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Coppa Bernocchi, (1.Pro), Italy
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
The Coppa Bernocchi is a single-day professional bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. It is part of the Trittico Lombardo (Lombardy Triptych), three races held in late summer in the northern Italian region of Lombardy: Tre Valle Varesine, Coppa Ugo Agostoni and the Coppa Bernocchi.
The race is named after Antonio Bernocchi, a textile industrialist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
It is one of cycling's oldest races, the first edition having been run in 1919 and won by Ruggero Ferrario. Libero Ferrario and Danilo Napolitano share the record of having won the race three times.
From 1919 to 1924 it was an amateur race.
The 1931 edition was annulled under the strangest of circumstances. Winner Alfredo Bovet was disqualified for not having signed in at one of the controls. Then it turned out a race steward prevented Bovet from signing. The UVI (Italian Cycling Federation) found so many irregularities with how the race was run, the 1931 race and its results were annulled.
In 1954 and 1956 the race was an individual time trial.
In 1961, 1976 and 1984 the race winner was declared Italian road champion.
In 2009 the name was changed to GP Banca di Legnano-Coppa Bernocchi.
In 2005 the UCI has ranked it 1.1 made made it part of the Europe Tour.
In 2015 it was again renamed: Coppa Bernocchi-GP Banco BPM
Coppa Benocchi is now a 1.Pro rated race.
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Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1919 | Ruggero Ferrario | Ugo Bianchi | Primo Magnani | ||
| 1920 | Giovanni Tragella | M. Berti | G. Villa | ||
| 1921 | Angelo Testa | Gaetano Garavaglia | Pietro Casati | ||
| 1922 | Libero Ferrario | S. Dossena | P. Rattone | ||
| 1923 | Libero Ferrario | Mario Bianchi | Z. Lancia | ||
| 1924 | Alfredo Dinale | Oreste Cignoli | Pietro Cevini | ||
| 1925 | Luigi Mainetti 8hr 3min |
Domenico Piemontesi @ 2 bike lengths |
Giuseppe Pancera @ 50 meters |
235 km | 29.19 |
| 1926 | Giuseppe Pancera | Giovanni Tizzoni | Aldo Bertolotti | ||
| 1927 | Giuseppe Pancera 7hr 55min |
Allegro Grandi @ 2min 27sec |
Pio Caimmi @ 7min |
233 km | 29.43 |
| 1928 | Carlo Galluzi 6hr 50min |
Mario Bianchi @ 1 bike length |
Federico Gay @ s.t. |
182 km | 26.63 |
| 1929 | Allegro Grandi 7hr 24min |
Ambrogio Morelli @ 2 bike lengths |
Felice Gremo @ 3 lengths |
227 km | 30.68 |
| 1930 | Eugenio Gestri 6hr 45min |
Aldo Canazza @ 3min 30sec |
Fabio Battesini @ s.t. |
214 km | 31.70 |
| 1931 | Race annulled (see notes above) | ||||
| 1932 | Marco Giuntelli 5hr 17min |
Antonio Fraccaroli @ 4min |
Carlo Bori @ s.t. |
183 km | 34.64 |
| 1933 | Bruno Negri 5hr 12min |
Pietro Rimoldi @ 20 centimeters |
Bernardo Rogora @ 1 bike length |
182 km | 35 |
