Trofeo Melinda was a single-day

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 in

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol it, Trentino (man) it, Trentina (woman) or it, Altoatesino (man) it, Altoatesina (woman) or it, Sudtirolesegerman: Südtiroler (man)german: Südtirolerin (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official ...

, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 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 ...

. It was created after the disappearance of Giro dell'Umbria, held between 1910 and 1991. In 2013 and 2014, the Trofeo Melinda was run as the

Italian National Road Race Championships The Italian National Road Race Championships are held annually. They are a road cycling race which decides the Italian cycling champion in the road racing discipline, across several categories of rider. The event was first held in 1906 and ...

. After 2014, the race was merged with the nearby early-season stage-race Giro del Trentino.

Winners

*''Held as

Italian National Road Race Championship The Italian National Road Race Championships are held annually. They are a road cycling race which decides the Italian cycling champion in the road racing discipline, across several categories of rider. The event was first held in 1906 and ...

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* UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Italy Classic cycle races Recurring sporting events established in 1992 1992 establishments in Italy 2014 disestablishments in Italy Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2014 Defunct cycling races in Italy {{Italy-cycling-race-stub