Date | Early-October |
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Region | Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
Local name(s) | Memorial Marco Pantani |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
Organiser | Gruppo Sportivo Emilia |
First edition | 2004 |
Editions | 13 (as of 2016) |
First winner | Damiano Cunego (ITA) |
Most wins | No repeat winners |
Most recent | Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) |
The Memorial Marco Pantani is a professional road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
The race has been organized since 2004 and serves as a memory of Marco Pantani. The race starts in Cesenatico, Pantani's hometown, and follows a route towards his birthplace, Cesena. In 2007 the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2013, the race was merged with the Giro della Romagna, a race in the same region.
After Gilberto Simoni won in 2005 edition of the race, he paid tribute to Pantani's memory by saying: