The Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (also known as GP Beghelli) is a late season men's
road bicycle race
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
held annually in
Monteveglio, near the city of
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
,
Italy
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. From 2005 to 2013, the race has been organised as a
1.1 event on the
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 ...
, while in 2014 it was upgraded to
1.HC. It was first held in 1996, after the disappearance of the
Milano–Vignola
The Milano–Vignola was a professional road bicycle race held annually in the Province of Modena, Italy. The last edition took place in 1996, becoming the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli in 1997.
Winners
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A women's race, the
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite, has been held since 2016.
Winners
References
External links
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UCI Europe Tour races
Cycle races in Italy
Recurring sporting events established in 1997
1997 establishments in Italy
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