# Milano–Torino

Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The event is owned by the RCS media group which owns the Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport. RCS also organises other top Italian cycling events such as the Giro d'Italia, Milan–San Remo and Tirreno–Adriatico. The race is ranked UCI ProSeries on the UCI continental calendar. The race was not run between the spring of 2007 and the autumn of 2012.

## Race dates

The position of the race in the European calendar has changed several times. Prior to 1987 the event was always seven days before Milan–San Remo and was seen as an important preparation race for the Spring Classics, however in 1987 Milano–Torino was switched to a date in October just before the Giro di Lombardia because the race organisers were not happy with the inclement weather conditions characterised by early March in northern Italy. In October the race became part of the "Trittico di Autunno" (Autumn Treble) along with the Giro del Piemonte and the Giro di Lombardia which were all run in the same week. In 2005 Milan–Torino returned to its traditional date in early March, however the 2008 edition again returned to a date in October exchanging dates with the Monte Paschi Eroica race which is now run in March. However the race did not take place in October 2008 and it was not run for the next four years until an agreement was reached in February 2012 between the race owners (RCS) and the Associazione Ciclistica Arona to organise the race for the next three years.
The 2000 edition of the race was not held because of torrential rain which caused catastrophic mud slides in the Piedmont area.

## Significant winners

Milano–Torino is one of the fastest of the classics, Walter Martin won the 1961 edition at an average speed of 45.094 kilometres per hour and this stood for a time as the fastest speed in a classic race until beaten by Marinio Vigna in the 1964 edition of the Tre Valli Varesine. Swiss rider Markus Zberg now holds the record average speed for the race when he won in 1999 at a speed of 45.75 kilometres per hour. The record for the most wins in Milano–Torino stands to the Italian Costante Girardengo who took five victories between 1914 and 1923. Pierino Favalli took a hat trick of wins between 1938 and 1940. Tour de France and Giro d'Italia winner, the late Marco Pantani almost died in the 1995 edition of Milano–Torino when police allowed a four-wheel drive vehicle onto the course by mistake; Pantani and two other riders ploughed into the vehicle. Pantani sustained multiple leg breaks and missed the entire 1996 season. In 2012 the winner was Alberto Contador, who won the first single day race in his pro career.

## Races

During the first race in 1876, there were only 10 competitors, however, there were an estimated 10,000 spectators.

