The Veneto Classic is a modern Italian one-day race built around the distinctive cycling terrain of the Veneto region. Centred on Bassano del Grappa and the foothills of the Venetian Prealps, the race combines steep walls, gravel sectors, technical roads and repeated climbs to create an increasingly recognisable late-season classic.
Around the Peloton explores the Veneto Classic through the territory that gives the race its identity, from the Brenta River and historic Bassano del Grappa to hillside villages, wartime landscapes and the slopes beneath Monte Grappa. It is a young race developing its traditions on roads already carrying centuries of Venetian history and deep connections with Italian cycling.
The Veneto Classic does not possess the accumulated mythology of the Italian races that have survived for a century. It was first held only in 2021. Yet in a remarkably short time it has acquired something many older races struggle…
