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] The race usually covers approximately 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi), passing through Italy and neighboring countries such as France and Switzerland. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual finishing times for each stage are totaled to determine the overall winner at the end of the race.
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- ^ The 1912 Giro d'Italia changed from an individual race to a team–based general classification for one year.
- ^ Alberto Contador was the winner at the podium ceremony in Milan on the last day of the 2011 Giro d'Italia, but was subsequently found to have tested positive for performing-enhancing drugs on a rest day in the 2010 Tour de France. He was originally suspended on 25 January 2011 for a year, but appealed the decision. The Court of Arbitration for Sport found him guilty of using clenbuterol during the race; thus his results since the 2010 Tour de France were taken away from him and he was stripped of the win on 6 February 2012.[2]
- ^ Budapest, Hungary was scheduled to host the Grande Partenza for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[3] It was the first time a Grand Tour was going to enter the country.[3] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2019 and spanned into 2020, the Giro cancelled the start in Hungary and the race itself and race organizer RCS Sport stated they would later announce new plans for the 2020 Giro.[4] On 5 May, RCS announced that Hungary would not host any stages and the new start would take place somewhere in southern Italy.[5]
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- ^ FAQ. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ^ "CAS sanctions Contador with two year ban in clenbutorol case". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ a b Gregor Brown (15 April 2019). "Giro d'Italia to start in Budapest in 2020". Cycling Weekly. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Stephen Farrabnd (13 March 2020). "Giro d'Italia stages in Hungary cancelled due to coronavirus fears". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Cyclingnews (5 May 2020). "Rescheduled 2020 Giro d'Italia to start in southern Italy". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.