Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

For the men's Giro in Toscana, see Giro di Toscana.
Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
Race details
Date Late August / September
Region Italy
Discipline Road
Type Stage race
History
First edition 1995 (1995)
Editions 19 (as of 2013)
First winner  Imelda Chiappa (ITA)
Most wins  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) (3 wins)
Most recent  Claudia Häusler (GER)

The Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini is annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Italy since 1995.[1]

During the 2013 race, 63 of the 112 riders refused to compete in the fourth and final stage of the race due to safety concerns, including having to race in open car traffic without sufficient police protection. After briefly listening to the riders' complaints at a meeting before the fourth stage, the organizer, Brunello Fanani, told the protesting riders and team representatives to "go home." Among the protesting riders were Italy's two top women's riders, Elisa Longo Borghini and Giorgia Bronzini, and Marianne Vos, the overall leader after the third stage.[2] The race returned in 2014 but was reduced to two stages plus a prologue time trial, and its UCI race classification was downgraded from 2.1 to 2.2.

Past winners

Rider Team
1995 Italy Chiappa, ImeldaImelda Chiappa (ITA)
1995 Italy Zocca, GretaGreta Zocca (ITA)
1996 Switzerland Heeb, BarbaraBarbara Heeb (SUI)
1997 Italy Chiappa, ImeldaImelda Chiappa (ITA)
1998 Italy Cappellotto, ValeriaValeria Cappellotto (ITA)
1999 Lithuania Pučinskaitė, EditaEdita Pučinskaitė (LTU)
2000 Belarus Stahurskaja, SinaidaSinaida Stahurskaja (BLR)
2001 Switzerland Brändli, NicoleNicole Brändli (SUI)
2002 Sweden Ljungskog, SusanneSusanne Ljungskog (SWE)
2003 Sweden Ljungskog, SusanneSusanne Ljungskog (SWE)
2004 Germany Worrack, TrixiTrixi Worrack (GER)
2005 Sweden Ljungskog, SusanneSusanne Ljungskog (SWE)
2006 Russia Bubnenkova, SvetlanaSvetlana Bubnenkova (RUS) Fenixs-Colnago
2007 Italy Cantele, NoemiNoemi Cantele (ITA)
2008 Germany Arndt, JudithJudith Arndt (GER) Team Columbia Women
2009 Lithuania Žiliūtė, DianaDiana Žiliūtė (LTU) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi
2010 Germany Arndt, JudithJudith Arndt (GER)
2011 United States Guarnier, MeganMegan Guarnier (USA)
2012 Poland Jasinska, MalgorzataMalgorzata Jasinska (POL)
2013 Germany Häusler, ClaudiaClaudia Häusler (GER) Team TIBCO
2014 United States Olds, ShelleyShelley Olds (USA) Alé Cipollini

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