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Passo del Mortirolo, usually a mid-stage ascent, was introduced to Giro d’Italia in 1990. The first rider on the top was the Venezuelan Leonardo Sierra.… Read More »Every time Passo del Mortirolo was part of Giro d’Italia
There are only four riders who led the general classification of Giro d’Italia thtough the entire race. Although the number of days they spent in… Read More »Cyclists led the Giro d’Italia general classification from start to finish
With his victory at Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 1961, Belgian legend Rik Van Looy, the “Emperor” became the first cyclist ever to win all the five Monuments.… Read More »15 May1961 Rik Van Looy became the first cyclist to win all the five Monuments
In the year when Giro d’Italia organizers decided to pay Alfredo Binda for not to participate the race, a 21-year-young neo-pro rider, Luigi Marchisio had… Read More »Faces from the peloton: Luigi Marchisio (1909-1992)
In the middle of the night on 13th May 1909, 127 cyclists rolled out from the Piazzale Loreto (from the headquarter of La Gazzetta dello… Read More »13 May 1909 The first Giro d’Italia started
Mario Cipollini won the most Giro d’Italia stages He became the sole record holder on the 9th stage of Giro d’ Italia in 2003See the… Read More »The most Giro d’Italia stage victories
From the 204 (other sources say 206) riders on 18 were members of sponsored teams, the rest of the peloton were independent participants, among them… Read More »Five facts about Giro d’Italia 1926
Although Tour de France is not the only road cycling event with rich history, it is undeniably the most famous one with the biggest impact… Read More »Tour de France history on PelotonTales blog
Olimpio Bizzi is the younges stage winner ever with19 years and 229 days.He won the 8th stage at Giro d’Italia 1936.Mark Cavendish was38 years and… Read More »The youngest and the oldest Giro d’Italia stage winners
Winners of both Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix in the same year: Henri Suter 1923 Romain Gijssels 1932 Gaston Rebry 1934 Raymond Impanis 1954 Fred… Read More »Double winners of Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix