Giro Next Gen

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Giro Next Gen, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio, Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970.

Giro Next Gen
Race details
DateJune
RegionItaly
Nickname(s)Baby Giro
DisciplineRoad
TypeStage race
OrganiserRCS Sport
Web sitewww.gironextgen.it Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1970 (1970)
Editions47 (as of 2024)
First winner Giancarlo Bellini (ITA)
Most recent Jarno Widar (BEL)

The race is considered to be the most important race on Italy's U23 calendar, the analogue of the Giro d'Italia. The list of winners includes renowned riders like Francesco Moser, Marco Pantani, Gilberto Simoni, Leonardo Piepoli and Danilo Di Luca.[1]

After the 2012 edition, the race was not held for a few years, but it was announced that in 2017 it would return as a U23 race.[2]

Winners

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YearCountryRiderTeam
1970  ItalyGiancarlo Bellini
1971  ItalyFrancesco Moser
1972  ItalyGiovanni Battaglin
1973  ItalyGianbattista Baronchelli
1974  ItalyLeone Pizzini
1975  ItalyRuggero Gialdini
1976  ItalyFrancesco Conti
1977  ItalyClaudio Corti
1978  ItalyFausto Stiz
1979  SwedenAlf Segersäll
1980  ItalyGiovanni Fedrigo
1981  Soviet UnionSergey Voronin
1982  ItalyFrancesco Cesarini
1983  Soviet UnionVladimir Volochin
1984  Soviet UnionPiotr Ugrumov
1985  Soviet UnionSergei Uslamin
1986  Soviet UnionAlexandre Krasnov
1987No race
1988  Soviet UnionDmitri Konychev
1989  Soviet UnionAndrei Teteriouk
1990  ItalyWladimir Belli
1991  ItalyFrancesco Casagrande
1992  ItalyMarco Pantani
1993  ItalyGilberto Simoni
1994  ItalyLeonardo Piepoli
1995  ItalyGiuseppe Di Grande
1996  ItalyRoberto Sgambelluri
1997  ItalyOscar Mason
1998  ItalyDanilo Di Luca
1999  SloveniaTadej Valjavec
2000  ItalyRaffaele Ferrara
2001  ItalyDavide Frattini
2002  ItalyGiuseppe Muraglia
2003  LithuaniaDainius KairelisModal Faresin
2004  ItalyMarco MarzanoVC Ceramiche Pagnoncelli
2005No race
2006  ItalyDario CataldoBedogni Natalini Praga
2007–
2008
No race
2009  ColombiaCayetano SarmientoColombia
2010[3]  ColombiaCarlos BetancurColombia
2011  ItalyMattia CattaneoU.C. Trevigiani–Dynamon–Bottoli
2012  United StatesJoe DombrowskiUnited States
2013–
2016
No race
2017[4]  RussiaPavel SivakovBMC Development Team
2018  RussiaAleksandr VlasovGazprom–RusVelo
2019  ColombiaAndrés ArdilaEPM
2020  Great BritainTom PidcockTrinity Racing
2021[5]  SpainJuan AyusoTeam Colpack–Ballan
2022[6]  Great BritainLeo HayterHagens Berman Axeon
2023[7]  NorwayJohannes Staune-MittetJumbo–Visma Development Team
2024[8][9]  BelgiumJarno WidarLotto–Dstny Development Team

References

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  1. ^ Baby Giro: Where future stars are recruited
  2. ^ "Under-23 Giro d'Italia to return in 2017". Cyclingngews. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Standings Baby Giro - Cycling". Eurosport. 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Pavel Sivakov seals overall Baby Giro victory". cyclingnews.com. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. ^ "VN news ticker: Juan Ayuso wins 'Baby Giro' ahead of joining UAE Emirates - Swiss Cycles". swisscycles.com. 13 June 2021. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. ^ "RISULTATI" (PDF). Dropbox (in Italian). 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Johannes Staune-Mittet wins the Giro Next Gen 2023". RCS Sports and Events. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Giro Next Gen: Widar and Brennan, a team triumph". Giro d'Italia 2024. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  9. ^ Ozols, Kārlis (14 June 2024). "New Belgian Climbing Supertalent | Giro Next Gen Stage 6 2024". Lanterne Rouge. Retrieved 17 June 2024.