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Giro dell'Emilia (1.Pro)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
The Giro dell'Emilia is an important late-season (late September to mid-October) race held in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.
From 1929 to 1934 the Giro dell'Emilia was for neo-pros, independents and amateurs. The 1938 edition was for amateurs and independents only. For the rest of its history it has a professional race with some of the greatest riders ever participating.
The race has generally started or ended at or near Bologna.
The UCI classified it an "HC" race in 2005. It is currently a 1.Pro level competition.
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Complete podium history
Year |
1st place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1909 | Eberardo Pavesi 11hr 24min 15sec |
Giuseppe Brambilla @ s.t. |
Luigi Ganna @ 26min 2sec |
340 km | 29.81 |
| 1910 | Luigi Ganna 10hr 50min 15sec |
Pierini Albini @ 8min 23sec |
Alfredo Sivocci @ 16min 15sec |
310 km | 28.60 |
| 1911 | Clemente Canepari 11hr 42min |
Vincenzo Boregarello @ 26min |
Carlo Durando @ 29min |
291 km | 24.88 |
| 1912 | Ugo Agostini 10hr 12min |
Giuseppe Santhia @ 13min |
Costante Girardengo @ s.t. |
284 km | 27.84 |
| 1913 | Alfonso Calzolari 10hr 19min 14sec |
Ezio Corlaita @ s.t. |
Carlo Durando @ s.t. |
292 km | 28.29 |
| 1914 | Ezio Corlaita 9hr 22min |
Costante Girardengo @ 16min 4sec |
Carlo Durando @ s.t. |
275 km | 29.33 |
| 1915 | Race not held | ||||
| 1916 | Race not held | ||||
| 1917 | Angelo Gremo 9hr 31min |
Luigi Lucotti @ 4min |
Costante Girardengo @ 5min |
260 km | 27.32 |
| 1918 | Costante Girardengo 10hr 54min 17sec |
Leopoldo Torricelli @ s.t. |
Alfonso Calzolari @ s.t. |
278 km | 25.49 |
| 1919 | Costante Girardengo 11hr 16min |
Ezio Corlaita @ s.t. |
Lauro Bordin @ s.t. |
280 km | 24.84 |
| 1920 | Giovanni Brunero 10hr 11min |
Costante Girardengo @ 8min |
Emilio Petiva @ s.t. |
295 km | 24.84 |
| 1921 | Costante Girardengo 9hr 29min |
Giovanni Brunero @ s.t. |
Bartolomeo Aimo @ s.t. |
295 km | 30.57 |
| 1922 | Costante Girardengo 10hr 41min |
Alfredo Sivocci @ s.t. |
Ugo Agostini @ s.t. |
295 km | 27.59 |
| 1923 | Michele Gordini 9hr 49min |
Giuseppe Enrici @ 1min 40sec |
Pasquale Di Pietro @ 2min 50sec |
265 km | 26.99 |
| 1924 | Pietro Linari 9hr 35min |
Gaetano Belloni @ s.t. |
Costante Girardengo @ s.t. |
272 km | 28.38 |
| 1925 | Costante Girardengo 9hr 5min |
Alfredo Binda @ s.t. |
Giovanni Brunero @ s.t. |
273 km | 30.00 |
