Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia is a bicycle race.
Held annually for professional cyclists from around the world, the Giro d'Italia first took place on May 13 , 1909 at Milan with 8 laps totaling 2448 kilometers. 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 Espańa 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). The Giro d'Italia has a daily competition called the Intergiro and the leader is awarded a blue jersey.
Winners of the 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 )
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