Tour d'Italie

History

The Tour of Italy ( Giro d'Italia in Italian ) is a competitive cyclist in stages, considered the second largest after the Tour de France . It is created by the Newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport da Eugenio Camillo Costamagna in 1909. The Italian Alfredo Binda , Fausto Coppi and Belgian Eddy Merckx have tied the race record, with five victories each. The 2009 Giro winner is Russian Denis Menchov.
The first Tour of Italy took the start on May 13 1909, the rondeau of Loreto in Milan . The steps numbered 8 for a total of 2448 kilometers.
This is one of the three major cycling tours with the Tour de France and Tour of Spain ( Vuelta ).
Standings and Jerseys current

Maglia Rosa (pink jersey)
The pink jersey is worn by the rider holding the first place overall in the Tour of Italy since 1931. Its color is modeled on the pages of the sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport . Learco Guerra was the first holder of the pink jersey after his victory during the first stage of the Giro d'Italia 1931.
The record of 76 days of racing with the pink jersey is owned by Eddy Merckx.
Cyclamen jersey ( Maglia Ciclamino )
The cyclamen jersey awarded to the winner of the points classification. It appeared in 1966. This ranking is up to the rider who won the most points at the stage finishes, and at the intermediate sprints. Unlike the Tour de France, there is no differentiation between the scoring stages of plains and mountain stages are saying. Thus, it is lawful to see the contenders in the overall wear this jersey.
Each stage finish relates to the first 15 riders 25, 20, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point.
Each sprint relates to the first 6 riders 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point.
The record victory in the rankings comes to Giuseppe Saronni and Francesco Moser , with 4 successes. It should be noted that this jersey was red from the years 1967 and 1969.
The green jersey ( Maglia Verde )
Main article: Ranking the mountain of the Tour of Italy.
This classification therefore reward the rider who scored more points at the vertices of the trail passes. It appeared in 1933. The leader of this ranking is a green jersey. There are 5 types of passes. Unlike the other Grand Tours , the Giro distinguishes a particular category. Indeed, the top of the competition awards more points than others. It's called the Cima Coppi tribute to the famous Italian champion Fausto Coppi , a former winner of the Tour and Giro . Points are awarded according to the following schedule:
The Cima Coppi (highest point of the Giro ): 20, 15, 10, 6, 4 and 2 points for the first 6 riders
Unclassified Col: 15, 10, 6, 4 and 2 points for the first 6 riders
Pass an e : 10, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point for the first 5 riders
Col 2 e 5, 3 and 1 point for the first 3 riders
Col 3 e : 3, 2 and 1 point for the first 3 riders
The record victory in this classification is for the Italian Gino Bartali with 7 successes.
The white jersey ( Maglia bianca )
It rewards the best young overall.
Past

