Race details | |
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Date | Late-February |
Region | Sardinia, Italy |
English name | Tour of Sardinia |
Local name(s) | Giro di Sardegna (in Italian) |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
History | |
First edition | 1958 |
Editions | 29 |
Final edition | 2011 |
First winner | Antonin Rolland (FRA) |
Most wins | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (4 wins) |
Final winner | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) was a stage road bicycle race held on the island of Sardinia, an Italian region.[1] It was rated 2.1 on the UCI Europe Tour.[2] The race returned in 2009 after 11 years, but only lasted a further three editions before being cancelled due to budgetary problems in 2012.[3]