2016 Giro d'Italia
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The 2016 Giro d'Italia was the 99th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Apeldoorn on 6 May with a 9.8 km individual time trial, followed by two other s
Vincenzo Nibali, winner of the 2016 Giro d'Italia
Vineyards in the Chianti region, location of the 40.4-kilometre (25.1 mi) individual time trial on Stage 9
Tom Dumoulin won the first stage of the race and became the first leader.
Marcel Kittel claimed two stages and was the race leader for one day.
2015 Giro d'Italia
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The 2015 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in May 2015. It was the 98th running of the Giro d'Italia and took place principally in Italy, although some stage
2016 Giro d'Italia
…a sprinter-friendly circuit in Turin. After the start in the Netherlands, the Stages 19 and 20 leave Italy and visit France. In comparison with the previous year's race, the race was 14.7 kilometres (9 mi) shorter; it contained one more rest day and two more individual time trials. Unlike the previous edition, there…
Alberto Contador, winner of the 2015 Giro, wearing the pink jersey
Alberto Contador (Tinkoff–Saxo), photographed in the individual time trial during his victory in the 2008 Giro d'Italia, was the principal favourite for victory in 2015.
The Dolomites around Madonna di Campiglio, where stage 15 finished
The individual time trial took the riders through the vineyards around Valdobbiadene.