Fact sheet for the running of the 93rd edition of the Giro d’Italia:

Route: 3469.3 kilometers in twenty-one steps. Depart Amsterdam on May 8, arrived in Verona on May 30. Four against the clock, a team (Step 4), three individuals (two in plain 1st and 21st stage, an uphill 16th stage), four summit finishes (8th, 15th, 16th and 20th stages), two days rest (11 and 24 May).

Participation: Twenty-two teams (198 runners)
BMC, Acqua Sapone §, AG2R, Androni, Astana, Bbox, Caisse d’Epargne, Cervélo, Cofidis, CSF, Footon, Garmin-Transitions, Lampre, Liquigas, Omega Pharma, Quick Step, Rabobank, Sky, HTC-Columbia, Katusha , Milram, Saxo Bank

The regulations
Four jerseys: pink (overall), red (points), green (Mountain) and white (young, 25 years and under).
Bonuses: 20 sec, 12 sec and 8 sec in the first three of each step online. 6 sec, 4 sec and 2 sec of the first three intermediate sprint.
Price: EUR 1,378,510 in total funding.

Winners:
92 editions since the creation of the event in 1909. 65 victories for Italy, 7 for Belgium, France, 6, 3 for Spain and Switzerland, 3 Russia, Luxembourg 2, 1 for USA, Ireland and Sweden.
Most wins: 5 Alfredo Binda (ITA) between 1925 and 1933, Fausto Coppi (ITA) between 1940 and 1953, Eddy Merckx (BEL) between 1968 and 1974

The last ten winners:
2000: Stefano Garzelli (ITA)
2001: Gilberto Simoni (ITA)
2002: Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)
2003: Gilberto Simoni (ITA)
2004: Damiano Cunego (ITA)
2005: Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)
2006: Ivan Basso (ITA)
2007: Danilo Di Luca (ITA)
2008: Alberto Contador (ESP)
2009: 1. Denis Menchov (RUS)
2. Franco Pellizotti (ITA) at 1 min 59 sec
3. Carlos Sastre (ESP) 3 min 46 sec
(Danilo Di Luca, second to 41 sec, disqualified for doping)