Trofeo Matteotti (1.1), Italy
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
The Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day race held in Pescara, Italy. Pescara is a city on the coast of the Abruzzo region, east of Rome.
The race began in 1945, through the efforts of Fulvio Perna. After the rubble of the war the group Perna led wanted to send a message of peace and freedom. The race was reserved for amateurs in 1947, 1948 and 1949.
The race takes riders through Pescara and then into the surrounding Apennine hills.
Three times in its history the race has also doubled as the Italian road championship: 1965, 1975 and 1995. It has had trouble some years finding enough money to be run, forcing it to be cancelled in 2009 and 2014.
The 67th edition (2013) was the source of no small amount of controversy. The race promotion poster had a picture of the Fascist poet Gabriele d'Annunzio. Given that the race's namesake, Giacomo Matteotti, was kidnapped and killed by Mussolini's political police, the distress the poster caused was understandable.
As of 2015, Francesco Moser has won the race most often, with three victories.
Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1945 | Mario Ricci 7hr 57min 30sec |
Sergio Maggini @ 3min 10sec |
Glauco Servadei @ 4min 20sec |
250 km | 31.414 |
| 1946 | Gino Bartali 9hr 4min 0sec |
Adolfo Leoni @ s.t. |
Aldo Ronconi @ s.t. |
296 km | 32.647 |
| 1947 | Virgilio Salimbeni 5hr 0min 20sec |
Angelo Fumagalli @ 1 bike length |
Augsto Bontempi @ 3min 55sec |
173 km | 34.561 |
| 1948 | Spartaco Rosati | Armando Barducci | José Bayaert | ||
| 1949 | Giuseppe Minardi | Livio Isotti | Widmer Servadei | ||
| 1950 | Dante Rivola 5hr 50min 0sec |
Fausto Marini @ s.t. |
Giovanni Pinarello @ s.t. |
200 km | 34.285 |
| 1951 | Elio Brascola | Rinaldo Moresco | Remo Sabatini | ||
| 1952 | Race not held | ||||
| 1953 | Giuseppe Doni | Danilo Barozzi | Livio Isotti | ||
| 1954 | Giuliano Michelon | Luciano Ciancola | Livio Isotti | ||
| 1955 | Giuseppe Minardi | Danilo Barozzi | Bruno Monti | ||
| 1956 | Bruno Tognaccini | Roberto Falaschi | Wlademaro Bartolozzi | ||
| 1957 | Silvano Ciampi | Pierino Baffi | Dino Bruni | ||
| 1958 | Ercole Baldini 4hr 39min 54sec |
Aldo Moser @ s.t. |
Nello Fabbri @ 1min 44sec |
181.5 km | 38.906 |
| 1959 | Adriano Zamboni | Silvano Ciampi | Noé Conti | ||
| 1960 | Oreste Magni | Italo Mazzacurati | Fernandino Brandolini | ||
| 1961 | Angelo Conterno 6hr 6min 42sec |
Gastone Nencini @ s.t. |
Gilbert Desmet @ s.t. |
244 km | 39.923 |
| 1962 | Pierino Baffi | Bruno Meali | Silvano Ciampi | ||
| 1963 | Pierino Baffi 7hr 22min 0sec |
Rino Benedetti @ s.t. |
Franco Cribori @ s.t. |
275 km | 37.330 |
| 1964 | Guido De Rosso 6hr 51min 55sec |
Giovanni Fabbri @ 2min 0sec |
Giuseppe Sartore @ 2min 2sec |
272.1 km | 39.634 |
| 1965 | Guido De Rosso 6hr 54min 48sec |
Diego Ronchini @ s.t. |
Ambrogio Portalupi @ s.t. |
246.6 km | 35.670 |
| 1966 | Vito Taccone 6hr 36min 25sec |
Felice Gimondi @ 1min 53sec |
Adriano Durante @ 4min 39sec |
246.6 km | 37.324 |
| 1967 | Dino Zandegu 7hr 0min 39sec |
Luigi Sgarbozza @ s.t. |
Michele Dancelli @ s.t. |
241.2 km | 34.404 |
| 1968 | Ole Ritter | Michele Dancelli | Adriano Passuello | ||
| 1969 | Marino Basso | Luigi Sgarbozza | Adriano Durante | ||
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| 1970 | Felice Gimondi | Vittorio Urbani | Constantino Conti | ||
| 1971 | Wilmo Francioni | Giancarlo Polidori | Georges Pintens | ||
| 1972 | Davide Boifava | Michele Dancelli | Emanuele Bergamo | ||
| 1973 | Roger de Vlaeminck | Marino Basso | Pierino Gavazzi | ||
| 1974 | Franco Bitossi | Francesco Moser | Giovanni Battaglin | ||
| 1975 | Francesco Moser | Valerio Lualdi | Tino Conti | ||
| 1976 | Framcesco Moser | Pierino Gavazzi | Enrico Paolini | ||
| 1977 | Wilmo Francioni | Carmelo Barone | Phil Edwards | ||
| 1978 | Francesco Moser | Giovanni Battaglin | Mario Beccia | ||
| 1979 | Giovanni Battaglin | Silvano Contini | Sergio Parsani | ||
