Coppa Placci

Coppa Placci
Race details
DateMid-October
RegionEmilia, Italy
English namePlacci Cup
Local name(s)Coppa Placci (in Italian)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeOne-day
OrganiserUnione Sportiva Imolese
Web sitewww.coppaplacci.it Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1923 (1923)
Editions59 (as of 2009)
First winnerItaly Enea Dal Fiume
Most winsItaly Emilio Petiva
Italy Ugo Colombo
Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
ItalyGiovanni Battaglin
Italy Francesco Casagrande
(2 wins)
Most recentItaly Filippo Pozzato

The Coppa Placci is a semi-classic European bicycle race held between Imola, Italy and San Marino. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour.

The race is named after Antonio Placci, a cyclist born in Imola who died in 1921, two years before the race was created.

Because of sponsorship problems, in 2010 the race has been excluded from the UCI Europe Tour and was reserved to the Elite/Under 23 Category.

In 2011 the race was held as Giro della Romagna – Coppa Placci and won by Oscar Gatto.[1]

In 2012 the race also merged with another Italian classic, the Giro del Veneto;[2] the Giro del Veneto – Coppa Placci was won again by Oscar Gatto.[3]

The race should have returned in 2013 as Coppa Placci.[4] The edition was scheduled on 16 October 2013 as a 1.1 event;[5] however, the race was later cancelled again.[6]

Winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1923  Italy Enea Dal Fiume
1924  Italy Emilio Petiva
1925  Italy Emilio Petiva
1926  Italy Ermanno Vallazza
1927  Italy Aleardo Simoni
1928  Italy Pietro Fossati
1929–1945 No race
1946  Italy Nedo Logli
1947 No race
1948  Italy Luigi Casola
1949  Italy Renzo Soldani
1950  Italy Giacomo Zampieri
1951–1952 No race
1953  Italy Luciano Maggini
1954–1961 No race
1962  Italy Franco Cribori
1963  Italy Ercole Baldini
1964  Italy Guido De Rosso
1965  Italy Michele Dancelli
1966  Italy Felice Gimondi
1967  Italy Luciano Armani
1968 No race
1969  Italy Roberto Ballini
1970  Italy Ugo Colombo
1971  Italy Ugo Colombo
1972  Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
1973  Italy Italo Zilioli
1974  Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
1975  Italy Francesco Moser
1976  Italy Fausto Bertoglio
1977  Italy Marino Basso
1978  Italy Gianbattista Baronchelli
1979  Italy Giovanni Battaglin
1980  Italy Giovanni Battaglin
1981  Italy Alfio Vandi
1982  Italy Alfredo Chinetti
1983  Italy Marino Amadori
1984  Portugal Acacio Da Silva
1985  Italy Silvano Contini
1986  Italy Guido Bontempi
1987  Italy Massimo Ghirotto
1988  Italy Piermattia Gavazzi
1989  Italy Claudio Chiappucci
1990   Switzerland Mauro Gianetti
1991   Switzerland Laurent Dufaux
1992  Belgium Johan Bruyneel
1993  Italy Maximillian Sciandri
1994  Italy Angelo Lecchi
1995  Italy Francesco Casagrande
1996  Italy Andrea Tafi
1997   Switzerland Beat Zberg
1998  Italy Mauro Zanetti
1999  Italy Mirko Celestino
2000  Italy Francesco Casagrande
2001  Italy Paolo Bettini
2002  Italy Matteo Tosatto
2003  Italy Danilo Di Luca
2004  Italy Leonardo Bertagnolli
2005  Italy Paolo Valoti
2006  Italy Rinaldo Nocentini
2007  Italy Alessandro Bertolini
2008  Italy Luca Paolini
2009  Italy Filippo Pozzato Team Katusha
2010  Italy Francesco Bongiorno Futura Team-Matricardi
2011*  Italy Oscar Gatto Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli
2012**  Italy Oscar Gatto Farnese Vini–Selle Italia

*as Giro della Romagna – Coppa Placci
**as Giro del Veneto – Coppa Placci

References

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  1. ^ (Italian) "Giro di Romagna - Coppa Placci 2011: percorso e risultati" Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, CicloWeb, 04-09-11. Retrieved on 02-02-13
  2. ^ (Italian) Ferraris, Simone. "Presentazione Giro del Veneto-Coppa Placci 2012", SpazioCiclismo, 24-08-2012. Retrieved on 02-02-13
  3. ^ (Italian) "Giro del Veneto - Coppa Placci 2012: percorso e risultati" Archived 2012-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, CicloWeb, 25-08-2012. Retrieved on 02-02-13
  4. ^ (Italian) De Pasquale, Mattia. "UCI Europe Tour, svelato il calendario 2013", SpazioCiclismo, 20-09-12. Retrieved on 02-02-13
  5. ^ http://www.ucieuropetour.com Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine "2013 UCI Europe Tour - Calendar" Archived 2013-07-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 02-02-13
  6. ^ (Italian) Redazione SpazioCiclismo "Coppa Placci 2013, saltata la corsa per professionisti: corrono gli allievi" Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, SpazioCiclismo, 24-08-13. Retrieved on 13-10-13
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