1934 Giro d'Italia

1934 Giro d'Italia
	Race Route
Race details
Dates	19 May – 10 June 1934
Stages	17
Distance	3,712.7 km (2,307 mi)
Winning time	121h 17' 17"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Mountains
	Team
	← 1933 1935 →

The 1934 Giro d'Italia was the 22nd edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 19 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 169.2 km (105 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 10 June after a 315 km (196 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,712.7 km (2,307 mi). The race was won by the Learco Guerra of the Maino team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Francesco Camusso and Giovanni Cazzulani.

Favourite Alfredo Binda retired during the 6th stage. Guerra took over the lead in the general classification from the climb specialist Francesco Camusso in the decisive time trial stage from Bologna to Ferrara.

Participants

Of the 109 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 19 May,^[1] 52 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 10 June. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team; 52 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 66 competed independently.^[1] There were eight teams that competed in the race: Bianchi-Pirelli, Dei-Pirelli, Ganna-Dunlop, Gloria-Hutchinson, Legnano-Hutchinson, Maino-d'Alessandro, Olympia-Spiga, and Olmpique.^[2]

The peloton was primarily composed of Italians, but contained many French and Belgian riders.^[2] The field featured three former Giro d'Italia champions in five-time winner and current champion Alfredo Binda and single race winners, Francesco Camusso and Vasco Bergamaschi.^[2] Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Learco Guerra, Giuseppe Olmo, Remo Bertoni, and Domenico Piemontesi.^[2] Félicien Vervaecke, a Belgian rider who went on to achieve great success at the Tour de France, entered the race.^[2] Belgian Jef Demuysere was seen as a favorite to win the race after his victory in the Milan–San Remo earlier in the season.^[2]

Route and stages

Stage results^[1]^[2]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	19 May	Milan to Turin	169.2 km (105 mi)	Plain stage	Francesco Camusso (ITA)
2	20 May	Turin to Genoa	206.5 km (128 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Learco Guerra (ITA)
	21 May	Rest day
3	22 May	Genoa to Livorno	220.5 km (137 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Learco Guerra (ITA)
4	23 May	Livorno to Pisa	45 km (28 mi)	Individual time trial	Learco Guerra (ITA)
5	24 May	Pisa to Rome	333 km (207 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Learco Guerra (ITA)
	25 May	Rest day
6	26 May	Rome to Naples	228 km (142 mi)	Plain stage	Learco Guerra (ITA)
7	27 May	Naples to Bari	339 km (211 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Adriano Vignoli (ITA)
	28 May	Rest day
8	29 May	Bari to Campobasso	245 km (152 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Félicien Vervaecke (BEL)
9	30 May	Campobasso to Teramo	283 km (176 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Learco Guerra (ITA)
10	31 May	Teramo to Ancona	214 km (133 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Learco Guerra (ITA)
	1 June	Rest day
11	2 June	Ancona to Rimini	213 km (132 mi)	Plain stage	Learco Guerra (ITA)
12	3 June	Rimini to Florence	176.5 km (110 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Learco Guerra (ITA)
13	4 June	Florence to Bologna	120 km (75 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
	5 June	Rest day
14	6 June	Bologna to Ferrara	59 km (37 mi)	Individual time trial	Learco Guerra (ITA)
15	7 June	Ferrara to Trieste	273 km (170 mi)	Plain stage	Fabio Battesini (ITA)
16	8 June	Trieste to Bassano del Grappa	273 km (170 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
	9 June	Rest day
17	10 June	Bassano to Milan	315 km (196 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
Total		3,712.7 km (2,307 mi)

Classification leadership

The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.^[3]

In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.^[3]

The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner.^[4] If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification.^[4]

Il Trofeo Magno (English: the Great Trophy) was a classification for independent Italian riders competing in the race.^[5] The riders were divided into teams based on the region of Italy they were from.^[5] The calculation of the standings was the same for the team classification.^[5] At the end of the race, a trophy was awarded to the winning team and it was then stored at the Federal Secretary of the P.N.P. in their respective province.^[5]

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

Stage	Winner	General classification	Best foreign rider	Best isolati rider	Mountains classification	Team classification	Il Trofeo Magno
1	Francesco Camusso	Francesco Camusso	Félicien Vervaecke	Rinaldo Gerini	not awarded	?	?
2	Learco Guerra		Eugene Le Goff			Bianchi	Piemonte
3	Learco Guerra		Eugene Le Goff			?
4	Learco Guerra	Learco Guerra	Emile Decroix	Augusto Como		Legnano
5	Learco Guerra			Eugenio Gestri	?	?
6	Learco Guerra			Eugenio Gestri	Remo Bertoni	Maino
7	Adriano Vignoli		Albert Büchi	Adriano Vignoli			Emilia
8	Félicien Vervaecke	Giuseppe Olmo	Jef Demuysere	Renato Scorticati
9	Learco Guerra	Learco Guerra	Emile Decroix	Giovanni Gotti
10	Learco Guerra
11	Learco Guerra
12	Learco Guerra		Jef Demuysere
13	Giuseppe Olmo	Francesco Camusso				Gloria
14	Learco Guerra	Learco Guerra
15	Fabio Battesini
16	Giuseppe Olmo
17	Giuseppe Olmo
Final		Learco Guerra	Jef Demuysere	Giovanni Gotti	Remo Bertoni	Gloria	Emilia

