Il Giro di Sicilia (2.1)
(Tour of Sicily)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
The Tour of Sicily is an ancient race, first being held in 1907. That first edition was won by Carlo Galetti, who went on to win the second and third runnings of the Giro d'Italia in 1910 and 1911.
Interestingly, The Tour of Sicily is history's second oldest stage race. Only the Tour de France is older, having been first run in 1903. The Tour of Italy (Giro d'Italia) wasn't started until 1909.
The Tour of Sicily has a spotty organizational history, with big gaps between some editions. Until 2019, the last time the race was held was in 1977, won by a young Giuseppe Sarroni.
The 1973 and 1974 editions were one-day races.
1958 had both a single-day race and a six-stage edition.
The race was revived in 2019 thanks to an agreement between the Region of Sicily and RCS Sport, the organizers of the Giro d'Italia.
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Complete Podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1907 | Carlo Galetti 17 points |
Luigi Ganna 24 points |
Umberto Zoffoli 26 points |
1,100 km | |
| 1908 | Carlo Galetti | Pierino Albini | Ernesto Azzini | ||
| 1909-1925 | Race not held | ||||
| 1926 | Domenico Caratozzolo | Francesco Gambino | Giovanni-Battista Gilli | ||
| 1927-1928 | Race not held | ||||
| 1929 | Niccola Mammina | Leonida Frascarelli | Albino Binda | ||
| 1930-1931 | Race not held | ||||
| 1932 | Nicola Mammina | Attilio Pavesi | Antonio Nicolosi | ||
| 1933-1935 | Race not held | ||||
| 1936 | Francesco Patti | Ernesto Zuppa | Alfredo Mazzochetti | ||
| 1937- 1939 |
Race not held | ||||
| 1939 | Remo Cerasa 37hr 6min 52sec |
Francesco Patti @ 1min 21sec |
Giovanni Corrieri @ 2min 3sec |
1,160.8 km | 31.276 km/hr |
| 1940-1947 | Race not held | ||||
| 1948 | Francesco Patti | Marcello Spadolini | Vitaliano Lazzerini | ||
| 1949 | Dino Rossi | Sergio Pagliazi | Angelo Fumagali | ||
| 1950 | Donato Zampini 35hr 0min 5sec |
Giacomo Zampieri @ 4min 30sec |
Arrigo Padovan @ 6min 20sec |
1,199.7 km | 34.276 km/hr |
| 1951 | Primo Volpi 34hr 0min 46sec |
Francesco Patti @ 2min 47sec |
Ugo Fondelli @ 4min 44sec |
1,161.7 km | 34.154 km/hr |
| 1952 | Race not held | ||||
| 1953 | Elio Brasola | Pietro Guidici | Luigi Mastroianni | ||
| 1954 | Ugo Massocco 35hr 19min 56sec |
Livio Isotti @ 1min 25sec |
Giovanni Roma @ 1min 45sec |
1,181 km | 33.436 km/hr |
| 1955 | Gilberto Dall'Agata 31hr 41min 11sec |
Franco Franchi @ s.t. |
Renzo Accordi @ 42sec |
1,067 km | 33.674 km/hr |
| 1956 | Pierre Polo 31hr 31min 54sec |
Luciano Ciancola @ 21sec |
Walter Serena @ 1min 21sec |
1,070 km | 33.934 km/hr |
| 1957 | Alberto Emiliozzi 30hr 50min 57sec |
Alfredo Sabbadin @ 2min 3sec |
Giuseppe Cainero @ 4min 13sec |
1,115 km | 36.144 km/hr |
| 1958 | Carlo Azzini 29hr 44min 29sec |
Gianbattista Milesi @ 10sec |
Antonio Catalano @ 5min 57sec |
1,017 km | 34.195 km/hr |
| 1958 | Diego Ronchini 7hr 23min |
Noé Conti @ 1 length |
Mario Mori @ 4min 35sec |
260 km | 35.214 km/hr |
| 1959 | Loris Guernieri 27hr 43min 51sec |
Federico Galeaz @ 1sec |
Noè Conti @ 27sec |
998 km | 35.989 km/hr |
| 1960 | Giorgio Tinazzi 28hr 29min 28sec |
Aurelio Cestari @ 16sec |
Idrio Bui @ 2min 10sec |
1,018.1 km | 36.351 km/hr |
| 1961-1972 | Race not held | ||||
| 1973 | Enrico Maggioni 5hr 50min 47sec |
Michele Dancelli @ 3min 34sec |
Enrico Paolini |
206 km | 35.235 km/hr |
| 1974 | Roger de Vlaeminck 4hr 35min 16sec |
Patrick Sercu @ s.t. |
Marino Basso @ s.t. |
185 km | 40.325 km/hr |
| 1975- 1976 |
Race not held | ||||
| 1977 | Giuseppe Saronni 13hr 34min 23sec |
Pierino Gavazzi | Carmelo Barone | 509 km | 37.501 km/hr |
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| 1978- 2018 | Race not held | ||||
| 2019 | Brandon McNulty 18hr 7min 24sec |
Guillaume Martin @ 42sec |
Fausto Masnada @ 56sec |
715 km | 39.452 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race cancelled because of Coronavirus pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Vincenzo Nibali 18hr 9min 50sec |
Alejandro Valverde @ 46sec |
Alessandro Covi @ 49sec |
712 km | 39.199 km/hr |
| 2022 | Damiano Caruso 17hr 3min 9sec |
Alexander Cepeda @ 29sec |
Louis Meintjes @ s.t. |
662 km | 38.821 km/hr |
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