Firenze–Pistoia

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Firenze–Pistoia
Race details
Date Late October
Region Tuscany, Italy
English name Florence–Pistoia
Local name(s) Firenze–Pistoia (Italian)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
History
First edition 1870 (1870)
Editions 22
Final edition 2008 (2008)
First winner  Rynner Van Heste (USA)
Most wins  Tony Rominger (SUI) (4 wins)
Final winner  Andriy Hrivko (UKR)

The Firenze–Pistoia was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. It was an individual time trial between Prato and Quarrata, in the Province of Pistoia. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was cancelled due to organisation problems.[1]

Winners

Rider Team
1870 United States Rynner Van Heste (USA)
1871–1984 No race
1985 Germany Rolf Gölz (GER) Del Tongo
1986 Poland Lech Piasecki (POL) Del Tongo
1987 Austria Helmut Wechselberger (AUT) Paini-Bottecchia
1988 Switzerland Tony Rominger (SUI) Chateau d'Ax
1989 Switzerland Tony Rominger (SUI) Chateau d'Ax
1990 Poland Lech Piasecki (POL) Diana-Colnago
1991 Switzerland Tony Rominger (SUI) Toshiba
1992 Switzerland Tony Rominger (SUI) CLAS-Cajastur
1993 Italy Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) Lampre-Polti
1994 Italy Francesco Casagrande (ITA) Mercatone Uno–Medeghini
1995 Italy Francesco Casagrande (ITA) Mercatone Uno–Saeco
1996 Italy Marco Fincato (ITA) Roslotto-ZG Mobili
1997 No race
1998 Italy Marco Velo (ITA) Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
1999 Italy Marco Velo (ITA) Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
2000 No race
2001 Australia Nathan O'Neill (AUS) Panaria-Fiordo
2002 Italy Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) Team Coast
2003 Italy Andrea Peron (ITA) Team CSC
2004 Ukraine Sergiy Matveyev (UKR) Panaria-Margres
2005 Ukraine Sergiy Matveyev (UKR) Panaria-Navigare
2006 No race
2007 Russia Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) Preti Mangimi
2008 Ukraine Andriy Grivko (UKR) Team Milram

References

  1. Firenze-Pistoia cancelled

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