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The Giro leader wears pink because of its newspaper
The maglia rosa appeared in 1931, matching the paper La Gazzetta dello Sport The Giro d'Italia began in 1909 and was organised by La Gazzetta dello Sport, which is printed on pink paper. The race introduced a pink leader's jersey in 1931, and Learco Guerra was the first to wear it. The Giro is usually held in May and is the second of cycling's three Grand Tours each year. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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The Giro leader wears pink because of its newspaper: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- The maglia rosa appeared in 1931, matching the paper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The figure is taken from Giro d'Italia, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
- Is this really a sports fact?
- Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
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