Road cycling
Gran Premio del Lazio
A late-season Italian one-day race where positioning matters more than the profile suggests and the finale often comes down to timing.
- Location
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- When
- Third Saturday in September
- Course
- One Day
- Since
- 2026
- Most recent winner
- 🇫🇷 Dorian Godon (2026)
- Category
- Men’s Continental
About Gran Premio del Lazio
Gran Premio del Lazio is a men's one-day bike race held in Italy each September. Run on roads around the Lazio region, it sits in the calendar's closing stretch and typically draws a mix of continental teams and Italian professionals looking for late-season results.
This is the kind of race where the profile doesn't tell the full story. The roads around Lazio reward sharp positioning, well-timed accelerations, and the ability to read a finale that can shift quickly from controlled to decisive. It's late-season racing with an Italian flavor, where riders hunting form or results often produce more interesting finales than the parcours alone would suggest.
Gran Premio del Lazio winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 🇫🇷Dorian Godon |
2026 results
This edition is complete.
Gran Premio del Lazio route
The course typically features rolling terrain rather than defining climbs, with short rises and technical sections that allow for repeated accelerations but rarely produce early selection. The finale usually comes down to positioning through the closing kilometers, where small groups or reduced bunches contest the win. Weather in September can add an edge, and the race often rewards riders who can handle repeated surges without committing too early. It's not a pure sprinter's day, but it's rarely a pure climber's race either. The winner usually comes from a rider who can time the final effort and hold position through the technical run-in.
What shapes the race
Lazio terrain
A new one-day race in the Lazio region, succeeding the historic Giro del Lazio on roads around Rome and the surrounding hills.
History
Eras and records
A new race on the 2026 calendar, reconnecting professional cycling to the roads of Lazio after the historic Giro del Lazio ended in 2015.
First edition
Scheduled for September 2026. A spiritual successor to the Giro del Lazio (1933-2015), bringing professional racing back to the roads of Lazio.