GP Costa degli Etruschi (1.1)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
The Italian GP Costa degli Etruschi (also called GP Donorático), along with the French GP d'Ouverture are the first European bike races of the season. The GP Costa degli Etruschi (named for the area settled by the ancient Etruscans) is held in early February in Tuscany, on coastal roads south of Livorno. It is now also the Memorial Sauro Bettini after racing great Paolo Bettini's late brother.
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed
|
| 1996 | Fabrizio Guidi | Biagio Conte | Marco Di Renzo | ||
| 1997 | Biagio Conte 3hr 33min |
Fabio Baldato @ s.t. |
Fabrizio Guidi @ s.t. |
157.5 km | 44.366 |
| 1998 | Mario Cipollini 3hr 48min |
Nicola Minali @ s.t. |
Leon Van Bon @ s.t. |
159 km | 41.842 |
| 1999 | Endrio Leoni | Mario Traversoni | Massimo Strazzer | ||
| 2000 | Mario Cipollini 4hr 5min |
Endrio Leoni @ s.t. |
Mauro Zinetti @ s.t. |
171 km | 41.878 |
| 2001 | Fabio Sacchi 4hr 2min |
Gabriele Balducci @ s.t. |
Vladimir Douma @ s.t. |
171.6 km | 42.545 |
| 2002 | Yuriy Metlushenko 4hr 6min |
Mario Manzoni @ s.t. |
Guido Trenti @ s.t. |
171 km | 41.707 |
| 2003 | Jaan Kirsipuu 4hr 50min |
Fred Rodriguez @ s.t. |
Werner Riebenbauer @ s.t. |
192 km | 39.724 |
| 2004 | Yuriy Metlushenko 4hr 58min 40sec |
Andrus Aug @ s.t. |
Crescenzo D'Amore @ s.t. |
197 km | 39.636 |
| 2005 | Alessandro Petacchi 5hr 19min 24sec |
Luciano Pagliarini @ s.t. |
Francesco Chicchi @ s.t. |
193 km | 36.255 |
| 2006 | Alessandro Petacchi 4hr 39min 40sec |
Daniele Bennati @ s.t. |
Danilo Napolitano @ s.t. |
193 km | 41.381 |
| 2007 | Alessandro Petacchi 4hr 38min |
Gabriele Balducci @ s.t. |
Daniele Bennati @ s.t. |
193 km | 41.655 |
| 2008 | Gabriele Balducci Alessandro Pettachi was first but DQ'd 4hr 50min 10sec |
Francesco Chicchi @ s.t. |
Danilo Napolitano @ s.t. |
193 km | 39.908 |
| 2009 | Alessandro Petacchi 4hr 44min 34sec |
Jacopo Guarnieri @ s.t. |
Robert Hunter @ s.t. |
193 km | 40.639 |
| 2010 | Alessandro Petacchi 4hr 53min 0sec |
Alberto Loddo @ s.t. |
Fabio Sabatini @ s.t. |
193 km | 39.522 |
| 2011 | Elia Viviani 4hr 35min 35sec |
Roberto Ferrari @ s.t. |
Elia Favilli @ s.t. |
186.1 km | 40.518 |
| 2012 | Elia Viviani 4hr 25min 0sec |
Sacha Modolo @ s.t. |
Filippo Baggio @ s.t. |
169 km | 38.264 |