Marco Pantani was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely regarded as one of the greatest climbing specialists in the history of the sport by measures of his legacy, credits from other riders, and records. He recorded the fastest ever climbs up the Tour's iconic venues of Mont Ventoux (46:00) and Alpe d'Huez (36:50), and other cyclists including Lance Armstrong and Charly Gaul have hailed Pantani's climbing skills. He is the second to last rider and one of only eight to ever win the Tour de France – Giro d'Italia double, doing so in 1998. He is the sixth of seven Italians, after Ottavio Bottecchia, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Gastone Nencini and Felice Gimondi, and before Vincenzo Nibali to win the Tour de France.
Enrico Franzoi is an Italian professional cyclo-cross and road bicycle racer, who currently rides for Italian amateur team ASD Salese. Franzoi was previously a member of UCI ProTeams Lampre–Caffita and Liquigas. Franzoi has won the Italian Cyclo-cross Championships on four occasions – in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009.
Rosà is a town of 14,328 inhabitants in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. The name comes from the Latin word "roxata", the ancient name of the biggest irrigation channel that passed in that area. The municipality incorporates 4 hamlets. Rosà is officially European Town of Sport 2011.
Giovanni Visconti is a former Italian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè.
De Rosa is the family brand of Ugo De Rosa. De Rosa's company became renowned during the late 1960s and 1970s for manufacturing road racing bicycles.
Giuliano Figueras is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 1998 with Mapei team and won a stage of the Tour de Langkawi that year. In 1999 and 2000 Figueras had 7 wins including a stage of the Giro di Romandia. He rode for the Panaria–Fiordo team for 4 years and had one win each year. In 2005 Figueras switched to the new Lampre–Caffita team. Figueras has in total 14 professional wins.
Francesco Gavazzi is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2023.
Antonio Bevilacqua was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1951 Paris–Roubaix.
Valerio Agnoli is an Italian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–Merida.
F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A., commonly known as Bianchi is the world's oldest bicycle manufacturing company in existence, having pioneered the use of equal-sized wheels with pneumatic rubber tires. The company was founded in Italy in 1885 and in addition to bicycles it produced motorcycles from 1897 to 1967. In 1955 the joint-venture Autobianchi was created together with Fiat and Pirelli for the manufacturing of cars – Autobianchi was subsequently sold to Fiat in 1969.
The 1946 Giro d'Italia was the 29th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 15 June in Milan with a stage that stretched 185 km (115 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 7 July after a 176 km (109 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,039.5 km (1,889 mi).
Simone Ponzi is an Italian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini. He turned professional in 2009.
Fabio Felline is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
Grega Bole is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–McLaren. His biggest victory is the 2011 GP Ouest–France, where he launched a solo attack with 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to go. He held on as the field was closing in rapidly, with only Simon Gerrans who was second on the day being awarded the same time as Bole. In 2015, Bole was the victor of the first stage of the inaugural Tour of Croatia after negotiating a series of bends where two crashes occurred.
Diego Rosa is an Italian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022. He rode in nine Grand Tours and was victorious in the 2015 Milano–Torino.
Marco Coledan is an Italian former road and track racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2018 for the Bardiani–CSF, Trek–Segafredo and Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia teams. He participated in four Grand Tours: the Giro d'Italia in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2018.
Andrea Dal Col is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally for Wilier Triestina–Southeast between 2014 and 2016.
Simone Velasco is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.
Alex Turrin is an Italian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2016 and 2018 for the Unieuro–Wilier and Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia teams. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia.
Walter Calzoni is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.
