The race ended on 13 June with a stage that stretched 166 km (103.1 mi) from Biella to Milan.

Moreno Argentin was the first rider to wear the race leader's maglia rosa (English: pink jersey) after winning the opening stage.

Argentin held that lead for ten more days before losing it to Miguel Induráin after the conclusion stage 10.

Twenty teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1993 edition of the Giro d'Italia,[1] seven of which were based outside of Italy.

[4] The average age of riders was 27.69 years,[5] ranging from 21–year–old Alexandr Shefer (Navigare–Blue Storm) to 35–year–old Bruno Leali (Mercatone Uno–Zucchini–Medeghini).

[9] Maurizio Fondriest (Lampre–Polti) was thought to have entered in peak form after winning several races in the spring campaign, including Milan–San Remo and Tirreno–Adriatico.

[8][9][11] El Mundo Deportivo writer Javier de Dalmases believed Fondirest would be the first rider to don the race leader's maglia rosa (English: pink jersey).

[9] Other favorites named for the race included Pavel Tonkov and 1988 winner Andrew Hampsten as contenders for the overall crown.

[9][11] Specifically, a L'Express writer commented that Chiappucci's performance on the Sestriere time trial in the 1992 Tour de France as an example of his climbing prowess.

[8] With the aforementioned riders' absence, Dalmases stated that Italian Adriano Baffi would likely win some of the flat stages.

[8] While the start on Elba was announced on 9 October,[12] the entire route for the 1993 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 14 November 1992.

[22] The race began with a split stage on the island of Elba, where Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled briefly in 1814.

[15] Italian rider Franco Chioccioli liked that there were more points of attack in the race and believed that played into Miguel Induráin's hands.

[2][26] Moreno Argentin won the morning stage after attacking on the final climb of the day to win the leg by thirty-four seconds over the chasing peloton.

[2][26] The afternoon time trial navigated the streets of Portoferraio and was won by Italian Maurizio Fondriest.

[2][26] The Giro's second stage was relatively a flat route that culminated with a sprint finish which was won by Adriano Baffi.

[2][28] The Giro's fourth stage ended with a sprint finish that was won by Italian Fabio Baldato.

[2][30] The day of racing concluded with a sprint finish in Messina, which was won by Italian Guido Bontempi.

[32] The race's eighth leg came down to a sprint finish in Palermo, where Adriano Baffi bested the likes of Endrio Leoni and Fabio Baldato for the win.

The riders were preparing for a sprint finish when Giorgio Furlan and Mario Chiesa attacked with about 5 km (3 mi) of racing to go.

[34] The two riders successfully fended off the chasing peloton and went on to the finish in Fabriano, where Furlan managed to beat out Chiesa for the victory.

[2] On the penultimate climb of the day, the Passo di Eores, a lead group broke away that contained the likes of Andrew Hampsten, Ugrumov, and Massimiliano Lelli.

[2][38] The riders stayed out in front over the final climb of the Passi delle Erbe, but were eventually caught by the chase group containing the race leader Leoni.

[2][39] Miguel Induráin, Ugrumov, Claudio Chiappucci, and a few other general classification hopefuls were in the leading breakaway as they crossed the Pordoi for the second time.

[2][40] Davide Cassani won the fifteenth stage that featured a summit finish to Lumezzane, while the general classification remained largely unaltered.

[44] The final time trial in the 1993 Giro d'Italia was 55 km (34 mi) in length and had a summit finish on the famous climb of the Sestriere.

Miguel Induráin entered the Tour de France in July as the favorite to win the race.