Lived in Italy for three years and would pick up copies of the sports news in Italian just to find the results of each stage!! The Giro is, well, the Giro and the Tour de France is, face it, top dog. I love 'em both. Maybe once I retire in a couple of years I can attend each! I managed one stage of the Giro in southern Italy and though I didn't follow it around it was fun to go to a stage - local/regional races were lots of fun even when I didn't speak any Italian!