UCI Road World Cup 2011

World Cup Coverage  >>   2011    2010    2009   2008    2007    2006    2005

WCN quicklink >>  GP Plouay - Round 9    GP Plouay Preview - Round 9     Open de Suede, Vårgåda Round 8 

                                  Open de Suede, Vårgåda Round 7 TTT     Open de Suede Vårgåda Round 7 - Preview

                                 GP Valladolid Round 6     Chongming Round 5     La Fleche Wallonne Round 4   

                         Ronde van Drenthe, Round 3     Ronde van Drenthe, Preview     Ronde van Vlaanderen Round 2    

                                 Trofeo Binda Round 1    Trofeo Binda Race Preview 2011     World Cup Calendar    

UCI Website

Trofeo Binda race website

Previous coverage of Trofeo Binda  >> 2011   2010   2009     2008

Preview - Trofeo Alfredo Binda, Cittiglio, Italy

2011 Preview

The Trofeo Binda World Cup, 2011 is the first World Cup race of the season and sets the standard for the rest of the year. This years race will be a distance of 121.4 km, shorter than last year but with 4 laps over the Orino climb it will certainly break up the race. The route is more compelling and selective than previous years, in keeping with a World Cup event. There will be twenty-eight teams; 165 rider, professional and national teams, in a race which will showcase some exciting Italian landscape. The race once again clashes with the World Track Championships. The impact this year means 2009 and 2010 winner Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) and the Italian 2010 World Champion Giorgia Bronzini will miss the event. This is a huge disappointment for Bronzini, who would have loved the opportunity to race the only Italian World Cup in her World Championship jersey. It is expected that the strong teams of HTC Highroad and Garmin Cervelo will take control of the race. Both teams have strong riders who can climb. Not to be discounted however are the Italian teams. The new SC Mcipollini Giambenini team, includes former winner Nicole Cooke and 2009 World Champion Tatiana Guderzo and Marta Bastianelli 2007 World Champion. Diadora Pasta Zara, will also be looking for success. The new team includes 2010 Giro Donne winner Mara Abbott and Russian Olga Zabelinskaya, winner of the 2010 Thuringen Rundfahrt. 

In the last two additions, a small group has reached the finish to sprint the 500m from the right hand turn to the finish. Timing is key at this point in the race, as is patience. Going too early can be devastating as the finish kicks up in the final 75m. 

Back to Top

2011 Start List

Back to Top

Previous Winners - Trofeo Binda

1974 Giuseppina Micheloni     
1975 Nicole Van den Broek     
1976 Morena Tartagni               
1977 Nicoletta Castelli               
1978 Cristina Menuzzo               
1979 Anna Morlacchi                 
1980 Francesca Galli                
1981 Cristina Menuzzo              
1982 Lucia Pizzolotto                  
1983 Michela Tomasi                 
1984 Maria Canins                     
1985 Silvia Conti                         
1986 Stefania Carmine             
1987 Rossella Galbiati             
1988 Elisabetta Fanton             
1989 Elisabetta Fanton             
1990 Maria Canins                     
1991 Maria Paola Turcutto        
1992 Maria Canins                     
1993 Roberta Ferrero                
1994 Fabiana Luperini              
1995 Valeria Cappellotto          
1996 Valeria Cappellotto          
1997 No race
1998 No race 
1999 Fanny Lecortois                
2000 Fabiana Luperini               
2001 Nicole Brandli                   
2002 Svethlana Boubnenkova 
2003 Diana Ziliute                        
2004 Oenone Wood                  
2005 Nicole Cooke                      
2006 Regina Schleicher             
2007 Nicole Cooke                        
2008 Emma Pooley
2009 Marianne Vos

2010 Marianne Vos

Back to Top