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The 7th  of August 1908 the “Gazzetta dello Sport”, the official organizer, announces the first edition of the “Giro d’Italia” for the year after.
The first “Giro d’Italia” starts the 13th of May 1909 at 2.53 a.m. from pzz.le Loreto in Milan.
There are 8 stages and 2448 km; there are 127 cyclists but only 49 finish the race.
Luigi Ganna, the first winner of the “Pink T-shirt”, earns 5.325 lire, the last arrived 300 lire.

Costante Girardengo, the winner of 2 “Giri d’Italia”

The “Giro d’Italia” begins in the second part of May and finishes in the first days of June.
Many people stays on the streets during the passage of the cyclists and 43 millions of italian people watch the race on TV.

 

There was an egemony of italian cyclists until the 1950; then also foreign athletes won the competition (expecially French and Belgian) which became more interesting. 

The winners

1909Luigi Ganna (Ita)

1910Carlo Galetti (Ita)

1911Carlo Galetti (Ita)

1912Atala

1913Carlo Oriani (Ita)

1914Alfonso Calzolari (Ita)

1919Costante Girardengo (Ita)

1920Gaetano Belloni (Ita)

1921Giovanni Brunero (Ita)

1922Giovanni Brunero (Ita)

1923Costante Girardengo (Ita)

1924Giuseppe Enrici (Ita)

1925Alfredo Binda (Ita)

1926Giovanni Brunero (Ita)

1927Alfredo Binda (Ita)

1928Alfredo Binda (Ita)

1929Alfredo Binda (Ita)

1930Luigi Marchisio (Ita)

1931Francesco Camusso (Ita)

1932Antonio Pesenti (Ita)

1933Alfredo Binda (Ita)

1934Learco Guerra (Ita)

1935Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita)

1936Gino Bartali (Ita)

1937Gino Bartali (Ita)

1938Giovanni Valetti (Ita)

1939Giovanni Valetti (Ita)

1940Fausto Coppi (Ita)

1946Gino Bartali (Ita)

1947Fausto Coppi (Ita)

1948Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)

1949Fausto Coppi (Ita)

1950Hugo Koblet (Swi)

1951Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)

1952Fausto Coppi (Ita)

1953Fausto Coppi (Ita)

1954Carlo Clerici (Ita)

1955Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)

1956Charly Gaul (Lux)

1957Gastone Nencini (Ita)

1958Ercole Baldini (Ita)

1959Charly Gaul (Lux)

1960Jacques Anquetil (Fra)

1961Arnaldo Pambianco (Ita)

1962Franco Balmamion (Ita)

1963Franco Balmamion (Ita)

1964Jacques Anquetil (Fra)

1965Vittorio Adorni (Ita)

1966Gianni Motta (Ita)

1967Felice Gimondi (Ita)

1968Eddy Merckx (Bel)

1969Felice Gimondi (Ita)

1970Eddy Merckx (Bel)

1971Gosta Pettersson (Swe)

1972Eddy Merckx (Bel)

1973Eddy Merckx (Bel)

1974Eddy Merckx (Bel)

1975Fausto Bertoglio (Ita)

1976Felice Gimondi (Ita)

1977Michel Pollentier (Bel)

1978Johan De Muynck (Bel)

1979Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)

1980Bernard Hinault (Fra)

1981Giovanni Battaglin (Ita)

1982Bernard Hinault (Fra)

1983Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)

1984Francesco Moser (Ita)

1985Bernard Hinault (Fra)

1986Roberto Visentini (Ita)

1987Stephen Roche (Irl)

1988Andrew Hampsten (USA)

1989Laurent Fignon (Fra)

1990Gianni Bugno (Ita)

1991Franco Chioccioli (Ita)

1992Miguel Indurain (Spa)

1993Miguel Indurain (Spa)

1994Evgeni Berzin (Rus)

1995Tony Rominger (Swi)

1996Pavel Tonkov (Rus)

1997Ivan Gotti (Ita)

1998Marco Pantani (Ita)

1999Ivan Gotti (Ita)

2000Stefano Garzelli (Ita)

2001Gilberto Simoni (Ita)

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