title: Trofeo Franco Balestra
text: # Trofeo Franco Balestra
  
  Trofeo Franco Balestra is a road bicycle race held annually in Italy. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
  
  1977–2005: Memorial Sabbadini 2006- : Memorial Giampietro Metelli
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Year | Country | Rider | Team |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1977 | Italy | Vinicio Coppi | |
  | 1978 | Italy | Davide Meggiolaro | |
  | 1979 | Italy | Enrico Pezzetti | |
  | 1980 | Italy | Davide Giovanardi | |
  | 1981 | Italy | Sergio Dottesio | |
  | 1982 | Italy | Mauro Andreoli | |
  | 1983 | Italy | Enrico Zaina | |
  | 1984 | Italy | Giuseppe Danieli | |
  | 1985 | Italy | Giuseppe Gamba | |
  | 1986 | Italy | Elio Gusmini | |
  | 1987 | Italy | Stefano Cecini | |
  | 1988 | Italy | Orlando Pasinelli | |
  | 1989 | Italy | Mauro Valoti | |
  | 1990 | Italy | Marco Botta | |
  | 1991 | Italy | Diego Ferrari | |
  | 1992 | Italy | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | |
  | 1993 | Italy | Maurizio Tomi | |
  | 1994 | Russia | Maksim Ivankin | |
  | 1995 | Italy | Federico Profeti | |
  | 1996 | Italy | Elio Aggiano | |
  | 1997 | Italy | Moreno Di Biase | |
  | 1998 | Mexico | Miguel Angel Meza | |
  | 1999 | Italy | Marco Zanotti | |
  | 2000 | Italy | Matteo Tinelli | |
  | 2001 | Italy | Alberto Loddo | Zoccorinese Vellutex |
  | 2002 | Italy | Antonio Bucciero | Unidelta Egidio |
  | 2003 | Italy | Alex Gualandi | G.S. 93 Promosport |
  | 2004 | Italy | Paride Grillo | Pagnoncelli |
  | 2005 | Belarus | Branislau Samoilau | Palazzago |
  | 2006 | France | Aurélien Passeron | Cargo Embassy–Larigiano |
  | 2007 | Italy | Simone Ponzi | Zalf Désirée Fior |
  | 2008 | Poland | Wojciech Dybel | MGK Vis Norda |
  | 2009 | Italy | Davide Cimolai | Team 2000 Veneto Marchiol |
  | 2010 | Russia | Alexander Mironov | Itera–Katusha |
  | 2011 | Italy | Alessandro Mazzi | Petroli Firenze |
  | 2012 | Italy | Patrick Facchini | Casati–MI Impianti |
  | 2013 | Italy | Andrea Zordan | Zalf Désirée Fior |
  | 2014 | Italy | Christian Delle Stelle | Team Idea |
  