[3][4] The race has been broadcast every year for a decade by Italian television channel Rai Sport Più.

[5] From 2011 onwards, the race departed from its long-standing original distance of 11.3 kilometres and switched to a certified 10 km circuit.

[6] From 1912 to 2010, the course of the race followed a looped pattern of ten laps of roughly 1.13 km around the historical centre of the town.

It then went east along Via Camillo Benso Conte Di Cavour before heading back north along Via Vittorio Emanuele II.

The pre-international era of the race also featured prominent runners, including Gelindo Bordin, Orlando Pizzolato, Venanzio Ortis, Franco Fava, as well as Sicily's own Luigi Zarcone.