A challenging and demanding course for the tenth edition of the Gran Premio Garfagnana-Memorial Gino Bartali and Eugenio Mariani, reserved for the junior category and also valid for the Lucca Provincial Championship. The winner was eighteen-year-old Alessandro Viola from U.C. Piasco, who in the final was the strongest, pulling ahead by a few seconds from Banini, while the others arrived slightly behind, led by Paladini. Riccardo Orsi from Ciclistica Mobilieri Ponsacco won the Lucca Provincial Championship title. Eighty-four riders started out of 98 registered, with 47 completing the race, which concluded near the sports facilities in Sillicagnana. For the winner Viola, this was his first seasonal victory in a season that had previously seen him achieve a fourth place in a time trial.

FINAL STANDINGS

1)Alessandro Viola (Uc Piasco) km 109.7, in 2h42'40", at an average of km 40.463; 2)Tommaso Banini (Work Service Coratti) at 8"; 3)Guido Paladini (Casano Stabbia) at 26"; 4)Dario Cammisa (Work Service Coratti); 5)Raffaele Cascione (Team Vangi Il Pirata); 6)Simoncini; 7)Pucci; 8)Cappelli; 9)Ranieri; 10)Picchianti.