| The Giro d?Italia has a fine history
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| | would be Alfonsina Morini Strada who is
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| behind it, like the Tour de France it was
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| | the only woman to have ridden the race,
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| started to publicise a newspaper, just
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| | and finish!
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| like the Tour de France the organisers
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| | The race itself.
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| made the leaders jersey the same colour
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| | The Giro has started outside of Italy on
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| as the paper, yellow in France from the
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| | eight occasions, the furthest away being
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| L?Auto newspaper and pink in Italy from
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| | either Belgium, Greece or possibly the
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| the La Gazzetta dello Sport. The first
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| | Dutch town of Groningen, which hosted the
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| Giro was in 1909 and was 2448 kilometres
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| | opening individual time trial in 2002.
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| long (the shortest), split into 8 stages
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| | When the race is on Italian soil the main
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| and was won by the Italian rider Luigi
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| | difficulties are usually the Alps,
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| Ganna, 127 riders started in Milan, but
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| | Dolomites and the Apennines, the Giro is
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| by the finish, also in Milan, there was
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| | in May so the big climbs can get dreadful
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| only 49 left, this was not the worst
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| | weather, snow, rain and cold temperatures
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| edition, in 1914 only 8 out of the 81
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| | can shape the race and determine the
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| starters managed the full distance.
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| | winner.
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| The winners.
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| | The future of the Giro d?Italia.
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| Just like the Tour de France and the
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| | The future of the Giro d?Italia looks
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| Vuelta a Españ¡¬ the Giro d?Italia
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| | good, since the UCI (cycling?s governing
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| always has a deserving winner, three
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| | body) brought in the Pro-Tour all the top
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| riders have won it five times, Alfredo
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| | 20 teams have to ride the race, before
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| Binda and Fausto Coppi of Italy and the
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| | they would only get all the Italian teams
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| great Belgian, Eddy Merckx, Merckx of
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| | and a few foreign teams with sponsor
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| course also won the Tour de France five
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| | interests in Italy, now the race is also
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| times and the Vuelta once. There have
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| | shown free on television, where as before
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| been many other ?stars? who have won the
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| | it could only be seen on a private
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| Giro over the years, French heroes
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| | station. The 2005 edition was one of the
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| Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault and
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| | best for years, top teams, top riders and
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| from Spain Miguel Indurain have all one 5
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| | a hard course brought the race to life,
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| Tours de France and the Giro more than
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| | for years the Giro had become a
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| once. The home riders have obviously been
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| | procession until the last hour, then the
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| the big winners, Felice Gimondi, Gino
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| | sprinters took over. The climbers had
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| Bartoli, Ivan Gotti, Gilberto Simoni and
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| | some good hard stages and the team
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| Paolo Savoldelli have all shown there
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| | leaders would do there work for the
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| winning ways, but the battles between
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| | overall on the hills or the time trial,
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| Giuseppe Saronni and Francesco Moser in
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| | and that was it, now its one of the most
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| the 80?s are epic. The strangest rider to
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| | exciting stage races there is from
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| have taken part in the Giro d?Italia
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| | begging to end.
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