The Tour of Lombardy, held in October, signals the end of the European cycling season and is aptly nicknamed the "Race of the Falling Leaves" (la classica delle foglie morte). The route is on roads north of Milan that go around lakes Como and Lecco, the area Italians call the rosa camuna, the home to the neolithic inhabitants of Lombardy. It was originally called Milano-Milano and was changed to Giro di Lombardia in 1907. The race is organized and promoted by RCS Sport, the same group the puts on the Giro d'Italia and several other important Italian races. RCS Sport is owned by the same company that owns La Gazzetta dello Sport, the most important sports newspaper in Italy.
Fausto Coppi has the absolute record in the Giro di Lombardia, having won it 5 times.
Before the World Road Championships were moved from the end of summer to the fall, the Giro di Lombardia was sometimes called the "Autumn World Championships".
Year
|
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Distance
|
Average Speed
km/hr
|
| 1905 |
Giovanni Gerbi
(Photo)
9hr 13min 52sec |
Giovanni Rossignoli
@ 40min 11sec |
Luigi Ganna
@ 40min 46sec |
230 km |
25.0 |
| 1906 |
Cesare Brambilla
7hr 28min 39sec |
Carlo Galetti
(Photo)
@ 7sec |
Luigi Ganna
@ 4min 41sec |
197 km |
26.4 |
| 1907 |
Gustave Garrigou
7hr 53min 41sec |
Ernesto Azzini
@ 12min 23sec |
Luigi Ganna
@ 18min 49sec |
210 km |
26.6 |
| 1908 |
François Faber
7hr 18min 36sec |
Luigi Ganna
@ 14min 57sec |
Giovanni Gerbi
@ 24min 9sec |
210 km |
28.7 |
| 1909 |
Giovanni Cuniolo
6hr 13min 21sec |
Omer Beaugendre
@ s.t. |
Louis Trousselier
@ s.t. |
193 km |
31.0 |
| 1910 |
Giovanni Micheletto
8hr 35min 32sec |
Luigi Ganna
@ s.t. |
Luigi Bailo
@ 4min |
232 km |
27.0 |
| 1911 |
Henri Pelissier
7hr 34min 30sec |
Giovanni Micheletto
@ s.t. |
Cyrille Van Hauwaert
@ s.t. |
232 km |
30.63 |
| 1912 |
Carlo Oriani
7hr 30min 30sec |
Enrico Verde
@ s.t. |
Maurice Brocco
@ s.t. |
235 km |
31.3 |
| 1913 |
Henri Pelissier
7hr 43min 48sec |
Maurice Brocco
@ 2sec
|
Marcel Godiver
@ s.t. |
235 km |
30.4 |
| 1914 |
Lauro Bordin
7hr 16min 40sec |
Giuseppe Azzini
@ s.t. |
Pierino Piacco
@ s.t. |
235 km |
32.29 |
| 1915 |
Gaetano Bellioni
6hr 42min 24sec |
Paride Ferrari
@ s.t. |
Gaetano Caravaglia
@ 2min 56sec |
232 km |
28.33 |
| 1916 |
Leopoldo Torricelli
8hr 41min 35sec |
Camillo Bertarelli
@ 58sec |
Alfredo Sivocci
@ 5min 22sec |
232 km |
26.69 |
| 1917 |
Philippe Thys
6hr 58min 2sec |
Henri Pelissier
@ s.t. |
