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Late-season Italian one-day racing in Lombardy

Coppa Bernocchi

A sharp, tactical Italian one-day race in early October that rewards positioning, timing, and the ability to read a fast-moving finale.

Next edition Oct 4, 2027

2026 results Winners
Location
🇮🇹 Italy
When
First Monday in October
Course
One Day
Most recent winner
🇫🇷 Noa Isidore (2026)
Also known as
Coppa Bernocchi - GP Banco BPM
Category
Men’s 1.Pro

About Coppa Bernocchi

Coppa Bernocchi, officially the Coppa Bernocchi - GP Banco BPM, is a men's one-day bike race held in Lombardy each October. Part of the ProSeries calendar, it sits in the heart of the Italian autumn racing block and typically features a circuit-based route with enough climbing to thin the field before a selective finish.

Also known as: Coppa Bernocchi - GP Banco BPM

First held in 1919, the race honors Angelo Bernocchi, a Lombard industrialist who helped fund early Italian cycling.

This is Italian one-day racing at its most tactical: circuits that reward local knowledge, positioning battles that matter more than raw power, and a finale that can turn on a single acceleration. The Lombardy hills shape the race into something harder than it looks on paper, and the circuit format means the closing laps compound pressure on riders who are already committed. The race moves quickly once it starts to matter.

Coppa Bernocchi winners

YearWinner
2026🇫🇷Noa Isidore
2025🇫🇷Dorian Godon
2024🇧🇪Stan Van Tricht
2023🇧🇪Wout van Aert
2022🇮🇹Davide Ballerini
2021🇧🇪Remco Evenepoel
2019🇩🇪Phil Bauhaus
2018🇮🇹Sonny Colbrelli
2017🇮🇹Sonny Colbrelli
2016🇮🇹Giacomo Nizzolo

2027 edition

Oct 4, 2027.

Coppa Bernocchi route

The race typically uses a circuit format around Legnano and the surrounding Varese hills, with enough climbing over the final laps to shed pure sprinters but not enough to turn it into a climbers' race. The winner usually emerges from a reduced group after repeated accelerations on short climbs or technical sections, and positioning into the final circuit matters as much as the last kick. Weather in early October can range from warm autumn sun to cold rain, and that variability often shapes how aggressive the racing becomes. Expect the decisive moves in the final 30 kilometers, either on a late climb or in a tactical sprint from a select group.

What shapes the race

  1. Trittico Lombardo opener

    The first race of the three-day Trittico Lombardo series, setting up the autumn Italian one-day sequence.

  2. Piccolo Stelvio circuit

    Repeated laps through the Olona valley feature the Piccolo Stelvio (1.6 km at 6%) and other punchy climbs, creating progressive attrition.

  3. Varied winner profile

    The terrain rewards both sprinters who can survive the hills and puncheurs who can hold off the chase.

Signature landmarks

  1. Finish

    Piazza San Magno, Legnano

    The historic town square that has served as the start and finish since 1919.

  2. Climb

    Piccolo Stelvio

    A punchy 1.6 km hill at 6% average on the finishing circuit, tackled multiple times.

History

Memorable editions

  1. 1935

    Young Bartali breaks through

    A 20-year-old Gino Bartali won the Coppa Bernocchi, foreshadowing his legendary career.

  2. 2021

    Evenepoel solos 31 km

    Remco Evenepoel attacked with 31 km remaining and won by nearly two minutes, the first Belgian winner since 1958.

  3. 2023

    Van Aert sprints in Legnano

    Wout van Aert outsprinted the field, demonstrating the race rewards both puncheurs and fast finishers.

Iconic victories

  1. Danilo Napolitano

    Three consecutive wins (2005 to 2007), sharing the all-time record.

  2. Gino Bartali

    Won at just 20 in 1935, announcing himself as a future champion.

  3. Remco Evenepoel

    His devastating 31 km solo in 2021 was one of the most impressive rides in the race's century-long history.

  4. Wout van Aert

    Won in 2023, proving the race can suit the fastest finisher if the hills do not produce enough selection.

Eras and records

Founded in 1919 by the Bernocchi brothers, industrialists from Legnano. Over 105 editions held.

  1. Most wins

    Danilo Napolitano and Libero Ferrario, 3 each.

  2. First edition

    1919, one of Italy's oldest one-day races.