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The first Ronde van Vlaanderen (1913) was the longest edition of the race: it was 324 km long [su_box title=”More Ronde van Vlaanderen related content”][su_posts posts_per_page=”3″ tax_term=”334″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”] [/su_box] [su_box title=”More cycling fun facts “][su_posts posts_per_page=”3″ tax_term=”425″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”] [/su_box]
Cima Coppi is the highest peak of the Giro d’Italia every year. The special prize was named after Fausto Coppi and was introduced in 1965.
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The Stade Vélodrome du Parc des Princes was the first successful cycling related enterprise of Henri Desgrange (“the founding father of the Tour de France”) and his business partner Victor Goddet (the uncle of future Tour de France director Jacques Goddet). It was build in 1897, and included 3000 seats and a 666,66 m track, which was twice bigger then the usual cycling tracks of those days. Also, it was a bit far from the city centre, thus many people thought it would be a failure, but Desgrange was able to make the place profitalbe. During the pre-Tour de France era one of the biggest spectacle (and financial success was the cycling match between Marshall… Read More »Iconic Places: Stade Vélodrome du Parc des Princes
Gianni Motta, Vittorio Adorni, Jacques Anquetil and Felice Gimondi are having fun at the Giro d’Italia in 1966. The race was won by Gianni Motta ahead of Italo Zilioli and Jacques Anquetil. Related blogpost(s) Iconic Places: Puy de Dôme Cycling Who’s Who: Vittorio Adorni The first Vuelta-Tour double (Jacques Anquetil, 1963)
Giovanni Brunero was born on the 4 October 1895 in San Maurizio Canavese, Italy. Brunero was the first rider to win the Giro d’Italia 3 times (1921, 1922, 1926), which was a remarkable result during the era of Costante Girardengo and Alfredo Binda. On the other hand, Brunero’s triumphs seemed to be not entirely undisputable. The Giro d’Italia in 1922 called the race of “mille polemiche”, a. k . a “The Giro of Thousand Arguments”. After an illegal wheel change on the first stage of the race, he only got a penalty of 25 minutes. The teams of Costante Girardengo (Maino) and Gaetano Belloni (Bianchi) wanted him to be excluded from the race. When they… Read More »Cycling Who’s Who: Giovanni Brunero
Alfredo Binda was the scond Campionissimo in the history of Italian road cycling. He was the first rider to win 4 Giro d’Italia titles (1925, 1927, 1928, 1929). This picture was taken during the Giro d’Italia in 1929. After Binda has won his record breaking 4th Giro d’Italia, the organizers were worried about the race might be too boring for the audince. So they paid Binda to absent the race next year. Related story The cyclist who was paid to skip the Giro d’Italia Read other stories from the history of Giro d’Italia The story of the Maglia Nera (Giro d’Italia 1946-1951) Fiorenzo Magni and the Giro d’Italia 1956
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Alfredo Binda ( 1902-1986), the second “Campionissimo”of the Italian cycling dominated at the Giro d’Italia in the second half of the 1920s. In 1929 he managed to win the race for the 4th time (after 1925, 1927 and 1928). This was a new record then.
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Finally, the Giro d’Italia is here, again, in May, where its place is. As prepraration for one of the most important races of the year, I’ve selected 7 climbs from the program, which might be decisive for the outcome of the competition. Montemolino (Stage 4, Piacenza – Sestola, 187 km) The stage includes two other 3rd category climbs, and Montemolino is neither the first, nor the last of them. So why then? Taking a look at the length of the ascent, and the steepness of the last 2 km, especially at the steepest part with 18%, this might be the first challenging climb for the GC riders. This can provide the first insight of their… Read More »The 7 Most Anticipated Climbs of Giro d’Italia 2021