Giro di Sardegna

Giro di Sardegna
Winner's jersey
Race details
DateLate-February
RegionSardinia, Italy
English nameTour of Sardinia
Local name(s)Giro di Sardegna (in Italian)
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
History
First edition1958 (1958)
Editions29
Final edition2011
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]

  1. ^ "Giro di Sardegna (Ita) - Cat.2.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Giro di Sardegna". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  3. ^ "Giro di Sardegna falls by the wayside for 2012". Cycling News. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.