Maglia nera

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Maglia Nera
Jersey black.svg
SportRoad Cycling
CompetitionGiro d'Italia
Given forLast overall
English nameBlack jersey
Local nameMaglia Nera (in Italian)
History
First award1946
Editions6
Final award1951
First winnerFlag of Italy.svg  Luigi Malabrocca  (ITA)
Most winsFlag of Italy.svg  Luigi Malabrocca  (ITA) (2 times)
Most recentFlag of Italy.svg  Giovanni Pinarello  (ITA)

The Maglia Nera was a black jersey awarded as a symbolic prize in cycling competition at the Giro d'Italia, given to the last man to finish the race. It was allocated between 1946 and 1951. [1] [2] The competition for the jersey came from the time Italian soccer star Giuseppe Ticozzelli who competed in the 1926 Giro d'Italia as an independent while wearing his black jersey of the football team he played for (Casale). [2] [3] He completed three stages and would often take rest breaks for food, he had to drop out of the race after being run over by a car. [2] [3]

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There was real competition to win this particular jersey. Especially noted are the struggles between Sante Carollo and Luigi Malabrocca, to see who could waste the most time. Each tried to lose more time than the other by hiding in bars, barns, and behind hedges, or even by puncturing their own wheels. In 1948 the honor was awarded to the Tuscan Aldo Bini, who according to some journalists and fans of the time, stubbornly continued the race until the end, despite a broken right hand suffered in a mass crash, and the suffering that especially in the mountain stages forced him to get off the bike and push it uphill. The special ability of the black jersey was, in addition to not being "discovered", to reach the finish directly within the maximum time. [1] [4] [5] [6]

The term "maglia nera" was later used in other contexts to indicate the bottom club in a league, often giving it a negative connotation.

In 2008 a similar "black number" was introduced, won by Markus Eichler of Team Milram.

Winners

YearRiderTeamTime
1946 Flag of Italy.svg  Luigi Malabrocca  (ITA)Milan-Gazzetta69h 41' 54"
1947 Flag of Italy.svg  Luigi Malabrocca  (ITA)Welter121h 47' 27"
1948 Flag of Italy.svg  Aldo Bini  (ITA)Benotto128h 59' 43"
1949 Flag of Italy.svg  Sante Carollo  (ITA) Wilier Triestina 135h 22' 57"
1950 Flag of Italy.svg  Mario Gestri  (ITA)Bartali122h 28' 37"
1951 Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni Pinarello  (ITA)Bottecchia124h 37' 48"

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