Gran Premio di Lugano

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Gran Premio di Lugano

Race details
Date	Early-March
Region	Lugano, Switzerland
English name	Grand Prix of Lugano
Local name(s)	Gran Premio di Lugano (Italian)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
Organiser	Velo Club Lugano
History
First edition	1981
Editions	26 (as of 2008)
First winner	Josef Fuchs
Most wins	Marco Vitali (3 wins)
Most recent	Rinaldo Nocentini

The Gran Premio di Lugano (English: Grand Prix of Lugano) is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1981 Josef Fuchs 1982 Marco Vitali 1983 Chris Wreghitt 1984 Benno Wiss 1985 Gody Schmutz 1986 Mauro Gianetti 1987 Thomas Wegmüller 1988 Marco Vitali 1989 Gilles Delion 1990 Marco Vitali 1991 Pascal Jaccard 1992 Steffen Rein 1993 Roberto Caruso 1994 Andrea Chiurato

Rider Team 1995 Stefano Colagè 1996 Amilcare Tronca 1997 Michele Rezzani 1998 Luca Bianucci 1999 No race 2000 No race 2001 Luca Paolini 2002 Ruslan Iwanow 2003 David Moncoutié 2004 Frédéric Bessy 2005 Rik Verbrugghe 2006 Paolo Bettini 2007 Luca Mazzanti 2008 Rinaldo Nocentini Ag2r-La Mondiale

[edit] External links

• Official Website (Italian)