It’s May and that means it is time for the Giro d’Italia!!! The Italian Grand Tour began in 1909 and this year will mark the 108th running of the Men’s Tour of Italy. The race begins May 9 in Durres, Albania and finishes June 1 in Rome. Eighteen teams will contest twenty-one stages totaling 3413 kilometers in their quest to bring home the Maglia rosa, the coveted pink leader’s jersey. The Women’s Giro meanwhile will contest its 35th edition from July 6-13, beginning in Bergamo, Tuscany in Northern Italy. The riders will cover 939.6 kilometers before finishing on the Dino and Enzo Ferrari autodrome in Imola.
Q1. Which American rider has started the most Giros d’Italia?
Q2. Twelve Americans have won a stage in the Giro d’Italia, can you name them all?
Q3. Only one rider won every Giro he started…three in total. Despite the fact that the winningest nation (by far) in Giro history is Italy, this rider is NOT Italian!
Q4. In Giro d’Italia Women (begun in 1988 as the Giro d’Italia Femminile, later known as the Giro Rosa then the Giro Donne) who has won the most stages?
Q5. It is rare for overall winners of Grand Tours to also win the points and mountains jerseys but in the case of the all-time greats, it does occasionally happen. The Giro d’Italia Women’s is the longest running women’s grand tour and arguably the most consistently competitive and prestigious. Has any rider won all three major jersey competitions?
For answers, go to page 2 below.
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