bernard hinault returned to the giro in 1982. hinault dominated the race with stage wins in every time trial stage and stage wins atop the campitello matese and the montecampione en route to the overall victory. hinault would go on to win the tour de france that year as well and complete the coveted giro-tour double. the 1983 giro d'italia featured few hard stages in the mountains and four time trials. the winner of the race, giuseppe saronni, gained the lead after the race's seventh stage that finished in salerno. from there, saronni won two more stages and successfully guarded his lead all the way to milan to win his second giro d'italia.