How well do you know… The Giro d’Italia
May 07, 2020
3 minutes
Photos Yuzuru Sunada, Luk Benies
1 What year did the Giro first run?
2 The race took the distinct pink colour of its leader’s jersey from the pages of the sports paper that originally organised it. Which paper?
3 The race is often given which nickname, meaning the ‘pink race’?
The Giro remained very much a national race for some years. What was the first year to see a non-Italian finish the race?
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