| 1926 | Race not held | ||||
| 1927 | Domenico Piemontesi 9hr 32min |
Alfredo Binda @ 15sec |
Allegro Grandi @ 16min 45sec |
286 km | 30.0 |
| 1928 | Alfonso Piccin 7hr 48min |
Pietro Fossati @ s.t. |
Michele Mara @ s.t. |
210 km | 26.92 |
| 1929 | Allegro Grandi | Adolfo Bordoni | Felice Gremo | ||
| 1930 | Mario Bonetti | Camillo Erba | Attilio Pavesi | ||
| 1931 | Glauco Servadei | Giuvanni Tulipani | Renato Scorticati | ||
| 1932 | Race not held | ||||
| 1933 | Race not held | ||||
| 1934 | Marco Cimatti | Romeo Rossi | Mario Simoni | ||
| 1935 | Aldo Bini 8hr 32min 8sec |
Eugenio Gestri @ s.t. |
Ruggero Balli @ s.t. |
270 km | 31.63 |
| 1936 | Giuseppe Olmo 8hr 45min 41sec |
Olimpio Bizzi @ s.t. |
Pietro Rimoldi @ s.t. |
285 km | 32.5 |
| 1937 | Cesare Del Cancia 9hr 7min |
Adriano Vignoli @ s.t. |
Giovanni Gotti @ s.t. |
288 km | 31.66 |
| 1938 | Corrado Ardizzoni 5hr 33min 25sec |
Bianco Bianchi | Renzo Silvestri | 175 km | 31.50 |
| 1939 | Serafino Biagioni 1hr 36min |
Doro Morigi | Giovanni Brotto | 175 km | 41.0 |
| 1940 | Osvaldo Bailo 2hr 24min 54sec |
Mario Ricci @ s.t. |
Pietro Rimoldi @ s.t. |
100 km | 41.7 |
| 1941 | Fausto Coppi 6hr 52min |
Enrico Mollo @ 10sec |
Gino Bartali @ 10min 10sec |
235 km | 34.30 |
| 1942 | Aldolfo Leoni 7hr 1sec |
Aldo Bini @ s.t. |
Cino Cinelli @ s.t. |
235.5 km | 33.64 |
| 1943 | Nedo Logli 3hr 54min |
Primo Zuccoti @ s.t. |
Elio Bertocchi @ s.t. |
138 km | 35.38 |
| 1944 | Race not held | ||||
| 1945 | Race not held | ||||
| 1946 | Adolfo Leoni 7hr 15min |
Sergio Maggini @ s.t. |
Serse Coppi @ s.t. |
258 km | 35.59 |
| 1947 | Fausto Coppi 6hr 51min |
Gino Bartali @ 10min 35sec |
Alfredo Martini @ 14min 35sec |
240 km | 35.03 |
| 1948 | Fausto Coppi 8hr 29min 20sec |
Vittorio Rossello @ 40sec |
Settimio Simonini @ 1min 1sec |
306.2 km | 35.32 |
| 1949 | Virgilio Salimbeni 7hr 7min |
Sergio Pagliazzi @ 3min 56sec |
Silvio Pedroni @ s.t. |
239 km | 33.58 |
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| 1950 | Luciano Maggini 7hr 5min |
Enzo Nannini @ s.t. |
Danilo Barozzi @ s.t. |
240 km | 33.72 |
| 1951 | Lucianoi Maggini 6hr 53min |
Girogio Albani @ s.t. |
Sergio Pagliazzi @ s.t. |
240 km | 34.87 |
| 1952 | Gino Bartali 8hr 30min |
Giuseppe Minardi @ s.t. |
Fausto Coppi @ s.t. |
299 km | 35.18 |
| 1953 | Gino Bartali 6hr 57min |
Giancarlo Astrua @ s.t. |
Lido Sartini @ s.t. |
240 km | 34.53 |
| 1954 | Nino Defilippis 7hr 3min 7sec |
Rino Benedetti @ s.t. |
Michele Gismondi @ s.t. |
252 km | 35.73 |
| 1955 | Nino Defilippis 6hr 42min 17sec |
Bruno Monti @ s.t. |
