1939 Giro d'Italia

The 1939 Giro d'Italia was the 27th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 28 April in Milan with a stage that stretched 182 km (113 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 18 May after a split stage and a total distance covered of 3,011.4 km (1,871 mi). The race was won by the Italian rider Giovanni Valetti of the Fréjus team, with fellow Italians Gino Bartali and Mario Vicini coming in second and third respectively.

1939 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates28 April - 18 May
Stages17, including two split stages
Distance3,011.4 km (1,871 mi)
Winning time88h 02' 00"
Results
Winner  Giovanni Valetti (ITA) (Fréjus)
  Second  Gino Bartali (ITA) (Legnano)
  Third  Mario Vicini (ITA) (Lygie)
  Mountains  Gino Bartali (ITA) (Legnano)
  Team Fréjus

Valetti had the lead halfway the race. Bartali then took over the lead in the mountains, but Valetti took it back in the penultimate stage. Bartali attacked on the last stage, but Valetti stayed in his wake and won the race.

Participants

Of the 89 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 28 April,[1] 54 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 18 May.[2] Riders were allowed to ride as a member of a team or group; 56 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 33 competed as a part of a group.[1] The eight teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Fréjus, Ganna, Gloria, Legnano, Lygie, Olympia, and Belgium.[1][2] The teams ranged from six to eight riders each.[1] There were also seven groups, made up of three to five riders each, that participated in the race.[1] Those groups were: U.S. Azzini, Dopolavoro Di Novi, S.S. Genova 1913, Il Littoriale, La Voce Di Mantova, U.C. Modenese, and S.C. Vigor.[1][2]

The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders.[2] The field featured three former Giro d'Italia winners with two-time winner Gino Bartali, Vasco Bergamaschi who won the 1935 edition, and reigning champion Giovanni Valetti.[1][2] Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Ezio Cecchi, and Cino Cinelli.[1][2]

Route and stages
Stage characteristics and winners[2]
Stage Date Course Distance Type[Notes 1] Winner
1 28 April Milan to Turin 180 km (112 mi) Plain stage  Vasco Bergamaschi (ITA)
2 29 April Turin to Genoa 226.7 km (141 mi) Plain stage  Gino Bartali (ITA)
3 30 April Genoa to Pisa 187 km (116 mi) Plain stage  Cino Cinelli (ITA)
4 1 May Pisa to Grosseto 154 km (96 mi) Plain stage  Carmine Saponetti (ITA)
5 2 May Grosseto to Rome 222 km (138 mi) Plain stage  Olimpio Bizzi (ITA)
3 May Rest day
6a 4 May Rome to Rieti 85.7 km (53 mi) Plain stage  Carmine Saponetti (ITA)
6b Rieti to Monte Terminillo 14 km (9 mi) Individual time trial  Giovanni Valetti (ITA)
7 5 May Rieti to Pescara 191.3 km (119 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Adolfo Leoni (ITA)
8 6 May Pescara to Senigallia 177 km (110 mi) Plain stage  Diego Marabelli (ITA)
9a 7 May Senigallia to Forlì 116.5 km (72 mi) Plain stage  Glauco Servadei (ITA)
9b Forlì to Florence 106.6 km (66 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Gino Bartali (ITA)
8 May Rest day
10 9 May Florence to Bologna 120 km (75 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Olimpio Bizzi (ITA)
11 10 May Bologna to Venezia 231.8 km (144 mi) Plain stage  Pietro Chiappini (ITA)
12 11 May Venezia to Trieste 173.8 km (108 mi) Plain stage  Giordano Cottur (ITA)
12 May Rest day
13 13 May Trieste to Gorizia 39.8 km (25 mi) Individual time trial  Giovanni Valetti (ITA)
14 14 May Gorizia to Cortina d'Ampezzo 195 km (121 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Secondo Magni (ITA)
15 15 May Cortina d'Ampezzo to Trento 256.2 km (159 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Gino Bartali (ITA)
16 May Rest day
16 17 May Trento to Sondrio 166 km (103 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Giovanni Valetti (ITA)
17 18 May Sondrio to Milan 168 km (104 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Gino Bartali (ITA)
Total 3,011.4 km (1,871 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] The group classification was decided in the same manner, but the classification was exclusive to the competing groups.[4]

