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The race:
The Giro della Toscana (Tour of Tuscany) is currently a single stage road race held in the Italian region of Tuscany.
The first edition was run in 1923 and was won by the great Costante Girardengo.
Over the years it has been bounced around the calender: from the early 1970s until 2009, it was run in May. Since then, the Tour of Tuscany has been held in September, June, April and July.
In 1946, 1967 and 1986 the Giro della Toscana doubled as the Italian Road Championship.
At five Tour of Tuscany victories, Gino Bartali is the race's most prolific winner.
In 2005 The UCI classed the Giro della Toscana 1.1 and made it part of the Europe Tour. The race was not run in 2015, and in 2016 it became a two-stage race held in late September.
In 2018 it was again run as a single-day race.
Recent podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
1954 | Fiorenzo Magni 7hr 35min 59sec |
Armando Barducci @ s.t. |
Pasquale Fornara @ s.t. |
286.4 km | 37.685 km/hr |
1955 | Arrigo Padovan 7hr 28min 45sec |
Franco Aureggi @ s.t. |
Tranquillo Scudellaro @ s.t. |
262 km | 35.030 km/hr |
1956 | Nello Fabbri 7hr 32min |
Cleto Maule @ s.t. |
Guido De Santi @ s.t. |
266 km | 35.309 km/hr |
1957 | Alfredo Sabbadin 6hr 56min 20sec |
Emilio Bottecchia @ 2min 23sec |
Giorgio Albani @ 2min 32sec |
265 km | 38.190 km/hr |
1958 | Willy Vannitsen 5hr 9min |
Guido Carlesi @ s.t. |
Giorgio Albani @ s.t. |
221.8 km | 43.07 km/hr |
1959 | Adriano Zamboni 6hr 44min |
Angelo Conterno @ s.t. |
Guido Boni @ s.t. |
259 km | 38.465 km/hr |
1960 | Nino Defilippis 6hr 16min |
Adriano Zamboni @ s.t. |
Guido Carlesi @ s.t. |
265 km | 42.287 km/hr |
1961 | Marino Fontana 6hr 47min |
Adriano Zomboni @ s.t. |
Rino Benedetti @ 35sec |
262 km | 38.624 km/hr |
1962 | Guido Carlesi 6hr 24min 7sec |
Diego Ronchini @ s.t |
Dino Liviero @ s.t. |
262 km | 40.925 km/hr |
1963 | Vito Taccone 6hr 42min 46sec |
Vittorio Adorni @ s.t. |
Imerio Massignan @ s.t. |
260 km | 38.732 km/hr |
1964 | Giorgio Zancanaro 6hr 23min 10sec |
Roberto Poggiali @ 1min 37sec |
Aldo Moser @ 2min 3sec |
244 km | 38.207 km/hr |
1965 | Luciano Sambi 7hr 5min |
Imerio Massignan @ 15sec |
Renzo Baldan @ s.t. |
274 km | 38.682 km/hr |
1966 | Rudi Altig 7hr 20min |
Dino Zandegu @ 3sec |
Felice Gimondi @ s.t. |
262 km | 35.727 km/hr |
1967 | Franco Balmamion 7hr 16min 28sec |
Michele Dancelli @ 3min 30sec |
Vittorio Adorni @ s.t. |
266 km | 36.566 km/hr |
1968 | Franco Bitossi 6hr 9min 25sec |
Adriano Durante @ 10sec |
Marino Basso @ s.t. |
240 km | 38.980 km/hr |
1969 | Giorgio Favaro 5hr 52min |
Ernesto Jotti @ s.t. |
Attilo Rota @ s.t. |
224 km | 38.181 km/hr |
1970 | Gianfranco Bianchin 5hr 55min |
Ernesto Jotti @ s.t. |
Romano Tumellero @ s.t. |
228 km | 39.221 km/hr |
1971 | Giancarlo Polidori 6hr 24min |
Antoon Houbrechts @ s.t. |
Arturo Pecchielan @ s.t. |
243 km | 37.968 km/hr |
