1940 Giro d'Italia

1940 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates	17 May - 9 June
Stages	20
Distance	3,574 km (2,221 mi)
Winning time	107h 31' 10"
Results

The 1940 Giro d'Italia was the 28th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 17 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 180 km (112 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 9 June after a 180 km (112 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,574 km (2,221 mi). The race was won by the Italian rider Fausto Coppi of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Enrico Mollo and Giordano Cottur coming in second and third respectively.

It was won by Fausto Coppi, at his first participation. Coppi, who was 20 years old at the time, is still the youngest winner of the Giro.

Participants

Of the 91 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 17 May,[1] 47 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 9 June May.[2] Riders were allowed to ride as a member of a team or group; 41 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 50 competed as a part of a group.[1] The eight teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Legnano, Gloria, Olympia, Lygie, Gerbi.[1][2] Each team started with either six or seven riders.[1] The Ganna team did not start the race due to the team's Belgian riders not being cleared to enter the country.[2] There were also seven groups, made up of three to five riders each, that participated in the race.[1] Those groups were: S. C. Binda, G. S. Battisti-Aquilano, U. S. Azzini-Universal, Cicli Viscontea,[Notes 1] Dopolavoro Az. Bemberg, U. C. Modenese, Il Littoriale, Dopolavoro Az. Vismara, S. S. Parioli, and G. S. Mater.[1][2]

The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders.[2] The field featured two former Giro d'Italia winners with two-time winners Gino Bartali and Giovanni Valetti, who was the reigning champion.[1][2] Bartali studied the route for the Giro intensely during the winter before the race and during reconnaissance rides, he befriended local business owners with the hopes of contacting for local road and weather conditions during the race.[3] Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Ezio Cecchi, and Fausto Coppi.[1][2] The only non-Italian riders to compete in the race were Luxembourgian Christophe Didier and Swiss rider Walter Diggelmann.[2] Bartali and Valetti were both seen a strong contenders for the overall title.[2]

Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners[2]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	17 May	Milan to Turin	180 km (112 mi)	Plain stage	Olimpio Bizzi (ITA)
2	18 May	Turin to Genoa	226 km (140 mi)	Plain stage	Pierino Favalli (ITA)
3	19 May	Genoa to Pisa	188 km (117 mi)	Plain stage	Diego Marabelli (ITA)
4	20 May	Pisa to Grosseto	154 km (96 mi)	Plain stage	Adolfo Leoni (ITA)
5	21 May	Grosseto to Rome	224 km (139 mi)	Plain stage	Adolfo Leoni (ITA)
	22 May	Rest day
6	23 May	Rome to Naples	238 km (148 mi)	Plain stage	Glauco Servadei (ITA)
7	24 May	Naples to Fiuggi	178 km (111 mi)	Plain stage	Walter Generati (ITA)
8	25 May	Fiuggi to Terni	183 km (114 mi)	Plain stage	Olimpio Bizzi (ITA)
9	26 May	Terni to Arezzo	183 km (114 mi)	Plain stage	Primo Volpi (ITA)
10	27 May	Arezzo to Florence	91 km (57 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Olimpio Bizzi (ITA)
	28 May	Rest day
11	29 May	Florence to Modena	184 km (114 mi)	Plain stage	Fausto Coppi (ITA)
12	30 May	Modena to Ferrara	199 km (124 mi)	Plain stage	Adolfo Leoni (ITA)
13	31 May	Ferrara to Treviso	125 km (78 mi)	Plain stage	Olimpio Bizzi (ITA)
14	1 June	Treviso to Abbazia (Now Opatija, Croatia)	215 km (134 mi)	Plain stage	Glauco Servadei (ITA)
15	2 June	Abbazia to Trieste	179 km (111 mi)	Plain stage	Mario Vicini (ITA)
	3 June	Rest day
16	4 June	Trieste to Pieve di Cadore	202 km (126 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Mario Vicini (ITA)
17	5 June	Pieve di Cadore to Ortisei	110 km (68 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)
	6 June	Rest day
18	7 June	Ortisei to Trento	186 km (116 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Glauco Servadei (ITA)
19	8 June	Trento to Verona	149 km (93 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)
20	9 June	Verona to Milan	180 km (112 mi)	Plain stage	Adolfo Leoni (ITA)
	Total		3,574 km (2,221 mi)

Race overview

During the second stage, Bartali crashed into a dog that ran onto the road, throwing him from the bike.[3] He returned to his bike, but a doctor examination after finishing the stage, led the diagnosis of a strained muscle and a recommendation to withdraw from the race.[3] Bartali elected to remain the race, but knew he could not win.[3]

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.[4]

In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.[4]

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.[2][5] If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification.[2][5] The group classification was decided in the same manner, but the classification was exclusive to the competing groups.[5]

