The Youth Team of the Dutch Giant is among the favourite on the starting line of Villa di Cordignano (Italy) on Easter Monday. Tijmen Graat, winner of the Istrian Spring Trophy: “We will attack right away”

Jumbo-Visma Development Team is eager for being back at Giro del Belvedere on Easter Monday, April 10. The strong squad coming from the Netherlands is still looking for its first ever win on the finish line in Villa di Cordignano (Treviso, North-East Italy) and the line-up looks up to the job.

The yellow-black team is taking part in Giro del Belvedere for the third time in a row: so far, the best performance is the bronze medal by former World Junior Champion Per Strand Hagenes, who in 2022 got behind French rising star Romain Grégoire (Groupama FDJ) and runner-up Italian Federico Guzzo (Zalf Euromobil Desirée Fior).

Among Jumbo-Visma’ starters there will be Tijmen Graat, recent winner at the Istrian Spring Trophy and nearly top-10 at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali.

“We want to control the pace so we will attack from the beginning and set our own. The goal is to win, we have a very strong team and we know we have a great chance. On a […]

A new segment featuring an unprecedented climb spiking up to 15% gradient, will join the two traditional loops of the Conche and the Montaner ascents. Public and private efforts made this further novelty possible

The Organizational Committee of Pro Belvedere is working relentlessly towards the Giro del Belvedere centennial anniversary, scheduled in Villa di Cordignano (Treviso, North-East Italy) on April 10th, 2023. As per tradition, the best U23 cycling talents on the international panorama will gathered in Veneto, for the 84th edition of the Easter Monday Classic, ready to give the fans an even greater show.

Thanks to an efficient joint effort, involving the OC, the Municipality of Cordignano and the Grigolin family through Brussi Costruzioni srl company -, the Belvedere will feat a new ring called “Giro del Buongustare” (Fine tasting), which aims at making the race increasing spectacular and at enhancing the local gourmet experience for the fans.

Furthermore, this new feat also boasts a positive outcome for road traffic. Given the special occasion of the Belvedere centennial, the vision of the organization, the promptness of the Municipality and the support of Brussi Costrunzioni worked together to realize a long-thought variation on the racecourse, which will be now be possible thanks […]

The international U23 cycling classic, to be held on Easter Monday, April 10th, will enjoy a unique setting at Villa Brandolini Rota now Zanussi, a XVII century building in the heart of Cordignano (Treviso, North-East Italy)

With less than three months to go, the centennial year’s edition of Giro del Belvedere keeps the preparations going towards the event in Villa di Cordignano (Treviso, North-East Italy) scheduled on Monday, April 10th. Among the initiatives dedicated to the century milestone symbolized by the special golden logo, the U23 international race will involve local excellences to enhance its connection with the territory even further.

Indeed, the preliminary operation of the 2023 edition will kick off from the heart of Cordignano, by the stunning Villa Brandolini Rota now Zanussi, a historic building boasting great history and a magnificent park. Teams’ presentation and technical briefing will be held there, as well as a welcome party for sponsors, authorities and guests. After that, the riders will move until the traditional starting line in Villa di Villa, where the start of the 84th edition is expected at 1.30 pm CET.

Built in the second half of the 17th century by order of Gregorio Rota, Villa Brandolini Rota Zanussi is one […]

On Monday, April 10, 2023, the Easter Monday classic returns to Villa di Cordignano (Treviso, North-East Italy) by turning the prestigious milestone of 100 years since its first edition. The Pro Belvedere organizers crafted a special logo and many initiatives linked to the territory and its excellences

It was 1923 when the history of the Giro del Belvedere began. One hundred years and eighty-four editions later, on Easter Monday, April 10, 2023, the story will add another illustrious chapter. Since its debut on dirt roads a century ago, the Belvedere has been able to keep up with great cycling, evolving and offering different and ever more attractive routes.

Now known as the “Easter Monday Classic,” the race scheduled in Villa di Cordignano (Treviso, North-East Italy) is one of the most important international cycling events for U23s, so much so that it is considered like a spring World Cup for the category. Organized as per tradition by Pro Belvedere, under the guidance of Gianfranco Carlet, the 2023 event will celebrate the prestigious achievement with a panel of side events aiming at celebrating this centennial accomplishment and at introducing some interesting new features.

