1979 Giro d'Italia
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The 1979 Giro d'Italia was the 62nd running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Florence, on 17 May, with an 8 km prologue and concluded in Milan, on 6 June, with a 44 km individu
A sample of the road climbing to the top of the Passo Pordoi, the Cima Coppi (highest elevation point) of the 1979 Giro.
1978 Giro d'Italia
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The 1978 Giro d'Italia was the 61st running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Saint-Vincent, on 7 May, with a 2 km prologue and concluded in Milan, on 28 May, with a 220 km mass
1979 Giro d'Italia
…nine stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 309 km (192 mi) shorter and contained one more time trial. In addition, this race contained one less stage. There were four main individual…
Bruno Zanoni winning the 11th stage
The Passo Valles was the Cima Coppi for the 1978 running of the Giro d'Italia.