2005 Giro d'Italia
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The 2005 Giro d'Italia was the 88th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Reggio Calabria with a 1.15 km prologue. The race came to a close with a 119 km mass-start r
The town of Urtijëi hosted the end of the 218 km (135 mi) thirteenth stage, which was classified as a summit finish.
Then race leader Danilo di Luca riding during the stage 8 individual time trial
Paolo Bettini wearing the purple jersey as leader of points classification while climbing the Colle di Tenda during stage 17
2004 Giro d'Italia
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The 2004 Giro d'Italia was the 87th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Genoa with a 6.9 km prologue. The race came to a close with a 133 km mass-start road stage t
2005 Giro d'Italia
…Alto; stage 13, to Urtijëi; stage 17, to Colle di Tenda; and stage 19, to Sestriere. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 23.25 km (14 mi) longer, contained the same amount of rest days and one more individual time trial event. In addition, both races contained…
The Corno alle Scale hosted the finish of the 191 km (119 mi) third stage.
The Passo di Gavia was the Cima Coppi for the 2004 Giro d'Italia.