Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2024

Updated: 12 March 2024

Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2024 overview

The Trofeo Alfredo Binda, which takes place on 17 March 2024, is one of the longest-running races on the women’s calendar, having been in existence since 1974. In its 50-year history, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda has been won by all of the greats of the sport, from Maria Canins and Fabiana Luperini to Marianne Vos and Elisa Longo Borghini.

The race is named after Italian cycling legend Alfredo Binda, and finishes in his birth town of Cittiglio, just south of Lake Maggiore.

Taking place in Lombardy on the day after the men’s Milan-San Remo, Trofeo Binda is one of the key Italian Classics on the women’s calendar, alongside Strade Bianche. Calendar-wise, it falls between Ronde van Drenthe and Brugge-De Panne, so Binda is often a race that attracts the more climbing-friendly riders, whilst the more rugged Classics specialists stay north in Belgium.

The course, which has had various start locations but sticks to Cittiglio for the finish, is packed full of climbs with repeated ascents of some short but sharp ramps which always break up the race and provide lots of action in the final laps. Usually won by a climber who can sprint, or vice versa, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda is one of the lesser-known women’s races as it doesn’t have a men’s race attached, but it remains one of the most prestigious and historic, and always delivers exciting racing.

Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2024 key information

When is the Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2024? The 2024 Trofeo Alfredo Binda will take place on Sunday, 17 March 2024.

Where does the Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2024 take place? The Trofeo Alfredo Binda takes place in Varese, northern Italy, starting in Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca and finishing in Cittiglio.

Who won the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in 2023? Last year’s Trofeo Alfredo Binda was won by Lidl-Trek’s Shirin van Anrooij, who went on a 24km solo attack to win.

When did Trofeo Alfredo Binda start? The first Trofeo Alfredo Binda took place in 1974, and the first edition was won by Giuseppina Micheloni.

Who has the most wins at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda? Maria Canins and Marianne Vos are tied for the most wins at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, both having won the race four times.

Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2024 route: northern Italian climbs pepper a challenging profile

The route for the 2024 Trofeo Alfredo Binda is largely similar to the 2023 route, but with a couple of key differences: the peloton will take on five laps of the finishing circuit, rather than four, and the preamble will be slightly shorter. This means more climbing but just one added kilometre, making the race 140km long this year.

In 2023, the race started in a new location, visiting Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca for the start after a few editions of starting in Cocquio-Trevisago. The move to Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca, which is on the shores of Lake Maggiore, has given the race a new feel, starting along the edge of the lake rather than in the hills, and adding in a new, longer climb - the Masciago Primo - in the first 30km of the race.

Once the race turns away from the lake and back south, the course returns to familiar roads with the key climbs at Orino and Casale featuring in the main part of the race. This climbing is packed into a circuit, with the peloton set to take on five laps of the 18km loop that features the Casale climb (800m at 6.9%) closely followed by the Orino climb (2.6km at 5%).

On the final lap, there is 8km of descending and flat between the top of the climb to Orino and the finish line in Cittiglio, which can either be a chance for a group or rider to establish a gap after attacking, or for the bunch to try and chase down any leaders. Because of the attritional, non-stop nature of the race, it’s a finale that lends itself to a solo or small move, and the final climb can be the perfect place to put in a race-winning attack. The finish line is flat and has seen sprint finishes before, so it’s always hard to predict how Trofeo Binda will play out.

Which teams are racing the Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2024?

Of the 15 automatically invited Women's WorldTour teams, 12 are opting to race the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, with a few skipping the race as the Classics season alternates between Italy and Belgium. Alongside the WorldTour teams, 11 Continental teams will be on the start list.

• Lidl-Trek
• SD Worx-Protime
• Movistar
• UAE Team ADQ
• FDJ-SUEZ
• dsm-firmenich PostNL
• Canyon-SRAM
• Liv AlUla Jayco
• Fenix-Deceuninck
• Roland
• Human Powered Health
• AG Insurance-Soudal
• EF Education-Cannondale
• Cofidis
• BePink-Bongioanni
• A.S.D. K2 Women
• Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
• Aromitalia 3T Vaiano
• Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria
• BTC City Ljubljana Zhiraf Ambedo
• Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi
• Team Mendelspeck Ge-Man
• Eneicat-CMTeam

What happened at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2023?

