Giro d'Italia

Stelvio Pass northern ramp, frequently visited by the Giro.

Tour of Italy
Local name	Giro d'Italia
Region	Italy
Date	May, sometimes until early June
Type	Stage Race (Grand Tour)
History
First edition	1909
Number of editions	89 (2006)
First winner	Luigi Ganna ()
Most wins	Alfredo Binda (), Fausto Coppi () and Eddy Merckx (), (5)
Latest winner	Ivan Basso ()
Most career stage wins	Mario Cipollini () (42)

The Giro d'Italia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy.

History

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.

Jerseys

Whereas the overall leader of the Tour de France is awarded a yellow jersey (originally to correspond with L'Auto 's yellow pages), since 1931 the overall leader in the Giro sports the Maglia rosa (pink jersey), which corresponds with La Gazzetta dello Sport 's pink newsprint. The "King of the Mountains" wears the maglia verde (green jersey). The leader of the points classification wears the Maglia ciclamino (mauve jersey). The Giro d'Italia also has a daily competition called the Intergiro and leader is awarded the maglia azzura (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.

Most wins

The following riders have won the most final jerseys:

List of overall winners

**Giro d'Italia winners**
Giro	Year	Winner	Team
89	2006	Ivan Basso	Team CSC
88	2005	Paolo Savoldelli (2)	Discovery Channel
87	2004	Damiano Cunego	Saeco
86	2003	Gilberto Simoni (2)	Saeco
85	2002	Paolo Savoldelli	Index-Alexia
84	2001	Gilberto Simoni	Lampre-Daikin
83	2000	Stefano Garzelli	Mercatone Uno
82	1999	Ivan Gotti (2)	Polti
81	1998	Marco Pantani	Mercatone Uno
80	1997	Ivan Gotti	Saeco
79	1996	Pavel Tonkov	Mapei
78	1995	Tony Rominger	Mapei
77	1994	Eugeni Berzin	Gewiss-Ballan
76	1993	Miguel Induráin (2)	Banesto
75	1992	Miguel Induráin	Banesto
74	1991	Franco Chioccioli	Chateux D'Ax
73	1990	Gianni Bugno	Gatorade
72	1989	Laurent Fignon
71	1988	Andrew Hampsten	7-11/Motorola
70	1987	Stephen Roche	Carrera
69	1986	Roberto Visentini
68	1985	Bernard Hinault (3)	La Vie Claire
67	1984	Francesco Moser
66	1983	Giuseppe Saronni (2)
65	1982	Bernard Hinault (2)	Renault
64	1981	Giovanni Battaglin
63	1980	Bernard Hinault	Renault
62	1979	Giuseppe Saronni
61	1978	Johan de Muynck
60	1977	Michel Pollentier
59	1976	Felice Gimondi (3)
58	1975	Fausto Bertoglio
57	1974	Eddy Merckx (5)	Molteni
56	1973	Eddy Merckx (4)	Molteni
55	1972	Eddy Merckx (3)	Molteni
54	1971	Gösta Pettersson
53	1970	Eddy Merckx (2)	Faema
52	1969	Felice Gimondi (2)	Faema
51	1968	Eddy Merckx	Faema
50	1967	Felice Gimondi	Salvarani
49	1966	Gianni Motta	Molteni
48	1965	Vittorio Adorni	Salvarani
47	1964	Jacques Anquetil (2)	St. Raphael
46	1963	Franco Balmamion (2)	Carpano
45	1962	Franco Balmamion	Carpano
44	1961	Arnaldo Pambianco	Fides
43	1960	Jacques Anquetil	Fynsec
42	1959	Charly Gaul (2)	Emi G. S.
41	1958	Ercole Baldini	Legnano
40	1957	Gastone Nencini	Chlorodont
39	1956	Charly Gaul	Faema-Guerra
38	1955	Fiorenzo Magni (3)	Nivea-Fuchs
37	1954	Carlo Clerici
36	1953	Fausto Coppi (5)
35	1952	Fausto Coppi (4)
34	1951	Fiorenzo Magni (2)
33	1950	Hugo Koblet
32	1949	Fausto Coppi (3)
31	1948	Fiorenzo Magni
30	1947	Fausto Coppi (2)
29	1946	Gino Bartali (3)
1941 to 1945: suspended due to World War II
28	1940	Fausto Coppi
27	1939	Giovanni Valetti (2)
26	1938	Giovanni Valetti
25	1937	Gino Bartali (2)
24	1936	Gino Bartali
23	1935	Vasco Bergamaschi
22	1934	Learco Guerra
21	1933	Alfredo Binda (5)
20	1932	Antonio Pesenti
19	1931	Francesco Camusso
18	1930	Luigi Marchisio
17	1929	Alfredo Binda (4)
16	1928	Alfredo Binda (3)
15	1927	Alfredo Binda (2)
14	1926	Giovanni Brunero (3)
13	1925	Alfredo Binda
12	1924	Giuseppe Enrici
11	1923	Costante Girardengo
10	1922	Giovanni Brunero (2)
9	1921	Giovanni Brunero
8	1920	Gaetano Belloni
7	1919	Costante Girardengo
1915 to 1918: suspended due to World War I
6	1914	Alfonso Calzolari
5	1913	Carlo Oriani
4	1912	Team Atala: Carlo Galetti (3), Giovanni Micheletto, Eberardo Pavesi	Team Atala
3	1911	Carlo Galetti (2)
2	1910	Carlo Galetti
1	1909	Luigi Ganna

External links

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History

Jerseys

Most wins

Overall (maglia rosa)

King of the Mountains (maglia verde)

Points Competition (maglia ciclamino)

List of overall winners

See also

External links