Article: Road Bikes Reviews: The Giro D?italia Is The Italy?s Answer To The Tour De France
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Road Bikes Reviews: The Giro D?italia Is The Italy?s Answer To The Tour De France
The Giro d?Italia has a fine history behind it, like the Tour de France it was started to publicise a newspaper, just like the Tour de France the organisers made the leaders jersey the same colour as the paper, yellow in France from the L?Auto newspaper and pink in Italy from the La Gazzetta dello Sport. The first Giro was in 1909 and was 2448 kilometres long (the shortest), split into 8 stages and was won by the Italian rider Luigi Ganna, 127 riders started in Milan, but by the finish, also in Milan, there was only 49 left, this was not the worst edition, in 1914 only 8 out of the 81 starters managed the full distance.
The winners.
Just like the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, the Giro d?Italia always has a deserving winner, three riders have won it...
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