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The race:
The Giro del Veneto is an important 1-day race held in the north-eastern Italian region of Veneto, the area around Venice. Recently the course has run from Padova to Thiene but in 2008 the finish was returned to its traditional place in Padova. The Eugenian hills (Colli Eugenei) are the principal challenge of the race.
Like the Tours de France and the Giri d'Italia of the era, the first 2 editions of the Giro del Veneto calculated the placings on points.
In 1970 and 1985 the Giro del Veneto was also used to determine the Italian road champion.
The UCI classified it an "HC" race in 2005. In 2021 it was reclassified as a 1.1 race.
It is currently ranked 1.Pro.
Complete podium history:
Year |
1st place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
1909 | Luigi Pogliani 4 points 21hr 38min 25sec |
Giovanni Micheletto 5 points |
Lauro Bordin 8 points |
592 km 2 stages |
27.59 |
1910-1911 | Race not held | ||||
1912 | Giovanni Roncon 2 points 16hr 13min 1sec |
Costante Girardengo 9 points |
Antonio Dalle Fusine 10 points |
410 km 2 stages |
25.28 |
1913-1921 | Race not held | ||||
1922 | Alfredo Sivocci 12hr 29min |
Luigi Molon @ 7min |
Bartolomeo Aimo @ s.t. |
350 km | 28.04 |
1923 | Costante Girardengo 9hr 53min |
Giovanni Brunero @ s.t. |
Emilio Petiva @ 4min 40sec |
290 km | 29.34 |
1924 | Costante Girardengo 12hr 30min 45sec |
Gaetano Belloni @ s.t. |
Federico Gay @ s.t. |
310 km | 24.78 |
1925 | Costante Girardengo 12hr 11min 30sec |
Adriano Zanaga @ s.t. |
Giovanani Brunero @ s.t. (Alfredo Binda was 3rd but disqualified for illegal wheel change) |
300 km | 24.60 |
1926 | Costante Girardengo 13hr 44min |
Alfredo Binda @ s.t. |
Domenico Piemontesi @ s.t. |
315 km | 23.90 |
1927 | Alfonso Piccin 7hr 38min |
Michele Gordini @ s.t. |
Livio Cattel @ 10min 10sec |
225 km | 29.47 |
1928 | Alfredo Binda 7hr 22min |
Antonio Negrini @ s.t. |
Alfonso Piccin @ s.t. |
211 km | 28.64 |
1929 | Race not held | ||||
1930 | Aldo Canazza 5hr 26min |
Vasco Bergamaschi @ s.t. |
Renato Scorticati @ s.t. |
160 km | 29.45 |
1931 | Aldo Canazza 6hr 23min 9sec |
Guglielmo Segato @ s.t. |
Antonio Adretta @ 4min 30sec |
205 km | 32.10 |
1932-1933 | Race not held | ||||
1934 | Aldo Canazza 9hr 33min |
Raffaele Di Paco @ s.t. |
Pietro Rimoldi @ s.t. |
280 km | 29.32 |
1935 | Vasco Bergamaschi 9hr 16min |
Antonio Fraccaroli @ s.t. |
Domenico Oggero @ s.t. |
270 km | 29.40 |
1936 | Renato Scorticati 9hr 5min 30sec |
Carlo Sbersi @ 5min 40sec |
Gaspare Babini
@ 13min 55sec |
285 km | 31.35 |
1937 | Race not held | ||||
1938 | Secondo Magni 7hr 16min |
