Trofeo Laigueglia

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Trofeo Laigueglia

Race details
Date	Mid-February
Region	Liguria, Italy
English name	Trophy of Laigueglia
Local name(s)	Trofeo Laigueglia (Italian)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1964
Editions	45 (as of 2008)
First winner	Guido Neri
Most wins	2 wins: Franco Bitossi Michele Dancelli Eddy Merckx Rolf Sørensen Filippo Pozzato
Most recent	Luca Paolini

The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi.

[edit] Palmarès

Rider Team 1964 Guido Neri 1965 Marino Vigna 1966 Antonio Bailetti 1967 Franco Bitossi 1968 Michele Dancelli 1969 Claudio Michelotto 1970 Michele Dancelli 1971 Italo Zilioli 1972 Wilmo Francioni 1973 Eddy Merckx 1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Gianbattista Baronchelli 1976 Franco Bitossi 1977 Fredy Maertens 1978 Knut Knudsen 1979 Pierino Gavazzi 1980 Roger De Vlaeminck 1981 Giuseppe Saronni 1982 Theo De Rooy 1983 Claudio Torelli 1984 Giuseppe Petito 1985 Ron Kiefel 1986 Mauro Longo

Rider Team 1987 Gilbert Glaus 1988 Paolo Cimini 1989 Pierino Gavazzi 1990 Rolf Sørensen 1991 Pascal Richard 1992 Sammie Moreels 1993 Lance Armstrong 1994 Rolf Sørensen 1995 Johan Museeuw 1996 Frank Vandenbroucke 1997 Michele Bartoli 1998 Pascal Chanteur 1999 Paolo Savoldelli 2000 Daniele Nardello 2001 Mirko Celestino 2002 Danilo Di Luca 2003 Filippo Pozzato 2004 Filippo Pozzato 2005 Kim Kirchen 2006 Alessandro Ballan 2007 Mikhail Ignatiev 2008 Luca Paolini

[edit] External links

• Official site (Italian)