{{Short description|Italian U23 cycling stage race}} {{Infobox cycling race | name = Giro Next Gen | current_event = | image = LOGO GNG LOGO COLORE.png | date = June | region = Italy | english = | localnames = | nickname = Baby Giro | discipline = Road | competition = | type = Stage race | organiser =RCS Sport | director = | first = {{start date|1970}} | number = 48 (as of 2025) | last = | firstwinner = {{flagathlete|Giancarlo Bellini|ITA}} | mostwins = | mostrecent = {{flagathlete|Jakob Omrzel|SLO}} }} '''Giro Next Gen''', also known as '''Baby Giro''', '''Girobio''', '''Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23''' or '''Giro Ciclistico d'Italia''', is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970.
The race is considered to be the most important race on Italy's U23 calendar, the analogue of the Giro d'Italia. The list of winners includes renowned riders like Francesco Moser, Marco Pantani, Gilberto Simoni, Leonardo Piepoli and Danilo Di Luca.<ref>[http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/features/baby-giro-where-future-stars-are-recruited Baby Giro: Where future stars are recruited]</ref>
After the 2012 edition, the race was not held for a few years, but it was announced that in 2017 it would return as a U23 race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/under-23-giro-ditalia-to-return-in-2017/|title=Under-23 Giro d'Italia to return in 2017|work=Cyclingngews|access-date=28 May 2017|date=10 November 2016}}</ref>
==Winners== {{Cycling past winner start}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1970|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Giancarlo|Bellini}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1971|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Francesco|Moser}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1972|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Giovanni|Battaglin}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1973|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Gianbattista|Baronchelli}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1974|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Leone|Pizzini}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1975|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Ruggero|Gialdini}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1976|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Francesco|Conti|Francesco Conti (cyclist)}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1977|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Claudio|Corti|Claudio Corti (cycling manager)}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1978|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Fausto|Stiz}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1979|nat=SWE|name={{sortname|Alf|Segersäll}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1980|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Giovanni|Fedrigo}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1981|nat=URS|name={{sortname|Sergey|Voronin}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1982|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Francesco|Cesarini}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1983|nat=URS|name={{sortname|Vladimir|Volochin}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1984|nat=URS|name={{sortname|Piotr|Ugrumov}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1985|nat=URS|name={{sortname|Sergei|Uslamin}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1986|nat=URS|name={{sortname|Alexandre|Krasnov}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner no race|year=1987}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1988|nat=URS|name={{sortname|Dmitri|Konychev}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1989|nat=URS|name={{sortname|Andrei|Teteriouk}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1990|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Wladimir|Belli}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1991|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Francesco|Casagrande}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1992|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Marco|Pantani}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1993|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Gilberto|Simoni}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1994|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Leonardo|Piepoli}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1995|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Giuseppe|Di Grande}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1996|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Roberto|Sgambelluri}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1997|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Oscar|Mason}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1998|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Danilo|Di Luca}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=1999|nat=SLO|name={{sortname|Tadej|Valjavec}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2000|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Raffaele|Ferrara}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2001|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Davide|Frattini}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2002|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Giuseppe|Muraglia}}|team=}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2003|nat=LTU|name={{sortname|Dainius|Kairelis}}|team=Modal Faresin}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2004|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Marco|Marzano}}|team=VC Ceramiche Pagnoncelli}} {{Cycling past winner no race|year=2005}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2006|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Dario|Cataldo}}|team=Bedogni Natalini Praga}} {{Cycling past winner no race|year=2007–<br>2008}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2009|nat=COL|name={{sortname|Cayetano|Sarmiento}}|team=Colombia}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010<ref>{{cite web |title=Standings Baby Giro - Cycling |url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/baby-giro/standing.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=18 June 2022 |language=en |date=2010}}</ref>|nat=COL|name={{sortname|Carlos|Betancur}}|team=Colombia}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|nat=ITA|name={{sortname|Mattia|Cattaneo}}|team={{UCI team code|UNI2|2011}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|nat=USA|name={{sortname|Joe|Dombrowski}}|team=United States}} {{Cycling past winner no race|year=2013–<br>2016}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017<ref>{{cite web |title=Pavel Sivakov seals overall Baby Giro victory |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pavel-sivakov-seals-overall-baby-giro-victory/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=18 June 2022 |language=en |date=16 June 2017}}</ref>|nat=RUS|name={{sortname|Pavel|Sivakov}}|team={{UCI team code|BMD|2017}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|nat=RUS|name={{sortname|Aleksandr|Vlasov|Aleksandr Vlasov (cyclist)}}|team={{UCI team code|GAZ|2018}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|nat=COL|name={{sortname|Andrés|Ardila}}|team={{UCI team code|EPM|2019}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2020|nat=GBR|name={{sortname|Tom|Pidcock}}|team={{UCI team code|TRI|2020}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2021<ref>{{cite web |title=VN news ticker: Juan Ayuso wins 'Baby Giro' ahead of joining UAE Emirates - Swiss Cycles |url=https://www.swisscycles.com/vn-news-ticker-juan-ayuso-wins-baby-giro-ahead-of-joining-uae-emirates/ |website=swisscycles.com |access-date=18 June 2022 |language=en |date=13 June 2021 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170539/https://www.swisscycles.com/vn-news-ticker-juan-ayuso-wins-baby-giro-ahead-of-joining-uae-emirates/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>|nat=ESP|name={{sortname|Juan|Ayuso}}|team={{UCI team code|CPK|2021}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022<ref>{{cite web |title=RISULTATI |url=https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xqi3x5eavll7lac/AAAWzU-xx0laIYYlLbiBzqbGa?dl=0&preview=02+Classifica+generale+tempi+(5).pdf |website=Dropbox |access-date=18 June 2022 |language=it |date=18 June 2022}}</ref>|nat=GBR|name={{sortname|Leo|Hayter}}|team={{UCI team code|HBA|2022}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Johannes Staune-Mittet wins the Giro Next Gen 2023 |url=https://www.rcssportsandevents.it/en/johannes-staune-mittet-ha-vinto-il-giro-next-gen-2023/ |website=RCS Sports and Events |access-date=17 June 2024 |date=18 June 2023}}</ref>|nat=NOR|name={{sortname|Johannes|Staune-Mittet}}|team={{UCI team code|JVD|2023}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Giro Next Gen: Widar and Brennan, a team triumph |url=https://www.giroditalia.it/en/news/giro-next-gen-widar-and-brennan-a-team-triumph/ |website=Giro d'Italia 2024 |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=en |date=16 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ozols |first1=Kārlis |title=New Belgian Climbing Supertalent {{!}} Giro Next Gen Stage 6 2024 |url=https://lanternerouge.com/2024/06/14/new-belgian-climbing-supertalent-giro-next-gen-stage-6-2024/ |website=Lanterne Rouge |access-date=17 June 2024 |date=14 June 2024}}</ref>|nat=BEL|name={{sortname|Jarno|Widar}}|team={{UCI team code|LTS U23|2024}}}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=2025|nat=SLO|name={{sortname|Jakob|Omrzel}}|team={{UCI team code|CTF}}}} {{Cycling past winner end}}
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