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Giro d'Italia

VeloNews Road Road Racing Giro d'Italia

Photo Essay: Relive the 2015 Giro

The Giro d'Italia's thrilling action and colorful scenery is best captured with photos — here is a look back at the 2015 race.

Photo: BrakeThrough Media

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Sanremo welcomed the Giro d’Italia with typical Italian warmth and enthusiasm. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Bike race met fashion show at the official 2015 Giro d’Italia team presentation in Sanremo. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Alberto Contador inspected the Giro d’Italia trophy before his pre-race press conference began. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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With the opening team time trial in Sanremo along the coastal cycle path, the riders had amazing scenery on the opening stage. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Elia Viviani charged up the long straight toward his first Giro stage win in the ancient city of Genova. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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The Tinkoff team led the peloton along the Ligurian coast line under sunny skies. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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The second stage into Genova was a nervous day full of crashes, and Pieter Serry was one of the victims, falling heavily on his shoulder. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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A blissful Michael “Bling” Matthews savored some prosecco on the podium. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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The Ligurian Riviera brought the peloton to dizzying heights, full of dramatic views. Photo: Sonoko Tanaka / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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High atop the Ligurian coast, the peloton climbed up the Colla di Vella as it made its way to La Spezia. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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The first mountaintop finish of the Giro provided opportunities for stage hunters like Jan Polanc of Lampre – Merida who succeeded in his escape to the line in Abetone. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Andre Greipel in control of the awards ceremony. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Shock and awe on the face of this kid after he caught the bouquet from maglia rosa wearer Alberto Contador. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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On the longest stage, 264 kilometers, the peloton rode tempo for most of the day. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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As the race made its way toward the southernmost stage of the 98th edition, the peloton rode through the lush green counrtyside surrounding Rome. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Even with the weather starting to turn, the fans were still out to celebrate the Giro. Photo: Wei Yuet / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Benat Intxausti won the eighth stage solo in Campitello Maese. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media
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Fans lined the rocky overlook honoring those that gave their lives for their love of the sport at the Campitello Matese mountaintop finish. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Best seats in the house for watching the finish action of Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) on stage 9 in San Giorgio el Sannio. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Ilnur Zakarin won his first grand tour stage on the 11th day, riding through the rain on the Formula 1 track in Imola. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media
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The peloton rolled out through the cobbled streets of the old city center in Forlí. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Philippe Gilbert (BMC) proved himself in the hardest of conditions with victory atop Monte Berico. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Monte Berico was just a little too much for Michael Matthews at the finish in Vicenza. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Fabio Aru spent his first and only day in the maglia rosa buried deep in his effort on the long, 59.4-kilometer time trial to Valdobbiadene. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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A flurry of shutters, professional and amateur, clicked away as soon as Alberto Contador stepped out of the team bus to start his warm-up for the individual time trial to Valdobbiadene. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Maglia rosa Alberto Contador chased solo rider Yury Trofimov of Katusha who was only three seconds up the road in the last hairpin to the finish on the Madonna di Campiglio. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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The Mortirolo provided a stunny and serene backdrop to the unrelenting suffering that the 30+ hairpins of average 15 percent gradient unleashed on the race leaders. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Across the great lakes of Northern Italy, the peloton passed bucolic scenery while the hardest days still laid ahead. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Polish fans took over the road in the 170km stage from Melide to Verbania. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media
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Fabio Aru flourished late in the game, launching heavy attacks that yielded back-to-back stage wins in the last days of the fight for pink. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Waiting for the race, some old timers lined the streets of Romagnano Sesia in the province of Novara. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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With less than five kilometers of racing left to the finish of Cervinia, Ryder Hesjedal was dropped by the unrelenting attacks of Fabio Aru. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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The most feared and dramatic climb of the 2015 Giro was the Colle de Finestre, the highest peak of the race and the last seven kilomteres raced over dirt roads. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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The final day of climbing was a brutal way to close out a very hard Giro. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media
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Iljo Keisse brought success at the last minute to the Etixx – Quick-Step squad after it saw leader Rigoberto Uran strggle from illness. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Alberto Contador overcame a crash and injury along with a bad day on the Cima Coppi stage to claim the maglia rosa of the 2015 Giro d’Italia. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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Alberto Contador celebrated his second overall victory in the Giro d’Italia with the Polizia Stradale that escorted and protected the riders throughout the 21-day race. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

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