Eugenio Bertoglio @ s.t. |
240 km | 35.80 |
| 1956 | Bruno Monti 6hr 53min 17sec |
Adolfo Grosso @ s.t. |
Rino Benedetti @ s.t. |
249.5 km | 36.22 |
| 1957 | Bruno Monti 6hr 13min |
Giuseppe Fallarini @ s.t. |
Angelo Conterno @ s.t. |
236 km | 37.96 |
| 1958 | Diego Ronchini 5hr 50min |
Noe Conti @ s.t. |
Vito Favero @ 1min 35sec |
225 km | 38.57 |
| 1959 | Ercole Baldini 5hr 53min |
Alessandro Fantini @ s.t. |
Walter Martin @ s.t. |
228 km | 38.75 |
| 1960 | Pierini Baffi 6hr 5sec |
Diego Ronchini @ s.t. |
Carlo Brugnami @ s.t. |
225 km | 37.49 |
| 1961 | Diego Ronchini 5hr 52min 14sec |
Giorgio Zancanaro @ 20sec |
Franco Balmamion @ s.t. |
221 km | 37.65 |
| 1962 | Bruno Mealli 5hr 58min 35sec |
Walter Martin @ s.t. |
Antonio Suarez @ s.t. |
221 km | 36.98 |
| 1963 | Italo Zilioli 6hr 31min 12sec |
Silvano Ciampi @ 2min 57sec |
Giovanni Bettinelli @ 5min 10sec |
239 km | 36.66 |
| 1964 | Race not held | ||||
| 1965 | Michele Dancelli 6hr 27min |
Adriano Durante @ s.t. |
Franco Bitossi @ s.t. |
267 km | 41.40 |
| 1966 | Carmine Preziosi 6hr 35min |
Italo Mazzucurati @ s.t. |
Luigi Zucotti @ s.t. |
270 km | 41.01 |
| 1967 | Michele Dancelli 6hr 24min |
Guido De Rosso @ s.t. |
Franco Bitossi @ s.t. |
266 km | 41.56 |
| 1968 | Gianni Motta 5hr 5min |
Giancarlo Polidori @ 4min 23sec |
Claudio Michelotto @ 5min 12sec |
212 km | 41.70 |
| 1969 | Gianni Motta 5hr 1min 30sec |
Franco Bitossi @ s.t. |
Felice Gimondi @ s.t. |
212 km | 42.19 |
| 1970 | Franco Bitossi 5hr 54min 14sec |
Italo Zilioli @ s.t. |
Michele Dancelli @ 1min 17sec |
236 km | 39.97 |
| 1971 | Gianni Motta 5hr 49min 13sec |
Ole Ritter @ s.t. |
Giancarlo Polidori @ s.t. |
235 km | 40.38 |
| 1972 | Eddy Merckx 5hr 15min 44sec |
Santiago Lazcano @ s.t. |
Felice Gimondi @ 1min 6sec |
219 km | 41.62 |
| 1973 | Franco Bitossi 5hr 19min 30sec |
Marcello Bergamo @ s.t. |
Miguel Maria Lasa @ s.t. |
222 km | 41.69 |
| 1974 | Francesco Moser 5hr 56min 37sec |
Roger De Vlaeminck @ 6sec |
Constantino Conti @ s.t. |
238 km | 40.04 |
| 1975 | Enrico Paolini 6hr 3min |
Felice Gimondi @ s.t. |
Alfredo Chinetti @ s.t. |
233 km | 38.51 |
| 1976 | Roger de Vlaeminck 6hr 8min 30sec |
Italo Zilioli @ 1min 59sec |
Glauco Santoni @ s.t. |
237.5 km | 38.67 |
| 1977 | Mario Beccia 6hr 11min 25sec |
Bernt Johansson @ 30sec |
Philip Edwards @ s.t. |
241 km | 38.93 |
| 1978 | Bernt Johansson 5hr 45min 24sec |
Wladimiro Panizza @ s.t. |
Alfio Vandi @ s.t. |
226.6 km | 39.36 |
| 1979 | Francesco Moser 6hr 1min |
Pierinio Gavazzi @ s.t. |
Silvano Contini @ s.t. |
