Saturday, October 24th, is the presentation of the 2010 Giro d'Italia. Trivia: Only two riders have won the Giro d' Italia every time they have entered: Bernard Hinault (1980, 1982 and 1985) and Alberto Contador (2008). Photos: Hinault and Contador in pink Stories, including cycling trip stories, for the Italian Cycling Journal welcome; ...

... also won the Tour de France five times and the Vuelta once. There have been many other “stars” who have won the Giro over the years, French heroes Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault and from Spain Miguel Indurain have all one 5 Tours de France and the Giro more than once. The home riders have obviously been the big winners, Felice Gimondi, ...

... men have done this, and one of these has won it seven times. French rider Jacques Anquetil was the first to win the race five times, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and then Spaniard Miguel Indurain all equalled him. Then the American, Lance Armstrong started to win in 1999 and didn’t stop until he had won it a record seven ...

Everyone remembers Lance. Everyone remembers Eddy Merckx, the Cannibal. Everyone remembers Bernard Hinault, the Badger. Everyone remembers Miguel Indurain, "Big Mig". But what about that other guy? Wasn't he French? Oh yeah, it was Jacques Anquetil. Poor fellow. No one seems to know ...