The Giro al Sas, also known as the Giro Podistico di Trento and the Giro Internazionale Città di Trento, is an annual 10-kilometre road running competition for men which takes place in October in the city of Trento, Italy.
Giro al Sas
The Piazza del Duomo is the race start and finish point
First held as a part of celebrations for Saint Vigilius of Trent in 1907, the competition was interrupted by World Wars but has been held virtually every year since 1945. This makes it one of Europe's longest-running competitions of its type. The race has been won by some of Italy's most successful long-distance runners, including Stefano Baldini, as well as elite foreign athletes such as Paul Tergat and Kenenisa Bekele.
The race is held within the city centre and starts and finishes at Piazza del Duomo. The name of the race, roughly translated as the Sas Circuit, derives from the fact that the course features ten kilometre-long loops on the main city streets – which are locally referred to as al Sas.
The running event should not be confused with the similarly named Giro del Trentino – a road cycling competition which the city has hosted since 1963.[1]
The history of the competition can be traced back to 1907 when a community group organised a race on the city streets of roughly 6 km as part of the festival of Saint Vigilius of Trent. Domenico Gottin, a runner from Veneto, was the first to cross the line but he was later disqualified for taking a short cut, leaving Isidoro Trenner (a member of the local sports club) as the winner of the inaugural race. The race became an annual tradition, although it ceased during World War I.[2]
It re-emerged in the post-war period and gained its current moniker of the Giro al Sas at this point – a name roughly meaning the Sas Circuit, which derived from the race's looped course on the city's main streets which were known as the Sas. The running competition was placed on hiatus from 1940–44 due to World War II. The Giro al Sas returned to the streets in November 1945, just months after the Italy's surrender to the Allied Forces.[2]
After the wars, the race entered a new, uninterrupted era (with the exception of 1991 and 1996) and gradually became international in nature with elite athlete competition. Alongside other Italian races, such as the Giro di Castelbuono, it is among the oldest road running competitions which continue to the present day. The current race director is Gianni Demadonna, a former athlete and athletics manager who won the race three times in his running career.[3] Among the prominent competitors of the race's history is Stefano Baldini, the 2004 Olympic marathon champion, who competed in 18 editions and won on three occasions.[4] He set the 2010 race as his final outing of his successful career, although an injury forced him to miss of the competition.[5] Other significant winners include Franjo Mihalić, Francesco Panetta, Paul Tergat, and Kenenisa Bekele.[6]
Course and recordsedit
An overview of the city and the streets where the race takes place
The course of the race has varied through its history: it was a 15 km race in the 1960s, before existing as a 12 km circuit from 1970 to the mid-1990s. From 1997 to 2004, the race typically featured ten laps spanning 10.9 km. It has been a 10 km race from 2005 to present.[7] The current course of ten 1 km laps features many twists and bends as it traces a circular loop around the central city streets,[8] making fast times difficult to achieve in the Trento race.[9]
Paul Kimaiyo Kimugul of Kenya holds the fastest time for the 10 km distance via his winning run of 28:00 minutes from 2005. Over the 10.9 km circuit, another Kenyan – Paul Kosgei Malakwen – has the course record with 30:46 minutes.[7] Although it has almost exclusively been a men's race only for its entire history, a women's competition was added to the programme for the 2005 edition – this 10 km race was won in 33:15 minutes by Bruna Genovese, an Italian professional marathon runner.[9]
Past winnersedit
Little information about the race (or its winners) in its early history is available and the modern competition regards its post-war rebirth in 1945 as the start of its modern, continuous lineage.[7]
