... major race that she competed in was the 1917 Giro di Lombardia. World War I was still raging, and many important ... smiling and good natured face she began the Giro, the first to this day, the only female athlete to ever participate in this men ... Alfonsina. In successive years, she was not allowed to compete in the Giro, but she followed it anyway, winning the friendship and esteem of Cougnet, Giardini ...

... World War Two, the tough Tuscan already had achieve an amazing palmares. He won two Giro's, a Tour de France, 2 Giro di Lombardia and a Milan-Sanremo. A master of his craft, he was mobbed ... Holy Virgin around his neck and across his handlebars. He would have shrines in his hotel rooms for the Giro and Tour. And spiritual visits to the nearby church before a stage would ...

... races. For Erik Zabel, it was Milan-San Remo. For Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France. For Damiano Cunego, it is the Giro di Lombardia. For Tom Boonen, Paris-Roubaix. But these types of riders can usually be counted on to show well at other big races as well. Zabel, for all his success in MSR, also had a slew of big ...

... has proposed to make modifications to allow riders competing in both series to have a break in between. "This year the World Cup round in Treviso would have been better been organized during the same weekend of the Giro di Lombardia; it would have attracted more media. In the women's race, world champion Marianne Vos wasn't there ...

... Adorni  36.5 55.  Danilo Di Luca  34.0 56.  Hennie ... he does, a stage win or two may be about all we'll see from him, and then he'll probably retire after the Giro. Robbie McEwen is another one of the aging sprinters who had an ... bet he could make a run at both Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Lombardia.  Maybe he'll focus on those after he makes his bid for the hour ...