Milano-Mantova was an Italian men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1962.[1] The course, variating from 144 to 274 km, was situated in Lombardy.[2]

Milano-Mantova
Race details
DateMarch to September
RegionLombardy, Italy
English nameMilan-Mantua
Local name(s)Milano-Mantova (in Italian)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionCat. 1.1
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition1906 (1906)
Editions16
Final edition1962
First winner Giovanni Rossignoli (ITA)
Most wins
(2 wins)
Final winner Pieroni Baffi (ITA)

Organised by La Gazzetta dello Sport, it was held for the first time on 20 May 1906.[3] After the first three experimental editions from 1906 to 1908, the race returned to the calendar in 1932. From 1936 until the 1943 edition, the name became Trofeo Moschini. After World War II, from 1946, it was organized again under the name Milano-Mantova, until the last edition in 1962.[4]

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1906   Giovanni Rossignoli   Giovanni Cuniolo   Giulio Tagliavini
1907   Giovanni Cuniolo   Giovanni Rossignoli   Cezare Zanzottera
1908   Battista Danesi   Cezare Zanzottera   Giovanni Cuniolo
1909-1931 No race
1932   Carlo Bonfati   Adamo Dabini   Ezio Migliorini
1933   Fabio Battesini   Vasco Bergamaschi   Giacomo Gaioni
1934   Enrico Bovet   Mario Lusiani   Isidoro Piubellini
1935   Vasco Reggianini   Edgardo Scapini   Franco Maggioni
1936-1945 No race
1946   Mario Ricci   Adolfo Leoni   Antonio Bevilacqua
1947   Quirino Toccacelli   Antonio Covolo   Olimpio Bizzi
1948-1953 No race
1954   Giuseppe Calvi   Germano Marinoni   Mirko Ciapparelli
1955-1956 No race
1957   Léon Van Daele   Gino Guerrini   Alfredo Sabbadini
1958   Rik Van Looy   Jozef Schils   Armando Pelligrini
1959   Pierino Baffi   Willy Vannitsen   Angelo Conterno
1960   Giuseppe Vanzella   Pierino Baffi   Yvo Molenaers
1961   Ercole Baldini   Pierino Baffi   Renato Giusti
1962   Pierino Baffi   Marino Vigna   Renato Giusti

References

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  1. ^ "Milano-Mantova (Ita) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Milano-Mantova". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  3. ^ Annuario Sportivo 1906-1907. Milano. 1907. p. 15.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Milano - Mantova / Trofeo Moschini". Radsportseiten (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2020.