Monday, April 16, 2012

The Jerseys for the 2012 Giro d'Italia

The four official jerseys of the 2012 Giro d'Italia were presented today in Milano.

The Maglia Rosa, pink jersey, will be sponsored by Estathè for the 16ht consecutive year. Here are Giorgia Wurth, this year's "madrina" and Mario Cipollini with the jersey:

The Gran Premio della Montagna, King of the Mountain (KOM), jersey will be a different color this year. Gone is the green jersey for this competition, now replaced with a blue jersey. The sponsor of this jersey is Banca Mediolanum.

The giovani, young rider, jersey remains white. Riders born after January 1,1987, are eligible in this competition. The sponsor this year is F.lli Orsero.

The punti, points, leader classification jersey is red. The sponsor will be named in the next few days.

All the jerseys:
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