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The 1909 Giro d'Italia was the inaugural running of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The event began in Milan on 13 May with a first stage to Bologna, finishing back in Milan on 30 May after a final stage of and a total distance covered of . The race was won by the Italian rider Luigi Ganna of the Atala team, with fellow Italians Carlo Galetti and Giovanni Rossignoli coming in second and third respectively.〔 Conceived by ''La Gazzetta'' to boost its circulation at the expense of its rival ''Corriere della Sera'', the 1909 Giro was the first stage road race. Its eight stages, although relatively few compared to modern Grand Tours, were each much longer than those raced today. The event began with a long primarily flat stage that was won by Dario Beni. He lost the lead after the next stage to the eventual winner Luigi Ganna, who in turn lost it to Carlo Galetti after the mountainous third stage. Ganna regained the lead after the fourth stage and successfully defended it all the way to the finish in Milan, winning three stages en route. Atala won the team classification. ==Origin== The idea of holding a bicycle race around Italy was first suggested in a telegram sent by Tullo Margagni, editor of ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'', to the paper's owner Emilio Costamagna and cycling editor Armando Cougnet. ''La Gazzettas rival, ''Corriere della Sera'' was planning to hold a bicycle race of its own, flushed with the success of its automobile race.〔〔 Morgagni decided to try and hold the race before ''Corriere della Sera'' could hold theirs, and following ''La Gazzetta''s success in creating the Giro di Lombardia and Milan–San Remo, Costamagna decided to back the idea.〔〔 The inaugural Giro d'Italia bicycle race was announced on 7 August 1908 in the first page of that day's edition of ''La Gazzetta'',〔 to be held in May 1909.〔 The idea of the race was influenced by the success of the French magazine ''L'Auto''s organization of the Tour de France.〔 Since the newspaper lacked the necessary 25,000 lire to sponsor the race, the organizers consulted Primo Bongrani, a sympathetic accountant at the bank Cassa di Risparmio. He proceeded to solicit donations from all over Italy,〔 and succeeded in raising sufficient money to cover the operating costs.〔 The prize money came from a casino in San Remo after Francesco Sghirla, a former ''Gazzetta'' employee, encouraged them to contribute to the race.〔 Even ''Corriere'', ''La Gazzettas rival, donated 3,000 lire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1909 Giro d'Italia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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