Giro di Sicilia

Giro di Sicilia
2023 Giro di Sicilia
Race details
DateApril
RegionSicily
English nameTour of Sicily
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserRCS Sport
Web siteilgirodisicilia.it Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1907 (1907)
Editions27 (as of 2023)[1]
First winner Carlo Galetti (ITA)
Most recent Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)

Giro di Sicilia (English: Tour of Sicily) is a men's multi-stage bicycle race held on Sicily, Italy. The race was first held in 1907 and was won by Carlo Galetti.[2] The race disappeared from the calendar after the 1977 edition won by Giuseppe Saronni, until it was revived by RCS Sports in 2019.[3] The first edition of the revived race was won by American rider Brandon McNulty.[4] It is part of the UCI Europe Tour, classified as a 2.1 event.[5]

The 2024 edition was cancelled as RCS Sport, in collaboration with the Abruzzo Region, will organize the Giro d'Abruzzo instead.[6]

  1. ^ "Il Giro Di Sicilia Is Back After 42 Years". Il Giro Di Sicilia. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Giro di Sicilia "en ligne" (Ita) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Sicily confirmed as host of Giro d'Italia 2021 start". www.cyclingnews.com. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  4. ^ "Giro di Sicilia". FirstCycling.com. 5 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Giro di Sicilia 2019". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  6. ^ "Bye Bye Sicilia: RCS si sposta al Giro d'Abruzzo" (in Italian). ciclismoweb.net. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.