The Premio Guido Berardelli, whihc used to be named after the third-longest river in Italy, was given its present title following the death of Guido Berardelli in 1985 and was contested over 1,600 metres and classed at Group 2 level for a certain period.
The event was formerly known as the Premio Tevere. It was named after the Tevere, the Italian name of the Tiber river. The Tiber (/tabr/; Latin: Tiberis; Italian: Tevere [tevere) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest river in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres (252 mi) through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, where it is joined by the river Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino. The race was given its present title following the death of Guido Berardelli in 1985. For a period the race was contested over 1,600 metres and classed at Group 2 level. 
