Milan – Turin

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Milan – Turin (Italian: Milano – Torino ) is the oldest one-day race in cycling that still exists today . The race, which ran from Milan to Turin, took place for the first time in 1876 , making it much older than the French classics Paris – Brest – Paris and Bordeaux – Paris (both first started in 1891). However, the race was held for the second time in 1894 and has only been held regularly since 1911.

Milan – Turin is organized by the RCS MediaGroup , which u. a. also organizes the Giro d'Italia and publishes the Gazzetta dello Sport .

To this day, Milan – Turin is considered to be one of the most important Italian 'classics' and has been classified by the UCI as "1st HC", the highest category below the ProTour . From 2005 Milan – Turin took place again at its traditional date in March and acted as the first Italian one-day race of spring. From 1987 to 2004 the race date was postponed to the end of the cycling season (mid-October).

The 600 meter high Superga mountain at the gates of Turin is considered to be the decisive ascent of the 200 km long race . The relatively simple profile makes the race one of the “fastest” classics in cycling: In 1999 Markus Zberg won with an average speed of 45.75 km / h.

The Palmarès from Milan – Turin is clearly shaped by Italian drivers: up to 2015 there were only 19 foreign victories, the vast majority of them recently. The record holder of the race is Costante Girardengo with five wins. Rolf Gölz was the only German to win in 1988 and 1989.

After a five-year break, the race took place again in 2012, since then again in autumn.

Winners list

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Milan-Turin again in the racing calendar on radsport-news.com v. 5th February 2012

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