The Firenze–Pistoia was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. It was an individual time trial between Prato and Quarrata, in the Province of Pistoia. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was cancelled due to organisation problems.[1]

Firenze–Pistoia
Race details
DateLate October
RegionTuscany, Italy
English nameFlorence–Pistoia
Local name(s)Firenze–Pistoia (in Italian)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeSingle-day
History
First edition1870 (1870)
Editions22
Final edition2008 (2008)
First winner Rynner Van Heste (USA)
Most wins Tony Rominger (SUI) (4 wins)
Final winner Andriy Hrivko (UKR)

Winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1870   United States Rynner Van Heste
1871–1984 No race
1985   West Germany Rolf Gölz Del Tongo
1986   Poland Lech Piasecki Del Tongo
1987   Austria Helmut Wechselberger Paini–Bottecchia
1988    Switzerland Tony Rominger Chateau d'Ax
1989    Switzerland Tony Rominger Chateau d'Ax
1990   Poland Lech Piasecki Diana–Colnago
1991    Switzerland Tony Rominger Toshiba
1992    Switzerland Tony Rominger CLAS–Cajastur
1993   Italy Maurizio Fondriest Lampre–Polti
1994   Italy Francesco Casagrande Mercatone Uno–Medeghini
1995   Italy Francesco Casagrande Mercatone Uno–Saeco
1996   Italy Marco Fincato Roslotto–ZG Mobili
1997 No race
1998   Italy Marco Velo Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
1999   Italy Marco Velo Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
2000 No race
2001   Australia Nathan O'Neill Panaria–Fiordo
2002   Italy Fabrizio Guidi Team Coast
2003   Italy Andrea Peron Team CSC
2004   Ukraine Sergiy Matveyev Panaria–Margres
2005   Ukraine Sergiy Matveyev Panaria–Navigare
2006 No race
2007   Russia Boris Shpilevsky Preti Mangimi
2008   Ukraine Andriy Grivko Team Milram

References

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