The Giro d'Italia is the Road Bike Race Answer to the Tour de France
The Tour of Italy has a good story behind it, like the Tour de France began with a newspaper like the Tour de France organizers in the jersey of the same color, such as paper, yellow in France L-published "Auto Zeitung and Rosa in Italy, La Gazzetta dello Sport. The first round was launched in 1909 and is 2448 kilometers long (the shortest), divided into 8 stages and was supported by the Italian director Luigi Ganna, 127 cards was started in Milan but the goalIn Milan, there were only 49 left, this was not the biggest problem in 1914 only 8 of the 81 starters managed the entire distance.
Winners.
Like the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, the Giro d'Italy had always been a deserving winner, three drivers have won five times, Alfredo Binda and Fausto Coppi of Italy and the Belgian Eddy Merckx, Merckx, of course, also won the Tour de France five times and the Vuelta. There are many other"Stars", who won the Tour over the years, the French hero, Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain of Spain, all at 5 Tour de France and Giro more than once. The pilots house seems to be the big winners, Felice Gimondi, Gino Bartoli, Ivan Gotti, Gilberto Simoni and Paolo Savoldelli has won all options, but the conflict between Joseph Saronni and Francesco Moser in the Epic 80. The pilots took the strangest Tour of Italywould Alfonsina Morini Strada, which is the only woman to have led the race, and is ready!
The race itself.
Tour of Italy in eight cases, which are more remote or Belgium, Greece, or perhaps the Dutch city of Groningen, the timing of the opening in 2002, houses began. After the races on Italian soil, the biggest problems are usually the Alps, Dolomites and Apennines, the Giro in May as big climbs to get bad weather,Snow, rain and cold, the race and determine the winner.
The future of the Tour of Italy.
The future of the Tour of Italy looks good, because it is the UCI (cycling federation) in the Pro Tour has been the top-20 teams before they would have only all Italian teams and some teams sponsor foreign interests in Italy now The race also shown free on television, where the weather to see just a private drive. 2005Publication years was one of the best teams, drivers and a hard top line, the race to life, for years the tour to spend the last hours, then took the sprinters. The climber had some good phases do is difficult and the team leader would be a task for the mountains or in the time trial and is now one of the most exciting race phase is begging to the end.
