RCS Sport is a sport and media company that operates mainly in Italy in the sports sector, as part of
RCS MediaGroup
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera), based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, n ...
. It organises some of Italy's biggest
road cycling events, including the
Giro d'Italia,
Milan–San Remo and
Tirreno–Adriatico, as well as non-cycling events such as the
Milan Marathon
The Milano City Marathon is a marathon race held every April in Milan, Italy. It was first organised in 2000 by the Milano City Marathon Club and the first nine editions were held in November.
History
The 2009 edition of the race, initially se ...
. RCS Sport was started in 1989 as an independent company from
La Gazzetta dello Sport
''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' (; "The Sports Gazette") is an Italian daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. Founded in 1896, it is the most widely read daily newspaper of any kind in Italy (in 2018).
History and profile
''La ...
while continuing to be its “organizational arm”. It also offers consultancy and partnership for other sports organisers, helping with events like
Lega Basket Serie A
The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club basketball league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). It is the highest-tie ...
and
The Color Run.
Cycling
RCS Sport owns 5
Cycling
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from tw ...
UCI World Tour events:
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Giro d'Italia
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Milan–San Remo
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Il Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cy ...
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Tirreno–Adriatico
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Strade Bianche
The also own four
UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale
The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world gove ...
events:
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Roma Maxima
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Milano–Torino
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Giro del Piemonte
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Giro di Sicilia
And 2
UCI Asia Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form ...
events:
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UAE Tour
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Abu Dhabi Tour (former race, as it was merged with Dubai Tour Shorts into UAE Tour, last held 2018)''
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Dubai Tour (former race, as it was merged with Dubai Tour into UAE Tour, last held 2018)''
Soccer
RCS Sport is commercial advisor of the
Italian Football Federation
The Italian Football Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio; FIGC), known colloquially as ''Federcalcio'', is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and the technical department is in Coverciano, Florence.
I ...
and Series B soccer league.
Mass Events
RCS Sport organises the IAAF
Milano City Marathon, the Fisherman’s Friend StrongmanRun in Italy, The Color Run and the Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia.
Basketball
RCS Sport is commercial advisor of the Italian Basketball Federation (
Italy national basketball team
The Italy men's national basketball team ( it, Nazionale di pallacanestro dell'Italia) represents Italy in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP).
Italy has qualified for 38 EuroB ...
) and organises the main events of A Series Basketball League (Final8, All Star Game and Supercoppa Italiana).
In 2012 RCS Sport have partnered with
NBA to organize the Italian stage of the
NBA Europe Live Tour.
Training
Since 2010 RCS Sport with SDA Bocconi School of Management has developed “Sports Business Academy”, a centre of sports management and a place for meeting and networking.
External links
Sito ufficiale RCS Sport
Sports management companies
Sports event promotion companies