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18 - 21 April
Preview
Stages
18 April, Stage 1, Arco - Castello Tesino, 162.8K
19 April, Stage 2, Castello Tesino - Cles, 174.8K
20 April, Stage 3, Romeno - Tione di Trento, 168.8K
21 April, Stage 4, Puegnago del Garda - Arco di Trento, 162.4K
Total 668.8K
![2005 Winner: Julio Pérez](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2005/Giro/14/GreinPerezCuapio.jpg", 399, 600, "2005 Winner: Julio Pérez"); "2005 Winner: Julio Pérez, photo: Christine Grein, Capture-The-Peloton.com")
2005 Winner: Julio Pérez, photo: Capture-The -Peloton.com
The 30th Giro del Trentino will be an indicator of who is hot for the Giro d'Italia starting two weeks later. In the past, riders who have won Trentino have gone on to glory in la Corsa Rosa. Recently that honor has gone to Damiano Cunego, who in 2004 won Trentino and then blasted the Giro competition.
![Il Veronese: Cunego](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2006/MilanoSanremo/CunegoThinks.jpg", 375, 500, "Il Veronese: Cunego"); "Il Veronese: Cunego, photo: BiciRace.com")
Il Veronese: Cunego, photo: BiciRace.com
Cunego and his old teammate, Gilberto Simoni, will be the two big names on the startlist. There is a strong tension between the two that has been building since their 2005 break-up. Gibo, racing on home roads, will want to pound il Piccolo Principe into the ground, but will have his work cut out for him since il Veronese seems to be on superb form, as witnessed by his Giro d'Oro win on 16 April.
![Il Trentino: Simoni](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2006/MilanoSanremo/omataSimoni.jpg", 332, 500, "Il Trentino: Simoni"); "Il Trentino: Simoni, photo: Yuta.Omata/CyclingTime.com")
Il Trentino: Simoni, photo: Yuta.Omata/ CyclingTime.com
The parcours are stuff of serious business, with the most dangerous stage being the opener, from Arco to Castello Tesino. The Passo Forcella (910m) comes right before the finish and should cause serious time gaps that will stay with the race over the following three stages. Any rider who wants to vie for the overall honors will have to be alert from the gun on this four-stage Trentino affair.
Past Winners:
2005 Julio Pérez
2004 Damiano Cunego
2003 Gilberto Simoni
2002 Francesco Casagrande
2001 Francesco Casagrande
2000 Simone Borgheresi
1999 Paolo Savoldelli
1998 Paolo Savoldelli
1997 Luc Leblanc
1996 Wladimir Belli
1995 Heinz Imboden
1994 Moreno Argentin
1993 Maurizio Fondriest
1992 Claudio Chiappucci
1991 Leonardo Sierra
1990 Gianni Bugno
1989 Mauro Santaromita
1988 Urs Zimmerman
1987 Claudio Corti
1986 Carrera Jeans (team event)
1985 Harald Maier
1984 Franco Chioccioli
1983 Francesco Moser
1982 Giuseppe Saronni
1981 Roberto Visentini
1980 Francesco Moser
1979 Knut Knudsen
1963 Guido De Rosso
1962 Enzo Moser
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