Giro di Sardegna
.png) Winner's jersey | |
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Late-February |
| Region | Sardinia, Italy |
| English name | Tour of Sardinia |
| Local name(s) | Giro di Sardegna (in Italian) |
| Discipline | Road race |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Stage race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1958 |
| Editions | 29 |
| Final edition | 2011 |
| First winner |  Antonin Rolland (FRA) |
| Most wins | .svg.png){kind=small} Eddy Merckx (BEL) (4 wins) |
| Final winner |  Peter Sagan (SVK) |
Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) was a stage road bicycle race held on the island of Sardinia, an Italian region.[1] It was rated 2.1 on the UCI Europe Tour.[2] The race returned in 2009 after 11 years, but only lasted a further three editions before being cancelled due to budgetary problems in 2012.[3]
Winners
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | France
|
Antonin Rolland | L. Bobet–BP–Hutchinson | |
| 1959 | Belgium
|
Rik Van Looy | Faema–Guerra | |
| 1960 |  Netherlands
|
Jo de Roo | Helyett–Fynsec–Leroux | |
| 1961 | Belgium
|
Emile Daems | Philco | |
| 1962 | Belgium
|
Rik Van Looy | Flandria–Faema–Clément | |
| 1963 |  Italy
|
Arnaldo Pambianco | Salvarani | |
| 1964 | Italy
|
Vittorio Adorni | Salvarani | |
| 1965 | Belgium
|
Rik Van Looy | Solo–Superia | |
| 1966 | France
|
Jacques Anquetil | Ford France–Geminiani | |
| 1967 | Italy
|
Luciano Armani | Salamini–Luxor | |
| 1968 | Belgium
|
Eddy Merckx | Faema | |
| 1969 | Italy
|
Claudio Michelotto | Max Meyer | |
| 1970 | Belgium
|
Patrick Sercu | Dreher | |
| 1971 | Belgium
|
Eddy Merckx | Molteni | |
| 1972 | Italy
|
Marino Basso | Salvarani | |
| 1973 | Belgium
|
Eddy Merckx | Molteni | |
| 1974 | Belgium
|
Rik Van Linden | IJsboerke–Colner | |
| 1975 | Belgium
|
Eddy Merckx | Molteni | |
| 1976 | Belgium
|
Roger De Vlaeminck | Brooklyn | |
| 1977 | Belgium
|
Freddy Maertens | Flandria–Velda–Latina Assicurazioni | |
| 1978 |  Norway
|
Knut Knudsen | Bianchi–Faema | |
| 1979 | No race | |||
| 1980 |  West Germany
|
Gregor Braun | Sanson | |
| 1981 | No race | |||
| 1982 | Italy
|
Giuseppe Saronni | Del Tongo | |
| 1983 | West Germany
|
Gregor Braun | Vivi–Benotto | |
| 1984–1995 | No race | |||
| 1996 | Italy
|
Gabriele Colombo | Gewiss Playbus | |
| 1997 | Italy
|
Roberto Petito | Saeco–Estro | |
| 1998–2008 | No race | |||
| 2009 | Italy
|
Daniele Bennati | Liquigas | |
| 2010 |  Czech Republic
|
Roman Kreuziger | Liquigas–Doimo | |
| 2011 | Slovakia
|
Peter Sagan | Liquigas–Cannondale | |
References
- ^ "Giro di Sardegna (Ita) - Cat.2.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Giro di Sardegna". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ "Giro di Sardegna falls by the wayside for 2012". Cycling News. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.