Coppa Bernocchi

Summary

The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before joining the UCI ProSeries in 2020.

Coppa Bernocchi
Race details
DateMid-August
RegionLombardy, Italy
English nameBernocchi Cup
Local name(s)Coppa Bernocchi (in Italian)
Nickname(s)La Bernocchi
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI ProSeries
TypeSingle-day
Race directorPino Cozzi
Web sitewww.uslegnanese.it/coppa-bernocchi/ Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1919 (1919)
Editions103 (as of 2022) *see below
First winner Ruggero Ferrario (ITA)
Most wins Danilo Napolitano (ITA)
(3 wins)
Most recent Wout van Aert (BEL)
Antonio Bernocchi, founder and patron of Bernocchi Cup, Legnano, 1919

In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup), with his brothers Andrea and Michele Bernocchi in Legnano, and give the executive organization of the race to the family friend Pino Cozzi, President of the "Unione Sportiva Legnanese", sports club which has since organized the cycling race, which used the prestige of the Bernocchi brand license, already known all over the world, to publicize the race that will become one of the most prestigious in Europe. At the Bernocchi Cup have participated, and sometimes won all the greatest champions in the history of cycling, including Fausto Coppi, Pierino Bestetti, Michele Gismondi, Gino Bartali.

Departure of the 1935 Coppa Bernocchi

It is the last race of Trittico Lombardo, which includes three races held around the region of Lombardy in three consecutive days. These races are Tre Valli Varesine, Coppa Ugo Agostoni and Coppa Bernocchi.

Coppa Bernocchi is one of the most historic cycling races in Europe, with over a hundred years of history, and one of the most important in Italy.