1972 | Josef Fuchs 6hr 4min |
Georges Pintens @ s.t |
Giuseppe Perletto @ s.t. |
238 km | 39.230 km/hr |
1973 | Roger De Vlaeminck 6hr 4min |
Roberto Poggiali @ 12sec |
Fabrizio Fabbri @ s.t. |
229.3 km | 37.796 km/hr |
1974 | Francesco Moser 5hr 14min |
Franco Bitossi @ s.t. |
Sigfrido Fontanelli @ s.t. |
224 km | 42.8702 km/hr |
1975 | Tino Conti 5hr 47min |
Franco Bitossi @ 14sec |
Roger De Vlaeminck @ s.t. |
226 km | 39.077 km/hr |
1976 | Francesco Moser 5hr 16min |
Walter Riccomi @ s.t. |
Pierino Gavazzi @ 50sec |
221 km | 41.962 km/hr |
1977 | Francesco Moser 6hr 53min |
Roger De Vlaeminck @ s.t. |
Alfio Vandi @ 2sec |
256km | 37.191 km/hr |
1978 | Giuseppe Perletto 5hr 15min 45sec |
Pierino Gavazzi @ 4sec |
Giuseppe Martinelli @ s.t. |
232 km | 44.085 km/hr |
1979 | Mario Noris 5hr 36min |
Giuseppe Fatato @ s.t. |
Renato Laghi @ 45sec |
215 km | 39.821 km/hr |
1980 | Nazzareno Berto 5hr 44min |
Giuseppe Saronni @ s.t. |
Pierino Gavazzi @ s.t. |
215 km | 37.500 km/hr |
1981 | Giambattista Baronchelli 5hr 49min 25sec |
Pierino Gavazzi @ s.t. |
Francesco Moser @ s.t. |
222 km | 38.120 km/hr |
1982 | Francesco Moser 6hr 5min |
Giambattista Baronchelli @ 3min 50sec |
Alfio Vandi @ s.t. |
231.8 km | 38.104 km/hr |
1983 | Fons De Wolf 5hr 50min 53sec |
Massimo Ghirotto @ s.t. |
Riccardo Magrini @ s.t. |
236 km | 40.355 km/hr |
1984 | Giambattista Baronchelli 6hr 8min 0sec |
Bruno Lealli @ s.t. |
Giuliano Pavanello @ s.t. |
232.7 km | 37.490 km/hr |
1985 | Ezio Moroni 5hr 59min |
Giovanni Mantovani @ s.t. |
Jens Veggerby @ s.t. |
228 km | 38.11 km/hr |
1986 | Claudio Corti 6hr 42min 31sec |
Roberto Visentini @ s.t. |
Massimo Ghirotto @ 52sec |
249.75 km | 37.228 km/hr |
1987 | Renato Piccolo 6hr 17min |
Claudio Chiappucci @ s.t. |
Roberto Pagnin @ s.t. |
238.5 km | 37.96 km/hr |
1988 | Ron Kiefel 6hr 15min 37sec |
Silvano Contini @ 9sec |
Daniele Pizzol @ s.t. |
233 km | 37.218 km/hr |
1989 | Maurizio Fondriest 6hr 5min |
Dimitri Konyshev @ s.t. |
Gianbattista Baronchelli @ s.t. |
230 km | 37.81 km/hr |
1990 | Marco Saligari 5hr 30min |
Marco Lietti @ 12sec |
Roberto Pagnin @ 19sec |
202 km | 36.73 km/hr |
1991 | Massimilliano Lelli 5hr 36min |
Leonardo Sierra @ s.t. |
Giorgio Furlan @ 8sec |
206 km | 41.06 km/hr |
1992 | Giorgio Furlan 4hr 56min 52sec |
Leonardo Sierra @ s.t. |
Gianni Faresin @ 16sec |
201.7 km | 40.765 km/hr |
1993 | Massimilliano Lelli 5hr 36min 20sec |
Leonardo Sierra @ 3sec |
Stefano Della Santa @ 4sec |
205.8 km | 36.713 km/hr |
1994 | Francesco Casagrande 5hr 1min |
Pascal Richard @ s.t. |
Massimo Ghirotto @ s.t. |
202 km | 40.27 km/hr |
1995 | Massimo Podenzana 5hr 18min 22sec |
Denis Zanette @ 22sec |
Alberto Elli @ s.t. |
209 km | 39.388 km/hr |
1996 | Race not held | ||||
1997 | Sergio Barbero 4hr 54min 44sec |
Michelte Bartoli @ s.t. |
Wladimir Poulnikov @ s.t. |
200 km | 41.997 km/hr |
1998 | Francesco Secchiari 5hr 11min 0sec |
