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Genoa–Nice

cycling race

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 2, 2024
Entity authorityQ3124513 ↗
Source-derived summary

Genoa–Nice was a professional cycle race held as a single-day race between Genoa, Italy and Nice, France. It was first held in 1910 and held for the final time in 1975. In 1961 and 1962 it was part of the Super Prestige Pernod series. In 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967 and 1973 it was held in the opposite direction, from Nice to Genoa.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Genoa–Nice” as cycling race. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Genoa, Nice and cycling.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1910, 1975, 1961, 1962—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1910. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Genoa, Nice and cycling providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Genoa–Nice”, the useful work is to connect “cycling race” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 2, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q3124513. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1910, 1975, 1961 and 1962.

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This entry incorporates text from “Genoa–Nice” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.