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The race:
The Coppa Sabatini is a single-day road race held in held in the city of Peccioli, in the province of Pisa, in Tuscany.
Currently (2020) it is a late season race, held in Septemeber or October.
The race's first edition was in 1952 when the people of Peccioli wanted to honor Giuseppe Sabatini (1915-1951), a local racer who competed professionally from 1936-1940, but died prematurely at the age of 36.
The early editions of the Coppa Sabatini were reserved for amateurs and independent riders.
The race was not run in 1977.
Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
1952 | Primo Volpi 5hr 44min |
Enzo Nannini @ 5min 30sec |
Rino Angelini @ 7min 30sec |
210 km | 36.63 |
1953 | Primo Volpi 5hr 36min |
Odino Baldarelli @ 2min 30sec |
Dante Rivola @ s.t. |
190 km | 34.0 |
1954 | Rino Benedetti 5hr 40min |
Bruno Landi @ s.t. |
Bruno Tognaccini @ s.t. |
207 km | 37.40 |
1955 | Angelo Miserocchi @ 4hr 30min |
Luciano Morini @ 15sec |
Giuseppe Pintarelli @ 25sec |
175 km | 38.0 |
1956 | Idrio Bui 4hr 20min |
Guido Carlesi @ s.t. |
Lino Grassi @ s.t. |
170 km | 39.24 |
1957 | Gianbattista Gabelli 4hr 56min |
Giacomo Fini @ 10sec |
Vinicio Marsili @ 2min 30sec |
190 km | 38.15 |
1958 | Giuseppe Pardini 5hr 35min |
Vinicio Marsili @ s.t. |
Francesco Boschi @ s.t. |
203 km | 36.22 |
1959 | Rino Benedetti 5hr 10min 15sec |
Giuseppe Fallarini @ s.t. |
Graziano Battistini @ s.t. |
230 km | 37.40 |
1960 | Graziano Battestini 6hr 19min |
Cleto Maule @ s.t. |
Armando Casodi @ 5sec |
225 km | 36.89 |
1961 | Dino Bruni 5hr 44min |
Giuseppe Pardini @ 1min 25sec |
Jos Hoevenaars @ s.t. |
224 km | 39.07 |
1962 | Alfredo Sabbadin 6hr 5min |
Ercole Baldini @ 15sec |
Luigi Maserati @ s.t. |
225 km | 37.39 |
1963 | Dino Bruni 5hr 49min |
Bruno Mealli @ s.t. |
Walter Leato @ s.t. |
225 km | 37.80 |
1964 | Italo Zilioli 6hr 3min |
Graziano Battistini @ s.t. |
Franco Bitossi @ s.t. |
230 km | 38.01 |
1965 | Luciano Armani 5hr 45min |
Graziano Battistini @ s.t. |
Ugo Colombo @ s.t. |
231 km | 40.17 |
1966 | Franco Bitossi 5hr 39min |
Luciano Armani @ s.t. |
Tommaso De Pra @ s.t. |
231 km | 38.58 |
1967 | Michele Dancelli 6hr 7min |
Franco Bitossi @ s.t. |
Luciano Armani @ s.t. |
236 km | 36.79 |
1968 | Franco Bitossi 6hr 32min |
Wladimiro Panizza @ s.t. |
Renato Laghi @ s.t. |
236 km | 36.12 |
1969 | Romano Tumellero 5hr 12min |
Gianfranco Bianchin @ s.t. |
Franco Mori @ s.t. |
210 km | 40.39 |
1970 | Gosta Pettersson @ 5hr 50min |
Patrick Sercu @ 35sec |
Mauro Simonetti @ s.t. |
234 km | 40.21 |
1971 | Roberto Poggiali 5hr 30min |
Adriano Amici @ 30sec |
Donato Giuliani @ 2min 35sec |
220 km | 40.0 |
1972 | Antoon Houbrechts 5hr 27min |
Albert van Vlierberghe @ s.t. |
Enrico Maggioni @ s.t. |
218 km | 39.636 |
1973 | Mauro Simonetti @ 4hr 56min |
