Giro d'Italia
| Tour of Italy | |
|---|---|
| Local name: | Giro d'Italia |
| Region: | Italy |
| Date: | May, sometimes until early June |
| Type: | Stage Race (Great Tour) |
| History | |
| First Edition: | 1909 |
| Number of Editions: | 87 |
| First Winner: | Luigi Ganna, (Italy) |
| Most Wins: | Alfredo Binda, (Italy), Fausto Coppi (Italy), and Eddy Merckx (Belgium), 5 times |
The Giro d'Italia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professionals held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy.
The Giro was inspired by the Tour de France and, just as the French race was intended to boost circulation of L'Auto, so Emilio Camillo Costamagna, the editor of La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper, aimed to increase his circulation. The first Giro d'Italia started on May 13, 1909 at Milan with eight stages totalling 2448 kilometres. Luigi Ganna was the first winner.
Along with the Tour de France and the World Cycling Championship, the Giro d'Italia makes up the Triple Crown of Cycling. Along with the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España it is one of the three Grand Tours.
Whereas the overall leader of the Tour de France is awarded a yellow jersey, since 1931 the overall leader in the Giro sports the Maglia rosa (pink jersey), after the colour of paper used by La Gazzetta dello Sport. The "King of the Mountains" wears a green jersey, while the leader of the points classification wears a mauve jersey (Maglia ciclamino) (from 1967 to 1969 the leader wore a red jersey but from 1970 it was changed to mauve). The Giro d'Italia also has a daily competition called the Intergiro and the leader is awarded a sky-blue jersey.
Italian Felice Gimondi holds the record for the most podium finishes: nine total, consisting of three victories, two second places and four third place finishes.
Winners of the Giro d'Italia:
- 2005 - Paolo Savoldelli, (Italy) see also 2005 Giro d'Italia
- 2004 - Damiano Cunego, (Italy) see also 2004 Giro d'Italia
- 2003 - Gilberto Simoni, (Italy)
- 2002 - Paolo Savoldelli, (Italy)
- 2001 - Gilberto Simoni, (Italy)
- 2000 - Stefano Garzelli, (Italy)
- 1999 - Ivan Gotti, (Italy)
- 1998 - Marco Pantani, (Italy)
- 1997 - Ivan Gotti, (Italy)
- 1996 - Pavel Tonkov, (Russia)
- 1995 - Tony Rominger, (Switzerland)
- 1994 - Eugeni Berzin, (Russia)
- 1993 - Miguel Induráin, (Spain)
- 1992 - Miguel Induráin, (Spain)
- 1991 - Franco Chiocciolo, (Italy)
- 1990 - Gianni Bugno, (Italy)
- 1989 - Laurent Fignon, (France)
- 1988 - Andrew Hampsten, (United States)
- 1987 - Stephen Roche, (Ireland)
- 1986 - Roberto Visentini, (Italy)
- 1985 - Bernard Hinault, (France)
- 1984 - Francesco Moser, (Italy)
- 1983 - Giuseppe Saronni, (Italy)
- 1982 - Bernard Hinault, (France)
- 1981 - Giovanni Battaglin, (Italy)
- 1980 - Bernard Hinault, (France)
- 1979 - Giuseppe Saronni, (Italy)
- 1978 - Johan de Muynck, (Belgium)
- 1977 - Michel Pollentier, (Belgium)
- 1976 - Felice Gimondi, (Italy)
- 1975 - Fausto Bertoglio, (Italy)
- 1974 - Eddy Merckx, (Belgium)
- 1973 - Eddy Merckx, (Belgium)
- 1972 - Eddy Merckx, (Belgium)
- 1971 - Gosta Pettersson, (Sweden)
- 1970 - Eddy Merckx, (Belgium)
- 1969 - Felice Gimondi, (Italy)
- 1968 - Eddy Merckx, (Belgium)
- 1967 - Felice Gimondi, (Italy)
- 1966 - Gianni Motta, (Italy)
- 1965 - Vittorio Adorni, (Italy)
- 1964 - Jacques Anquetil, (France)
- 1963 - Franco Balmamion, (Italy)
- 1962 - Franco Balmamion, (Italy)
- 1961 - Arnaldo Pambianco, (Italy)
- 1960 - Jacques Anquetil, (France)
- 1959 - Charly Gaul, (Luxembourg)
- 1958 - Ercole Baldini, (Italy)
- 1957 - Gastone Nencini, (Italy)
- 1956 - Charly Gaul, (Luxembourg)
- 1955 - Fiorenzo Magni, (Italy)
- 1954 - Carlo Clerici, (Italy)
- 1953 - Fausto Coppi, (Italy)
- 1952 - Fausto Coppi, (Italy)
- 1951 - Fiorenzo Magni, (Italy)
- 1950 - Hugo Koblet, (Switzerland)
- 1949 - Fausto Coppi, (Italy)
- 1948 - Fiorenzo Magni, (Italy)
- 1947 - Fausto Coppi, (Italy)
- 1946 - Gino Bartali, (Italy)
- 1940 - Fausto Coppi, (Italy)
- 1939 - Giovanni Valetti, (Italy)
- 1938 - Giovanni Valetti, (Italy)
- 1937 - Gino Bartali, (Italy)
- 1936 - Gino Bartali, (Italy)
- 1935 - Vasco Bergamaschi, (Italy)
- 1934 - Learco Guerra, (Italy)
- 1933 - Alfredo Binda, (Italy)
- 1932 - Antonio Pesenti, (Italy)
- 1931 - Francesco Camusso, (Italy)
- 1930 - Luigi Marchisio, (Italy)
- 1929 - Alfredo Binda, (Italy)
- 1928 - Alfredo Binda, (Italy)
- 1927 - Alfredo Binda, (Italy)
- 1926 - Giovanni Brunero, (Italy)
- 1925 - Alfredo Binda, (Italy)
- 1924 - Giuseppe Enrici, (Italy)
- 1923 - Costante Girardengo, (Italy)
- 1922 - Giovanni Brunero, (Italy)
- 1921 - Giovanni Brunero, (Italy)
- 1920 - Gaetano Belloni, (Italy)
- 1919 - Costante Girardengo, (Italy)
- 1914 - Alfonso Calzolari, (Italy)
- 1913 - Carlo Oriani, (Italy)
- 1912 - Team Atala: C.Galetti, G.Michelotto, E.Pavesi, (Italy)
- 1911 - Carlo Galetti, (Italy)
- 1910 - Carlo Galetti, (Italy)
- 1909 - Luigi Ganna, (Italy)
External link
- Giro d'Italia official website available in Italian, English, French, Spanish, German
- Giro d'Italia daily online coverage (Italian)
