Giro d’Italia – Centenario

When this posts at 6:00 AM EDT, the Centennial Giro will begin again, the 92nd edition since it’s first in 1909.  So much has happen in recent years, when compared to past years, we have to expect what’s next.  100 years of Giro history is today’s Super Quiz question.

Matching Facts and Figures

QUESTION: Match the factoid with the number.

1. number of kilometers of the longest edition in 1954.
2. number of kilometers of the longest stage, Lucca to Rome, won by Girardengo in 1914,
3. fewest number of finishers of a Giro in 1914.
4. the most number of maglia rosas worn in a career by Merckx.
5. number of winners who won without winning a stage.
6. greatest number of riders to start a Giro in 1928.
7. record number of wins by three riders.
8. number of kilometers of the shortest Giro in 1909.
9. total number of kilometers of every edition of the Giro since 1909.
10. number of Giro winners who won from start to finish.
11. record number of finishes by any rider in the Giro.
12. number of individual Italian winners of the Giro.
13. number of stages from 1909 up to 2009, including double stages and prologues.
14. greatest number of stage wins.
15. number of years of the oldest winner.

• 42
• 298
• 8
• 78
• 2,448
• 64
• 328, 309
• 11
• 4
• 4,337
• 16
• 430
• 1,709
• 34
• 15

BONUS QUESTION:

Who designed the maglia rosa this year?