| 1934 | Pietro Rimoldi | Bernardo Rogora | Severino Canavesi | ||
| 1935 | Gino Bartali 7hr 45min |
Aldo Bini @ 1/4 wheel | Rinaldo Gerini @ 20 meters |
272.7 km | 35.19 |
| 1936 | Enrico Mollo 6hr 30min |
Pietro Rimoldi @ 1 wheel |
Carlo Romanatti @ s.t. |
212 km | 32.62 |
| 1937 | Francesco Albani 5hr 23min |
Faustino Montesi @ 3/4 wheel |
Pietro Rimoldi @ 1/2 bike length |
191 km | 35.48 |
| 1938 | Cino Cinelli 5hr 49min |
Severino Canavesi @ 10 meters |
Adolfo Leoni @ 3min |
228 km | 29.20 |
| 1939 | Adolfo Leoni 2hr 31min 45sec |
Fausto Coppi @ 4 bike lengths |
Pierino Favalli @ 32sec |
100.5 km | 39.736 |
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| 1940 | Aldo Bini 4hr 8min 15sec |
Cino Cinelli @ 1 bike length |
Aldofo Leoni @ 1 bike length + 1/2 wheel |
160.8 km | 38.864 |
| 1941 | Severino Canavesi 6hr 35min |
Mario De Benedetti @ 5 bike lengths |
Mario Ricci @ 100 meters |
242.7 km | 36.87 |
| 1942 | Glauco Servadei 4hr 46min |
Pietro Chiappini @ 1 bike length |
Luciano Succi @ s.t. |
170 km | 35.66 |
| 1943 | Race not held | ||||
| 1944 | Oreste Conte | Michele Motta @ 1/2 wheel |
Athos Guizzardi @ s.t. |
157 km | |
| 1945 | Sergio Maggini 4hr 37min |
Guerrino Tomasoni @ s.t. |
Secondo Barisone @ s.t. |
157.5 km | 34.12 |
| 1946 | Osvaldo Bailo 6hr 55min |
Angelo Brignole @ 3min 15sec |
Mario Ricci @ s.t. |
243 km | 35.13 |
| 1947 | Mario Ricci 7hr 30min |
Sergio Maggini @ s.t. |
Egidio Feruglio @ s.t. |
256 km | 34.12 |
| 1948 | Virgilio Salimbeni 7hr 25min |
Giorgio Cargioli @ s.t. |
Leo Castellucci @ s.t. |
259 km | 34.92 |
| 1949 | Mario Ricci 6hr 35min |
Sergio Maggini @ s.t. |
Bruno Pontisso @ s.t. |
251.6 km | 38.22 |
| 1950 | Fiorenzo Crippa 6hr 20min |
Alfredo Martini @ 1 tire-width |
Loretto Petrucci @ s.t. |
237 km | 37.42 |
| 1951 | Luigi Casola 6hr 1min |
Alfredo Martini @ 1/2 wheel |
Louison Bobet @ s.t. |
237 km | 39.39 |
| 1952 | Primo Volpi 6hr 9min 25sec |
Danilo Barozzi @ 4min 27sec |
Adolfo Grozzo @ s.t. |
237 km | 38.493 |
| 1953 | Giorgio Albani & Antonio Bevilacqua tied for 1st, 6hr 10min |
Alfredo Martini @ s.t. |
240 km | 38.92 | |
| 1954 | Fausto Coppi 2hr 40min 30sec |
Giancarlo Astrua @ 2min 14sec |
Angelo Conterno @ 2min 23sec |
108 km | 40.373 |
| 1955 | Renato Ponzini 5hr 55min |
Cleto Maule @ 42sec |
Luciani Maggini @ s.t. |
234.4 km | 39.62 |
| 1956 | Vasco Modena 2hr 31min 55sec |
Fausto Coppi @ 42sec |
Pierino Baffi @ 1min 52sec |
108.8 km | 42.970 |
| 1957 | Rik van Looy 5hr 59min 30sec |
Silvano Ciampi @ 30sec |
Joseph Schils @ s.t. |
241 km | 40.444 |
| 1958 | Rik van Looy 6hr 2min |
Frans van Looveren @ s.t. |
Duilio Taddeucci @ s.t. |
241 km | 39.94 |
| 1959 | Noè Conti 5hr 54min 8sec |
Michele Gismondi @ s.t. |
Diego Ronchini @ s.t. |
255.1 km | 43.221 |
| 1960 | Giuseppe Fallarini 5hr 57min |
Alberto Assirelli @ s.t. |
Ezio Pizzoglio @ s.t. |
241 km | 40.50 |
| 1961 | Arturo Sabbadin 6hr 56min |
Arnaldo Pambiano @ s.t. |