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Shirin van Anrooij wins the 2023 edition of Trofeo Alfredo Binda for Trek-Segafredo

The 2023 Trofeo Alfredo Binda was won by Shirin van Anrooij (Trek-Segafredo) after a solo attack in the closing 25km of the race. The 21-year-old Dutch rider made her attack over the top of the penultimate ascent of the Orino, going clear on the descent and then building her lead over the final lap, eventually winning by 23 seconds with teammate Elisa Balsamo sprinting to second.

It had been an attacking race, with various riders trying to get away but the big teams kept the peloton together until the race hit the circuits, when a flurry of moves went off the front. It was Trek-Segafredo who worked to shut these down, though, with one big pull from Gaia Realini reeling in the last move before Van Anrooij launched her decisive attack.

Various teams and riders tried to pull the Dutchwoman back over the closing 25km of the race, and their attacks succeeded in dropping the threatening Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx) from the peloton, but the likes of Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) failed to make any inroads on the leader, allowing her to solo to her first WorldTour victory in Cittiglio.

Trofeo Alfredo Binda history

The Trofeo Alfredo Binda was first raced in 1974, starting out as a regional event in honour of Italian cyclist Alfredo Binda, who was born in Cittiglio. Binda won five editions of the Giro d’Italia, was world champion on three occasions, and won four Il Lombardia titles and Milan-San Remo twice. Bar one win for Nicolle Van Den Broeck, the early editions of the Trofeo Binda were all won by Italian riders.

In the 80s and early 90s, Maria Canins - who won both the Tour de France Féminin and the first Giro d’Italia Femminile - was a prolific rider at Binda, winning four times in the space of nine years.

In 1999, after a two-year absence, the race was revamped as a national-level race, before stepping up to the international level in 2007, joining the UCI Women’s World Cup series in 2008. This saw all of the biggest names in the sport participate in the race, with the likes of Nicole Cooke and Emma Pooley taking several victories, whilst Marianne Vos took her first Binda title in 2009. She has since won the race three more times, to equal Canins’ win record.

In recent years, the race has continued to be dominated by the best-known names in the women’s peloton, owing to its prestige and difficulty that sees only the strongest riders excel. Lizzie Deignan won back-to-back editions in 2015 and 2016, whilst Coryn Labecki, Kasia Niewiadoma and Elisa Longo Borghini have also taken victories here in recent years.

Trofeo Alfredo Binda previous winners

2023 Shirin van Anrooij

2022 Elisa Balsamo

2021 Elisa Longo Borghini

2019 Marianne Vos

2018 Kasia Niewiadoma

2017 Coryn Labecki

2016 Lizzie Deignan

2015 Lizzie Deignan

2014 Emma Johansson

2013 Elisa Longo Borghini

2012 Marianne Vos

2011 Emma Pooley

2010 Marianne Vos

2009 Marianne Vos

2008 Emma Pooley

2007 Nicole Cooke

2006 Regina Schleicher

2005 Nicole Cooke

2004 Oenone Wood

2003 Diana Žilūtė

2002 Svetlana Stolbova

2001 Nicole Brändli

2000 Fabiana Luperini

1999 Fany Lecourtois

1996 Valeria Cappellotto

1995 Valeria Cappellotto

1994 Fabiana Luperini

1993 Roberta Ferrero

1992 Maria Canins

1991 Maria-Paola Turcotto

1990 Maria Canins

1989 Elisabetta Fanton

1988 Elisabetta Fanton

1987 Rossella Galbiati

1986 Stefania Carmine

1985 Maria Canins

1984 Maria Canins

1983 Michela Tommasi

1982 Lucia Pizzolotto

1981 Emanuella Menuzzo

1980 Francesca Galli

1979 Anna Morlacchi

1978 Emanuella Menuzzo

1977 Nicoletta Castelli

1976 Morena Tartagni

1975 Nicolle Van Den Broeck

1974 Giuseppina Micheloni

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