Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

The Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini is annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Italy since 1995.[1]

For the men's Giro in Toscana, see Giro di Toscana.
Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
Race details
DateLate August / September
RegionItaly
DisciplineRoad
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.michelafanini.com
History
First edition1995 (1995)
Editions23 (as of 2017)
First winner Imelda Chiappa (ITA)
Most wins Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) (3 wins)
Most recent Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)

During the 2013 race, 63 of the 112 riders refused to compete in the fourth and final stage of the race due to safety concerns, including having to race in open car traffic without sufficient police protection. After briefly listening to the riders' complaints at a meeting before the fourth stage, the organizer, Brunello Fanani, told the protesting riders and team representatives to "go home." Among the protesting riders were Italy's two top women's riders, Elisa Longo Borghini and Giorgia Bronzini, and Marianne Vos, the overall leader after the third stage.[2] The race returned in 2014 but was reduced to two stages plus a prologue time trial, and its UCI race classification was downgraded from 2.1 to 2.2.

Past winners
Year Country Rider Team
1995  Italy Imelda Chiappa
1995  Italy Greta Zocca
1996   Switzerland Barbara Heeb
1997  Italy Imelda Chiappa
1998  Italy Valeria Cappellotto
1999  Lithuania Edita Pučinskaitė
2000  Belarus Sinaida Stahurskaja
2001   Switzerland Nicole Brändli
2002  Sweden Susanne Ljungskog Vlaanden–T Interim
2003  Sweden Susanne Ljungskog Bik–Powerplate
2004  Germany Trixi Worrack Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2005  Sweden Susanne Ljungskog Team Flexpoint
2006  Russia Svetlana Bubnenkova Fenixs–Colnago
2007  Italy Noemi Cantele Bigla Cycling Team
2008  Germany Judith Arndt Team Columbia Women
2009  Lithuania Diana Žiliūtė Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi
2010  Germany Judith Arndt Team T-Mobile Women
2011  United States Megan Guarnier Team TIBCO–To The Top
2012  Poland Malgorzata Jasinska MCipollini–Giambenini–Gauss
2013  Germany Claudia Häusler Team TIBCO–To The Top
2014  United States Shelley Olds Alé–Cipollini
2015  Poland Malgorzata Jasinska Alé–Cipollini
2016  South Africa Ashleigh Moolman Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
2017  South Africa Ashleigh Moolman Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
2018  Italy Soraya Paladin Alé–Cipollini

References
  1. "Giro della Toscana Femminile/Memorial Michela Fanini" (in French). memoire-du-cyclisme.net. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  2. Women riders protest security at Giro della Toscana


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