NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 2004 Giro d'Italia

The 87th Giro d'Italia was scheduled for May 9 - May 30, 2004 for a total distance of 3435 kilometers. The stages are listed below. During stages 14 and 15, the route ventured into the Istrian peninsula, crossing through Croatia and Slovenia. The Giro dItalia is a bicycle race. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Rovinj, on the western coast of Croatian Istria. ... The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. ... Slovenia - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

Categories: 2004 in sports An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road-based bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes. ... Alternate uses, see Genoa (disambiguation). ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Alba The name Alba may refer to — the ancient and modern Gaelic name (pronounced Al_a_pah) for Scotland. ... Spoleto (Latin: Spoletium), 42°44N 12°44E, an ancient town in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 385 meters (1391 ft) above sea-level on a foothill of the Apennines. ... Frosinone may refer to: Provincia di Frosinone is a province in the Latium region of central Italy. ... Ascoli Piceno is a town in the Marche region, Italy, capital to the same_named province. ... Cesena (ancient Caesena) is a city in the Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, population (july 2004) 93,110, co-chief of the Province of Forli-Cesena. ... Treviso is a town (population 83,598 as of 1991) in the Veneto region of Italy. ... Location within Italy Trieste ( Latin Tergeste, Slovenian and Croatian Trst, German and Friulian Triest) is a city in northeastern Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and Trieste province, population 211,184 (2001). ... An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road-based bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes. ... Pula (Italian Pola) is the largest city in Istria, Croatia, at the southern tip of that peninsula. ... Poreč (Italian Parenzo, Latin Parentium), (lat. ... Location within Italy Piazza della Scala Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed of Italian regions. ...