240 km | 38.89 |
| 1980 | Giambattista Baronchelli 6hr 30min 22sec |
Wladimiro Panizza @ 31sec |
Jorgen Marcussen @ s.t. |
250 km | 38.53 |
| 1981 | Pierino Gavazzi 6hr 36min 43sec |
Francesco Moser @ s.t. |
Silvano Contini @ s.t. |
252 km | 38.11 |
| 1982 | Pierino Gavazzi 6hr 6min 17sec |
Silvano Contini @ s.t. |
Emanuele Bombini @ s.t. |
250 km | 40.95 |
| 1983 | Cesare Cipollini 6hr 4min |
Daniele Caroli @ s.t. |
Dag-Erik Pedersen @ s.t. |
254 km | 41.87 |
| 1984 | Ezio Moroni 5hr 50min |
Michael Wilson @ s.t. |
Roberto Ceruti @ s.t. |
237.5 km | 40.71 |
| 1985 | Acacio Da Silva 5hr 28min |
Claudio Corti @ s.t. |
Marino Lejaretta @ s.t. |
235 km | 42.99 |
| 1986 | Hubert Seiz 5hr 14min 12sec |
Dag-Erik Pedersen @ 11sec |
Pierino Gavazzi @ s.t. |
232.7 km | 40.92 |
| 1987 | Jean-François Bernard 5hr 58min |
Moreno Argentin @ 11sec |
Jiri Skoda @ s.t. |
235 km | 39.39 |
| 1988 | Tony Rominger 5hr 49min |
Maurizio Fondriest @ 1min 5sec |
Rolf Sorensen @ s.t. |
222.5 km | 38.25 |
| 1989 | Dmitri Konyshev 6hr 8min |
Maurizio Fondriest @ s.t. |
Mauro Gianetti @ s.t. |
231 km | 37.66 |
| 1990 | Davide Cassani 5hr 25min |
Gilles Delion @ s.t. |
Yvon Madiot @ s.t. |
207 km | 38.22 |
| 1991 | Davide Cassani 5hr 17min 34sec |
Ivan Gotti @ 2sec |
Charly Mottet @ 11sec |
209 km | 39.40 |
| 1992 | Gianni Bugno 4hr 47min |
Davide Cassani @ 50sec |
Stephen Hodge @ s.t. |
201 km | 42.18 |
| 1993 | Maurizio Fondriest 5hr 7min 59sec |
Pascal Richard @ s.t. |
Claudio Chiappucci @ s.t. |
205 km | 39.94 |
| 1994 | Francesco Casagrande 5hr 20min 7sec |
Maurizio Fondriest @ s.t. |
Davide Cassani @ s.t. |
208 km | 38.99 |
| 1995 | Davide Cassani 5hr 16min 21sec |
Massimo Donati @ 2sec |
Alessio Di Basco @ 1min 14sec |
205 km | 38.88 |
| 1996 | Michele Bartoli 4hr 46min 41sec |
Luc Leblanc @ 26sec |
Bjarne Riis @ s.t. |
298.2 km | 43.57 |
| 1997 | Alexandre Gontchenkov 4hr 52min |
Sergio Barbero @ s.t. |
Felice Puttini @ s.t. |
205.9 km | 42.31 |
| 1998 | Mirko Celestino 4hr 37min |
Massimo Donati @ s.t. |
Michele Bartoli @ 2sec |
197 km | 42.67 |
| 1999 | Michael Boogerd 5hr 2min |
Massimo Donati @ 20sec |
Marcello Siboni @ 40sec |
198 km | 39.56 |
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| 2000 | Gilberto Simoni 4hr 58min 29sec |
Massimo Codol @ 57sec |
Mirko Celestino @ 1min 6sec |
199.6 km | 39.79 |
| 2001 | Jan Ullrich 5hr 14sec |
Francesco Casagrande @ s.t. |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
199.1 km | 39.79 |
| 2002 | Michele Bartoli 5hr 14min 12sec |
Ivan Basso @ s.t. |
