1919 Giro d'Italia

1919 Giro d'Italia
	Race Route
Race details
Dates	21 May – 8 June 1919
Stages	10
Distance	2,984 km (1,854 mi)
Winning time	112h 51' 29"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Team
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The 1919 Giro d'Italia was the seventh edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 21 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 302.8 km (188 mi) to Trento, finishing back in Milan on 8 June after a 277 km (172 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 2,984 km (1,854 mi). The race was won by the Italian rider Costante Girardengo of the Stucchi team. Second and third respectively were Italian Gaetano Belloni and Belgian Marcel Buysse.

Of 66 riders starting the race, only 15 completed it. The Giro (the first one after the Great War) had the first two stages arriving in the "unredeemed" cities of Trento and Trieste, and was dominated by Girardengo, who won seven stages. The '"eternal second" Gaetano Belloni won his first stage in the Giro.

This edition of the race was also characterised by the first stage victory by a Swiss rider and by the first non-Italian cyclist on the final podium: the Belgian Marcel Buysse.

Participants

Of the 63 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 21 May, fifteen of them made it to the finish in Milan on 8 June.^[1] Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were four teams that competed in the race: Bianchi Pirelli, Legnano-Pirelli, Peugeot-Tedeschi, and Stucchi-Dunlop.^[1] The isolati riders that participated in the race were primarily war veterans.^[2] Organizers promised all isolati riders at least 180 lire if they reached Milan.^[2] The Milan Army Corps carried participants luggage for the race with an Fiat 18 BL lorry that remained after the war.^[2]

The peloton was almost completely composed of Italians.^[1] The field featured two former Giro d'Italia champions in the three-time winner Carlo Galetti and Eberardo Pavesi who was a member of the 1912 Atala winning team.^[1] Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Costante Girardengo, Angelo Gremo, Ezio Corlaita, and Giuseppe Santhià.^[1] Girardengo was current Italian men's road race champion and was recovering from the Spanish flu.^[2]

Final standings

Stage results

Stage results^[1]^[3]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner	Race Leader
1	21 May	Milan to Trento	302.8 km (188 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)
2	23 May	Trento to Trieste	334.3 km (208 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)
3	25 May	Trieste to Ferrara	282 km (175 mi)	Plain stage	Oscar Egg (SUI)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)
4	27 May	Ferrara to Pescara	411.2 km (256 mi)	Plain stage	Ezio Corlaita (ITA)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)
5	29 May	Pescara to Naples	312.5 km (194 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gaetano Belloni (ITA)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)
6	31 May	Naples to Rome	203.8 km (127 mi)	Plain stage	Costante Girardengo (ITA)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)
7	2 June	Rome to Florence	350.8 km (218 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)
8	4 June	Florence to Genoa	261.8 km (163 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)
9	6 June	Genoa to Turin	248 km (154 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)
10	8 June	Turin to Milan	277 km (172 mi)	Plain stage	Costante Girardengo (ITA)	Costante Girardengo (ITA)
	Total		2,984 km (1,854 mi)

General classification

A man looking at a camera while posing. — Costante Girardengo won the race after leading it from start to finish.

There were fifteen cyclists who had completed all ten stages. For these cyclists, the times they had needed in each stage was added up for the general classification. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the winner. Giosuè Lombardi won the prize for best ranked independent rider in the general classification.^[4]

Final general classification (1–10)^[1]^[5]^[6]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Costante Girardengo (ITA)	Stucchi-Dunlop	112h 51' 29"
2	Gaetano Belloni (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 51' 56"
3	Marcel Buysse (BEL)	Bianchi	+ 1h 05' 31"
4	Clemente Canepari (ITA)	Stucchi-Dunlop	+ 1h 34' 35"
5	Ugo Agostoni (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 1h 39' 39"
6	Angelo Gremo (ITA)	Stucchi-Dunlop	+ 2h 20' 01"
7	Ezio Corlaita (ITA)	Stucchi-Dunlop	+ 4h 12' 07"
8	Lauro Bordin (ITA)	Maino	+ 4h 16' 32"
9	Giosuè Lombardi (ITA)	—	+ 4h 28' 33"
10	Ugo Ruggeri (ITA)	—	+ 6h 03' 51"

Final general classification (11–15)^[1]^[5]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
11	Marcel Godivier (FRA)	Bianchi	+ 6h 52' 54"
12	Costante Costa (ITA)	Verdi	+ 6h 53' 31"
13	Enrico Sala (ITA)	—	+ 7h 15' 17"
14	Ottavio Pratesi (ITA)	—	+ 7h 57' 40"
15	Francesco Marchese (ITA)	Verdi	+ 9h 20' 59"

Points classification

There was a points based classification for the race.^[6]

Final points classification (1–10)^[6]
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Costante Girardengo (ITA)	Stucchi-Dunlop	21
2	Gaetano Belloni (ITA)	Bianchi	46
3	Marcel Buysse (BEL)	Bianchi	62
4	Clemente Canepari (ITA)	Stucchi-Dunlop	73
5	Angelo Gremo (ITA)	Stucchi-Dunlop	78
6	Ugo Agostoni (ITA)	Bianchi	88
7	Ezio Corlaita (ITA)	Stucchi-Dunlop	9?
8	Marcel Godivier (ITA)	Bianchi	99
9	Giosuè Lombardi (ITA)	—	119
9	Lauro Bordin (ITA)	Maino	119

References

Notes

^ In 1919, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, second, fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth stages included major mountains.

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Bill and Carol McGann. "1919 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Special Editions: 1919". Giro d'Italia. La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ Barry Boyce. "Girardengo Untouchable". CyclingRevealed. CyclingRevealed. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
^ "I vincitori delle categorie speciali" [The winners of the special categories]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 14 June 1950. p. 6. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Giro d'Italia 1919". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Girardengo vince il Giro d'Italia" [Girardengo wins the Tour of Italy]. La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 9 June 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[4] In 1919, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, second, fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth stages included major mountains.

[BRI_1919-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Bill and Carol McGann. "1919 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

[1919_Spec-2] "Special Editions: 1919". Giro d'Italia. La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[CR_19-3] Barry Boyce. "Girardengo Untouchable". CyclingRevealed. CyclingRevealed. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

[CDS_Special_Category-5] "I vincitori delle categorie speciali" [The winners of the special categories]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 14 June 1950. p. 6. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[CA_GC-6] "Giro d'Italia 1919". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 16 April 2013.

[LS_10-7] "Girardengo vince il Giro d'Italia" [Girardengo wins the Tour of Italy]. La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 9 June 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

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