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

Stage Winner General classification
 Mountains classification Team classification Group classification
1 Vasco Bergamaschi Vasco Bergamaschi not awarded ? S.C. Vigor
2 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali Legnano
3 Cino Cinelli Cino Cinelli ? ?
4 Carmine Saponetti Fréjus La Voce di Mantova
5 Olimpio Bizzi
6a Carmine Saponetti
6b Giovanni Valetti Giovanni Valetti
7 Adolfo Leoni Giovanni Valetti & Gino Bartali S.C. Vigor
8 Diego Marabelli
9a Glauco Servadei Secondo Magni
9b Gino Bartali Giovanni Valetti Enrico Mollo
10 Olimpio Bizzi Enrico Mollo & Michele Benente
11 Pietro Chiappini
12 Giordano Cottur
13 Giovanni Valetti
14 Secondo Magni Gino Bartali
15 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali
16 Giovanni Valetti Giovanni Valetti
17 Gino Bartali
Final Giovanni Valetti Gino Bartali Fréjus S.C. Vigor

Final standings
Legend
     Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification
Final general classification (1–10)[2][4]
Rank Name Team Time
1  Giovanni Valetti (ITA) Fréjus 88h 02' 00"
2  Gino Bartali (ITA) Legnano + 2' 59"
3  Mario Vicini (ITA) Lygie + 5' 07"
4  Severino Canavesi (ITA) Gloria + 7' 55"
5  Settimo Simonini (ITA) Il Littoriale + 16' 40"
6  Salvatore Crippa (ITA) Ganna + 17' 52"
7  Giordano Cottur (ITA) Lygie + 18' 40"
8  Cesare Del Gancia (ITA) Ganna + 24' 34"
9  Cino Cinelli (ITA) Fréjus + 26' 10"
10  Bernardo Rogora (ITA) Gloria + 27' 40"

Group rider classification

Final group rider classification (1–10)[4][5]
Rank Name Team Time
1  Settimo Simonini (ITA) Il Littoriale 88h 18' 40"
2  Aladino Mealli (ITA) S.C. Vigor + 51' 32"
3  Bruno Pasquini (ITA) La Voce Di Mantova + 1h 09' 31"
4  Spirito Godio (ITA) S.C. Vigor + 1h 15' 39"
5  Primo Zuccotti (ITA) Dopolavoro Di Novi + 2h 02' 49"
6  Lino Marini (ITA) S.S. Genova 1913 + 2h 16' 20"
7  Guerrino Amadori (ITA) La Voce Di Mantova + 2h 23' 45"
8  Renzo Silvestri (ITA) U.C. Modenese + 2h 35' 45"
9  Gino Malavasi (ITA) La Voce Di Mantova + 2h 41' 12"
10  Amilcare Amilsano (ITA) S.C. Vigor + 2h 43' 41"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–9)[2][4]
Name Team Points
1  Gino Bartali (ITA) Legnano 22
2  Giovanni Valetti (ITA) Fréjus 19
3  Michele Benente (ITA) Olympia 14
4  Enrico Mollo (ITA) Olympia 10
 Settimo Simonini (ITA) Il Littoriale
6  Olimpio Bizzi (ITA) Fréjus 6
 Giordano Cottur (ITA) Lygie
 Secondo Magni (ITA) Fréjus
9  Adolfo Leoni (ITA) Bianchi 5
 Aladino Mealli (ITA) S.C Vigor

Team classification

Final team classification (1–8)[2][4]
Team Time
1 Fréjus 265h 00' 13"
2 Ganna + 27' 53"
3 Gloria + 29' 52"
4 Lygie + 57' 35"
5 Legnano + 1h 03' 55"
6 Bianchi + 3h 03' 19"
7 Olympia + 5h 55' 57"
8 Belgio + 9h 11' 50"

Group classification

Final group classification (1–3)[4]
Team Time
1 S.C. Vigor 269h 46' 52"
2 La Voce di Mantova + 1h 23' 36"
3 Il Littoriale + 4h 20' 42"
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References
Notes
  1. In 1939, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the stages 7, 9b, 10, 14, 15, 16, and 17 included major mountains. The stage 6b individual time trial also contained a summit finish to Monte Terminillo.
Citations
  1. "Gli iscritti" [Subscribers]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). 28 April 1938. p. 4. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. Bill and Carol McGann. "1939 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  3. Laura Weislo (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. "Tutto finito: Valetti l'ha spuntata su Bartali" [All finished: Valetti won the day on Bartali]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 19 May 1939. p. 4. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  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.
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