucconelli
1952   Italy Renzo Ghirardi
1953   Italy Nazareno Venturini
1954   Italy Cleto Maule
1955   Italy Giancarlo Ceppi
1956   Italy Aurelio Cestari
1957   Italy Salvatore Morucci
1958   Italy Remo Tamagni
1959   Italy Romeo Venturelli
1960   France René Bianchi
1961   Italy Teodoro Cerbella
1962   Italy Antonio Toniolo
1963   Italy Antonio Toniolo
1964   Italy Carlo Storai
1965   Italy Ferruccio Manza
1966   Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Kvapil
1967   Italy Carlo Galazzi
1968   Italy Attilio Rota
1969   Italy Pietro Mingardi
1970   Czechoslovakia Rudolf Labus
1971   Italy Giuseppe Milioli
1972   Soviet Union Yuri Osincew
1973   Soviet Union Ivan Trifonov
1974   Yugoslavia Cvitko Bilić
1975   Italy Palmiro Masciarelli
1976   Great Britain William Nickson
1977   Great Britain Bob Downs
1978   Denmark Henning Jørgensen
1979   Italy Walter Delle Case
1980   Italy Marco Cattaneo
1981   Soviet Union Ivan Mitchenko
1982   Poland Andrej Serediuk
1983   Italy Claudio Golinelli
1984   Spain Manuel Domínguez
1985   Italy Gianni Bugno
1986   Netherlands Mark van Orsouw
1987   Soviet Union Dimitri Konyshev
1988   West Germany Bernd Gröne
1989   Poland Joachim Halupczok
1990   West Germany Uwe Winter
1991   Italy Andrea Solagna
1992   United States Vassili Davidenko
1993   Italy Alessandro Bertolini
1994   Denmark Alex Petersen
1995   Italy Paolo Valoti
1996   Italy Davide Casarotto
1997   Italy Cristiano Citton
1998   Italy Roberto Savoldi
1999   Italy Marco Zanotti
2000   Italy Lorenzo Bernucci Vellutex
2001   Italy Alberto Loddo Zoccorinese–Vellutex
2002   Italy Andrea Sanvido Team Parolin–Radio Birikina
2003   Italy Devid Garbelli Bergamasca 1902
2004   Italy Daniele Colli Zalf–Désirée–Fior
2005   Australia Christopher Sutton Australia (national team)
2006   Australia Matthew Goss Southaustralia.com–AIS
2007   Italy Manuele Boaro Zalf–Désirée–Fior
2008   Italy Andrea Grendene Filmop Sorelle Ramonda Bottoli
2009   Italy Sacha Modolo Zalf–Désirée–Fior
2010   Slovenia Jan Tratnik Slovenia (national team)
2011   Italy Matteo Trentin Team Brilla–Pasta Montegrappa
2012   Italy Enrico Barbin U.C. Trevigiani–Dynamon–Bottoli
2013   Belarus Ilia Koshevoy Big Hunter Seanese
2014   Russia Evgeny Shalunov Lokosphinx
2015   Argentina Lucas Gaday Unieuro–Wilier
2016   Italy Vincenzo Albanese Hopplà–Petroli Firenze
2017   Italy Seid Lizde Team Colpack
2018   Italy Alessandro Fedeli Trevigiani Phonix–Hemus 1896
2019 No race due to financial reasons[1]
2020 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
2021   Italy Michele Gazzoli Team Colpack–Ballan
2022   Germany Henri Uhlig Germany
2023   Italy Alessandro Romele Team Colpack–Ballan–CSB
2024   Italy Davide Donati Biesse–Carrera

Women's race

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In 2016, the Gran Premio della Liberazione Pink was held for the first time,[2] after a previous GP Liberazione race was held between 1989 and 2012.

Year Country Rider Team
2016   Italy Marta Bastianelli Alé–Cipollini
2017   Italy Marta Bastianelli Alé–Cipollini
2018   Italy Letizia Paternoster Astana
2022   Italy Silvia Persico Valcar–Travel & Service
2023   Italy Silvia Zanardi Bepink
2024   Italy Chiara Consonni UAE Team ADQ

References

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  1. ^ Farina, Alessandro (24 April 2019). "GP Liberazione 2019: una corsa storica quest'anno non si disputerà. Le cause della cancellazione" [GP Liberazione 2019: a historic race will not be held this year. The causes of the cancellation]. OA Sport (in Italian). CLESS soc. coop. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Gran Premio Liberazione Pink 2016 La spunta Marta Bastianelli" [Marta Bastianelli wins Gran Premio Liberazione Pink 2016]. Cyclinside (in Italian). Guido Rubino. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2021. La prima edizione del Gran Premio Liberazione femminile ha visto la vittoria di Marta Bastianelli, in volata, con un ottimo terzo posto di Arianna Fidanza. [The first edition of the Women's Gran Premio Liberazione saw the victory of Marta Bastianelli, in the sprint, with an excellent third place by Arianna Fidanza.]
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