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A women's edition of the Giro – Giro d'Italia Women – has been staged since 1988. [119] Part of the UCI Women's World Tour , it is the longest race in women's professional cycling, usually taking place over eight to ten days. [ 120 ]
The 2024 Giro d'Italia was the 107th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 4 May in Venaria Reale and finished on 26 May in Rome . There were two individual time trial stages and 4 stages longer than 200 km. [ 1 ]
The Giro d'Italia is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in May and June. Established in 1909 by newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Giro is the second-most well-known and prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. [1]
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 2023 Giro d'Italia was the 106th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 6 May in Fossacesia and finished on 28 May in Rome . There were 3 individual time trial stages and 6 stages longer than 200 km. [ 1 ] The race was won by Primož Roglič of Team Jumbo–Visma , taking his fourth ...
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]
Luigi Ganna the winner of the inaugural Giro d'Italia.. The idea of the holding a bicycle race that navigated around Italy was first suggested when La Gazzetta dello Sport editor Tullo Morgagni sent a telegram to both the paper's owner, Emilio Costamagna, and cycling editor, Armando Cougnet, stating the need for an Italian tour.
The triple crown of cycling has been achieved by three men, Eddy Merckx in 1974, Stephen Roche in 1987 and Tadej Pogačar in 2024. There are no three week grand tours in women's cycling, but shorter stage races associated with the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and the World Championship, were won by Annemiek van Vleuten in 2022.