Osvaldo Bailo @ s.t. |
Mario Vicini @ s.t. |
229 km | 31.51 |
1939 | Adolfo Leoni 7hr 27min |
Walter Generati @ s.t. |
Adriano Vignoli @ s.t. |
230 km | 30.87 |
1940 | Race not held | ||||
1941 | Fausto Coppi 7hr 34min |
Cino Cinelli @ 1min 15sec |
Enrico Mollo @ s.t. |
225 km | 33.70 |
1942 | Pierino Favalli 7hr 29min 30sec |
Olimpio Bizzi @ s.t. |
Osvaldo Bailo @ s.t. |
238 km | 31.74 |
1943-1944 | Race not held | ||||
1945 | Luigi Casola 6hr 1min 20sec |
Orfeo Falsiroli @ s.t. |
Giuseppe Magni @ s.t. |
202 km | 33.54 |
1946 | Race not held | ||||
1947 | Fausto Coppi 8hr 31min |
Fiorenzo Magni @ 8min |
Angelo Menon @ s.t. |
280 km | 32.88 |
1948 | Luciano Maggini 7hr 36min |
Antonio Bevilacqua @ s.t. |
Vittorio Seghezzi @ s.t. |
245 km | 32.24 |
1949 | Fausto Coppi 9hr 22min 54sec |
Giulio Bresci @ 4min 20sec |
Adolfo Leoni @ 5min 4sec |
295 km | 31.44 |
1950 | Luigi Casola 6hr 20min 54sec |
Sergio Pagliazzi @ s.t. |
Luciano Frosini @ s.t. |
215 km | 33.87 |
1951 | Antonio Bevilacqua 8hr 18min 30sec |
Luciano Maggini @ s.t. |
Danilo Barozzi @ s.t. |
292 km | 35.19 |
1952 | Adolfo Grosso 7hr 1min 20sec |
Danilo Barozzi @ s.t. |
Waldemaro Bartolozzi @ s.t. |
249 km | 35.46 |
1953 | Fiorenzo Magni 8hr 16min 44sec |
Luciano Maggini @ s.t. |
Aldo Zuliani @ 1min 56sec |
270 km | 32.61 |
1954 | Luciano Maggini 8hr 9min 6sec |
Giuseppe Doni @ s.t. |
Armando Barducci @ s.t. |
267 km | 32.75 |
1955 | Adolfo Grosso 7hr 55min 27sec |
Pierino Baffi @ 1min 20sec |
Walter Serena @ s.t. |
267 km | 33.72 |
1956 | Giorgio Albani 7hr 42min 12sec |
Cleto Maule @ s.t. |
Guido Boni @ s.t. |
267 km | 34.69 |
1957 | Angelo Conterno 7hr 49min 40sec |
Bruno Monti @ 25sec |
Germano Barale @ 37sec |
267 km | 34.14 |
1958 | Adriano Zamboni 7hr 53min 44sec |
Alfredo Sabbadin @ s.t. |
Giuseppe Fallarini @ s.t. |
267 km | 33.81 |
1959 | Rino Benedetti 6hr 41min 16sec |
Adriano Zamboni @ s.t. | Bruno Monti @ s.t. |
246 km | 36.79 |
1960 | Diego Ronchini 6hr 42min 46sec |
Armando Pellegrini @ s.t. |
Ercole Baldini @ s.t. |
246 km | 36.65 |
1961 | Nino Defilippis 7hr 16min |
Bruno Meali @ s.t. |
Angelo Conterno @ s.t. |
260 km | 35.78 |
1962 | Angelino Soler 7hr 23min |
Franco Cribiori @ 6sec |
Guido De Rosso @ s.t. |
268 km | 36.30 |
1963 | Italo Zilioli 7hr 16min 26sec |
Guido De Rosso @ 2min 11sec |
Franco Balmamion @ s.t. |
262 km | 36.02 |
1964 | Italo Zilioli 7hr 10min |
Guido De Rosso @ s.t. |
Gianni Motta @ 3min 5sec |
262 km | 36.56 |
1965 | Michele Dancelli 7hr 23min |
Italo Zilioli @ s.t. |
Gianni Motta @ s.t. |
270 km | 36.61 |
1966 | Michele Dancelli 7hr 2min |
Flaviano Vicentini @ s.t. |
Adriano Passuello @ s.t. |
