The Memorial Marco Pantani is a professional road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Memorial Marco Pantani

Race details
Date	September
Region	Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Local name(s)	Memorial Marco Pantani
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
Organiser	Gruppo Sportivo Emilia
Web site	www.gsemilia.it
History
First edition	2004 (2004)
Editions	19 (as of 2023)
First winner	Damiano Cunego (ITA)
Most wins	Fabio Felline (ITA)  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (2 wins)
Most recent	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)

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The race has been organized since 2004 and serves as a memory of Marco Pantani. The race starts in Cesenatico, Pantani's hometown, and follows a route towards his birthplace, Cesena. In 2007 the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2013, the race was merged with the Giro della Romagna, a race in the same region.^[1][2]

After Gilberto Simoni won the 2005 edition of the race, he paid tribute to Pantani's memory by saying:

This race, paying our respects at the cemetery, the visit to Pantani's parents, have made me reflect a lot. Marco and I were never friends, we were rivals. 15 years ago we duelled as amateurs, and when we turned pro, he obtained important results and I did not. I can say that I was jealous and perhaps it was because of this that we never became friends. To be here and to win this race has a great importance for me. I want to remember Marco in a proper manner. Today, I won for him.^[3]