giro information

 Jerseys

 

There are four jerseys for classification leaders at the Giro. The pink jersey (maglia rosa) is worn by the overall leader (the rider with the lowest cumulative time). It takes its colour from the pages of the Gazzetta dello Sport. The blue jersey (maglia azzurra) is worn by the leader of the King of the Mountains classification, the red jersey (maglia rossa) by the leader of the points competition and the white jersey (maglia bianca) by the best young rider in the race.

 Where to follow the race

 

There are plenty of places to follow the Giro d’Italia this year, and not just with Cycling Weekly magazine. While we will be bringing you coverage on our website, through our @CyclingWeekly Twitter account, Facebook and Google Plus pages.

The Giro also has its own official feeds:

Facebook – giroditalia

Twitter – @giroditalia

Google plus – Giro d’Italia

Instagram – @giroditalia

Streaming – www.rai.tv (this stream may be geo-dependent)

In the UK you can watch live coverage on British Eurosport every day while highlights will be on Sky Sports every evening. BBC Five Live radio are also covering the whole race with Simon Brotherton and Rob Hayles. British Eurosport and Sky Sports TV schedules for Giro d’Italia coverage>>

Giro firsts

The corsa rosa welcomes for the first time a Chinese and a Greek rider. Ioannis Tamouridis rides in what used to be a Basque-only team, Euskaltel-Euskadi, and Cheng Ji will help lead out Argos-Shimano’s sprinter, John Degenkolb.

Ji, 25, also became the first Chinese rider to race the Vuelta a España last year. With him, comes enormous media coverage. China sent nine journalists to cover the race and agreed to show the race on state television, CCTV.