262 km | 37.25 |
1967 | Luciano Galbo 6hr 55min |
Marino Basso @ 25sec |
Flaviano Vicentini @ s.t. |
257 km | 37.14 |
1968 | Alberto Della Torre 6hr 30min |
Bruno Mealli @ s.t. |
Silvano Schiavon @ s.t. |
253 km | 38.92 |
1969 | Mino Denti 5hr 52min |
Michele Dancelli @ s.t. |
Giancarlo Polidori @ s.t. |
253 km | 39.85 |
1970 | Franco Bitossi 7hr 2min |
Felice Gimondi @ s.t. |
Marino Basso @ 5min 45sec |
262 km | 37.25 |
1971 | Giancarlo Polidori 7hr 22min |
Italo Zilioli @ s.t. |
Donato Giuliani @ s.t. |
266 km | 36.11 |
1972 | Enrico Paolini 6hr 15min |
Donato Giuliani @ s.t. |
Giovanni Varini @ s.t. |
244 km | 39.04 |
1973 | Franco Bitossi 6hr 2min |
Enrico Paolini @ 8sec |
Wladimiro Panizza @ s.t. |
234 km | 38.79 |
1974 | Roger De Vlaeminck 6hr 7min |
Constantino Conti @ s.t. |
Giovanni Battaglin @ s.t. |
244 km | 39.81 |
1975 | Roland Salm 6hr 27min |
Giancarlo Polidori @ 2sec |
Wladimiro Panizza @ 8sec |
245 km | 37.99 |
1976 | Alfio Vandi 6hr 14min |
Giancarlo Polidori @ 12sec |
Sigfrido Fontanelli @ s.t. |
244 km | 39.06 |
1977 | Giuseppe Saronni 6hr 9min |
Roger De Vlaeminck @ s.t. |
Bernt Johansson @ s.t. |
244 km | 38.21 |
1978 | Valerio Lualdi 5hr 20min 13sec |
Pierino Gavazzi @ 23sec |
Bernt Johansson @ s.t. |
234 km | 38.89 |
1979 | Francesco Moser 6hr 1min 0sec |
Giovanni Battaglin @ s.t. |
Silvano Contini @ s.t. |
234 km | 38.89 |
1980 | Carmelo Barone 6hr 18min |
Pierino Gavazzi @ 1min 28sec |
Silvano Contini @ 2min 11sec |
234 km | 37.14 |
1981 | Giovanni Montovani 6hr 9min |
Pierino Gavazzi @ s.t. |
Silvano Contini @ s.t. |
234 km | 38.05 |
1982 | Pierino Gavazzi 5hr 53min |
Ennio Vanotti @ 2sec |
Giuseppe Petito @ 4sec |
238 km | 40.53 |
1983 | Jesper Worre 6hr 25min 1sec |
Dag Erik Pedersen @ s.t. |
Davide Cassani @ s.t. |
236 km | 36.78 |
1984 | Moreno Argentin 6hr 15min |
Ezio Moroni @ s.t. |
Claudio Corti @ 4sec |
236 km | 37.76 |
1985 | Claudio Corti 6hr 43min 37sec |
Stefano Colegè @ 1min 25sec | Stefano Giuliani @ 1min 29sec |
265 km | 39.39 |
1986 | Maurizio Rossi 5hr 39min 5sec |
Alberto Volpi @ 15sec |
Ezio Moroni @ s.t. |
228 km | 40.34 |
1987 | Gerhard Zadrobilek 5hr 38min 30sec |
Marino Amadori @ 3sec |
Maurizio Vandelli @ s.t. |
228 km | 40.41 |
1988 | Moreno Argentin 5hr 23min |
Bruno Cenghialta @ s.t. |
Gianni Bugno @ 1sec |
228 km | 42.35 |
1989 | Roberto Pagnin 5hr 53min |
Maurizio Fondriest @ 1min 40se |
Andrei Tchmil @ s.t. |
230 km | 39.09 |
1990 | Massimo Ghirotto 4hr 38min 50sec |
Pascal Richard @ s.t. |
Franco Ballerini @ s.t. |
198 km | 42.60 |
1991 | Roberto Pagnin 5hr 11min |
Fabrizio Bontempi @ s.t. |
Silvio Martinello @ s.t. |
207 km | 39.94 |
