History of FCI

Costitution

The first velocipede race in Italy was held in Padua on 25 July 1869. The first modern bicycles began to appear in 1890 and regular track races were held in 1893. But the popularity of this new means of transport grew, particularly with the spread of tourism. The organisation generated from this movement of interest, the Unione Velocipedistica Italiana (UVI or Italian Velocipede Association), was founded in Pavia on 6 December 1885.

Immediately clashing with the Touring Club d'Italia (TCI or Italian Touring Club), founded in 1894 to promote cycling activities, the Association decided at the Congress of Verona of 1896 to dedicate its efforts to competitive activities. In 1890 UVI was amongst the promoters of the foundation of the Union Cycliste Internationale, the International Federation that had its first headquarters in Alessandria. The first success at a certain level was achieved by Francesco Verri at the Giochi del Decennale (the Decennial Games) in 1906, whereas the most important race, the Giro d'Italia, was held for the first time in 1909 and was won by Luigi Ganna. The Federation is listed in Law no. 426 of 16/2/1942.

Denomination

Unione Velocipedistica Italiana (UVI or Italian Velocipede Association) until 1964 when it changed to Federazione Ciclistica Italiana (FCI or Italian Cycling Federation).

First National Championships

1892 (track), 1907 (road).

Federal Office

1885 Como; 1886 Turin; 1898 Genoa, then Alessandria and Milan; from 1929 Rome. 

First time the Olympic Games

Paris 1900. 

Presidents

1885 - 1886 Ernesto Nessi

1886 - 1897 Earl Agostino Biglione diViarigi

1897 - 1898 Arturo Cortesi

1898 - 1912 Carlo Cavanenghi

1912 - 1915 Pietro Robutti

1915 - 1927 Geo Davidson

1927 - 1929 Hon. Ernesto Torrusio

1929 - 1930 Augusto Turati

1930 - 1933 Alberto Garelli

1933 - 1936 Federico Momo

1937 - 1940 Franco Antonelli

1940 - 1943 Adriano Rodoni

1944 - 1945 Giuseppe Micci (regent CONI)

1944 - 1945 Adriano Rodoni (regent CONI)

1945 Hon. Pietro Baldassarre (regent CONI)

1945 - 1946 Hon. Pietro Baldassarre

1945 - 1946 Luigi Bertolino

1945 - 1946 Adriano Rodoni

1946 Enrico Vignolini (commissioner)

1946 - 1955 Adriano Rodoni

1955 - 1956 Angelo Farina

1957 - 1981 Adriano Rodoni

1981 - 1995 Agostino Omini

1995 - 1997 Raffaele Carlesso

1997 - 2005 Gian Carlo Ceruti

2005 - 2020 Renato Di Rocco

2021 - Cordiano Dagnoni

Secretaries

1885 - 1886 Edoardo Coopmans de Yoldi

1886 - 1897 Gustavo Brignone

1898 - 1905 Mario Bruzzone

1905 - 1915 Ernesto Bobbio

1915 Luigi Scala

1915 - 1927 Carlo Missaglia

1927 - 1928 Alfredo Bersani

1929 - 1934 Vittorio Spositi

1934 - 1942 Mario Ferretti

1942 - 1945 Rodolfo Magnani

1945 - 1949 Giuseppe Stinchelli

1950 - 1969 Rodolfo Magnani

1970 - 1981 Giuliano Pacciarelli

1982 - 1983 Gaston Fortin

1983 - 1997 Renato Di Rocco

1997 - 2001 Marcello Standoli

2001 - 2005 Alessandro Pica

2005 - 2019 Maria Cristina Gabriotti

2020- 2021 Paolo Pavoni

2021 - Marcello Tolu