Trofeo Franco Balestra

Trofeo Franco Balestra
Race details
Date	Mid-March
Region	Italy
English name	Franco Balestra Trophy
Local name(s)	Trofeo Franco Balestra (in Italian)
Nickname(s)	Memorial Giampietro Metelli
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1977
Editions	37 (as of 2013)
First winner	Vinicio Coppi (ITA)
Most recent	Andrea Zordan (ITA)

Trofeo Franco Balestra is a road bicycle race held annually in Italy. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

1977–2005: Memorial Sabbadini
2006- : Memorial Giampietro Metelli

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1977	Italy	Vinicio Coppi
1978	Italy	Davide Meggiolaro
1979	Italy	Enrico Pezzetti
1980	Italy	Davide Giovanardi
1981	Italy	Sergio Dottesio
1982	Italy	Mauro Andreoli
1983	Italy	Enrico Zaina
1984	Italy	Giuseppe Danieli
1985	Italy	Giuseppe Gamba
1986	Italy	Elio Gusmini
1987	Italy	Stefano Cecini
1988	Italy	Orlando Pasinelli
1989	Italy	Mauro Valoti
1990	Italy	Marco Botta
1991	Italy	Diego Ferrari
1992	Italy	Lorenzo Di Silvestro
1993	Italy	Maurizio Tomi
1994	Russia	Maksim Ivankin
1995	Italy	Federico Profeti
1996	Italy	Elio Aggiano
1997	Italy	Moreno Di Biase
1998	Mexico	Miguel Angel Meza
1999	Italy	Marco Zanotti
2000	Italy	Matteo Tinelli
2001	Italy	Alberto Loddo	Zoccorinese Vellutex
2002	Italy	Antonio Bucciero	Unidelta Egidio
2003	Italy	Alex Gualandi	G.S. 93 Promosport
2004	Italy	Paride Grillo	Pagnoncelli
2005	Belarus	Branislau Samoilau	Palazzago
2006	France	Aurélien Passeron	Cargo Embassy–Larigiano
2007	Italy	Simone Ponzi	Zalf Désirée Fior
2008	Poland	Wojciech Dybel	MGK Vis Norda
2009	Italy	Davide Cimolai	Team 2000 Veneto Marchiol
2010	Russia	Alexander Mironov	Itera–Katusha
2011	Italy	Alessandro Mazzi	Petroli Firenze
2012	Italy	Patrick Facchini	Casati–MI Impianti
2013	Italy	Andrea Zordan	Zalf Désirée Fior
2014^[1]	Italy	Christian Delle Stelle	Team Idea