The opening ceremony of Giro d’Italia saw thousands of fans circling at Heroes Plaza in Budapest, this was surely a sight to behold. The three days of opening will be starting from Wednesday onwards, and the event will end on May 29 in Verona. Ending the event on home soil surely seems a good idea for both fans and long-time sponsors. Pink "Maglia Rosa" leader's jerseys awarded to Andy Hampsten during the 1988 Giro d’Italia. A Grand Tour is not won in a day, although winning an individual stage is an honor. At the end of each racing day, the rider with the fastest overall cumulative time is awarded a colored leader's jersey and wears it during the next stage. The Italian noun giro translates literally as a turn, rotation, or some kind of circle or circumference. - Il giro di chiave - The turn of a key - il giro della Terra - The rotation of the Earth - il giro delle mura - The city walls. It can also refer to a tour or circuit – see Il Giro d’Italia, for example. A bird’s eye view of history in the making – Biniam Girmay wins stage 10 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia. Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) – Stage 15 – times were tough for Ciccone in 2021. Riding as a GC rider for Trek at both the Giro and the Vuelta, he was caught up in crashes and unable to complete either race, let alone show himself at Find results of cyclings top riders like Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and Mathieu van der Poel. Detailed statistics about the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and classics like Paris-Roubaix or Tour of Flanders. — Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) May 28, 2023 A wave of COVID and near-constant rain drowned out the first half of the race, and the high mountains did more damage this week. Only 125 of the 176 riders that started the opening Abruzzo TT came to the line in Roma, making for 51 non-finishers of an extra-grueling three-week tour. In 1998 Marco Pantani took historic wins in both the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France. It was also the year of the Festina Scandal, at the second race, which changed the public view of cycling. Magnus Cort Nielsen won a wet and cold 10th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday after a successful breakaway, while Geraint Thomas kept hold of the pink jersey.. Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers TdLYG.