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As reported by VeloNews.com last week, the Angelo Zomegnan era is over at the Giro d'Italia.

GAP, France (VN) - Angelo Zomegnan is out as director of the Giro d'Italia.

The rumors were already being whispered during this year's Giro d'Italia that flamboyant race director Angelo Zomegnan might be leaving the race.

MONTE ZONCOLAN, Italy (VN) – An angry Giro d’Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan blasted sport directors and the UCI for forcing the cancelation of Saturday’s climb and descent of Monte Crostis.

ORVIETO, Italy (VN) – Giro d’Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan strongly defended the use of the “strade bianche” white roads in the face of criticism from some riders who suggest the dirt roads don’t belong in stage racing.

RAPALLO, Italy (VN) – Giro d’Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan said “the race will go on,” after the death of Wouter Weylandt.

Angelo Zomegnan works in a 20-by-10-foot office with a courtyard view from the third floor of the RCS headquarters, an Italian media conglomerate that occupies the entire block between Via San Marco and Via Solferino in central Milan. His space is unassuming. There’s a basic PC monitor placed next to the room’s only window. A […]