Retro gallery: 30 years of Giro d'Italia team time trials

With this year's Giro d'Italia beginning with a team time trial, Cyclingnews has gone through the archives of the last 30 years to present a gallery of past races against the clock.

There was a lack of team time trials in early-to-mid 2000's although in recent years, it has made a comeback with Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), Marco Pinotti (HTC-Highroad) and Salvatore Pucci (Team Sky) all enjoying a stint in the maglia rosa after a team time trial. Last year it was Team Sky who won the TTT on the island of Ischia.

The TTT is 21.7km in length and starts at in the shadow of the "Titanic Belfast" centre with the finishing straight of the course out the front of the Belfast City Hall.

Click here to see the gallery.

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