Giro della Lunigiana is a four-day
road bicycle race for junior men (age 17 and 18) in the historical territory
Lunigiana (currently the provinces of
La Spezia
La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy.
La Spezia is the second largest city ...
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Massa Carrara
The province of Massa-Carrara ( it, provincia di Massa-Carrara) is a province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. It is named after the provincial capital Massa, and Carrara, the other main town in the province.
History
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Italy. The race, class 2.1 MJ on the
UCI UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling
UCI may also refer to:
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calendar, counts as a big event in the junior men category. Famous Italian pro riders such as
Gilberto Simoni,
Danilo Di Luca,
Damiano Cunego and
Vincenzo Nibali won this race when they were juniors; as did future international stars including
grand tour winners
Tao Geoghegan Hart
Tao Geoghegan Hart ( ; born 30 March 1995) is a British cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
He rode for as a stagiaire in late 2015, and joined the team permanently for the 2017 season.
He won the 2020 Giro d'Italia, taking the j ...
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Remco Evenepoel
Remco Evenepoel (born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
He is the son of Patrick Evenepoel, a former racing cyclist who won the 1993 Grand Prix de Wallonie. Remco Evenepoel started his sport career i ...
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Tadej Pogačar.
Winners
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Cycle races in Italy
Recurring sporting events established in 1975
1975 establishments in Italy
Men's road bicycle races
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