Roger de Vlaeminck @ 1min 45sec |
Franco Bitossi @ 1min 50sec |
195 km | 39.53 |
1974 | Wilmo Franconi 5hr 5min |
Donato Giuliani @ 35sec |
Franco Bitossi @ 40sec |
200 km | 39.67 |
1975 | Giovanni Battaglin 6hr 2min |
Celestino Vercelli @ 17sec |
Pierino Gavazzi @ s.t. |
246 km | 40.77 |
1976 | Piero Spinelli 6hr 37min |
Giacinto Santambrogio @ 30sec |
Wilmo Francioni @ s.t. |
223 km | 39.70 |
1977 | Race not held | ||||
1978 | Francesco Moser 4hr 40min |
Giuseppe Saronni @ s.t. |
Franco Bitossi @ s.t. |
198 km | 42.43 |
1979 | Leonardo Mazzantini 4hr 54min |
Graziano Salvietti @ 28sec |
Carmelo Barone @ 39sec |
198 km | 40.41 |
1980 | Gianbattista Baronchelli 6hr 11min |
Giuseppe Saronni @ 10sec |
Francesco Moser @ 12sec |
225 km | 36.39 |
1981 | Claudio Bortolotto 4hr 37min |
Giancarlo Casiraghi @ s.t. |
Alessandro Paganessi @ 4sec |
192 km | 41.59 |
1982 | Giuseppe Saronni 5hr 40min |
Pierino Gavazzi @ s.t. |
Francesco Moser @ s.t. |
216 km | 38.12 |
1983 | Moreno Argentin 5hr 54min 14sec |
Davide Cassani @ s.t. |
Marino Lejarreta @ s.t. |
216 km | 36.610 |
1984 | Silvano Contini 5hr 31min |
Pierino Gavazzi @ s.t. |
Claudio Corti @ 5sec |
202 km | 36.44 |
1985 | Marino Amadori 5hr 17min 34sec |
Acacio Da Silva @ 26sec |
Marino Lejarreta @ 28sec |
195 km | 36.842 |
1986 | Jean-François Bernard 5hr 22min 40sec |
Janus Kuum @ s.t. |
Marco Giovannetti @ s.t. |
224 km | 41.652 |
1987 | Gianni Bugno 5hr 52min |
Pierino Gavazzi @ 28sec |
Walter Magnago @ s.t. |
226 km | 38.55 |
1988 | Claudio Corti 5hr 40min |
Laurent Bezault @ s.t. |
Marco Votolo @ s.t. |
228 km | 40.24 |
1989 | Maurizio Fondriest 5hr 53min |
Antonio-Paolo Fanelli @ s.t. |
Jurg Bruggmann @ s.t. |
225 km | 38.24 |
1990 | Moreno Argentin 5hr 16min 2sec |
Andreas Kappes @ s.t. |
Maurizio Fondriest @ 1sec |
208 km | 39.494 |
1991 | Franco Chioccioli 5hr 23min |
Stefano Colage @ s.t. |
Franco Ballerini @ s.t. |
214 km | 39.54 |
1992 | Stefano Zanini 4hr 54min |
Andrei Tchmil @ s.t. |
Simone Biasci @ s.t. |
202 km | 41.22 |
1993 | Claudio Chiappucci 4hr 33min |
Giorgio Furlan @ s.t. |
Piotr Ugrumov @ s.t. |
203 km | 45.58 |
1994 | Maurizio Fondriest 5hr 5min 59sec |
Francesco Casagrande @ s.t. |
Claudio Chiappucci @ s.t. |
207 km | 40.558 |
1995 | Davide Cassani @ 4hr 24min 0sec |
Alessio Di Basco @ 11sec |
Stefano Colage @ s.t. |
192 km | 41.145 |
1996 | Bjarne Riis 5hr 2min 41sec |
Gianni Faresin @ 7sec |
Claudio Chiappucci @ 10sec |
202.8 km | 40.210 |
1997 | Andrea Tafi 4hr 55min 13sec |
Alessandro Bertolini @ s.t. |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
202.8 km | 41.222 |
1998 | Emmanuel Magnien 4hr 46min 33sec |
Michele Bartolo @ s.t. |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
201 km | 40.622 |
1999 | Dmitri Konyschev 4hr 50min 41sec |
Marco Serpellini @ s.t. |
Mauro Zanetti @ 5sec |
208 km | 42.933 |
2000 | Andrei Tchmil 4hr 48min 52sec |
