Eddy Merckx on Blockhaus (Giro d’Italia 1967)
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#GirodItalia will visit Oropa on the 2nd day of this year's edition.
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Take a look at the program of the 1st stage of #GirodItalia

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Laurent Fignon (2nd st.), Bernard Hinault (prologue) and Patrick Bonnet (1st st.), the 3 men in pink after the first 3 days of Giro d'Italia 1982.
Hinault won the race, it was his second Giro overall victory after 1980.

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Probably there will be a lot of talk about the #giroditalia - tourdefrance double this year. Take a look at the list of the riders achieved it previously
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Before Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault on the top of Alpe d’Huez, there were André Leducq and Antonin Magne in Paris
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I just can't get enough of that odd looking guy next to Brunero.

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Turin (Torino) will host not only the finish of the 1st #GirodItalia stage, but also will be part of the #TourdeFrance visiting Italy this year.
Turin was visited several times by the Tour de France. Here is what happened in 1956. Click and read👇
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Johan De Muynck in maglia rosa at Giro d'Italia 1978. He took the jersey on the 3rd stage and kept it till the end of the race.

Before Evenepoel's Vuelta victory in 2022, De Muynck was the last Belgian grand tour winner.

Neverteless, De Muynck wasn't a surprise winner at…

Cycling with style
The Coppi brothers (Fausto left, Serse right) at training.

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Giivanni Brunero and Alfredo Binda during Giro d'Italia 1926

This edition of Giro d'Italia promised the epic battle of the 'Campionissimi', Alfredo Binda (winner of the previous edition) and Costante Girardengo. Binda crashed on the first day, gave up the fight for the first…

The 7th stage of #GirodItalia 2024 is a 40 km long individual time trial.
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Stage 6 of #GirodItalia welcomes the peloton with three gravel sectors

Take a glimpse at the stage

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An exciting #funfact is related to Lucca, the finish town of #GirodItalia 2024 Stage 5
Take a closer look at the program of the stage, and read the story 👇
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#GirodItalia #funfacts The youngest and the oldest Giro d’Italia stage winners

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Eddy Merckx on Blockhaus (Giro d’Italia 1967)
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#giroditalia

Before Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault on the top of Alpe d’Huez, there were André Leducq and Antonin Magne in Paris
Click &read 👇👇
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Apparently, when Ottavio Bottecchia was hired to be the teammate of Henri Pelissier, he knew only a few words in French:
' Pas de bananes, beaucoup café, merci.'
['No bananas, lots of coffee, thank you']
Read more about his first TDF stage victory👇
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During a few years in the middle of the 20th century the last rider of the general classification at #GirodItalia was awarded with the Maglia Nera (Black Jersey).

The fight for the prize sometimes reached a comic level.

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A bit bigger climb (but still only category 3) in the middle, a smaller one at the end of the stage on the 4th day of #GirodItalia 2024
Take a look:
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