Monday, June 25, 2012

2013 Giro d'Italia Start: Napoli (Naples)

The 2013 Giro d'Italia will start in Napoli (Naples).

The most recent visit to Naples by the Giro was in 1996 when Mario Cipollini won the stage.  In 1968 Naples hosted the last stage, a Giro won by Eddy Merckx.

The video we posted about tailors in Naples was timely....

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2 comments:

  1. The Giro went to Naples in 2009. Started there the day after Vesuvius.

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  2. @anonymous: Thanks. I should have been clearer meaning to refer to either starting or finishing stages, the last being a finishing stage in 1996.

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