Date Early-August English name Tour of Lazio Competition UCI Europe Tour | Region Lazio, Italy Discipline Road | |
Local name(s) Giro del Lazio, Roma Maxima (Italian) | ||
The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour.
In past years it was also held as Giro delle Quattro Provincie, Gran premio di Roma and Gran Premio Littoria.
The Giro del Lazio returned to the race calendar in 2013 for the first time since 2008 as the Roma Maxima. The event has been provisionally included on the UCI Europe Tour for the 2013 season. It has been given a date of Saturday March 2 with a classification of 1.1. Mauro Vegni, the technical manager for race organisers RCS Sport says he hopes the race will include a section of the Appian Way Roman cobbled road with finish in the centre of Rome. The race was not held in 2015.