Giuliano Bernardelle @ s.t. |
269.4 km | 38.86 |
| 1962 | Pierino Baffi 6hr 11min 30sec |
Nino Defilippis @ s.t. |
Giovanni Garau @ s.t. |
267.3 km | 43.170 |
| 1963 | Aldo Moser 6hr 35min 17sec |
Adriano Durante @ 26sec |
Vito Taccone @ s.t. |
253 km | 38.402 |
| 1964 | Gianni Motta 7hr 17min 3sec |
Franco Cribori @ s.t. |
Luciano Galbo @ s.t. |
279 km | 38.302 |
| 1965 | Adriano Durante 6hr 13min |
Michele Dancelli @ s.t. |
Franco Cribori @ s.t. |
266.5 km | 42.87 |
| 1966 | Raffaele Marcoli 5hr 59min |
Dino Zandegù @ s.t. |
Michele Dancelli @ s.t. |
242 km | 40.45 |
| 1967 | Vittorio Adorni 4hr 28min 8sec |
Michele Dancelli @ s.t. |
Felice Gimondi @ s.t. |
195.2 km | 43.679 |
| 1968 | Franco Bitossi 6hr 12min |
Luciano Armani @ s.t. |
Roberto Ballini @ s.t. |
240 km | 38.71 |
| 1969 | Giacinto Santambrogio | Giancarlo Polidori | Adriano Passuello | ||
| 1970 | Pietro Guerra | Giuseppe Beghetto | Marino Basso | ||
| 1971 | Virginio Levati | Patrick Sercu | Wilmo Francioni | ||
| 1972 | Marino Basso | Patrick Sercu | Wilmo Francioni | ||
| 1973 | Felice Gimondi | Roger de Vlaeminck | Enrico Paolini | ||
| 1974 | Francesco Moser | Fabrizio Fabbri | Valerio Lualdi | ||
| 1975 | Enrico Paolini | Fausto Bertoglio | Giacinto Santambrogio | ||
| 1976 | Franco Bitossi | Francesco Moser | Wladimiro Panizza | ||
| 1977 | Carmelo Barone | Wladimiro Panizza | Giovanni Battaglin | ||
| 1978 | Giovanni Battaglin | Alfredo Chinetti | Wladimiro Panizza | ||
| 1979 | Valerio Lualdi | Ottavio Crepaldi | Francesco Moser | ||
| 1980 | Giuseppe Saronni | Alf Segersall | Fons de Wolf | ||
| 1981 | Giuseppe Saronni | Giovanni Mantovani | Francesco Moser | ||
| 1982 | Silvano Contini | Palmiro Masciarelli | Bruno Leali | ||
| 1983 | Palmiro Masciarelli | Maurizio Piovanni | Rudy Pevenage | ||
| 1984 | Vittorio Algeri | Silvano Contini | Daniele Caroli | ||
| 1985 | Johan Van der Velde | Moreno Argentin | Giovanni Mantovani | ||
| 1986 | Roberto Gaggioli | Claudio Corti | Marco Bergamo | ||
| 1987 | Guido Bontempi | Pierino Gavazzi | Maurizio Fondriest | ||
| 1988 | Guido Bontempi | Maurizio Fondriest | Gianni Bugno | ||
| 1989 | Rolf Sorensen | Cesare Cipollini | Stefano Colage | ||
| 1990 | Davide Cassini 4hr 53min 36sec |
Rolf Sorensen @ s.t. |
Massimiliano Lelli @ s.t. |
204 km | 41.689 |
| 1991 | Giorgio Furlan | Alessandro Giannelli | Andrei Tchmil | ||
| 1992 | Charly Mottet | Giancarlo Perini | Alberto Elli | ||
| 1993 | Rolf Sorensen | Fabio Roscioli | Gabriele Missaglia | ||
| 1994 | Bruno Cenghialta | Francesco Casagrande | Andrea Tafi | ||
| 1995 | Stefano Zanini | Alessio Di Basco | Gabriele Missaglia | ||
| 1996 | Fabio Baldato | Amdrea Ferrigato | Giovanni Lombardi | ||
| 1997 | Gianluca Bortolami | Stefano Zanini | Marco Lietti | ||
| 1998 | Fabio Sacchi 4hr 24min 23sec |
Alberto Elli @ s.t. |
Daniele Nardello @ s.t. |
198 km | 44.934 |
