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| Dates | May 13—June 4, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 21 + prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,676 km (2,284 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 89h 30' 14" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2000 Giro d'Italia was the 83rd edition of the Giro. It began with a 4.6 km (3 mi) prologue that navigated through the Italian capital Rome. The race came to a close on June 4 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan.[1] Twenty teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Stefano Garzelli of the Mercatone Uno–Albacom team.[1] Second and third were the Italian riders Francesco Casagrande and Gilberto Simoni.[1]
In the race's other classifications, Vini Caldirola–Sidermec rider Francesco Casagrande won the mountains classification, Dimitri Konyshev of the Fassa Bortolo team won the points classification, and Française des Jeux rider Fabrizio Guidi won the intergiro classification.[1] Mapei–Quick-Step finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.[1] The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by Fassa Bortolo.[1]