Albert Bourlon managed the longest sucessful solo breakaway in the history of Tour de France in 1947. It happened on the 253 km long 14th stage between Carcassone and Luchon on 11th July 1947. Burlon rode alone during the entire stage. It was his only Tour de France stage win. There are other six over … Read more
Although nowadays Luigi Malabrocca is remembered by the unheroic fight for the maglia nera, the last place of the Giro d’Italia, he also managed to earn some real victories during his professional career between 1945 and 1958. Malabrocca, usually one of the domestiques for Fausto Coppi during road cycling races, was a two-time Italian cyclocross … Read more
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 list of the top 25 riders:Mario Cipollini 42Alfredo Binda 41Learco Guerra 31Costante Girardengo 30Eddy Merckx 25Giuseppe Saronni 24Francesco Moser 23Roger De Vlaeminck 22Alessandro Petacchi 22Fausto Coppi 22Franco Bitossi 20Miguel Poblet … Read more
The rumors were true, after seven years, Giro d’Italia will visit Oropa again. This will be the earliest hilltop finish of the race since 1989, when the finish of the 2nd stage was on the Etna. Oropa was included in the program of Giro d’Italia six times since 1963. Its most recent appearance happened in … Read more
Giro d’Italia 2024 starts in Venaria Reale suburb of Turin on 4th May 2024. The 140 km long stage will end in Turin. The program will include three ascents: Bersano di San Pietro (category 4), the famous Superga (category 3), part of the one-day race Milano-Torino, and Colle Maddalena, peaking 30 km before the finish … Read more
Definitely a stage for the classic sprinters. Stage 5 Genoa-Luca 8 May 2024 178 km MAP LAST KMS DID YOU KNOW? Lucca hosted the start of the 3rd stage of Giro d’Italia 1914. The 430 km long tappa between Lucca and Rome is the longest ever stage in the history of Giro d’Italia. The stage … Read more
The highest peak of Giro d’Italia 2024 will be the Passo dello Stelvio. There is little wonder, that Stelvio Pass will be the Cima Coppi this year. Usually, when it is part of the program, this ascent is one of the highests.Actually, when the Cima Coppi (remembering Fausto Coppi) was introduced to Giro d’Italia iin … Read more
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 one former winner (1924), Giuseppe Enrici This edition of Giro d’Italia promised the epic of the ” Campionissimi”, Alfredo Binda (winner of the previous edition) and Costante Girardengo. Binda crashed … Read more
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 on the entire history of bicycle races. Furthermore, Tour de France has its own important place in the 20th-centurian cultural history of Europe. No wonder that the biggest chunk of … Read more
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 7 daysold, when he crossed the finish line first in the last stage of Giro d’Italia 2023.
The youngest Giro-stage winner ever, Olimpio Bizzi (1916-1976) was active as professional cyclist between 1936 and 1952. Practically, he was racing in the shadow of the greatest generation of Italian cyclists, including Learco Guerra, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, or Giorenzo Magni Nevertheless, Bizzi had his own successes during his career. Besides some minor one-day race … Read more