Giro del Mendrisiotto
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Giro del Mendrisiotto is a road bicycle race held annually around Mendrisio
, in the canton of Ticino
of Switzerland
. The race was an amateur competition until 1996. Since 2005, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
In 2010 the race was excluded from the UCI calendar, once again becoming a national event.
Mendrisio
Mendrisio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.Mendrisio is the seat of the Accademia di Architettura of the university of Italian speaking Switzerland ....
, in the canton of Ticino
Ticino
Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...
of Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. The race was an amateur competition until 1996. Since 2005, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
In 2010 the race was excluded from the UCI calendar, once again becoming a national event.