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The leader of the race wears the maglia rosa, the pink jersey

The Giro d'Italia, or Tour of Italy, is a famous bicycle race held in Italy, every spring. It is one of the most famous, and best paid bicycle races. The first race was in 1909. It started because the editor of a newspaper called La Gazzetta dello Sport wanted more people to read his newspaper. He planned a race similar to the Tour de France, which had started in 1903.

The leader of the race wears a pink jersey (called the ''maglia rosa''. This is because pink is the colour of La Gazzetta dello Sport. The leader of the mountain climbing competition wears a green jersey (called the maglia verde), and the leader of the sprinters' competition wears a mauve jersey (called the maglia ciclamino). The leader of the young rider's competition wears a white jersey (called the maglia bianca). This is the same as the young riders' competition in the Tour de France.

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Winners of the Giro d'Italia

Giro	Year	Winner	Nationality	Team
93	2010	Ivan Basso	Italy	Liquigas
92	2009	Denis Menchov	Russia	Rabobank
91	2008	Alberto Contador Velasco	Spain	Astana
90	2007	Danilo Di Luca	Italy	Liquigas
89	2006	Ivan Basso	Italy	Team CSC
88	2005	Paolo Savoldelli (2)	Italy	Discovery Channel
87	2004	Damiano Cunego	Italy	Saeco
86	2003	Gilberto Simoni (2)	Italy	Saeco
85	2002	Paolo Savoldelli	Italy	Index-Alexia
84	2001	Gilberto Simoni	Italy	Lampre-Daikin
83	2000	Stefano Garzelli	Italy	Mercatone Uno
82	1999	Ivan Gotti (2)	Italy	Polti
81	1998	Marco Pantani	Italy	Mercatone Uno
80	1997	Ivan Gotti	Italy	Saeco
79	1996	Pavel Tonkov	Russia	Mapei-GB
78	1995	Tony Rominger	Switzerland	Mapei-GB
77	1994	Eugeni Berzin	Russia	Gewiss-Ballan
76	1993	Miguel Indurain (2)	Spain	Banesto
75	1992	Miguel Indurain	Spain	Banesto
74	1991	Franco Chioccioli	Italy	del Tongo
73	1990	Gianni Bugno	Italy	Chateau d'Ax
72	1989	Laurent Fignon	France	Super U-Raleigh-Fiat
71	1988	Andrew Hampsten	United States	7-Eleven
70	1987	Stephen Roche	Ireland	Carrera-Vagabond
69	1986	Roberto Visentini	Italy	Carrera-Inoxpran
68	1985	Bernard Hinault (3)	France	La Vie Claire
67	1984	Francesco Moser	Italy	Gis-Tuc Lu
66	1983	Giuseppe Saronni (2)	Italy	Del Tongo
65	1982	Bernard Hinault (2)	France	Renault-Elf-Gitane
64	1981	Giovanni Battaglin	Italy	Inoxpran
63	1980	Bernard Hinault	France	Renault-Elf-Gitane
62	1979	Giuseppe Saronni	Italy	Scic
61	1978	Johan de Muynck	Belgium	Bianchi-Faema
60	1977	Michel Pollentier	Belgium	Flandria-Velda
59	1976	Felice Gimondi (3)	Italy	Bianchi-Campagnolo
58	1975	Fausto Bertoglio	Italy	Jollyceramica
57	1974	Eddy Merckx (5)	Belgium	Molteni
56	1973	Eddy Merckx (4)	Belgium	Molteni
55	1972	Eddy Merckx (3)	Belgium	Molteni
54	1971	Gösta Pettersson	Sweden	Ferretti
53	1970	Eddy Merckx (2)	Belgium	Faema
52	1969	Felice Gimondi (2)	Italy	Faema
51	1968	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	Faema
50	1967	Felice Gimondi	Italy	Salvarani
49	1966	Gianni Motta	Italy	Molteni
48	1965	Vittorio Adorni	Italy	Salvarani
47	1964	Jacques Anquetil (2)	France	St.Raphael
46	1963	Franco Balmamion (2)	Italy	Carpano
45	1962	Franco Balmamion	Italy	Carpano
44	1961	Arnaldo Pambianco	Italy	Fides
43	1960	Jacques Anquetil	France	Fynsec
42	1959	Charly Gaul (2)	Luxembourg	Emi G. S.
41	1958	Ercole Baldini	Italy	Legnano
40	1957	Gastone Nencini	Italy	Chlorodont
39	1956	Charly Gaul	Luxembourg	Faema-Guerra
38	1955	Fiorenzo Magni (3)	Italy	Nivea-Fuchs
37	1954	Carlo Clerici	Switzerland	Faema-Guerra
36	1953	Fausto Coppi (5)	Italy	Bianchi-Pirelli
35	1952	Fausto Coppi (4)	Italy	Bianchi-Pirelli
34	1951	Fiorenzo Magni (2)	Italy	Ganna
33	1950	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland	Guerra
32	1949	Fausto Coppi (3)	Italy	Bianchi-Ursus
31	1948	Fiorenzo Magni	Italy	Willier Triestina
30	1947	Fausto Coppi (2)	Italy	Bianchi
29	1946	Gino Bartali (3)	Italy	Legnano
1941 to 1945: no race because of World War II
28	1940	Fausto Coppi	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
27	1939	Giovanni Valetti (2)	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	France Sport-Wobler
26	1938	Giovanni Valetti	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Fresjus
25	1937	Gino Bartali (2)	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
24	1936	Gino Bartali	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
23	1935	Vasco Bergamaschi	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Maino-Girardengo
22	1934	Learco Guerra	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Maino-Clement
21	1933	Alfredo Binda (5)	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
20	1932	Antonio Pesenti	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Dei
19	1931	Francesco Camusso	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Gloria
18	1930	Luigi Marchisio	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
17	1929	Alfredo Binda (4)	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
16	1928	Alfredo Binda (3)	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
15	1927	Alfredo Binda (2)	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
14	1926	Giovanni Brunero (3)	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
13	1925	Alfredo Binda	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
12	1924	Giuseppe Enrici	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy
11	1923	Costante Girardengo	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Maino
10	1922	Giovanni Brunero (2)	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
9	1921	Giovanni Brunero	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Legnano
8	1920	Gaetano Belloni	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Bianchi
7	1919	Costante Girardengo	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Stucchi
1915 to 1918: no race because of World War I
6	1914	Alfonso Calzolari	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Stucchi
5	1913	Carlo Oriani	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Maino
4	1912	Team Atala: Carlo Galetti (3), Giovanni Micheletto, Eberardo Pavesi	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Team Atala
3	1911	Carlo Galetti (2)	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Bianchi
2	1910	Carlo Galetti	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Team Atala
1	1909	Luigi Ganna	User:The Three Headed Knight/Flagicon Italy	Team Atala

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