Curiosity

The Gazzetta dello Sport of 9th May 1931 announced that:

“it was instituting, as in the Tour de France, the Maglia Rosa, which will be worn stage by stage of the Giro d’Italia by the rider coming first in the classification.”

The colour was naturally chosen because the newspaper that had invented and organized the race was printed on paper that colour.

Criticism was put forward by some high-ranking officials in the Fascist party who did not see the strong character of the Italian population in the delicate colour of the jersey.

The first Maglia Rosa was won by Learco Guerra who conquered it on 10^th May in his native Mantua.

Planimetry