Gran Premio della Liberazione

Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 on the UCI Europe Tour.

Gran Premio della Liberazione

Race details
Date	25 April
Region	Italy
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
Web site	www.gpliberazione.it/en/home
History (men)
First edition	1946 (1946)
Editions	78 (as of 2025)
First winner	Gustavo Guglielmetti (ITA)
Most wins	Antonio Toniolo (ITA) (2 wins)
Most recent	Lorenzo Masciarelli (ITA)
Women's history
First edition	2016 (2016)
Editions	4
Final edition	2022
First winner	Marta Bastianelli (ITA)
Most wins	Marta Bastianelli (ITA) (2 wins)
Final winner	Silvia Persico (ITA)

Winners

Men's race

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1946	Italy	Gustavo Guglielmetti
1947	Italy	Spartaco Rosati
1948	Italy	Bruno Fossa
1949	Italy	Arnaldo Benfenati
1950	Italy	Donato Piazza
1951	Italy	Vincenzo Zucconelli
1952	Italy	Renzo Ghirardi
1953	Italy	Nazareno Venturini
1954	Italy	Cleto Maule
1955	Italy	Giancarlo Ceppi
1956	Italy	Aurelio Cestari
1957	Italy	Salvatore Morucci
1958	Italy	Remo Tamagni
1959	Italy	Romeo Venturelli
1960	France	René Bianchi
1961	Italy	Teodoro Cerbella
1962	Italy	Antonio Toniolo
1963	Italy	Antonio Toniolo
1964	Italy	Carlo Storai
1965	Italy	Ferruccio Manza
1966	Czechoslovakia	Jaroslav Kvapil
1967	Italy	Carlo Galazzi
1968	Italy	Attilio Rota
1969	Italy	Pietro Mingardi
1970	Czechoslovakia	Rudolf Labus
1971	Italy	Giuseppe Milioli
1972	Soviet Union	Yuri Osincew
1973	Soviet Union	Ivan Trifonov
1974	Yugoslavia	Cvitko Bilić
1975	Italy	Palmiro Masciarelli
1976	Great Britain	William Nickson
1977	Great Britain	Bob Downs
1978	Denmark	Henning Jørgensen
1979	Italy	Walter Delle Case
1980	Italy	Marco Cattaneo
1981	Soviet Union	Ivan Mitchenko
1982	Poland	Andrej Serediuk
1983	Italy	Claudio Golinelli
1984	Spain	Manuel Domínguez
1985	Italy	Gianni Bugno
1986	Netherlands	Mark van Orsouw
1987	Soviet Union	Dimitri Konyshev
1988	West Germany	Bernd Gröne
1989	Poland	Joachim Halupczok
1990	West Germany	Uwe Winter
1991	Italy	Andrea Solagna
1992	United States	Vassili Davidenko
1993	Italy	Alessandro Bertolini
1994	Denmark	Alex Petersen
1995	Italy	Paolo Valoti
1996	Italy	Davide Casarotto
1997	Italy	Cristiano Citton
1998	Italy	Roberto Savoldi
1999	Italy	Marco Zanotti
2000	Italy	Lorenzo Bernucci	Vellutex
2001	Italy	Alberto Loddo	Zoccorinese–Vellutex
2002	Italy	Andrea Sanvido	Team Parolin–Radio Birikina
2003	Italy	Devid Garbelli	Bergamasca 1902
2004	Italy	Daniele Colli	Zalf–Désirée–Fior
2005	Australia	Christopher Sutton	Australia (national team)
2006	Australia	Matthew Goss	Southaustralia.com–AIS
2007	Italy	Manuele Boaro	Zalf–Désirée–Fior
2008	Italy	Andrea Grendene	Filmop Sorelle Ramonda Bottoli
2009	Italy	Sacha Modolo	Zalf–Désirée–Fior
2010	Slovenia	Jan Tratnik	Slovenia (national team)
2011	Italy	Matteo Trentin	Team Brilla–Pasta Montegrappa
2012	Italy	Enrico Barbin	U.C. Trevigiani–Dynamon–Bottoli
2013	Belarus	Ilia Koshevoy	Big Hunter Seanese
2014	Russia	Evgeny Shalunov	Lokosphinx
2015	Argentina	Lucas Gaday	Unieuro–Wilier
2016	Italy	Vincenzo Albanese	Hopplà–Petroli Firenze
2017	Italy	Seid Lizde	Team Colpack
2018	Italy	Alessandro Fedeli	Trevigiani Phonix–Hemus 1896
2019	No race due to financial reasons[1]
2020	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
2021	Italy	Michele Gazzoli	Team Colpack–Ballan
2022	Germany	Henri Uhlig	Germany
2023	Italy	Alessandro Romele	Team Colpack–Ballan–CSB
2024	Italy	Davide Donati	Biesse–Carrera
2025	Italy	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank Ballan CSB

Women's race

In 2016, the Gran Premio della Liberazione Pink was held for the first time,^[2] after a previous GP Liberazione race was held between 1989 and 2012.

Year	Country	Rider	Team
2016	Italy	Marta Bastianelli	Alé–Cipollini
2017	Italy	Marta Bastianelli	Alé–Cipollini
2018	Italy	Letizia Paternoster	Astana
2022	Italy	Silvia Persico	Valcar–Travel & Service
2023	Italy	Silvia Zanardi	Bepink
2024	Italy	Chiara Consonni	UAE Team ADQ