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Giro systems originated in Ptolemaic Egypt in the 4th century BCE, where state granary deposits functioned as an early banking system with a central bank in Alexandria [5] accepting giro payments. Giro was a common method of money transfer in early banking. The first occurrences of book money are not known exactly.
[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 ...
The Azzurri d'Italia classification (English: ' Azure or Sky Blue Italy) is an award in the Giro d'Italia in which points are awarded to the top three stage finishers (4, 2 and 1 point). It is similar to the standard points classification for which the leader and final winner are awarded the red jersey but no jersey is awarded for this ...
It’s May, which means it’s time for one of the sport’s hardest races in one of the world’s most beautiful locations: the Giro d’Italia.
A look at the Strava data from a few top performers from a mountain stage, a climbing stage, and a time trial during the 2023 Giro d'Italia.
The early years of National Giro were unprofitable. [7] In 1969 National Giro partnered with the Mercantile Loan Company to provide loans to account holders, which was a significant stimulation of account growth. [8] [9] When a Conservative government came to power in 1970, there were pressures on the government to close the still loss-making ...
Giro Donne, a women's cycling Grand Tour in Italy; Giro d'Italia automobilistico, automobile race in Italy; Giro (company), a U.S. manufacturer of helmets for cycling and snow sports; Giro, or Girouette, a character in the video game Mega Man ZX; Giro, a piece of orchestral music by Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen
The 2025 Giro d'Italia is the 108th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race will start on the 9th of May in Durrës and finish on the 1st of June in Rome. There are two individual time trial stages and 3 stages longer than 200 km. [1]