Firenze–Pistoia

The Firenze–Pistoia was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. It was an individual time trial between Prato and Quarrata, in the Province of Pistoia. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was cancelled due to organisation problems.^[1]

Firenze–Pistoia

Race details
Date	Late October
Region	Tuscany, Italy
English name	Florence–Pistoia
Local name(s)	Firenze–Pistoia (in Italian)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1870 (1870)
Editions	22
Final edition	2008 (2008)
First winner	Rynner Van Heste (USA)
Most wins	Tony Rominger (SUI) (4 wins)
Final winner	Andriy Hrivko (UKR)

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1870	United States	Rynner Van Heste
1871–1984	No race
1985	West Germany	Rolf Gölz	Del Tongo
1986	Poland	Lech Piasecki	Del Tongo
1987	Austria	Helmut Wechselberger	Paini-Bottecchia
1988	Switzerland	Tony Rominger	Chateau d'Ax
1989	Switzerland	Tony Rominger	Chateau d'Ax
1990	Poland	Lech Piasecki	Diana-Colnago
1991	Switzerland	Tony Rominger	Toshiba
1992	Switzerland	Tony Rominger	CLAS-Cajastur
1993	Italy	Maurizio Fondriest	Lampre-Polti
1994	Italy	Francesco Casagrande	Mercatone Uno–Medeghini
1995	Italy	Francesco Casagrande	Mercatone Uno–Saeco
1996	Italy	Marco Fincato	Roslotto-ZG Mobili
1997	No race
1998	Italy	Marco Velo	Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
1999	Italy	Marco Velo	Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
2000	No race
2001	Australia	Nathan O'Neill	Panaria-Fiordo
2002	Italy	Fabrizio Guidi	Team Coast
2003	Italy	Andrea Peron	Team CSC
2004	Ukraine	Sergiy Matveyev	Panaria-Margres
2005	Ukraine	Sergiy Matveyev	Panaria-Navigare
2006	No race
2007	Russia	Boris Shpilevsky	Preti Mangimi
2008	Ukraine	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram

References

1. Firenze-Pistoia cancelled

External links

• Palmarès by Memoire-du-cyclisme (in French)