Leopolodo Toricelli
@ s.t. |
204 km |
29.28 |
| 1918 |
Gaetano Bellioni
7hr 8min |
Alfredo Sivocci
@ s.t. |
Carlo Galetti
@ s.t. |
256 km |
26.64 |
| 1919 |
Costante Girardengo
(Photo)
9hr 42min 1sec |
Gaetano Belioni
@ 8min |
Heiri Suter
@ 23min |
256 km |
26.39 |
| 1920 |
Henri Pelissier
8hr 23min |
Giovanni Brunero
@ 1min 20sec |
Gaetano Belloni
@ s.t. |
242 km |
28.82 |
| 1921 |
Costante Girardengo
9hr 30min 30sec |
Gaetano Belioni
@ s.t. |
Federico Gay
@ s.t. |
261 km |
27.45 |
| 1922 |
Costante Girargengo
9hr 1min |
Giuseppe Azzini
@ s.t. |
Bartolomeo Aymo
@ s.t. |
245 km |
27.28 |
| 1923 |
Giovanni Brunero
9hr 27min 35sec |
Pietro Linaro
@ 18min 37sec |
Federico Gay
@ s.t. |
250 km |
26.47 |
| 1924 |
Giovanni Brunero
8hr 38min 23sec |
Costante Girardengo
@ 7min 44sec |
Pietro Linari
@ s.t. |
250 km |
28.98 |
| 1925 |
Alfredo Binda
(Photo)
8hr 43min 40sec |
Battista Giuntelli
@ 8min 20sec |
Ermanno Valiazza
@ 10min 30sec |
251 km |
28.80 |
| 1926 |
Alfredo Binda
9hr 52min 32sec |
Antonio Negrini
@ 29min 40sec |
Ermanno Valiazza
@ s.t. |
251 km |
25.42 |
| 1927 |
Alfredo Binda
8hr 57min 27sec |
Alfonso Piccin
@ 4min 11sec |
Antonio Negrini
@ s.t. |
252 km |
28.13 |
| 1928 |
Gaetano Bellioni
8hr 59min |
Allegro Grandi
@ s.t. |
Pietro Fossati
@ s.t. |
248 km |
27.60 |
| 1929 |
Pietro Fossati
8hr 13min 10sec |
Adriano Zanaga
@ s.t. |
Raffaele Di Paco
@ s.t. |
238 km |
28.96 |
| 1930 |
Michele Mara
7hr 40min |
Alfredo Binda
@ s.t. |
Learco Guerra
@ s.t. |
234 km |
30.91 |
| 1931 |
Alfredo Binda
8hr 29min |
Michele Mara
@ 18min 33sec |
Giovanni Firpo
@ s.t. |
234 km |
27.58 |
| 1932 |
Antonio Negrini
8hr 40min 1sec |
Domenico Piemontesi
@ s.t. |
Remo Bertoni
@ s.t. |
265 km |
30.56 |
| 1933 |
Domenico Piemontesi
7hr 2min 44sec |
Luigi Barral
@ s.t. |
Pietro Rimoldi
@ 6min |
230 km |
32.67 |
| 1934 |
Learco Guerra
7hr 34min |
Mario Cipriani
@ s.t. |
Domenico Piemontesi
@ s.t. |
245 km |
32.38 |
| 1935 |
Enrico Mollo
7hr 22min 16sec |
Aldo Bini
@ 4min 53sec |
Gino Bartali
@ s.t. |
238 km |
32.29 |
| 1936 |
Gino Bartali
6hr 46min |
Diego Marabelli
@ s.t. |
Luigi Barral
@ s.t. |
241 km |
36.62 |
| 1937 |
Aldo Bini
7hr 34min 5sec |
Gino Bartali
@ 3min 55sec |
Aimone Laudi
@ s.t. |
252 km |
33.30 |
| 1938 |
Cino Cinelli
6hr 38min |
Gino Bartali
@ s.t. |
Osvaldo Bailo
@ s.t. |
232 km |
34.98 |
| 1939 |
Gino Bartali
6hr 51min 5sec |
Adolfo Leoni
@ 3min 35sec |
Salvatore Crippa
@ s.t. |
231 km |
33.78 |
| 1940 |
Gino Bartali
6hr 32min 57sec |