Gianni Faresin @ 5sec |
Sergio Barbero @ 8sec |
197 km | 41.064 |
2001 | Dimitri Konyshev 4hr 27min 31sec |
Serge Baguet @ s.t. |
Paolo Bettini @ 2sec |
197.7 km | 44.341 |
2002 | Paolo Bettini 4hr 30min 31sec |
Andrea Ferrigato @ s.t. |
Ruggero Marzoli @ s.t. |
197.7 km | 43.849 |
2003 | Paolo Bossoni 4hr 59min 21sec |
Luca Paolini @ s.t. |
Mirko Celestino @ s.t. |
197.7 km | 39.625 |
2004 | Jan Ullrich 4hr 47min 36sec |
Franco Pellizotti @ s.t. |
Michael Boogerd @ s.t. |
197.7 km | 41.244 |
2005 | Alessandro Bertolini 4hr 56min 5sec |
Rinaldo Nocentini @ s.t. |
Mirko Celestino @ s.t. |
197.7 km | 40.063 |
2006 | Giovanni Visconti 4hr 55min 43sec |
Ruggero Marzoli @ s.t. |
Enrico Gasparotto @ s.t. |
197.7 km | 40.112 |
2007 | Giovanni Visconti 5hr 11min 24sec |
Frank Schleck @ s.t. |
Mikhaylo Khalilov @ s.t. |
197.7 km | 38.092 |
2008 | Mikhaylo Khalilov 4hr 56min 30sec |
Filippo Pozzato @ 1sec |
Stefano Garzelli @ s.t. |
199 km | 40.269 |
2009 | Philippe Gilbert 4hr 37min 39sec |
Giovanni Visconti @ s.t. |
Leonardo Bertagnolli @ s.t. |
199 km | 43.003 |
2010 | Riccardo Ricco 4hr 18min 15sec |
Marco Marcato @ s.t. |
Leonardo Bertagnolli @ s.t. |
199 km | 46.234 |
2011 | Enrico Battaglin 4hr 55min 6sec |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
Daniel Moreno @ s.t. |
201.3 km | 40.928 |
2012 | Fabio Andres Duarte 4hr 41min 53sec |
Miguel Angel Rubiano @ 1sec |
Matteo Rabottini @ 4sec |
198.6 km | 42.273 |
2013 | Diego Ulissi 4hr 48min 42sec |
Andrea Pasqualon @ s.t. |
Davide Villella @ s.t. |
198.6 km | 41.275 |
2014 | Sonny Colbrelli 4hr 38min 25sec |
Mauro Finetto @ s.t. |
Franco Pellizotti @ s.t. |
197.9 km | 42.648 |
2015 | Eduard Prades 4hr 48min 11sec |
Maurits Lammertink @ s.t. |
Mauro Finetto @ s.t. |
197.9 km | 41.203 |
2016 | Sonny Colbrelli 4hr 51min 45sec |
Andrea Pasqualon @ s.t. |
Carlos Barbero @ s.t. |
195.9 km | 40.288 km/hr |
2017 | Andrea Pasqualon 4hr 44min 4sec |
Sonny Colbrelli @ s.t. |
Francesco Gavazzi @ s.t. |
195.9 km | 41.378 km/hr |
2018 | Juan José Lobato 4hr 41min 40sec |
Sonny Colbrelli @ s.t. |
Gianni Moscon @ s.t. |
195.9 km | 41.730 km/hr |
2019 | Alexey Lutsenko 4hr 22min 57sec |
Sonny Colbrelli @ 1min 3sec |
Simone Velasco @ 1min 4sec |
195.9 km | 44.701 km/hr |
2020 | Dion Smith 4hr 58min 58sec |
Andrea Pasqualon s.t. |
Alexandr Riabushenko s.t. |
210.1 km | 42.165 km/hr |
2021 | Michael Valgren 5hr 14min 20sec |
Sonny Colbrelli @ 3sec |
Mathieu Burgaudeau @ 6sec |
210.8 km | 40.238 km/hr |
2022 | Daniel Martinez 4hr 55min 37sec |
Odd Christian Eiking @ s.t. |
Guillaume Martin @ s.t. |
198.9 km | 40.370 km/hr |
2023 | Marc Hirschi 4hr 47min 15sec |
Pavel Sivakov @ 2sec |
Tadej Pogacar @ 18sec |
198.9km | 41.546 km/hr |
2024 | Marc Hirschi 4hr 53min 0sec |
Gregor Mühlberger @ 28sec |
Anders Foldager @ s.t. |
197.6 km | 40.464 km/hr |