With 1,200,000 votes cast, the Giro d’Italia community has chosen the winners of the Giro d’Italia Awards, selecting the best moments of the 2021 Corsa Rosa.
The winners for each of the 12 awards categories were chosen by the Giro d’Italia community, who voted on the official Instagram channel of the race, via stories. Fans placed their votes across all 12 categories, with four nominees to choose from in each.
Following this first vote, the two finalists in each category were announced, and voting for finalist nominees then took place.
2021 Giro d’Italia Awards – winners
Best Protagonist Rider
Egan Bernal
Other nominees: Simon Yates, Damiano Caruso, Peter Sagan
Best Domestique
Daniel Martinez
Other nominees: Pello Bilbao, Daniel Oss, Mikel Nieve
Best Team
Ineos Grenadiers
Other nominees: Team Qhubeka Assos, Israel Start-Up Nation, Bahrain Victorious
Best Break
Daniel Martin
Other nominees: Alberto Bettiol, Taco van der Horn, Gino Mader
Best Summit Finish
Zoncolan
Other nominees: Sega di Ala, Alpe di Mera, Alpe Motta
Best Sprint
Foligno (Peter Sagan)
Other nominees: Novara (Tim Merlier), Termoli (Caleb Ewan), Verona (Giacomo Nizzolo)
Best 2021 Revelation Rider
Lorenzo Fortunato
Other nominees: Victor Lafay, Attila Valter, Tobias Foss
Best Attack
Egan Bernal (Stage 16)
Other nominees: Edoardo Affini (Stage 13), Simon Yates (Stage 19), Damiano Caruso (Stage 20)
Best Team Spirit
Daniel Martinez encourages Egan Bernal on the climb of Sega di Ala.
Other nominees: Damiano Caruso thanks Pello Bilbao on Stage 20; Vincenzo Albanese stops at 3km from the finish to watch his teammate Fortunato win on the Zoncolan; Joao Almeida stops to wait for Remco Evenepoel in difficulty on the dirt road of the Brunello di Montalcino Wine Stage.
Amore Infinito Prize
Egan Bernal takes off his rain jacket to win in the Maglia Rosa in Cortina.
Other nominees: Vincenzo Nibali starts and finishes the entire Giro despite his wrist injury; Attila Walter loses and kisses the Maglia Rosa in Campo Felice; Alessandro De Marchi wears his first Maglia Rosa.
The Most Spectacular Stage
The dirt road of Campo Felice
Other nominees: the gravel roads of the Brunello di Montalcino Wine Stage; the climb of Sega di Ala; the climb to Alpe Motta.
Best Host City Dressing
Notaresco and the sky of pink umbrellas
Other nominees: Canazei and the big Trofeo Senza Fine; Milan and its ‘90 Anni Maglia Rosa’ projections; Bagno di Romagna with its 103 front pages of the Gazzetta dello Sport display.
