Firenze-Pistoia

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Firenze-Pistoia
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Race details
Date Late October
Region Tuscany, Italy
English name Florence-Pistoia
Local name(s) Firenze-Pistoia (Italian)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
History
First edition 1985
Editions 21 (as of 2007)
First winner Flag of Germany Rolf Gölz
Most wins Flag of Switzerland Tony Rominger (4 wins)
Most recent Flag of Russia Boris Shpilevsky

The Firenze-Pistoia is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. It is an individual time trial between Prato and Quarrata, in the Province of Pistoia. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, although it has was not held in 2006 due to organization problems.[1]

[edit] Winners

Rider Team
1985 Flag of Germany Rolf Gölz
1986 Flag of Poland Lech Piasecki
1987 Flag of Austria Helmut Wechselberger
1988 Flag of Switzerland Tony Rominger
1989 Flag of Switzerland Tony Rominger
1990 Flag of Poland Lech Piasecki
1991 Flag of Switzerland Tony Rominger
1992 Flag of Switzerland Tony Rominger
1993 Flag of Italy Maurizio Fondriest
1994 Flag of Italy Francesco Casagrande
1995 Flag of Italy Francesco Casagrande
1998 Flag of Italy Marco Velo
1999 Flag of Italy Marco Velo
2001 Flag of Australia Nathan O'Neill
2002 Flag of Italy Fabrizio Guidi
2003 Flag of Italy Andrea Peron
2004 Flag of Ukraine Sergiy Matveyev
2005 Flag of Ukraine Sergiy Matveyev
2006 No race
2007 Flag of Russia Boris Shpilevsky

[edit] References

  1. ^ [http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/oct06/oct18news2 Firenze-Pistoia cancelled

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