Giro d'Italia

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Image:Stelvio.jpg The Passo dello Stelvio, a mountain pass frequently visited by 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
Editions	88
First Winner	Luigi Ganna (Template:ITA)
Most Recent	Paolo Savoldelli (Template:ITA)
Most Wins	Alfredo Binda (Template:ITA), Fausto Coppi (Template:ITA) and Eddy Merckx (Template:BEL), 5 times

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.

1 History
2 Jerseys
3 List of overall winners
4 See also
5 External links

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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.

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Jerseys

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.

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List of overall winners

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