Giro del Mendrisiotto is a
road bicycle race
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
held annually around
Mendrisio
Mendrisio (; lmo, label= Ticinese, Mendris ) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Mendrisio is the seat of the Accademia di Architettura of the university of Italian-speaking Switzerland (U ...
, in the canton of
Ticino
Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
of Switzerland. The race was an amateur competition until 1996. Since 2005, it is organized as a
1.2 event on the
UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
.
In 2010 the race was excluded from the UCI calendar, once again becoming a national event.
Winners
External links
Velo Club Mendrisio home page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Giro Del Mendrisiotto
Recurring sporting events established in 1933
1933 establishments in Switzerland
UCI Europe Tour races
Cycle races in Switzerland
Spring (season) events in Switzerland