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The Giro al Sas also known as the Giro Podistico di Trento and the Giro Internazionale Citta di Trento is an annual 10 kilometre road running competition for men which takes place in October in the city of Trento Italy Giro al SasThe Piazza del Duomo is the race start and finish pointDateMid OctoberLocationTrento ItalyEvent typeRoadDistance10 kmEstablished1907Official siteGiro al Sas First held as a part of celebrations for Saint Vigilius of Trent in 1907 the competition was interrupted by World Wars but has been held virtually every year since 1945 This makes it one of Europe s longest running competitions of its type The race has been won by some of Italy s most successful long distance runners including Stefano Baldini as well as elite foreign athletes such as Paul Tergat and Kenenisa Bekele The race is held within the city centre and starts and finishes at Piazza del Duomo The name of the race roughly translated as the Sas Circuit derives from the fact that the course features ten kilometre long loops on the main city streets which are locally referred to as al Sas The running event should not be confused with the similarly named Giro del Trentino a road cycling competition which the city has hosted since 1963 1 Contents 1 History 2 Course and records 3 Past winners 4 Statistics 4 1 Winners by country 4 2 Multiple winners 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe history of the competition can be traced back to 1907 when a community group organised a race on the city streets of roughly 6 km as part of the festival of Saint Vigilius of Trent Domenico Gottin a runner from Veneto was the first to cross the line but he was later disqualified for taking a short cut leaving Isidoro Trenner a member of the local sports club as the winner of the inaugural race The race became an annual tradition although it ceased during World War I 2 nbsp Trento Cathedral is central to the race circuit It re emerged in the post war period and gained its current moniker of the Giro al Sas at this point a name roughly meaning the Sas Circuit which derived from the race s looped course on the city s main streets which were known as the Sas The running competition was placed on hiatus from 1940 44 due to World War II The Giro al Sas returned to the streets in November 1945 just months after the Italy s surrender to the Allied Forces 2 After the wars the race entered a new uninterrupted era with the exception of 1991 and 1996 and gradually became international in nature with elite athlete competition Alongside other Italian races such as the Giro di Castelbuono it is among the oldest road running competitions which continue to the present day The current race director is Gianni Demadonna a former athlete and athletics manager who won the race three times in his running career 3 Among the prominent competitors of the race s history is Stefano Baldini the 2004 Olympic marathon champion who competed in 18 editions and won on three occasions 4 He set the 2010 race as his final outing of his successful career although an injury forced him to miss of the competition 5 Other significant winners include Franjo Mihalic Francesco Panetta Paul Tergat and Kenenisa Bekele 6 Course and records edit nbsp An overview of the city and the streets where the race takes place The course of the race has varied through its history it was a 15 km race in the 1960s before existing as a 12 km circuit from 1970 to the mid 1990s From 1997 to 2004 the race typically featured ten laps spanning 10 9 km It has been a 10 km race from 2005 to present 7 The current course of ten 1 km laps features many twists and bends as it traces a circular loop around the central city streets 8 making fast times difficult to achieve in the Trento race 9 Paul Kimaiyo Kimugul of Kenya holds the fastest time for the 10 km distance via his winning run of 28 00 minutes from 2005 Over the 10 9 km circuit another Kenyan Paul Kosgei Malakwen has the course record with 30 46 minutes 7 Although it has almost exclusively been a men s race only for its entire history a women s competition was added to the programme for the 2005 edition this 10 km race was won in 33 15 minutes by Bruna Genovese an Italian professional marathon runner 9 Past winners editLittle information about the race or its winners in its early history is available and the modern competition regards its post war rebirth in 1945 as the start of its modern continuous lineage 7 nbsp Italy s Stefano Baldini is a three time winner of the race nbsp Former world record holder Paul Tergat was victorious at the 1997 race nbsp Kenenisa Bekele a multiple Olympic champion on the track won in 2001 nbsp A one off women s race in 2005 was won by Bruna Genovese Key 12 km race 10 9 km race 10 km race Year Men s winner Time m s 1945 nbsp Elvio Schiavini ITA 1946 nbsp Giovanni