Gran Premio di Lugano

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Gran Premio di Lugano
Race details
Date Early-March
Region Lugano, Switzerland
English name Grand Prix of Lugano
Local name(s) Gran Premio di Lugano (Italian)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
Organiser Velo Club Lugano
History
First edition 1981
Editions 26 (as of 2008)
First winner Flag of Switzerland Josef Fuchs
Most wins Flag of Italy Marco Vitali (3 wins)
Most recent Flag of Italy Rinaldo Nocentini

The Gran Premio di Lugano (English: Grand Prix of Lugano) is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.


[edit] Winners

Rider Team
1981 Flag of Switzerland Josef Fuchs
1982 Flag of Italy Marco Vitali
1983 Flag of the United Kingdom Chris Wreghitt
1984 Flag of Switzerland Benno Wiss
1985 Flag of Switzerland Gody Schmutz
1986 Flag of Switzerland Mauro Gianetti
1987 Flag of Switzerland Thomas Wegmüller
1988 Flag of Italy Marco Vitali
1989 Flag of France Gilles Delion
1990 Flag of Italy Marco Vitali
1991 Flag of Switzerland Pascal Jaccard
1992 Flag of Germany Steffen Rein
1993 Flag of Italy Roberto Caruso
1994 Flag of Italy Andrea Chiurato
Rider Team
1995 Flag of Italy Stefano Colagè
1996 Flag of Italy Amilcare Tronca
1997 Flag of Italy Michele Rezzani
1998 Flag of Italy Luca Bianucci
1999 No race
2000 No race
2001 Flag of Italy Luca Paolini
2002 Flag of Moldova Ruslan Iwanow
2003 Flag of France David Moncoutié
2004 Flag of France Frédéric Bessy
2005 Flag of Belgium Rik Verbrugghe
2006 Flag of Italy Paolo Bettini
2007 Flag of Italy Luca Mazzanti
2008 Flag of Italy Rinaldo Nocentini Flag of France Ag2r-La Mondiale

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