| 1999 | Giancarlo Raimondi 4hr 55min 7sec |
Giovanni Lombardi @ s.t. |
Romans Vainsteins @ s.t. |
199 km | 40.458 |
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| 2000 | Romans Vainsteins 4hr 51min 45sec |
Raimondas Rumsas @ s.t. |
Giovanni Lombardi @ 15sec |
207 km | 42.571 |
| 2001 | Paolo Valotti 4hr 59min 1sec |
Dario Andriotto @ 4sec |
Denis Lunghi @ s.t. |
199.8 km | 40.091 |
| 2002 | Daniele Nardello 4hr 28min 42sec |
Gianluca Bortolami @ s.t. |
Matteo Tosatto @ s.t. |
199.7 km | 44.592 |
| 2003 | Sergio Barbero 4hr 49min 41sec |
Massimo Giunti @ s.t. |
Sergey Matveyev @ s.t. |
199.7 km | 41.362 |
| 2004 | Angelo Furlan 5hr 3min 36sec |
Fred Rodriguez @ s.t. |
Giosuè Bonomi @ s.t. |
199.8 km | 39.486 |
| 2005 | Danilo Napolitano 4hr 32min 5sec |
Graeme Brown @ s.t. |
Murillo Antonio Fischer @ s.t. |
200 km | 44.104 |
| 2006 | Danilo Napolitano 4hr 37min 15sec |
Giosuè Bonomi @ s.t. |
Luca Paolini @ s.t. |
200 km | 43.282 |
| 2007 | Danilo Napolitano 4hr 41min 45sec |
Paride Grillo @ s.t. |
Robert Hunter @ s.t. |
199.9 km | 42.569 |
| 2008 | Steven Cummings 4hr 38min 20sec |
Luca Celli @ s.t. |
Vladimir Borisov @ s.t. |
193 km | 41.605 |
| 2009 | Luca Paolini 4hr 23min 48sec |
Danilo Hondo @ s.t. |
Enrico Gasparotto @ s.t. |
199.3 km | 45.329 |
| 2010 | Manuel Belletti 4hr 43min 35sec |
Danilo Hondo @ s.t. |
Mark Cavendish @ s.t. |
199.3 km | 42.167 |
| 2011 | Yauheni Hutarovich 4hr 32min 45sec |
Manuel Belletti @ s.t. |
Giovanni Visconti @ s.t. |
199.3 km | 43.842 |
| 2012 | Sacha Modolo 4hr 39min 17sec |
Sonny Colbrelli @ s.t. |
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze @ s.t. |
200 km | 42.967 |
| 2013 | Sacha Modolo 4hr 38min 35sec |
Roberto Ferrari @ s.t. |
Filippo Baggio @ s.t. |
200 km | 43.075 |
| 2014 | Elia Viviani 4hr 27min 6sec |
Filippo Pozzato @ s.t. |
Simone Ponzi @ s.t. |
192.5 km | 43.130 |
| 2015 | Vincenzo Nibali 4hr 32min 10sec |
Mauro Finetto @ 1sec |
Matteo Trentin @ s.t. |
192 km | 42.327 |
| 2016 | Giacomo Nizzolo 4hr 25min 53sec |
Nicola Ruffoni @ s.t. |
Paolo Simion @ s.t. |
192 km | 43.327 km/hr |
| 2017 | Sonny Colbrelli 4hr 34min 32sec |
Guillaume Boivin @ s.t. |
Sacha Modolo @ s.t. |
194 km | 42.399 km/hr |
| 2018 | Sonny Colbrelli 4hr 29min 3sec |
Manuel Belletti @ s.t. |
Paolo Simion @ s.t. |
194.7 km | 43.419 km/hr |
| 2019 | Phil Bauhaus 4hr 34min 25sec |
Simone Consonni @ s.t. |
Imerio Cima @ 1sec |
194.7 km | 42.570 km/hr |
| 2020 | Because of the Covid-19 shortened season, this race was made part of the Grande Trittico Lombardo | ||||
| 2021 | Remco Evenepoel 4hr 26min 13sec |
Alessandro Covi @ 1min 49sec |
Fausto Masnada @ 1min 50sec |
197.15 km | 44.434 km/hr |
| 2022 | Davide Ballerini 4hr 18min 1sec |
Corbin Strong @ s.t. |
Stefano Oldani @ s.t. |
190.7 km | 44.346 km/hr |
| 2023 | Wout van Aert 4hr 9min 52sec |
Vincenzo Albanese @ s.t. |
Andrea Bagioli @ s.t. |
186.65 km | 44.820 km/hr |