Giro d'Italia

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The Giro d'Italia is one of cycling's three Grand Tours, a prestigious multi-week stage race held annually across Italy and renowned for its challenging mountain routes and iconic pink leader's jersey.

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Surface form Occurrences
Giro d’Italia 2
maglia rosa 2
Giro d'Italia 1960 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Tour
road cycling race
stage race
alsoKnownAs Giro
classification general classification
mountains classification
points classification
young rider classification
country Italy
duration three weeks
finishLocation often Milan
firstEdition 1909
flatStages yes
founder La Gazzetta dello Sport
frequency annual
governingBody Union Cycliste Internationale
hasPrologueSometimes yes
jersey maglia azzurra
maglia bianca
maglia ciclamino
Giro d'Italia self-linksurface differs
surface form: maglia rosa
jerseySignificance leader of general classification
leaderJerseyColor pink
leaderJerseyName Giro d'Italia self-linksurface differs
surface form: maglia rosa
mountainsJerseyColor blue
mountainStages yes
notableClimb Blockhaus
Mount Etna
surface form: Etna

Monte Zoncolan
Mortirolo Pass
Passo Gavia
Passo dello Stelvio
notableFeature Alpine climbs
Dolomite climbs
numberOfStages approximately 21
oneOf three Grand Tours
organizer RCS Sport
otherGrandTour Tour de France
Vuelta a España
partOf UCI WorldTour
pointsJerseyColor cyclamen
raceType multi-stage race
region Italian Peninsula
sport road cycling
startLocation varies by edition
terrain mountainous
timeTrialStages yes
usualMonth May
youngRiderJerseyColor white

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Grand Tours consistsOf Giro d'Italia
Renault–Gitane focus Giro d'Italia
Passo Gavia frequentlyIncludedIn Giro d'Italia
Giro d'Italia jersey Giro d'Italia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: maglia rosa
Giro d'Italia leaderJerseyName Giro d'Italia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: maglia rosa
RCS Sport organizes Giro d'Italia
Passo Gavia partOfCyclingHeritageOf Giro d'Italia
Faema participatedIn Giro d'Italia
Reynolds participatedIn Giro d'Italia
this entity surface form: Giro d’Italia
Grand Tours secondOldestEvent Giro d'Italia
Tour de France sisterRace Giro d'Italia
Vuelta a España sisterRace Giro d'Italia
this entity surface form: Giro d’Italia
Blockhaus usedIn Giro d'Italia
Monte Zoncolan usedIn Giro d'Italia
Bernard Hinault won Giro d'Italia
Eddy Merckx won Giro d'Italia
Jacques Anquetil won Giro d'Italia
this entity surface form: Giro d'Italia 1960
Jacques Anquetil won Giro d'Italia
this entity surface form: Giro d'Italia 1964