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Cycling Legends Memorial on Monte Zoncolan

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Cycling Legends Memorial on Monte Zoncolan

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Location: Ovaro, Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

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Tomás Bryl

September 21, 2025

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On the steep switchbacks of Monte Zoncolan, you'll pass not only hairpin bends but also cycling history, captured in pictures. Along the way, plaques display portraits of the Giro d'Italia's greatest champions. Among the most famous names pictured are Gilberto Simoni and Eddy Merckx.

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Tomás Bryl

September 21, 2025

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Gilberto Simoni has the most stage wins on Monte Zoncolan in the history of the Giro d’Italia – two wins, in 2003 and 2007. No other cyclist has repeated this result.

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Tomás Bryl

September 21, 2025

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Among the many cycling greats on the plaques on the Zoncolan climb is a photo of Eddie Merckx – considered the greatest cyclist in history. Interestingly, Merckx never raced the Zoncolan (this pass didn't make its Giro debut until 2003), but his portrait is displayed there as a symbol of the entire Giro d'Italia and cycling legend – alongside photos of riders who actually won this climb. Merckx, a five-time Giro and Tour de France winner, is cited by many route writers as the "greatest name" among the cyclists immortalized on these commemorative plaques.

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