| 1980 | Silvano Contini | Pierino Gavazzi | Giovanni Battaglin | ||
| 1981 | Alf Segersall | Sergio Santimaria | Gianbattista Baronchelli | ||
| 1982 | Moreno Argentin | Palmiro Masciarelli | Ennio Salvador | ||
| 1983 | Marino Amadori | Claudio Torelli | Moreno Argentin | ||
| 1984 | Michael Wilson | Daniele Ferrari | Stefano Giuliani | ||
| 1985 | Pierino Gavazzi | Palmiro Masciarelli | Claudio Corti | ||
| 1986 | Jørgen Marcussen | Pierino Gavazzi | Gianbattista Baronchelli | ||
| 1987 | Massimo Ghirotti | Tullio Cortinovis | Francesco Cesarini | ||
| 1988 | Ennio Salvador | Jørgen Marcussen | Rolf Sørensen | ||
| 1989 | Roberto Pelliconi | Marco Vitali | Eddie Salas | ||
| 1990 | Mario Chiesa | Franco Ballerini | Stefano Giuliani | ||
| 1991 | Daniel Steiger | Pierino Gavazzi | Stefano Giraldi | ||
| 1992 | Beat Zberg | Marco Lietti | Leonardo Sierra | ||
| 1993 | Alberto Elli | Bruno Cenghialta | Marco Giovannetti | ||
| 1994 | Rolf Sørensen | Gianluca Bortolami | Davide Cassani | ||
| 1995 | Gianni Bugno | Paolo Lanfranchi | Andrea Tafi | ||
| 1996 | Andrea Ferrigato | Alberto Elli | Massimo Podenzana | ||
| 1997 | Frank Vandenbroucke | Daniele Nardello | Carlo Finco | ||
| 1998 | Francesco Casagrande 4hr 59min 10sec |
Stefano Cattai @ 23sec |
Paolo Salvoldelli @ s.t. |
203 km | 40.712 |
| 1999 | Francesco Casagrande 4hr 47min 24sec |
Ivan Basso @ 43sec |
Fabio Sacchi @ 1min 20sec |
188.5 km | 39.353 |
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| 2000 | Yauheni Seniouchkine 4hr 46min 55sec |
Massimo Donati @ s.t. |
Luca Mazzanti @ s.t. |
189 km | 39.523 |
| 2001 | Gianni Faresin 4hr 47min 6sec |
Luca Mazzanti @ 4sec |
Daniele De Paolo @ s.t. |
188.5 km | 39.394 |
| 2002 | Salvatore Commesso 4hr 37min 40sec |
Fabio Sacchi @ s.t. |
Matteo Tosatto @ s.t. |
188.5 km | 40.732 |
| 2003 | Filippo Pozzato @ 4hr 37min 0sec |
Alessandro Spezialetti @ 2sec |
Claudio Bertoli @ 38sec |
188.5 km | 40.830 |
| 2004 | Danilo Di Luca 4hr 37min 11sec |
Paolo Bossoni @ s.t. |
Oskar Camenzind @ 4sec |
188.5 km | 40.803 |
| 2005 | Ruggero Marzoli 4hr 46min 12sec |
Paolo Bailetti @ s.t. |
Furtunato Baliani @ 1sec |
188.5 km | 39.518 |
| 2006 | Ruslan Pidgorny 4hr 24min 0sec |
Pasquale Muto @ 1sec |
Raffaele Muto @ 12sec |
188.5 km | 42.841 |
| 2007 | Filippo Pozzato 4hr 46min 53sec |
Alessandro Bertolini @ s.t. |
Luca Mazzanti @ s.t. |
188.5 km | 39.423 |
| 2008 | Paolo Bettini 4hr 45min 0sec |
Francesco Reda @ s.t. |
Pasquale Muto @ s.t. |
188.5 km | 42.841 |
| 2009 | Race not held | ||||
| 2010 | Riccardo Chiarini 4hr 36min 9sec |
Leonardo Bertagnoli @ s.t. |
Miguel Angel Rubiano @ s.t. |
188.5 km | 40.956 |
| 2011 | Oscar Gatto 4hr 45min 12sec |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
Miguel Angel Rubiano @ s.t. |
195 km | 41.024 |
| 2012 | Pier-Paolo De Negri 4hr 42min 0sec |
Marko Kump @ s.t. |
Fabio Taborre @ s.t. |
188.5 km | 40.106 |
| 2013 | Sébastien Reichenbach 4hr 47min 22sec |
Johan Tschopp @ s.t. |
Enrico Battaglin @ 48sec |
188.5 km | 39.357 |
| 2014 | Race not held | ||||
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| 2015 | Evgeny Shalunov 4hr 54min 43sec |
Andrea Pasqualon @ 30sec |
Davide Vigano @ s.t. |
188.5 km | 38.376 |
| 2016 | Vincenzo Albanese 4hr 41min 36sec |
Manuel Belletti @ s.t. |
Davide Vigano @ s.t. |
188.5 km | 40.163 km/hr |
| 2017 | Sergei Shilov 4hr 47min 17sec |
Manuel Belletti @ s.t. |
Marco Canola @ s.t. |
188.5 km | 39.369 km/hr |
| 2018 | Davide Ballerini 4hr 42min 47sec |
Giovanni Visconti @ s.t. |
Marco Tizza @ s.t. |
195 km | 41.374 km/hr |
| 2019 | Matteo Trentin 4hr 46min 28sec |
Andrey Amador @ s.t. |
Daniel Savini @ s.t. |
195 km | 40.842 km/hr |
| 2020 | Valerio Conti 4hr 58min 7sec |
Diego Rubio @ 1sec |
Daniel Savini @ 4sec |
195 km | 39.246 km/hr |
| 2021 | Matteo Trentin 4hr 40min 15sec |
Jhonatan Restrepo @ 21sec |
Valentin Ferron @ s.t. |
195 km | 41.748 km/hr |
| 2022 | Race not run because of organizational difficulties | ||||
| 2023 | Sjoerd Bax 4hr 35min 32sec |
Simone Velasco @ s.t. |
Lorenzo Rota @ s.t. |
195 km | 42.463 km/hr |