Osvaldo Bailo
@ 4min 7sec |
Cino Cinelli
@ s.t. |
225 km |
34.36 |
| 1941 |
Mario Ricci
6hr 26min 41sec |
Cino Cinelli
@ s.t. |
Severino Canavesi
@ s.t. |
217 km |
33.67 |
| 1942 |
Aldo Bini
5hr 6min 3sec |
Gino Bartali
@ s.t. |
Quirino Toccacelli
@ s.t. |
184 km |
36.07 |
| 1945 |
Mario Ricci
6hr 8min 11sec |
Aldo Bini
@ 6min 23sec |
Gino Bartali
@ s.t. |
222 km |
36.18 |
| 1946 |
Fausto Coppi
(Photo)
6hr 25min |
Luigi Casola
@ 40sec |
Michele Motta
@ s.t. |
231 km |
36.045 |
| 1947 |
Fausto Coppi
6hr 15min |
Gino Bartali
@ 5min 24sec |
Italo De Zan
@ s.t. |
222 km |
35.52 |
| 1948 |
Fausto Coppi
5hr 51min 58sec |
Adolfo Leoni
@ 4min 45sec |
Fritz Schaer
@ s.t. |
222 km |
37.85 |
| 1949 |
Fausto Coppi
5hr 50min 30sec |
Ferdi Kubler
@ 2min 52sec |
Nino Logli
@ s.t. |
222 km |
38.00 |
| 1950 |
Renzo Soldani
5hr 49min 40sec |
Antonio Bevilacqua
@ s.t. |
Fausto Coppi
@ s.t. |
222 km |
38.09 |
| 1951 |
Louison Bobet
5hr 51min 3sec |
Giuseppe Minardi
@ s.t. |
Fausto Coppi
@ s.t. |
226 km |
38.63 |
| 1952 |
Giuseppe Minardi
6hr 3min 36sec |
Nino Defilippis
@ s.t. |
Arrigo Padovan
@ s.t. |
226 km |
37.29 |
| 1953 |
Bruno Landi
6hr 1min 50sec |
Pino Cerami
@ s.t. |
Pierre Molinaris
@ s.t. |
222 km |
38.81 |
| 1954 |
Fausto Coppi
5hr 51min 33sec |
Fiorenzo Magni
@ s.t. |
Mino de Rossi
@ s.t. |
222 km |
37.42 |
| 1955 |
Cieto Maule
5hr 44min 27sec |
Fred de Bruyne
@ s.t. |
Angelo Conterno
@ s.t. |
222 km |
38.67 |
| 1956 |
Andre Darrigade
6hr 14min 20sec |
Fausto Coppi
@ s.t. |
Fiorenzo Magni
@ s.t. |
240 km |
38.47 |
| 1957 |
Diego Ronchini
6hr 9min 45sec |
Bruno Monti
@ s.t. |
Aurelio Cestari
@ s.t. |
240 km |
38.95 |
| 1958 |
Nino Defilippis
6hr 7min 12sec |
Miguel Poblet
@ s.t. |
Michael van Aerde
@ 7sec |
243 km |
39.71 |
| 1959 |
Rik van Looy
5hr 25min 5sec |
Willy Vannitsen
@ s.t. |
Miguel Poblet
@ s.t. |
240 km |
40.90 |
| 1960 |
Emile Daems
5hr 33min 46sec |
Diego Ronchini
@ s.t. |
Marino Fontana
@ s.t. |
226 km |
40.63 |
| 1961 |
Vito Taccone
7hr 6min 21sec |
Imerio Massignan
@ 3sec |
Renzo Fontana
@ 1min 48sec |
253 km |
35.60 |
| 1962 |
Jo de Roo
7hr 5min 58sec |
Livio Trape
@ s.t. |
Alcide Cerato
@ 51sec |
253 km |
35.64 |
| 1963 |
Jo de Roo
7hr 5min 30sec |
Adriano Durante
@ s.t. |
Michele Durante
@ s.t. |
263 km |
37.09 |
| 1964 |
Gianni Motta
6hr 54min |
Carmine Preziosi
@ 2min 6sec |
Jos Hoevenaars
@ s.t. |
266 km |
38.55 |
| 1965 |
Tom Simpson
6hr 47min |
Gerben Karstens
@ 3min 11sec |
Jean Stablinski
@ s.t. |
266 km |
39.21 |
