The history of the competition can be traced back to 1907 when a community group organised a race on the city streets of roughly 6 km as part of the festival of
Saint Vigilius of Trent. Domenico Gottin, a runner from
Veneto, was the first to cross the line but he was later disqualified for taking a short cut, leaving Isidoro Trenner (a member of the local sports club) as the winner of the inaugural race. The race became an annual tradition, although it ceased during
World War I. is central to the race circuit. It re-emerged in the post-war period and gained its current moniker of the Giro al Sas at this point – a name roughly meaning the
Sas Circuit, which derived from the race's looped course on the city's main streets which were known as
the Sas. The running competition was placed on hiatus from 1940–44 due to
World War II. The Giro al Sas returned to the streets in November 1945, just months after the
Italy's surrender to the Allied Forces. Among the prominent competitors of the race's history is
Stefano Baldini, the
2004 Olympic marathon champion, who competed in 18 editions and won on three occasions. He set the 2010 race as his final outing of his successful career, although an injury forced him to miss of the competition. Other significant winners include
Franjo Mihalić,
Francesco Panetta,
Paul Tergat, and
Kenenisa Bekele. ==Course and records==