Winners edit

Year Country Rider Team
1919   Italy Ruggero Ferrario
1920   Italy Giovanni Tragella
1921   Italy Angelo Testa
1922   Italy Libero Ferrario
1923   Italy Libero Ferrario
1924   Italy Alfredo Dinale
1925   Italy Luigi Mainetti
1926   Italy Giuseppe Pancera Olympia–Dunlop
1927   Italy Giuseppe Pancera Berrettini–Hutchinson
1928   Italy Carlo Galluzzi Maino–Dunlop
1929   Italy Allegro Grandi Bianchi–Pirelli
1930   Italy Eugenio Gestri individual
1931 No race
1932   Italy Marco Giuntelli Gerbi
1933   Italy Bruno Negri individual
1934   Italy Pietro Rimoldi Bianchi
1935   Italy Gino Bartali Fréjus
1936   Italy Enrico Mollo Gloria
1937   Italy Francesco Albani individual
1938   Italy Cino Cinelli Fréjus
1939   Italy Adolfo Leoni Bianchi
1940   Italy Aldo Bini Bianchi
1941   Italy Severino Canavesi Gloria
1942   Italy Glauco Servadei Bianchi
1943 No race
1944   Italy Oreste Conte Benotto
1945   Italy Sergio Maggini Benotto
1946   Italy Osvaldo Bailo Girardengo
1947   Italy Mario Ricci Legnano–Pirelli
1948   Italy Virgilio Salimbeni Legnano–Pirelli
1949   Italy Mario Ricci Viscontea
1950   Italy Fiorenzo Crippa Bianchi–Ursus
1951   Italy Luigi Casola Atala–Pirelli
1952   Italy Primo Volpi Arbos–Pirelli
1953   Italy Giorgio Albani Legnano–Pirelli
  Italy Antonio Bevilacqua Benotto–Levriere
1954   Italy Fausto Coppi Bianchi–Pirelli
1955   Italy Renato Ponzini Arbos–Pirelli
1956   Italy Vasco Modena Arbos–Bif–Clément
1957   Belgium Rik Van Looy Faema–Guerra
1958   Belgium Rik Van Looy Faema–Guerra
1959   Italy Noè Conti Bianchi–Pirelli
1960   Italy Giuseppe Fallarini Ignis
1961   Italy Arturo Sabbadin Philco
1962   Italy Pierino Baffi Ghigi
1963   Italy Aldo Moser Firte
1964   Italy Gianni Motta Molteni
1965   Italy Adriano Durante Molteni
1966   Italy Raffaele Marcoli Sanson
1967   Italy Vittorio Adorni Salamini–Luxor
1968   Italy Franco Bitossi Filotex
1969   Italy Giacinto Santambrogio Molteni
1970   Italy Pietro Guerra Salvarani
1971   Italy Virginio Levati Salvarani
1972   Italy Marino Basso Salvarani
1973   Italy Felice Gimondi Bianchi–Campagnolo
1974   Italy Francesco Moser Filotex
1975   Italy Enrico Paolini Scic
1976   Italy Franco Bitossi Zonca-Santini
1977   Italy Carmelo Barone Fiorella Mocassini
1978   Italy Giovanni Battaglin Fiorella–Citroën
1979   Italy Valerio Lualdi Bianchi–Faema
1980   Italy Giuseppe Saronni Gis Gelati
1981   Italy Giuseppe Saronni Gis Gelati–Campagnolo
1982   Italy Silvano Contini Bianchi–Piaggio
1983   Italy Palmiro Masciarelli Gis Gelati–Campagnolo
1984   Italy Vittorio Algeri Metauro Mobili–Pinarello
1985   Netherlands Johan van der Velde Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec
1986   Italy Roberto Gaggioli Ecoflam–Jolly–BFB
1987   Italy Guido Bontempi Carrera Jeans–Vagabond
1988   Italy Guido Bontempi Carrera Jeans–Vagabond
1989   Denmark Rolf Sørensen Ariostea
1990   Italy Davide Cassani Ariostea
1991   Italy Giorgio Furlan Ariostea
1992   France Charly Mottet R.M.O.
1993   Denmark Rolf Sørensen Carrera Jeans–Tassoni
1994   Italy Bruno Cenghialta Gewiss–Ballan
1995   Italy Stefano Zanini Gewiss–Ballan
1996   Italy Fabio Baldato MG Maglificio–Technogym
1997   Italy Gianluca Bortolami Festina–Lotus
1998   Italy Fabio Sacchi Team Polti
1999   Italy Giancarlo Raimondi Liquigas
2000   Latvia Romāns Vainšteins Vini Caldirola–Sidermec
2001   Italy Paolo Valoti Alessio–Bianchi
2002   Italy Daniele Nardello Mapei–Quick-Step
2003   Italy Sergio Barbero Lampre
2004   Italy Angelo Furlan Alessio–Bianchi
2005   Italy Danilo Napolitano LPR–Piacenza
2006   Italy Danilo Napolitano Lampre–Fondital
2007   Italy Danilo Napolitano Lampre–Fondital
2008   Great Britain Steve Cummings Barloworld
2009   Italy Luca Paolini Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo
2010   Italy Manuel Belletti Colnago–CSF Inox
2011   Belarus Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ
2012   Italy Sacha Modolo Colnago–CSF Bardiani
2013   Italy Sacha Modolo Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox
2014   Italy Elia Viviani Cannondale
2015   Italy Vincenzo Nibali Astana
2016   Italy Giacomo Nizzolo Italian national team
2017   Italy Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain–Merida
2018   Italy Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain–Merida
2019   Germany Phil Bauhaus Bahrain–Merida
2020 No race due to COVID-19 pandemic, replaced by Grande Trittico Lombardo[1]
2021   Belgium Remco Evenepoel Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2022   Italy Davide Ballerini Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
2023   Belgium Wout van Aert Team Jumbo–Visma

Wins per country edit

Wins Country
90   Italy
4   Belgium
2   Denmark
1   Netherlands
  France
  Latvia
  United Kingdom
  Belarus
  Germany
  • 103 races registered / although 102 races held only / 101 wins, (102 names because one doubled)
  • 1931 = Winner Alfredo Bovet (Italy), disqualified for not having signed in at one of the controls
  • 1953 = Double-Win (Albani / Bevilacqua)
  • 2020 = Winner Gorka Izagirre (Spain), Race: "Grande Trittico Lombardo", August 3, 2020

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Nasce il Grande Trittico Lombardo, sogno e consapevolezza". Malpensa. Malpensa. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

External links edit

  • Sitio oficial
  • Coppa Bernocchi (sitiodeciclismo.net)
  • (in French) La corsa su Cyclingbase.com Archived 2017-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
  • La corsa su Cqranking.com
  • La corsa su Cyclebase.nl
  • La corsa su Sitodelciclismo.net
  • La corsa su Museodelciclismo.it