CYCLING: Premondiale Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini 2.2 2025 (ITA)

Italy 04 Sep - 07 Sep 2025 Class 2.2 - Stages - Class 2

sportpress.international 7. September 2025 2 minutes read

Italy 04 Sep – 07 Sep 2025 Class 2.2 – Stages – Class 2

Website www.michelafanini.com and https://www.instagram.com/giroditoscana.fanini/

The Premondiale Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini is an annual elite women’s road cycling stage race held in Tuscany, Italy. The race was founded in 1995 and has been an important event on the women’s cycling calendar.

Key History and Highlights:

Founding: The race was first held in 1995.
Memorial: It is named in memory of Michela Fanini, a promising Italian cyclist who died in a car accident in 1996.
Controversy: In 2013, a significant number of riders, including top competitors like Marianne Vos, staged a protest and refused to compete in the final stage due to safety concerns related to a lack of police protection and open car traffic on the course. This led to the race being downgraded in its UCI classification the following year.
Notable Winners:
- Susanne Ljungskog of Sweden holds the record for the most overall victories with three wins.
- Other prominent winners include Imelda Chiappa, the first winner in 1995, and more recently, Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (2022) and Margot Vanpachtenbeke (2024).
Most Stage Wins: Giorgia Bronzini holds the record for the most stage wins in the race’s history.