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Giro d'Italia Background
The Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy), also simply known as The
Giro, is a long distance road bicycle stage race for professional
cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around
Italy. It is one of the three Grand Tours (the others being the
Tour de France and the Vuelta a España), and is part of the UCI
World Ranking calendar.
The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages.
Individual times to finish each stage are totalled to determine the
overall winner at the end of the race. The rider with the lowest
aggregate time at the end of each day wears the Pink Jersey.
The first Giro d'Italia started on May 13, 1909 at Milan, with
eight stages totalling 2,448 kilometres (1,521 miles). Luigi Ganna
was the first winner.
Winners Jerseys
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The Maglia Rosa (pink jersey) is worn by the
leader of the General Classification. This is the rider with the
fastest overall time since the start of the race. |
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The Maglia Rossa (red jersey) is worn by the leader of
the Points Classification. This is the rider who has collected the
most points at the finish of the stages or at intermediate sprint
intervals within a stage. |
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The Maglia Verde (green jersey) is worn by the leader of
the Climbing Classification. This is the rider who has collected
the most points by being the first, second, etc over the mountain
tops. |
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The Maglia Bianca (white jersey) is worn by the leader
of the Best Young Rider Classification. This is the under-26 rider
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The 2010 Race
The 2010 Giro began in Amsterdam and ended in Verona. It had a
length of 3.416,5 km and consisted of 21 stages over 3 weeks,
including a short time-trial on the first day. The longest stage
race in 2010 was 256 km from Lucera to L’Aquila.
198 riders from 22 teams competed for 4 different jerseys as
well as stage wins, team awards and most competitive rider awards.
A total of 59 riders didn't finish the race.
The 2010 podium winners were as follows:
- Pink Jersey - Ivan Basso (Liquigas) -
87h 44' 01"
- Green Jersey - Matthew LLoyd (OLO) -
56 pts
- King of the Mountains Jersey - Cadel
Evans (BMC) - 150 pts
- White Jersey - Richie Porte (Team Saxo
Bank) - 87h 51' 23"
- Best Team Award - Team Liquigas - 262h
04' 40"
Official Website
Official Giro d'Italia Website