Main article: Winners of the Tour of Italy.
Year Winner Second Third
1909 Luigi Ganna Carlo Galetti Giovanni Rossignoli
1910 Carlo Galetti Eberardo Pavesi Luigi Ganna
1911 Carlo Galetti Giovanni Rossignoli Giovanni Gerbi
1912 Atala Peugeot Gerbi
1913 Carlo Oriani Eberardo Pavesi Giuseppe Azzini
1914 Alfonso Calzolari Pierino Albini Luigi Lucotti
1915-18 Not played due to World War
1919 Costante Girardengo Gaetano Belloni Marcel Buysse
1920 Gaetano Belloni Angelo Gremo Jean Alavoine
1921 Giovanni Brunero Gaetano Belloni Bartolomeo Aymo
1922 Giovanni Brunero Bartolomeo Aymo Giuseppe Enrici
1923 Costante Girardengo Giovanni Brunero Bartolomeo Aymo
1924 Giuseppe Enrici Federico Gay Angiolo Gabrielli
1925 Alfredo Binda Costante Girardengo Giovanni Brunero
1926 Giovanni Brunero Alfredo Binda Arturo Bresciani
1927 Alfredo Binda Giovanni Brunero Antonio Negrini
1928 Alfredo Binda Giuseppe Pancera Bartolomeo Aymo
1929 Alfredo Binda Domenico Piemontesi Leonida Frascarelli
1930 Luigi Marchisio Luigi Giacobbe Allegro Grandi
1931 Francesco Camusso Luigi Giacobbe Luigi Marchisio
1932 Antonio Pesenti Jef Demuysere Remo Bertoni
1933 Alfredo Binda Jef Demuysere Domenico Piemontesi
1934 Learco Guerra Francesco Camusso Giovanni Cazzulani
1935 Vasco Bergamaschi Giuseppe Martano Giuseppe Olmo
1936 Gino Bartali Giuseppe Olmo Severino Canavesi
1937 Gino Bartali Giovanni Valetti Enrico Mollo
1938 Giovanni Valetti Ezio Cecchi Severino Canavesi
1939 Giovanni Valetti Gino Bartali Mario Vicini
1940 Fausto Coppi Enrico Mollo Giordano Schulterbrand
1941-45 Not played due to World War II
1946 Gino Bartali Fausto Coppi Vito Ortelli
1947 Fausto Coppi Gino Bartali Giulio Bresci
1948 Fiorenzo Magni Ezio Cecchi Giordano Schulterbrand
1949 Fausto Coppi Gino Bartali Giordano Schulterbrand
1950 Hugo Koblet Gino Bartali Alfredo Martini
1951 Fiorenzo Magni Rik Van Steenbergen Ferdi Kübler
1952 Fausto Coppi Fiorenzo Magni Ferdi Kübler
1953 Fausto Coppi Hugo Koblet Pasquale Fornara
1954 Carlo Clerici Hugo Koblet Nino ASSIRELLI
1955 Fiorenzo Magni Fausto Coppi Gastone Nencini
1956 Charly Gaul Fiorenzo Magni Agostino Coletto
1957 Gastone Nencini Louison Bobet Ercole Baldini
1958 Ercole Baldini Jean Brankart Charly Gaul
1959 Charly Gaul Jacques Anquetil Diego Ronchini
1960 Jacques Anquetil Gastone Nencini Charly Gaul
1961 Arnaldo Pambianco Jacques Anquetil Antonio Suárez
1962 Franco Balmamion Imerio Massignani Nino Defilippis
1963 Franco Balmamion Vittorio Adorni Giorgio Zancanaro
1964 Jacques Anquetil Italo Zilioli Guido De Rosso
1965 Vittorio Adorni Italo Zilioli Felice Gimondi
1966 Gianni Motta Italo Zilioli Jacques Anquetil
1967 Felice Gimondi Franco Balmamion Jacques Anquetil
1968 Merckx Vittorio Adorni Felice Gimondi
1969 Gimondi Felice Claudio Michelotto Italo Zilioli
1970 Merckx Felice Gimondi Martin Vandenbossche
1971 Gösta Pettersson Herman Van Springel Ugo Colombo
1972 Merckx José Manuel Fuente Francisco Galdos
1973 Merckx Felice Gimondi Giovanni Battaglin
1974 Merckx Gianbattista Baronchelli Felice Gimondi
1975 Fausto Bertoglio Francisco Galdos Felice Gimondi
1976 Felice Gimondi Johan De Muynck Fausto Bertoglio
1977 Michel Pollentier Francesco Moser Gianbattista Baronchelli
1978 Johan De Muynck Gianbattista Baronchelli Francesco Moser
1979 Giuseppe Saronni Francesco Moser Bernt Johansson
1980 Bernard Hinault Wladimiro Panizza Giovanni Battaglin
1981 Giovanni Battaglin Tommy Prim Giuseppe Saronni
1982 Bernard Hinault Tommy Prim Silvano Contini
1983 Giuseppe Saronni Roberto Visentini Alberto Fernandez
1984 Francesco Moser Laurent Fignon Moreno Argentin
1985 Bernard Hinault Francesco Moser LeMond
1986 Roberto Visentini Giuseppe Saronni Francesco Moser
1987 Stephen Rock Robert Millar Erik Breukink
1988 Andrew Hampsten Erik Breukink Urs Zimmermann
1989 Laurent Fignon Flavio Giupponi Andrew Hampsten
1990 Gianni Bugno Charly Mottet Marco Giovannetti
1991 Franco Chioccioli Claudio Chiappucci Massimiliano Lelli
1992 Miguel Indurain Claudio Chiappucci Franco Chioccioli
1993 Miguel Indurain Ugrumov Piotr Claudio Chiappucci
1994 Evgueni Berzin Pantani Miguel Indurain
1995 Tony Rominger Evgueni Berzin Piotr Ugrumov
1996 Pavel Tonkov Enrico Zaina Abraham Olano
1997 Ivan Gotti Pavel Tonkov Giuseppe Guerini
1998 Pantani Pavel Tonkov Giuseppe Guerini
1999 Ivan Gotti Paolo Savoldelli Simoni
2000 Stefano Garzelli Francesco Casagrande Simoni
2001 Simoni Abraham Olano Unai Osa
2002 Paolo Savoldelli Tyler Hamilton Pietro Caucchioli
2003 Simoni Stefano Garzelli Yaroslav Popovych
2004 Damiano Cunego Serhiy Honchar Simoni
2005 Paolo Savoldelli Simoni Jose Rujano
2006 Basso Jose Enrique Gutierrez Simoni
2007 Danilo Di Luca Andy Schleck Eddy Mazzoleni
2008 Contador Riccardo Riccò Marzio Bruseghin
2009 Denis Menchov Danilo Di Luca Franco Pellizotti
2010
Principal passes



The Stelvio Pass , famous classic " Giro ".
Passo del Mortirolo
Passo Gavia
Passo delle Erbe
Passo Furcia
Colle delle Finestre
Passo Pordoi
Passo di San Pellegrino
Passo dello Stelvio
Passo del Tonale
Monte Zoncolan
Bormio 2000
Alpe di Pampeago
Sestriere
Tre Cime di Lavaredo
Col Agnel
Kronplatz

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