Giro d'Italia

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Grand Tour road cycling race stage race

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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Observed surface forms (4)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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