The Coppa d'Oro, also known as “ one lira” Race and Grand Prix of the Italian Sport Directors, is a men's one-day road cycling race reserved for junior riders (age 17-18). 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 Mohorič 2011 Matic Kolar Šafarič Andrea Di Mario Giacomo Tomio 2012 Daniel Marcellusi Filippo Rocchetti Gianmarco Begnoni 2013 Nicola Conci Ottavio Dotti Francesco Romano2014 Luca Mozzato Alessandro Covi Samuele Zambelli2015 Andrea Bagioli Filippo Zana Samuele Rubino2016 Samuele Rubino Samuele Manfredi Andrea Piccolo 2017 Marco Codemo Giosuè Crescioli Giovanni Vito 2018 Marco Brenner Manuel Oioli Elia Tovazzi 2019 Max Poole Ivan Valinotto Eros Simonetto 2020 Cancelled 2021 Tommaso Alunni Alessandro Perracchione Tommaso Brunori 2022 Ivan Toselli Patrick Casey Filippo Cettolin 2023 Alessio Magagnotti Francesco Baruzzi Giacomo Dentelli
External links Official website (English) Results Coppa d'Oro 2012, TrentoToday Matic Safaric, first non Italian winner of Coppa d'Oro Race on local tourism page