Giro d’Italia 2013 Stage 2 – it is a 17.4 km Team Time Trial (TTT). This is the only team time trial stage in the race. The course will be from Ischia to Forio (Ischia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea).
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Giro d’Italia 2013 Stage 2 quick info
- DATE: May 05, 2013, Sunday
- STAGE TYPE: Team Time Trial (TTT)
- START-FINISH: Ischia (4m) – Forio (7m)
- LENGTH OF THE COURSE: 17.4 km
- DIFFICULTY:
Giro d’Italia 2013 Stage 2 profile
Ischia
Ischia is the name of the main comune of the volcanic island with the same name in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Ischia island lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about 30 km from the city of Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands.
Ischia is really a beautiful island with its historical castle (Castle Aragonese/Castello Aragonese), nature, and beaches. Main sights are Castello Aragonese, Gardens of La Mortella, Gardens of Villa Ravino, Villa La Colombaia, Maronti Beach, etc.
Forio
Forio (also known as Forio of Ischia) is a town and comune of c. 17,000 inhabitants in the province in Naples, Italy, situated on the island of Ischia.
Sources
- Ischia on Wikipedia
- Forio on Wikipedia
Spiaggia dei Maronti (Maronti beach), Ischia 
Comune di Forio, Ischia Comune di Forio, Ischia 
Fungo (Mushroom) 
Castle Aragonese 
Castle Aragonese 
Castello Aragonese (Castle Aragonese), Ischia 
General view of Ischia. 
Comune di Forio, Ischia 
Forio, Ischia 
Forio, Ischia
The oldest name attributed to Ischia was that of “Pithecusa”. It has two possible etymological roots: on the one hand “Pithecos”, monkeys, thus indicating “the island of the monkeys”, and on the other “Pithoi”, which indicates in Greek the large clay pots of which the Eubei were skilled producers and therefore “the island of the potters”.
The island of monkeys, inhabited by circopes (monkeys) or by indigenous people with ape-like behavior, far removed from the more advanced behaviors of the Hellenes, in the pre-Hellenic period. The island of the potters, after the colonization of the Eubei.
Testimonies left by Pliny, Strabo and Ovid describe the name Pithecusa.
With the arrival of the Romans the island was called “Aenaria”, as the hero Aeneas took refuge there when referring to Pliny.
Others derive it from “Oinaria”, that is, place of vines and wine.