Giro d'Italia 2009: Why it's special this year

It's a Special Giro this year, why?

• 2009 is the 100th anniversary of the Giro d'Italia, the 2nd most famous and important cycling race in the world after the Tour de France. Even tough this year, the Giro may beat the tour..
  
• The logistic is completely different from all the previous years: it starts in the North, in the city of Trieste, it will go through the Dolomites during the first week, go through Milan but it will finish in Rome, with the individual TT around the Colosseum and along the blvd of the "Fiori Imperiali". This scenario will be spectacular!



• It will feature the longest individual TT in the history: 61.7 km along the Italian Riviera and the cinque terre, from Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore.



• Stage 19 - May 29 - Top finish on the Vulcano Vesuvio will be memorable.



• Decisive stages:



• Stage 10 - May 19 - Mountain Stage with the Col d'Izoard and Sestriere





• Stage 12: May 21 - 61.7 km Individual TT along Liguria coast





• Stage 15: May 25 - Mountain stage in Marche region





• Ivan Basso is BACK. He will be racing the Giro after he has been banned for 2 years



• Lance Armstrong (collar bone fracture permitting) will be racing the Giro, 1st time ever, to win it.
  

If you want to ride and watch 5 stages of the Giro between May 13 and 24, join our Tour and email to keith@nonstopciclismo.com or luisa@davanticycling.com - It will be unforgattable!