Stefano Faustini @ s.t. |
Massimo Donati @ s.t. |
201 km | 38.78 km/hr |
1999 | Luca Scinto 5hr 18min 10sec |
Nicola Miceli @ 54sec |
Alessandro Spezialetti @ 58sec |
199km | 37.527 km/hr |
2000 | Ruslan Ivanov 5hr 6min 0sec |
Sergio Barbero @ s.t. |
Gianluca Bortolami @ 30sec |
200 km | 39.216 |
2001 | Gorazd Stangelj 4hr 50min 45sec |
Pascal Hervé @ s.t. |
Pablo Lastras @ 41sec |
194.1 km | 40.055 |
2002 | Aleksandr Shefer 4hr 44min 58sec |
Paolo Bettini @ 12sec |
Giuseppe Palumbo @ s.t. |
194.1 km | 40.868 |
2003 | Rinaldo Nocentini 4hr 57min 23sec |
Massimo Giunti @ s.t. |
Tadej Valjavec @ 3sec |
196 km | 39.545 |
2004 | Matteo Tosatto 3hr 56min 0sec |
Alberto Ongarato @ s.t. |
Dimitri Konyshev @ s.t. |
170 km | 43.220 |
2005 | Daniele Bennati 5hr 3min 55sec |
Mikhailo Khalilov @ s.t. |
Marco Velo @ s.t. |
196 km | 38.695 |
2006 | Przemyslaw Niemiec 5hr 2min 5sec |
Giuliano Figueras @ 2sec |
Volodymir Duma @ s.t. |
199 km | 39.525 |
2007 | Vincenzo Nibali 4hr 41min 52sec |
Matteo Priamo @ 6sec |
Boris Shpilevskiy @ s.t. |
199 km | 43.360 |
2008 | Mattia Gavazzi 4hr 45min 0sec |
Francesco Chicchi @ s.t. |
Gabriele Balducci @ s.t. |
199.8 km | 42.063 |
2009 | Alessandro Petacchi 4hr 30min 0sec |
Manuel Belletti @ s.t. |
Ruggero Marzoli @ s.t. |
194 km | 43.111 |
2010 | Daniele Bennati 4hr 59min 0sec |
Marco Marcato @ s.t. |
Caleb Fairly @ s.t. |
196.3 km | 39.391 |
2011 | Daniel Martin 4hr 54min 0sec |
Mauro Santamborgio @ s.t. |
Miguel Angel Rubiano @ s.t. |
196 km | 40.00 |
2012 | Alessandro Ballan 5hr 9min 51sec |
Carlos Alberto Betancur @ s.t. |
Valerio Agnoli @ s.t. |
199 km | 38.535 |
2013 | Mattia Gavazzi 4hr 42min 3sec |
Ivan Rovny @ s.t. |
Taylor Phinney @ s.t. |
200 km | 42.546 |
2014 | Pieter Weening 4hr 41min 18sec |
Jerome Baugnies @ 6sec |
Roman Maikin @ s.t. |
195.6 km | 41.720 |
2015 | Race not held | ||||
2016 | Daniele Benati 8hr 53min 3sec |
Sonny Colbrelli @ s.t. |
Giovanni Visconti @ s.t. |
360.0 km | 40.522 km/hr |
2017 | Guillaume Martin 8hr 25min 1sec |
Giovanni Visconti @ 10sec |
Mattia Cattaneo @ 13sec |
346 km | 41.108 km/hr |
2018 | Gianni Moscon 5hr 13min 3sec |
Romain Bardet @ s.t. |
Domenico Pozzovivo @ 5sec |
198.9 km | 38.122 km/hr |
2019 | Giovanni Visconti 5hr 9min 35sec |
Egan Bernal @ s.t. |
Nikolay Cherkasov @ s.t. |
204.4 km | 39.615 km/hr |
2020 | Fernando Gaviria 4hr 14min 36sec |
Robert Stannard s.t. |
Ethan Hayter @ s.t. |
182.9 km | 43.103 km/hr |
2021 | Michael Valgren 4hr 33min 37sec |
Alessandro de Marchi @ 1min 13sec |
Diego Ulissi @ 1min 18sec |
191.6 km | 42.015 km/hr |
2022 | Marc Hirschi 4hr 53min 30sec |
Lorenzo Rota @ s.t. |
Daniel Martinez @ s.t. |
199.16 km | 40.714 km/hr |
2023 | Pavel Sivakov 4hr 25min 57sec |
Richard Carapaz @ 4sec |
Felix Grossschartner @ 45sec |
191.55 km | 43.215 km/hr |
2024 | Clément Champoussin 4hr 23min 40sec |
Michael Storer @ s.t. |
Jordan Jegat @ 17sec |
182.7 km | 41.267 km/hr |