First showcased in 1976, the Maglia Bianca (white jersey) is only 34 years old. Relatively young. But this great symbol of youthful hope was suspended from 1995 to 2006. I'm glad it was revived. Alfio Vandi won the first white jersey and in 1994 a 24 year old Russian wore two different jerseys. Eugeni Berzin did it better than anyone by wearing the maglia bianca and winning the maglia rosa.
The Giro has left the chaotic Dutch roads for hopefully safer Italian ones and Aussie Richie Porte is wearing the white jersey and in second overall into Italy. It's early in the three week race but he sure looks good in the maglia bianca & quite possibly ...the maglia rosa!
The young hopeful...
Richie Porte
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The Young Hopefuls...
1976 Alfio Vandi Italia
1977 Mario Beccia Italia
1978 Roberto Visentini Italia
1979 Silvano Contini Italia
1980 Tommy Prim Sweden
1981 Giuseppe Faraca Italia
1982 Marco Groppo Italia
1983 Franco Chioccioli Italia
1984 Charly Mottet France
1985 Alberto Volpi Italia
1986 Marco Giovannetti Italia
1987 Roberto Conti Italia
1988 Stefano Tomasini Italia
1989 Vladimir Poulnikov Russia
1990 Vladimir Poulnikov Russia
1991 Massimiliano Lelli Italia
1992 Pavel Tonkov Russia
1993 Pavel Tonkov Russia
1994 Eugeni Berzin Russia
1995-2006 suspended
2007 Andy Schleck Luxembourg
2008 Riccardo Riccò Italia
2009 Kevin Seeldraeyers Belgium
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