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[2]^[6]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Learco Guerra (ITA)	Maino	121h 17' 17"
2	Francesco Camusso (ITA)	Gloria	+ 51"
3	Giovanni Cazzulani (ITA)	Gloria	+ 4' 59"
4	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 5' 39"
5	Giovanni Gotti (ITA)	—	+ 8' 01"
6	Remo Bertoni (ITA)	Legnano	+ 15' 30"
7	Domenico Piemontesi (ITA)	Maino	+ 15' 30"
8	Adriano Vignoli (ITA)	—	+ 24' 46"
9	Luigi Giacobbe (ITA)	Maino	+ 25' 58"
10	Luigi Barral (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 33' 18"

Foreign rider classification

Final foreign rider classification (1–8)^[6]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Jef Demuysere (BEL)	Ganna	121h 54' 20"
2	Félicien Vervaecke (BEL)	Ganna	+ 1h 17' 31"
3	Alfons Guesquière (BEL)	?	+ 1h 29' 52"
4	Vicente Trueba (ESP)	Olympia	+ 2h 08' 18"
5	Fabien Galateau (FRA)	?	+ 2h 17' 55"
6	Vincent Salazard (FRA)	?	+ 3h 03' 12"
7	Herbert Sieronski (GER)	?	+ 3h 10' 55"
8	Max Bulla (AUT)	?	+ 3h 22' 22"

Isolati rider classification

Final isolati rider classification (1–10)^[6]
Rank	Name	Time
1	Giovanni Gotti (ITA)	121h 28' 06"
2	Adriano Vignoli (ITA)	+ 16' 47"
3	Renato Scorticati (ITA)	+ 28' 58"
4	Augusto Como (ITA)	+ 40' 09"
5	Ambrogio Morelli (ITA)	+ 49' 55"
6	Attilio Masarati (ITA)	+ 59' 55"
7	Isidoro Piubellini (ITA)	+ 1h 06' 36"
8	Battista Astrua (ITA)	+ 1h 07' 09"
9	Carlo Oria (ITA)	+ 1h 14' 11"
10	Ernesto Merlini (ITA)	+ 1h 33' 03"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–9)^[6]
	Name	Team	Points
1	Remo Bertoni (ITA)	Legnano	31
2	Luigi Barral (ITA)	Bianchi	21
3	Félicien Vervaecke (BEL)	Ganna	19
4	Francesco Camusso (ITA)	Gloria	17
5	Vicente Trueba (ESP)	Olympia	10
6	Luigi Giacobbe (ITA)	Maino	4
	Stefano Giuppone (ITA)	—
	Orlando Teani (ITA)	Olympia
9	Giovanni Gotti (ITA)	—	3
	Giovanni Cazzulani (ITA)	Gloria
	Adriano Vignoli (ITA)	—

Team classification

Final time classification (1–6)^[2]^[6]
	Team	Time
1	Gloria	364h 41' 22"
2	Maino	+ 27"
3	Bianchi	+ 41' 13"
4	Legnano	+ 1h 22' 50"
5	Ganna	+ 3h 22' 33"
6	Olympia	+ 5h 59' 28"

Il Trofeo Magno

Final Il Trofeo Magno classification (1–3)^[6]
	Team	Time
1	Emilia	366h 09' 58"
2	Lombardia	+ 10' 51"
3	Piemonte	+ 1h 15' 49"

References

Footnotes

^ In 1934, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the second, third, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth stages included major mountains.

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c "Guerra parte favorito nel XXII Giro d'Italia" [Guerra parte favorito nel XXII Tour of Italy]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). 19 May 1934. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Bill and Carol McGann. "1934 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
^ ^a ^b Laura Weislo (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Significato e valore delle prove di giovani e di stranieri nel XXI Giro d'Italia che ha celebrato il trionfo di Binda" [Meaning and value of the evidence of young people and foreigners in the XXI Tour of Italy which celebrated the triumph of Binda]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 30 May 1933. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Impressioni e interviste durante la punzonatura" [Impressions and interviews during punching]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). 6 May 1933. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Il "Giro" è finito: ecco i corridori!" [The "Tour" is over: Here the Riders]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 11 June 1934. p. 5. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[3] In 1934, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the second, third, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth stages included major mountains.

[IL_DB4-1] "Guerra parte favorito nel XXII Giro d'Italia" [Guerra parte favorito nel XXII Tour of Italy]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). 19 May 1934. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[BRI_1934-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Bill and Carol McGann. "1934 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

[demystified-4] Laura Weislo (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

[IL_Finalsp2-5] "Significato e valore delle prove di giovani e di stranieri nel XXI Giro d'Italia che ha celebrato il trionfo di Binda" [Meaning and value of the evidence of young people and foreigners in the XXI Tour of Italy which celebrated the triumph of Binda]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 30 May 1933. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[IL_ITM-6] "Impressioni e interviste durante la punzonatura" [Impressions and interviews during punching]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). 6 May 1933. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[IL_Finals-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Il "Giro" è finito: ecco i corridori!" [The "Tour" is over: Here the Riders]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 11 June 1934. p. 5. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

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