| 1966 |
Felice Gimondi
6hr 57min |
Eddy Merckx
@ s.t. |
Raymond Poulidor
@ s.t. |
266 km |
38.27 |
| 1967 |
Franco Bitossi
6hr 54min 50sec |
Felice Gimondi
@ 31sec |
Raymond Poulidor
@ s.t. |
266 km |
38.47 |
| 1968 |
Herman van Springel
6hr 58min 58sec |
Franco Bitossi
@ 15sec |
Eddy Merckx
@ s.t. |
266 km |
38.09 |
| 1969 |
Jean-Pierre Monsere
6hr 38min 54sec |
Herman van Springel
@ s.t. |
Franco Bitossi
@ s.t. |
266 km |
40.01 |
| 1970 |
Franco Bitossi
6hr 57min 22sec |
Felice Gimondi
@ s.t. |
Gianni Motta
@ 2min 17sec |
266 km |
38.24 |
| 1971 |
Eddy Merckx
6hr 45min 46sec |
Franco Bitossi
@ 3min 31sec |
Frans Verbeeck
@ 3min 33sec |
266 km |
39.33 |
| 1972 |
Eddy Merckx
6hr 47min 54sec |
Cyrille Guimard
@ 1min 27sec |
Felice Gimondi
@ s.t. |
266 km |
39.13 |
| 1973 |
Felice Gimondi
-Merckx was first, but disqualified for failing drug test
7hr 7min 42sec |
Roger De Vlaeminck
@ s.t. |
Herman Van Springel
@ s.t. |
266 km |
37.32 |
| 1974 |
Roger de Vlaeminck
7hr 7min 54sec |
Eddy Merckx
@ s.t. |
Tino Conti
@ s.t. |
266 km |
37.29 |
| 1975 |
Francesco Moser
7hr 25min |
Enrico Paolini
@ s.t. |
Alfredo Chinetti
@ s.t. |
266 km |
35.96 |
| 1976 |
Roger de Vlaeminck
6hr 26min |
Bernard Thevenet
@ s.t. |
Wladimiro Panizza
@ s.t. |
253 km |
39.33 |
| 1977 |
Giambattista Baronchelli
7hr 3min |
Jean- Luc Vandenbroucke
@ 1min 7sec |
Franco Bitossi
@ s.t. |
257 km |
36.45 |
| 1978 |
Francesco Moser
6hr 48min 0sec |
Bernt Johansson
@ s.t. |
Bernard Hinault
@ s.t. |
266 km |
39.12 |
| 1979 |
Bernard Hinault
6hr 13min 25sec |
Silvano Contini
@ s.t. |
Giovanni Battaglin
@ 3min 20sec |
249 km |
40.00 |
| 1980 |
Fons de Wolf
7hr 8min 0sec |
Alfredo Chinetti
@ s.t. |
Ludo Peters
@ s.t. |
255 km |
35.75 |
| 1981 |
Hennie Kuiper
6hr 32min 0sec |
Moreno Argentin
@ 27sec |
Alfredo Chinetti
@ s.t. |
259 km |
39.64 |
| 1982 |
Giuseppe Saronni
6hr 5min 7sec |
Pascal Jules
@ s.t. |
Francesco Moser
@ s.t. |
248 km |
40.75 |
| 1983 |
Sean Kelly
6hr 27min 36sec |
Greg LeMond
@ s.t. |
Adri van der Poel
@ s.t. |
253 km |
39.16 |
| 1984 |
Bernard Hinault
6hr 8min 50sec |
Ludo Peeters
@ 58sec |
Teun van Vliet
@ s.t. |
251 km |
40.83 |
| 1985 |
Sean Kelly
6hr 11min 17sec |
Adri van der Poel
@ s.t. |
Charly Mottet
@ s.t. |
255 km |
41.21 |
| 1986 |
Giambattista Baronchelli
7hr 7min 7sec |
Sean Kelly
@ 15sec |
Phil Anderson
@ s.t. |
262 km |
36.80 |
| 1987 |
Moreno Argentin
6hr 52min 10sec |
Eric van Lancker
@ s.t. |
Marc Madiot
@ s.t. |
265 km |
38.58 |
| 1988 |
