Coppa d'Oro

The Coppa d'Oro, also known as “ one lira” Race and Grand Prix of the Italian Sport Directors, is a male road race of cycling addressed to the junior athletes. It takes place every September in the village of Borgo Valsugana (Trentino). The race starts in Borgo Valsugana. It follows the county road 228 and crosses the villages of Roncegno Terme, Novaledo and Levico Terme. After that, it climbs the hill of Tenna, then it goes down to Pergine Valsugana and comes back to Borgo Valsugana on the same course. At the end of the race the athletes ride the uphill from Scurelle to Telve two times, to arrive finally in the centre of Borgo Valsugana, after 81,2 km.

History

The race was planned and organized for the first time in 1965 by Carlo Dalla Torre. The first three editions took place in the cities of Avio, Preore and Trento. The race established definitively in Borgo Valsugana in 1968. The editions of 1969, 1976 and 1977 didn’t take place. The final prize is presented to the Team-manager of the winning cyclist. In the past the prize was 1 lira coin but this symbolic reward has recently been replaced with cash prizes. There’s not only the cadets’ race. From 1997 there is also the Coppetta d'Oro, a race for the youngest athletes at the sport Centre of Borgo Valsugana. In 2000 it was added the Coppa Rosa, a race for female cadets that takes place the day before the Coppa d'Oro. It follows a 50 km course from Borgo Valsugana to the limit of the Veneto Region and comes back. Lastly, from 2007 the event includes all the young cycling categories from 7 to 16 years with the Coppa di Sera, a race for male and female beginners that follows an inner course in Borgo Valsugana. Up to now, the only athlete who won two editions of the Coppa d'Oro is Diego Ulissi, in 2004 and 2005.

Coppa d'Oro's winners
Anno Vincitore Secondo Terzo
1965 Pietro Poloni
1966 Maurizio Maranzana
1967 Rino Carraro
1968 Paolo Giogetti
1970 Walter Santeroni
1971 Giovanni Zago
1972 Massimo Zani
1973 Carmelo Barone
1974 Giuseppe Saronni
1975 Stefano Ferri
1978 Roberto Pagnin
1979 Mauro Salvato
1980 Gianni Bugno
1981 Gianluca Scagliarini
1982 Gianni Mosele
1983 Massimo Donati
1984 Stefano Giraldi
1985 Franco Roat
1986 Simone Biasci
1987 Alessandro Bertolini
1988 Gabriele Colombo
1989 Federico De Beni
1990 Mirco Zanobini
1991 Giuseppe Palumbo
1992 Giuliano Figueras
1993 Ivan Basso
1994 Mario Liberale
1995 Antonio D'Aniello
1996 Manuele Mori
1997 Ivan Degasperi
1998 Maurizio Flocchini
1999 Antonio Mendolaro
2000 Nico Sabatini
2001 Dario Cataldo
2002 Alberto Pizzo
2003 Luca Barla
2004 Diego Ulissi
2005 Diego Ulissi
2006 Sonny Colbrelli
2007 Anthony Orsani
2008 Emanuele Favero Alberto Bettiol Andrea Manfredi
2009 Alberto Bettiol Simone Sterbini Stefano Nardelli
2010 Federico Zurlo Stefano Marchesini Matej Mohoric
2011 Matic Kolar Šafaric Andrea Di Mario Giacomo Tomio
2012 Daniel Marcellusi Filippo Rocchetti Gianmarco Begnoni
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