Answers to the End Of Year Contest, 2007

The question was: Name the regions of Italy from which winners of the Giro d'Italia have come from, and the total number of victories attributed to each region.

The tie break question was: Name the southern most region that a winner of the Giro d'Italia was from.

The answers appeared in the Gazzette dello Sport, the sponsor of the Giro:

26 Lombardia

5 Binda

3 Gimondi

2 Galetti, Gotti, Savoldelli

1 Ganna, Oriani, Belloni, Pesenti, Guerra, Bergamaschi, Motta, Bertoglio, Visentini, Bugno, Garzelli, Basso

19 Piedmonte

5 Coppi

3 Brunero

2 Girardengo, Valetti, Balmamion, Saronni

1 Enrici, Marchisio, Camusso

8 Toscana

3 Bartali, Magni

1 Nencini, Chioccioli

5 Emilia-Romagna

1 Calzolari, Baldini, Pambianco, Adorni, Pantani

3 Trento-AltoAdige

2 Simoni

1 Moser

2 Veneto

1 Battaglin, Cunego

1 Abruzzo

1 Di Luca

Abruzzo is the southern most region where a winner has come from, and that was just last year (2007).

No one submitted the correct answer. "Ron" came close so a consolidation prize is awarded (Ron leave me your email address in the comments).