3289 Giro d'Italia 2006

This bike race starts on May 6 - (in Belgium??), and then proceeds on a very odd route missing out most of central Italy.
However, for the Pugliese, it is going to run through Gargano on 15-16 May!
details of route on [url]http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2006/pres/planimetriagenerale.html[/url], and click on a link there to get the itinerary with calendar dates.
Wonder why the choice of languages is Italian or French!!

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 04/16/2006 - 16:57

It's a stunning event; get involved....... we had the Giro come through one of our local towns a few years ago & loved every minute. As an ex-[i]bici[/i], I loved it & was in awre of the pros..... maybe [i]"I coulda been a contenda"[/i] but then again(!)

Take time to soak up the spirito, as the Italian (like the French) love cycling & it's in their blood.

Enjoy it for me (I'll miss it!)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 04/16/2006 - 17:24

I'll miss it too - the Giro is not getting anywhere near Lazio, Umbria, Tuscany, or even Emilia Romana this year - so unless I cadge a space under someone's hedge in Puglia I'll have to wait 'til next year!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 04/16/2006 - 17:51

[QUOTE=Relaxed].......the Giro is not getting anywhere near Lazio, Umbria, [b]Tuscany[/b], or even Emilia Romana this year......[/QUOTE]

Pah! Hit the Tuscan/Ligurian coast; the Giro will run along the Cinque Terre, I'm sure. There will be plenty of fuzzy moto shots & sweeping helecopter shots along the Tuscan/Ligurian coast on a long, flat day before the hills...can't wait!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 02:52

If Livorno is in Tuscany you are right - that's as far south (on the west coast) as it gets this year!!

(Oops - just looked a map: I would have sworn Livorno was in Liguria - actually it is south of Florence!!) :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 05/05/2006 - 01:59

So it all kicks off tomorrow...........any bets?

Shame that Garzelli is not making a fight of it, but anyway I'd love to see Ullrich really kick in & can't wait to see if he can do his thing in the mountains. Will he win, doubt it........... but it wouldn't be the first time I'm wrong
:D

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 05/30/2006 - 03:32

Ohmegosh no!

It's all gone wrong with the Giro! A prosecutor will be looking into an allegation of bribery that Ivan Basso tried to influence third-placed Gilberto Simoni & offered him money to let him win the race's toughest stage.

The claim calls into serious doubt Basso's nine-minute win, the largest victory margin for over 40 years.