1992 | Massimo Ghirotto 5hr 7min |
Alberto Elli @ s.t. |
Davide Cassani @ 3sec |
206 km | 40.16 |
1993 | Maximilian Sciandri 5hr 38min |
Giorgio Furlan @ s.t. |
Claudio Chiappucci @ s.t. |
209 km | 37.10 |
1994 | Gianluca Botolami 4hr 57min |
Michele Bartoli @ s.t. |
Maximilian Sciandri @ 20sec |
208 km | 42.10 |
1995 | Flavio Vanzella 5hr 33min 3sec |
Gianni Faresin @ s.t. |
Massimo Donati @ s.t. |
205 km | 36.93 |
1996 | Michele Bartoli 5hr 8min 46sec |
Andrea Tafi @ s.t. |
Mauro Gianetti @ s.t. |
209 km | 40.56 |
1997 | Race not held | ||||
1998 | Davide Rebellin 4hr 44min 42sec |
Gianni Faresin @ s.t. |
Filippo Simeoni @ s.t. |
200 km | 42.14 |
1999 | Davide Rebellin 5hr 1min 25sec |
Francesco Casagrande @ s.t. |
Andrea Ferrigato @ 45sec |
200 km | 39.79 |
2000 | Davide Rebellin 5hr 1min 19sec |
Francesco Casagrande @ s.t. |
Gianluca Tonetti @ 2sec |
200 km | 39.80 |
2001 | Giuliano Figueras 5hr 1sec |
Danilo Di Luca @ s.t. |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
196.6 km | 39.30 |
2002 | Danilo Di luca 5hr 3min |
Laurent Dufaux @ s.t. |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
199.8 km | 39.56 |
2003 | Cristian Moreni 4hr 56min 56sec |
Michele Bartoli @ s.t. |
Danilo Di Luca @ s.t. |
199 km | 40.21 |
2004 | Gilberto Simoni 5hr 28min 22sec |
Matteo Tosatto @ 13sec |
Massimo Giunti @ s.t. |
206 km | 37.64 |
2005 | Eddy Mazzoleni 5hr 3min 13sec |
Salvatore Commesso @ 42sec |
Serguei Gontchar @ s.t. |
198.5 km | 39.28 |
2006 | Rinaldo Nocentini 4hr 51min 45sec |
Raffaele Ferra @ s.t. |
Sergio Marinangeli @ s.t. |
198.5 km | 41.10 |
2007 | Alessandro Bertolini 5hr 15min |
Florian Stalder @ s.t. |
Daniele Nardello @ s.t. |
199.8 km | 38.06 |
2008 | Francesco Ginanni 4hr 52min 40sec |
Serguei Gontchar @ s.t. |
Andrea Masciarelli @ s.t. |
199.8 km | 40.96 |
2009 | Filippo Pozzato 4hr 33min 50sec |
Carlo Scognamiglio @ s.t. |
Luca Paolini @ s.t. |
199.6 km | 43.71 |
2010 | Daniel Oss 4hr 35min 5sec |
Peter Sagan @ s.t. |
Sacha Modolo @ 3sec |
198 km | 43.187 |
2011 | Race not held | ||||
2012 | Oscar Gatto 5hr 22min 10sec |
Juan Pablo Valencia @ s.t. |
Emanuele Sella @ s.t. |
233 km | 43.394 |
2013- 2020 |
Race not held | ||||
2021 | Xandro Meurisse 3hr 54min 11sec |
Matteo Trentin @ s.t. |
Alberto Dainese @ s.t. |
168.8 km | 43.248 km/hr |
2022 | Matteo Trentin 3hr 37min 54sec |
Rémy Rochas @ 1sec |
Mattéo Vercher @ 2sec |
159.8 km | 43.248 km/hr |
2023 | Dorion Godon 3hr 43min 5sec |
Tobias Johannessen @ s.t. |
Florian Vermeersch @ s.t. |
170 km | 45.723 km/hr |
2024 | Corbin Strong 3hr 50min 3sec |
Xandro Meurisse @ s.t. |
Romain Grégoire @ s.t. |
163.35 km | 43.125 km/hr |