Title given to the highest peak during the Giro d'Italia
The Stelvio Pass, the highest road ever taken by the Giro.
TheCima Coppi is the title given to the highest peak in the yearly running of theGiro d'Italia, one of cycling'sGrand Tour races.[1] The mountain that is given this title each year awards moremountains classification points to the first rider than any of the other categorized mountains in the race.[2]
The categorization was first introduced for the1965 Giro d'Italia in honor of the lateFausto Coppi who won five editions of the Giro d'Italia and three mountain classification titles during his career.[3] It was first announced on 22 April 1965 by then race director Vincenzo Torriani that the highest peak would award two times as many mountains classification points.[4] Torriani thought of possibly awarding time bonuses to the first to summit the mountain; however, after many dissenting opinions, he opted to award more mountains classification points.[4]
The Cima Coppi changes from year to year, depending on the altitude profile of the Giro d'Italia, but the Cima Coppi par excellence is theStelvio Pass, which at 2758m is the highest point ever reached by the Giro. The Stelvio has been used in the 1972, 1975, 1980, 1994, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2020 editions. It was also scheduled in 1965, 1988, 2013, and 2024, but in each case the course was modified due to weather conditions, with various effects on the Cima Coppi designation.
^The elevation points are taken at the passed summit.[5]
^The scheduled climb of the Stelvio was to reach 2,757 m (9,045 ft), but due to an avalanche, the final 800 m (2,625 ft) of the climb were not scaled.
^The Stelvio Pass was not climbed due to snow drifts that had developed on the roads.[32]
^The stage containing the Gavia was cancelled as a whole due to poor weather and snow accumulation on the roads.[34]
^The Colle dell'Agnello was not scaled due to an avalanche that made the roads impassable.[40]
^The stage containing the Cima Coppi was cancelled due to protests.
^The original Cima Coppi was to be theCol d'Izoard (2,360 m (7,743 ft)), but snow forced the re-routing of the stage. It was then supposed to be theBlockhaus (2,064 m (6,772 ft)), but due to excessive snow at the top of the climb, the stage was shortened and finished at a lower altitude than first planned.
^Stelvio Pass (2,758 m (9,049 ft)) was scheduled to be the Cima Coppi but due to weather the stage was cancelled.[59][60] With cancellation of thePasso di Stelvio, the climb to Tre Cime di Lavaredo became theCima Coppi.[61]
^ThePasso di Gavia (2,618 m (8,589 ft)) was scheduled to be the Cima Coppi, but due to weather the climb was removed from the itinerary. The next highest climb was that toSerrù Lake, however the climb had already been ascended prior to this point. As a result, organisers chose to assign the Cima Coppi to the highest climb out of those which had not been ascended – the Passo Manghen.
^ThePordoi Pass (2,239 m (7,346 ft)) was scheduled to be the Cima Coppi but due to weather the stage was rerouted and the climb removed. Thus, the climb to Passo Giau became theCima Coppi.
^TheGreat St Bernard Pass (2,469 m (8,100 ft)) was scheduled to be the Cima Coppi but due to weather the stage was rerouted and the climb removed. Thus, the climb to Tre Cime di Lavaredo became theCima Coppi.
^TheStelvio Pass (2,758 m (9,049 ft)) was scheduled to be the Cima Coppi, but due to weather the climb was removed from the itinerary. The next highest climb was that to Livigno (Mottolino), however the climb had already been ascended prior to this point. As a result, organisers chose to assign the Cima Coppi to the highest climb out of those which had not been ascended – the Passo Sella.
^Attilio Camoriano (26 March 1965)."Questo il Giro d'Italia" [This is the Tour of Italy](PDF).l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. p. 6.Archived(PDF) from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved22 June 2018.
^Gino Sala (29 March 1967)."Questa l'<<avventura rosa>> 1967" [This is the << pink adventure >> 1967](PDF).l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. p. 10. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 28 April 2019. Retrieved22 June 2018.
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^"G.P. della Montagna".Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 7 June 1969. p. 3.Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved7 July 2013.
^"La "Rosa" In Cifre" [The "Rose" In Figures].Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 8 June 1970. p. 12.Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved7 July 2013.
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^"Queste la salite" [These climbs](PDF).l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 14 May 1979. p. 16. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved22 June 2012.
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^"Le tappe e le montagne" [The stages and the mountains](PDF).l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 22 February 1981. p. 15. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 8 February 2015. Retrieved27 May 2012.
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^"...e tutte le salite" [... and all the climbs](PDF).l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 13 May 1985. p. 12.Archived(PDF) from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved27 May 2012.
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^Laura Weislo (2009-05-19)."Complete live report".Cycling News.Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved2009-08-26.The climb of Sestrière offers an additional prize for Garzelli as it's the "Cima Coppi" – the highest peak of the Giro d'Italia.
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