You are all familiar with le Tour de France but, il Giro d’Italia is the second most important race on the international calendar. This three week race starts today and is sponsored by La Gazzetta dello Sport – Giro d’Italia daily coverage and the leaders pink jersey, just like the yellow jersery of Tour de France sponsor, Le Equipe. Both sports newspapers are the same color as their respective leaders jerseys, pink and yellow. You’ll be seeing on this blog some notes and results and, maybe some images from the race here. Live audio coverage is on Eurosport.com. Video coverage is also offered by Eurosport by through a Czech site. [The above pic was taken last fall in W. Palm Beach, the final race of the U.S. Pro calendar.]