Michael Ramussen @ 7sec |
204 km | 39.96 |
| 2003 | Jose Ivan Gutierrez 4hr 57min |
Alexander Kolobnev @ s.t. |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
196.6 km | 39.72 |
| 2004 | Ivan Basso 4hr 56min 45sec |
Francesco Casagrande @ s.t. |
Rinaldo Nocentini @ 18sec |
196.6 km | 39.75 |
| 2005 | Gilberto Simoni 5hr 13min 50sec |
Frank Schleck @ 6sec |
Mirko Celestino @ 8sec |
200 km | 38.34 |
| 2006 | Davide Rebellin 4hr 55min 15sec |
Danilo Di Luca @ s.t. |
Giuseppe Di Grande @ 2sec |
196.6 km | 39.952 |
| 2007 | Frank Schleck 5hr 22min 17sec |
Davide Rebellin @ 1sec |
Chris Horner @ 5sec |
205 km | 38.17 |
| 2008 | Danilo Di Luca 5hr 19sec |
Davide Rebellin @ 2sec |
Alexander Kolobnev @ s.t. |
198.8 km | 39.72 |
| 2009 | Robert Gesink 4hr 49min 31sec |
Jakob Fuglesang @ s.t. |
Thomas Lovkvist @ s.t. |
199 km | 41.241 |
| 2010 | Robert Gesink 4hr 49min 14sec |
Daniel Martin @ 1sec |
Michele Scarponi @ 9sec |
195.6 km | 40.576 |
| 2011 | Carlos Betancur 5hr 5min 5sec |
Bauke Mollema @ 24sec |
Rigoberto Uran @ s.t. |
200.0 km | 39.334 |
| 2012 | Nairo Quintana 4hr 40min 22sec |
Fredrik Kessiakoff @ 3sec |
Franco Pellizotti @ 4sec |
193.0 km | 41.303 |
| 2013 | Diego Ulissi 5hr 0min 53sec |
Chris Anker Sörensen @ 1sec |
Davide Villella @ s.t. |
203.5 km | 40.581 |
| 2014 | Davide Rebellin 4hr 56min 56sec |
Angel Madrazo @ 11sec |
Franco Pellizotti @ 15sec |
200.0 km | 40.413 |
| 2015 | Jan Bakelandts 5hr 8min 17sec |
Andrea Fedi @ 2sec |
Angel Madrazo @ 3sec |
200.0 km | 38.925 |
| 2016 | Esteban Chaves 5hr 7min 28sec |
Romain Bardet @ 3sec |
Rigoberto Uran @ s.t. |
213 km | 41.565 km/hr |
| 2017 | Giovanni Visconti 5hr 31min 50sec |
Vincenzo Nibali @ 12sec |
Rigoberto Uran @ 15sec |
223.3 km | 40.376 km/hr |
| 2018 | Alessandro De Marchi 5hr 9min 35sec |
Rigoberto Uran @ 8sec |
Dylan Teuns @ 9sec |
207.4 km | 40.196 km/hr |
| 2019 | Primož Roglic 5hr 8min 8sec |
Michael Woods @ 14sec |
Sergio Higuita @ s.t. |
207.4 km | 40.385 km/hr |
| 2020 | Aleksandr Vlasov 4hr 59min 41sec |
João Almeida @ 9sec |
Diego Ulissi @ 18sec |
199.7 km | 39.982 km/hr |
| 2021 | Primoz Roglic 4hr 54min 26sec |
João Almeida @ 3sec |
Michael Woods @ 5sec |
195.3 km | 39.799 km/hr |
| 2022 | Enric Mas 4hr 53min 31sec |
Tadej Pogacar @ 11sec |
Domenico Pozzovivo @ 14sec |
198.7 km | 40.342 km/hr |
| 2023 | Primoz Roglic 4hr 49min 44sec |
Tadej Pogacar @ 1sec |
Simon Yates @ s.t. |
204.1 km | 42.266 km/hr |
| 2024 | Tadej Pogacar 5hr 14min 43sec |
Tom Pidcock @ 1min 54sec |
Davide Piganzoli @ s.t. |
215.3 km | 41.046 km/hr |