Nocco ITA 1947 nbsp Giovanni Nocco ITA 1948 nbsp Roetzer AUT 1949 nbsp Giuseppe Beviacqua ITA 1950 nbsp Giovanni Nocco ITA 1951 nbsp Ceraj YUG 1952 nbsp Page SUI 1953 nbsp Walter Konrad GER 1954 nbsp D Stritof YUG 1955 nbsp Walter Konrad GER 1956 nbsp Giacomo Peppicelli ITA 1957 nbsp Franjo Mihalic YUG 1958 nbsp Silvio de Florentis ITA 1959 nbsp Franjo Mihalic YUG 1960 nbsp Franjo Mihalic YUG 1961 nbsp Antonio Ambu ITA 1962 nbsp Franco Antonelli ITA 1963 nbsp Nedjalko Farcic YUG 48 0 15 km 1964 nbsp Antonio Ambu ITA 1965 nbsp Antonio Ambu ITA 1966 nbsp Antonio Ambu ITA 1967 nbsp Antonio Ambu ITA 1968 nbsp Antonio Ambu ITA 1969 nbsp Antonio Ambu ITA 1970 nbsp Lutz Philipp GER 35 56 1971 nbsp Giuseppe Ardizzone ITA 36 36 2 1972 nbsp Werner Dossegger SUI 36 39 3 1973 nbsp Werner Dossegger SUI 1974 nbsp Luigi Lauro ITA 1975 nbsp Primo Gretter ITA 37 52 2 1976 nbsp Primo Gretter ITA 37 47 1977 nbsp Luigi Zarcone ITA 1978 nbsp Domingo Tibaduiza COL 36 47 9 1979 nbsp Luigi Zarcone ITA 1980 nbsp Gianni Demadonna ITA 36 45 2 1981 nbsp Venanzio Ortis ITA 36 50 1 1982 nbsp Robert McDonald AUS 36 42 9 1983 nbsp Gianni Demadonna ITA 36 18 4 1984 nbsp Mike McLeod ENG 37 13 3 1985 nbsp Gianni Demadonna ITA 37 00 1 1986 nbsp Andrew Masai KEN 36 55 3 1987 nbsp Francesco Panetta ITA 35 57 8 1988 nbsp Francesco Panetta ITA 35 43 7 1989 nbsp Said Ermili MAR 36 32 7 1990 nbsp Abderrahim Zitouna MAR 28 01 4 1991 Not held 1992 nbsp Eliud Barngetuny KEN 35 04 1993 nbsp Thierry Pantel FRA 36 04 1994 nbsp Jonah Koech Kimurgor KEN 35 53 2 1995 nbsp Andrew Masai KEN 35 58 5 1996 Not held 1997 nbsp Paul Tergat KEN 31 15 1998 nbsp Giuliano Battocletti ITA 1999 nbsp John Cheruiyot Korir KEN 31 05 2000 nbsp Paul Kosgei Malakwen KEN 30 46 2001 nbsp Kenenisa Bekele ETH 30 49 2002 nbsp Stefano Baldini ITA 30 50 6 2003 nbsp Martin Sulle TAN 28 34 2004 nbsp Stefano Baldini ITA 31 21 1 2005 nbsp Paul Kimaiyo Kimugul KEN 28 00 2006 nbsp Stefano Baldini ITA 28 43 2007 nbsp Moses Mosop KEN 29 59 10 5 km 2008 nbsp Moses Mosop KEN 28 29 2009 nbsp Edwin Soi KEN 29 25 2010 nbsp Edwin Soi KEN 28 45 9 2011 nbsp Edwin Soi KEN 29 16 2012 nbsp Edwin Soi KEN 28 43 2013 nbsp Edwin Soi KEN 29 01 2014 nbsp Muktar Edris ETH 28 52 2015 nbsp Muktar Edris ETH 28 46 2016 nbsp Abdallah Mande UGA 28 47 2017 nbsp Muktar Edris ETH 28 54 2018 nbsp Jacob Kiplimo UGA 28 17 2019 nbsp Telahun Bekele ETH 28 09 2021 nbsp Muktar Edris ETH 28 13Statistics editWinners by country edit Country Wins nbsp Italy 31 nbsp Kenya 15 nbsp Yugoslavia 6 nbsp Germany 3 nbsp Switzerland 3 nbsp Ethiopia 4 nbsp Morocco 2 nbsp Australia 1 nbsp Austria 1 nbsp Colombia 1 nbsp England 1 nbsp France 1 nbsp Tanzania 1 Totals 13 65 Multiple winners edit Athlete Country Wins Years Antonio Ambu nbsp Italy 7 1961 1964 1969 Edwin Soi nbsp Kenya 5 2009 2013 Giovanni Nocco nbsp Italy 3 1946 1947 1950 Franjo Mihalic nbsp Yugoslavia 3 1957 1959 1960 Gianni Demadonna nbsp Italy 3 1980 1983 1985 Stefano Baldini nbsp Italy 3 2002 2004 2006 Moses Mosop nbsp Kenya 2 2007 2008 Andrew Masai nbsp Kenya 2 1986 1995 Francesco Panetta nbsp Italy 2 1987 1988 Luigi Zarcone nbsp Italy 2 1977 1979 Primo Gretter nbsp Italy 2 1975 1976 Werner Dossegger nbsp Switzerland 2 1972 1973 Walter Konrad nbsp Germany 2 1953 1955See also editBOclassic Memorial Peppe GrecoReferences edit Albo d oro dal 1962 al 2009 Archived 2010 12 07 at the Wayback Machine Giro al Trentino Retrieved on 2010 11 03 a b Un balzo nel passato Archived 2011 07 22 at the Wayback Machine in Italian Giro al Sas Retrieved on 2010 11 03 Olympic champion Baldini accelerates comfortably to Trento victory IAAF Retrieved on 2010 11 03 Baldini says goodbye at the Giro al Sas European Athletics 2010 10 06 Retrieved on 2010 11 05 Soi defends title at Giro Al Sas IAAF 2010 10 10 Retrieved on 2010 11 05 Albo d Oro Archived 2011 07 22 at the Wayback Machine Giro al Sas Retrieved on 2010 11 05 a b c Malcolm Heyworth et al 2010 10 12 Giro al Sas 10 km Association of Road Racing Statisticians Retrieved on 2010 11 05 Mappa Archived 2011 07 22 at the Wayback Machine Giro al Sas Retrieved on 2010 11 05 a b Zorzi Alberto 2005 10 10 Kimugul defeats Baldini IAAF Retrieved on 2010 11 05 List of winners Malcolm Heyworth et al 2010 10 12 Giro al Sas 10 km Association of Road Racing Statisticians Retrieved on 2010 11 03 External links editOfficial website 46 04 04 N 11 07 17 E 46 06778 N 11 12139 E 46 06778 11 12139 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Giro al Sas amp oldid 1127019394, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