A special logo has been created for the centennial year, boasting fashion golden details. Moreover, the number “100” has been added in gold along, together with the dates […]

The French talent of Equipe Continental Groupama-FDJ, European Champion 2021 in Trento, won again on Italian soil at the international U23 classic of Villa di Cordignano. Guzzo (Zalf Eurombil Fior) and the Junior World Champion Hagenes (Jumbo-Visma Academy) round out a World-class podium

Romain Grégoire, once again. The Frenchman from Besançon triumphed on the podium of the 83rd edition of the Giro del Belvedere: the rider of Equipe Continental Groupama-FDJ got solo on the finishing line in Villa di Cordignano (Treviso, Northern Italy). The French rider replicates the success of last Saturday at Liège-Bastogne-Liège U23. Second place for Italian Federico Guzzo (Zalf Euromobil Fior, 20″ behind) and third for Norwegian Per Strand Hagenes (Jumbo-Visma Dev. Team, third at 23″), Junior World Champion in 2021.

“Winning here is a fantastic feeling – said Grégoire on the finish line -. I really enjoy racing in Italy: the courses, the landscapes and the public make me excited and push me to give my best. In the final I had no information about the escapees in front of me and I just gave everything I had. For me it’s great: I won a lot in the junior category and it’s a feeling that I want to keep up in the U23 as well”.

Right under an international-class podium, the top-10 also included Davide De Pretto (Zalf Euromobil […]

A field of 35 teams and 175 athletes from 15 Countries will run for the 2022 crown of the International U23 classic in Villa di Cordignano (Northern Italy). Also Ukraine’s Eurocar-Grawe among the starting teams. Youngsters Gregoire and Hagenes, who dominated the Junior season in 2022, Italy’s Marcellusi among the riders to watch

Final preparations are underway in Villa di Cordignano (Treviso, Northern Italy), where on Monday afternoon, April 18^th, at 1.30 pm CET, the Giro del Belvedere will put on its usual Easter Monday display.

The International Under 23 cycling event will be raced on its classic 166,2 km route, charted over two separate rings to be repeated 14 and 2 times respectively, and featuring all of its most famous stretches: the Conche ascent, the Montaner climb from Borgo Canalet and the Via delle Longhe uphill drag that introduces the riders to the grand finale.

The Italian classic is ready to welcome once again the best International youth teams, with a total of 15 Countries represented. Together with the 21 Continental teams at the start, there will be the absolute debut of a UCI Professional team, Italian Bardiani – CSF – Faizané, whose ranks include high-level athletes like the fresh winner of […]

The 35th team at the start of the 83rd edition of the Giro del Belvedere on Monday, April 18th, is Eurocar-Grawe. “After living 30 days in bomb shelters, being able to start is our real victory”

Now it’s official: the Giro del Belvedere will welcome a 35th team on Easter Monday, April 18th in Villa di Cordignano (Treviso). Team Eurocar-Grawe, a UCI Continental category squad from Ukraine, will be on the starting line of the international U23 classic.

A meaningful invitation, in the name of solidarity, from the organizers of the Pro Belvedere, made possible by Lorenzo Carrara’s intermediation, for a team and a group of young men who are experiencing the pain of the ongoing war in their home Country. The Ukrainian team, led by Sport Director Oleksii Kasianov, has its HQ in Vyshgorod, Kiev, and counts only on local athletes.

“Just 10 km away from our headquarters, the separatists occupied the territories, destroyed residential buildings, and carried out terrible actions against our people – commented Kasianov -. We returned to Ukraine on February 23rd after a training camp in Turkey, but the day after the war started and we had to stay and support our Country”.

The team arrived in Italy only on March 31st, and after taking part in the Trofeo Piva, it is now headed to the Giro del Belvedere.

“After […]

The Frenchman, reigning Junior European Champion, lands in Villa di Cordignano (Northern Italy) with high hopes, and will take on a frequent rival in Junior World Champion, Per Strand Hagenes: “Winning here would be huge”

The history of the Giro del Belvedere speaks for itself: 83 editions in just under a century (the first start dates back to 1923), a roll of honour of absolute prestige and an attitude to be the gateway to professional cycling for the athletes who manage to show off in the Under 23 classic.

The edition scheduled for next April 18th, on Easter Monday as usual, in Villa di Cordignano (Northern Italy), is ready to confirm such premises once again. In a cycling world increasingly characterised by early talent, Groupama-FDJ Continental is one of the leading teams in the U23 category. It is no coincidence that Romain Grégoire, JR European Champion in 2021 in Trento, has chosen the youth squad of the long-time French team to take his first steps in the new category.

“After a magic 2021 (Grégoire also won silver medal at the World Championships in Leuven), my goal is to adapt to the new category quickly, in spite of the challenges, and get back to […]