Charly Mottet
6hr 49min 5sec |
Gianni Bugno
@ 1min 40sec |
Marino Lejarreta
@ 1min 45sec |
260 km |
38.13 |
| 1989 |
Tony Rominger
6hr 46min 35sec |
Gilles Delion
@ 2min 33sec |
Luc Roosen
@ 2min 34sec |
260 km |
38.37 |
| 1990 |
Gilles Delion
6hr 11min 45sec |
Pascal Richard
@ s.t. |
Charly Mottet
@ s.t. |
246 km |
39.70 |
| 1991 |
Sean Kelly
6hr 10min 38sec |
Martial Gayant
@ s.t. |
Franco Ballerini
@ 35sec |
243 km |
39.34 |
| 1992 |
Tony Rominger
6hr 7min 50sec |
Claudio Chiappucci
@ 41sec |
Davide Cassani
@ 2min 50sec |
241 km |
39.31 |
| 1993 |
Pascal Richard
6hr 4min 38sec |
Giorgio Furlan
@ s.t. |
Maximilian Sciandri
@ 7sec |
242 km |
39.82 |
| 1994 |
Viatcheslav Bobrik
6hr 3min 21sec |
Claudio Chiappucci
@ 2sec |
Pascal Richard
@ 3sec |
244 km |
40.29 |
| 1995 |
Gianni Faresin
5hr 49min 2sec |
Daniele Nardello
@ 19sec |
Michele Bartoli
@ s.t. |
252 km |
43.32 |
| 1996 |
Andrea Tafi
5hr 51min 46sec |
Fabian Jeker
@ 2min 19sec |
Axel Merckx
@ smin 22sec |
250 km |
42.64 |
| 1997 |
Laurent Jalabert
5hr 48min 44sec |
Paolo Lanfranchi
@ s.t. |
Francesco Casagrande
@ s.t. |
250 km |
43.01 |
| 1998 |
Oscar Camenzind
5hr 59min 1sec |
Michael Boogerd
@ 6sec |
Felice Puttini
@ 1min 21sec |
253 km |
42.22 |
| 1999 |
Mirko Celestino
6hr 21min 50sec |
Danilo Di Luca
@ s.t. |
Eddy Mazzoleni
@ s.t. |
262 km |
41.17 |
| 2000 |
Raimondas Rumsas
6hr 18min 36sec |
Francesco Casagrande
@ s.t. |
Niklas Axelsson
@ 4sec |
258 km |
40.89 |
| 2001 |
Danilo Di Luca
6hr 38min 29sec |
Giuliano Figueras
@ s.t. |
Michael Boogerd
@ 1sec |
256 km |
38.85 |
| 2002 |
Michele Bartoli
6hr 14min 49sec |
Davide Rebellin
@ s.t. |
Oskar Camenzind
@ s.t. |
251 km |
40.18 |
| 2003 |
Michele Bartoli
6hr 29min 41sec |
Angelo Lopeboselli
@ 2sec |
Dario Frigo
@ 1min 31sec |
249 km |
38.34 |
| 2004 |
Damiano Cunego
6hr 17min 55sec |
Michael Boogerd
s.t. |
Ivan Basso
s.t. |
246 km |
39.06 |
| 2005 |
Paolo Bettini
5hr 56min 22sec |
Gilberto Simoni
s.t. |
Frank Schleck
s.t. |
246 km |
41.42 |
| 2006 |
Paolo Bettini
6hr 8sec 6sec |
Samuel Sánchez
@ 8sec |
Fabian Wegmann
@ s.t. |
245 km |
39.934 |
| 2007 |
Damiano Cunego
5hr 52min 48sec |
Riccardo Riccò
@ s.t. |
Samuel Sanchez
@ s.r. |
242 km |
41.16 |
| 2008 |
Damiano Cunego
5hr 37min 4sec |
Janez Brajkovic
@ 24sec |
Rigoberto Uran
@ s.t. |
242 km |
43.08 |
| 2009 |
Philippe Gilbert
5hr 43min 45sec |
Samuel Sánchez
@ s.t. |
Alexandr Kolobnev
@ 7sec |
242 km |
41.450 |
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