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The 2022 Giro d'Italia was the 105th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 6 May in Budapest, Hungary, and finished on 29 May in Verona, Italy. [1] The race was won by Jai Hindley of Bora–Hansgrohe, taking his
Fausto Coppi, who won the Giro d'Italia five times between 1940 and 1953. The Giro d'Italia is an annual road bicycle race held in May. Established in 1909 by newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Giro is one of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; along with the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. [1]
The Giro d'Italia is one of cycling's three Grand Tours. A stage race that generally lasts for three weeks, it awards a number of jerseys for winners of certain classifications – the current competitions that award a jersey are: General classification, for the fastest rider to complete the race. The winner wears the maglia rosa (pink jersey).
Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro Pos. Position in the general classification: Time Deficit to the winner of the general classification † Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1997 eligible for the young rider classification: Denotes the winner of the general classification: Denotes the winner of the points classification
Alberto Contador, the fifth cyclist to have won all three Grand Tours during his career Alfredo Binda won the Giro d'Italia five times. Tony Rominger, winner of four Grand Tours Ivan Basso, he has won two Giros Stephen Roche, winner of two Grand Tours Jan Ullrich won two Grand Tours. Luis Herrera was the first South American to win a Grand Tour.
The Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España are collectively known as the Grand Tours of cycling. The oldest of the races, the Tour, began in 1903, while the Giro first started in 1909 and the Vuelta in 1935. The modern editions of the races all consist of 21 days of racing with two rest days spread throughout race calendar, giving ...
[74] [90] The mass-start stages make up most of the 21 racing days of each year's Giro d'Italia, [90] there are usually two time trials in each edition of the Giro d'Italia, and sometimes three if there is a prologue or team time trial. In mass start stages there are time bonuses of ten, six and four seconds for the first three finishers, and ...
In previous Giri d'Italia, sometimes a stage was split in two. On such occasions, only the cyclist leading at the end of the day is counted. The "Maglia Rosa" column gives the number of days that the cyclist wore the pink jersey as the leader of the classification [a], the "Giro wins" column gives the number of days that the cyclist won the pink jersey.