The 2010 Giro d’Italia will commemorate a number of 50-year anniversaries, including the passing of cycling great Fausto Coppi, said race director Angelo Zomegnan. “Every Giro is born with a particular DNA,” Zomegnan told Gazzetta TV . “It is 50 years since Fausto Coppi passed away, and in 2010 there will [be that and a number of] different 50-year anniversaries to underscore.” Italy’s Coppi won 22 stages and five overall victories in the Giro d’Italia (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, …

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Giro d’Italia to celebrate Coppi in 2010