## Winners

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 1876 | Italy | Paolo Magretti | individual |
| 1877– 1893 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1894 | Italy | Luigi Airaldi | individual |
| 1895 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1896 | Italy | Giovanni Moro | individual |
| 1897– 1902 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1903 | Italy | Giovanni Gerbi | Maino |
| 1904 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1905 | Italy | Giovanni Rossignoli | Bianchi |
| 1906– 1910 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1911 | France | Henri Pélissier | individual |
| 1912 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1913 | Italy | Giuseppe Azzini | Otav |
| 1914 | Italy | Costante Girardengo | Maino–Dunlop |
| 1915 | Italy | Costante Girardengo | Bianchi |
| 1916 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1917 | Switzerland | Oscar Egg | Bianchi |
| 1918 | Italy | Gaetano Belloni | Bianchi |
| 1919 | Italy | Costante Girardengo | Stucchi–Dunlop |
| 1920 | Italy | Costante Girardengo | Stucchi–Dunlop |
| 1921 | Italy | Federico Gay | Bianchi–Dunlop |
| 1922 | Italy | Adriano Zanaga | Ganna–Dunlop |
| 1923 | Italy | Costante Girardengo | Maino |
| 1924 | Italy | Federico Gay | Alcyon–Dunlop |
| 1925 | Italy | Adriano Zanaga | Ideor |
| 1926– 1930 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1931 | Luxembourg | Giuseppe Graglia | individual |
| 1932 | Italy | Giuseppe Olmo | individual |
| 1933 | Luxembourg | Giuseppe Graglia | Bestetti–D'Alessandro |
| 1934 | Italy | Mario Cipriani | Fréjus |
| 1935 | Italy | Giovanni Gotti | Legnano–Wolsit |
| 1936 | Italy | Cesare Del Cancia | Ganna |
| 1937 | Italy | Giuseppe Martano | Tendil |
| 1938 | Italy | Pierino Favalli | Legnano |
| 1939 | Italy | Pierino Favalli | Legnano |
| 1940 | Italy | Pierino Favalli | Legnano |
| 1941 | Italy | Pietro Chiappini | Olympia |
| 1942 | Italy | Pietro Chiappini | Legnano |
| 1943- 1944 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1945 | Italy | Vito Ortelli | Benotto |
| 1946 | Italy | Vito Ortelli | Benotto–Superga |
| 1947 | Italy | Italo De Zan | Lygie–Pirelli |
| 1948 | Italy | Sergio Maggini | Wilier Triestina |
| 1949 | Italy | Luigi Casola | Benotto–Superga |
| 1950 | Italy | Adolfo Grosso | Wilier Triestina |
| 1951 | Italy | Fiorenzo Magni | Ganna–Ursus |
| 1952 | Italy | Aldo Bini | Bianchi–Pirelli |
| 1953 | Italy | Luciano Maggini | Atala–Pirelli |
| 1954 | Italy | Agostino Coletto | Fréjus |
| 1955 | Italy | Cleto Maule | Torpado–Ursus |
| 1956 | Switzerland | Ferdinand Kübler | Carpano–Coppi |
| 1957 | Spain | Miguel Poblet | Ignis–Doniselli |
| 1958 | Italy | Agostino Coletto | Carpano |
| 1959 | Italy | Nello Fabbri | Bianchi–Pirelli |
| 1960 | Italy | Arnaldo Pambianco | Legnano |
| 1961 | Italy | Walter Martin | Carpano |
| 1962 | Italy | Franco Balmamion | Carpano |
| 1963 | Italy | Franco Cribiori | Gazzola |
| 1964 | Spain | Valentín Uriona | Kas–Kaskol |
| 1965 | Italy | Vito Taccone | Salvarani |
| 1966 | Italy | Marino Vigna | Vittadello |
| 1967 | Italy | Gianni Motta | Molteni |
| 1968 | Italy | Franco Bitossi | Filotex |
| 1969 | Italy | Claudio Michelotto | Max Meyer |
| 1970 | Italy | Luciano Armani | Scic |
| 1971 | Belgium | Georges Pintens | Hertekamp–Magniflex |
| 1972 | Belgium | Roger De Vlaeminck | Dreher |
| 1973 | Italy | Marcello Bergamo | Filotex |
| 1974 | Belgium | Roger De Vlaeminck | Brooklyn |
| 1975 | Italy | Wladimiro Panizza | Brooklyn |
| 1976 | Italy | Enrico Paolini | Scic |
| 1977 | Belgium | Rik Van Linden | Bianchi–Campagnolo |
| 1978 | Italy | Pierino Gavazzi | Zonca–Santini |
| 1979 | Italy | Alfio Vandi | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 1980 | Italy | Giovanni Battaglin | Inoxpran |
| 1981 | Italy | Giuseppe Martinelli | Santini–Selle Italia |
| 1982 | Italy | Giuseppe Saronni | Del Tongo–Colnago |
| 1983 | Italy | Francesco Moser | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 1984 | Italy | Paolo Rosola | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 1985 | Italy | Daniele Caroli | Santini–Krups |
| 1986 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1987 | Australia | Phil Anderson | Panasonic–Isostar |
| 1988 | West Germany | Rolf Gölz | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago |
| 1989 | West Germany | Rolf Gölz | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago |
| 1990 | Switzerland | Mauro Gianetti | Helvetia–La Suisse |
| 1991 | Italy | Davide Cassani | Ariostea |
| 1992 | Italy | Gianni Bugno | Gatorade–Château d'Ax |
| 1993 | Denmark | Rolf Sørensen | Carrera Jeans–Tassoni |
| 1994 | Italy | Francesco Casagrande | Mercatone Uno–Medeghini |
| 1995 | Italy | Stefano Zanini | Gewiss–Ballan |
| 1996 | Italy | Daniele Nardello | Mapei–GB |
| 1997 | France | Laurent Jalabert | ONCE |
| 1998 | Switzerland | Niki Aebersold | Post Swiss Team |
| 1999 | Switzerland | Markus Zberg | Rabobank |
| 2000 | No race due to flooding | No race due to flooding | No race due to flooding |
| 2001 | Italy | Mirko Celestino | Saeco |
| 2002 | Italy | Michele Bartoli | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2003 | Italy | Mirko Celestino | Saeco |
| 2004 | Spain | Marcos Serrano | Liberty Seguros |
| 2005 | Italy | Fabio Sacchi | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2006 | Spain | Igor Astarloa | Barloworld |
| 2007 | Italy | Danilo Di Luca | Liquigas |
| 2008– 2011 | No race | No race | No race |
| 2012 | Spain | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank |
| 2013 | Italy | Diego Ulissi | Lampre–Merida |
| 2014 | Italy | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha |
| 2015 | Italy | Diego Rosa | Astana |
| 2016 | Colombia | Miguel Ángel López | Astana |
| 2017 | Colombia | Rigoberto Urán | Cannondale–Drapac |
| 2018 | France | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama–FDJ |
| 2019 | Canada | Michael Woods | EF Education First |
| 2020 | France | Arnaud Démare | Groupama–FDJ |
| 2021 | Slovenia | Primož Roglič | Team Jumbo–Visma |
| 2022 | Great Britain | Mark Cavendish | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
| 2023 | Netherlands | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
| 2024 | Italy | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education–EasyPost |

### Wins per country

| Wins | Country |
| 74 | Italy |
| 5 | Spain Switzerland |
| 4 | Belgium France |
| 2 | Colombia Luxembourg West Germany |
| 1 | Australia Canada Denmark Great Britain Netherlands Slovenia |