Date | June |
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Region | Italy |
Local name(s) | Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Dilettanti Under 27 (Italian) |
Nickname(s) | Baby Giro |
Discipline | Road |
Type | Stage race |
First edition | 1970 |
Editions | 39 (as of 2012) |
First winner | Giancarlo Bellini (ITA) |
Most recent | Joe Dombrowski (USA) |
Girobio, also known as Baby Giro, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. Girobio is the most important race on Italy's amateur calendar and it is considered the amateur version of the Giro d'Italia. The list of winners includes renowned riders like Francesco Moser, Marco Pantani, Gilberto Simoni, Leonardo Piepoli and Danilo Di Luca.