2013 Giro d'Italia
| 2013 UCI World Tour, race 15 of 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 4–26 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,405 km (2,116 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
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(Astana) |
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| Second |
 Rigoberto Urán (COL)
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(Team Sky) | |
| Third |
 Cadel Evans (AUS)
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(BMC Racing Team) | |
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Points |
 Mark Cavendish (GBR)
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(Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) |
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Mountains |
Stefano Pirazzi (ITA)
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(Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox) |
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Youth |
Carlos Betancur (COL)
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(Ag2r–La Mondiale) |
| Team | Team Sky | ||
| Team Points | Movistar Team | ||
The 2013 Giro d'Italia was the 96th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Naples and finished in Brescia. Vincenzo Nibali of team Astana won the general classification.
As a UCI World Tour race, the Giro was obliged to invite all teams in the UCI's top division—the ProTour teams—and these teams were obliged to take part. At the beginning of the season, there were, as in recent years, 18 ProTour teams, and the race organisers issued four wildcard invitations to fill the usual quota of 22 teams for the event. However, Team Katusha successfully appealed against its loss of ProTour status to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the UCI decided against demoting any of the other teams; meaning that 23 teams took part in the Giro, as happened under a special dispensation in 2011. The participating teams were:
*: Pro Continental teams given wild card entry to this event.
2012 Giro winner Ryder Hesjedal, Bradley Wiggins, winner of the 2012 Tour de France, and Vincenzo Nibali were among the favourites for overall victory. Other possible contenders included Michele Scarponi, Cadel Evans, Robert Gesink and Samuel Sánchez.
On 30 September 2012 the complete route was announced in Milan. For the first time since 2008, the first stages of the race (eight in total) took place in the south of Italy. The island of Ischia also hosted a stage for the first time in 54 years.
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