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	Olimpio Bizzi	not awarded	?	?
2	Gino Bartali	Osvaldo Bailo
3	Diego Marabelli	Osvaldo Bailo
4	Adolfo Leoni	Pierino Favalli
5	Adolfo Leoni
6	Glauco Servadei			Gloria	Cicli Viscontea
7	Walter Generati				Cicli Viscontea
8	Olimpio Bizzi	Enrico Mollo			U.S. Azzini-Universal
9	Primo Volpi
10	Olimpio Bizzi		Primo Volpi
11	Fausto Coppi	Fausto Coppi	Fausto Coppi
12	Adolfo Leoni
13	Olimpio Bizzi
14	Glauco Servadei
15	Mario Vicini
16	Mario Vicini
17	Gino Bartali
18	Glauco Servadei		Gino Bartali & Fausto Coppi
19	Gino Bartali		Gino Bartali
20	Adolfo Leoni		Gino Bartali
Final		Fausto Coppi	Gino Bartali	Gloria	U.S. Azzini-Universal

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[2][6]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Fausto Coppi (ITA)	Legnano	107h 31' 10"
2	Enrico Mollo (ITA)	Olympia	+ 2' 40"
3	Giordano Cottur (ITA)	Lygie	+ 11' 45"
4	Mario Vicini (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 16' 27"
5	Severino Canavesi (ITA)	Gloria	+ 16' 50"
6	Ezio Cecchi (ITA)	Gloria	+ 22' 30"
7	Walter Generati (ITA)	Gloria	+ 25' 03"
8	Giovanni De Stefanis (ITA)	Dop. Azzini Bamberg	+ 27' 50"
9	Gino Bartali (ITA)	Legnano	+ 46' 09"
10	Settimio Simonini (ITA)	U.S. Azzini-Universal	+ 48' 37"

Group rider classification

Final group rider classification (1–10)[6][7]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Giovanni De Stefanis (ITA)	Dop. Azzini Bamberg	107h 59' 00"
2	Settimo Simonini (ITA)	U.S. Azzini-Universal	+ 19' 47"
3	Adriano Vignoli (ITA)	Cicli Viscontea	+ 29' 52"
4	Diego Marabelli (ITA)	G. S. Battisti-Aquilano	+ 37' 28"
5	Cesare Del Cancia (ITA)	Cicli Viscontea	+ 1h 06' 24"
6	Mario De Benedetti (ITA)	Dopolavoro Az. Bemberg	+ 1h 14' 58"
7	Francesco Patti (ITA)	Il Littoriale	+ 1h 18' 03"
8	Primo Volpi (ITA)	U. S. Azzini-Universal	+ 1h 20' 53"
9	Fulvio Montini (ITA)	S. S. Parioli	+ 1h 24' 19"
10	Eduardo Stretti (ITA)	Dopolavoro Az. Vismara	+ 1h 34' 00"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–9)[2][8]
	Name	Team	Points
1	Gino Bartali (ITA)	Legnano	25
2	Fausto Coppi (ITA)	Legnano	21
3	Enrico Mollo (ITA)	Olympia	13
4	Ezio Cecchi (ITA)	Gloria	13
5	Mario Vicini (ITA)	Bianchi	12
6	Giordano Cottur (ITA)	Lygie	7
6	Primo Volpi (ITA)	U.S. Azzini-Universal	7
8	Giovanni De Stefanis (ITA)	Dop. Azzini Bamberg	5
9	Diego Marabelli (ITA)	GS Battisti-Aquilano	2
9	Walter Diggelmann (ITA)	Olympia	2

Team classification

Final team classification (1–6)[2][5]
	Team	Time
1	Gloria	306h 14' 23"
2	Legnano	+ 1h 51' 40"
3	Bianchi	+ 3h 30' 57"
4	Gerbi	+ 3h 32' 44"
5	Olympia	+ 3h 33' 18"
6	Lygie	+ 5h 03' 30"

Group classification

Final group classification (1–4)[5]
	Team	Time
1	U.S. Azzini-Universal	327h 34' 59"
2	Cicli Viscontea	+ 16' 41"
3	Dopolavoro Az. Vismara	+ 33' 41"
4	G.S. Battisti-Aquilano	+ 1h 15' 37"

Giovanni De Stefanis won the special category prize which was the best ranked group rider in the general classification.

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References

Footnotes

Cicli Viscontea was also known as Comando Generale M.V.S.N. or M.V.S.N.-Viscontea.
In 1940, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the tenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth stages included major mountains.

Citations

"I corridori che hanno punzonato" [Runners who punched]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). 17 May 1940. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
Bill and Carol McGann. "1940 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
McConnon & McConnon 2012, p. 96.
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.
"L'ultima tappa in una immensa cornice di folla e la vittoria di Leoni" [The final step in a huge frame of the crowd and the victory of Leoni]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 10 June 1940. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
"Con la vittoria d'un nuovo "asso,,: Fausto Coppi e con l'irresistibile volata di Adolfo Leoni il 28 Giro d'Italia ha avuto epilogo all'Arena" [With the victory of a new "ace,: Fausto Coppi and the irresistible sprinter Adolfo Leoni on the 28th Tour of Italy had epilogue Arena]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 10 June 1940. p. 1. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
"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.
"Gino Bartali vince il Gran Pr. della Montagna "Martini e Rossi"" [Gino Bartali won the Mountains Classification "Martini and Rossi"]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 10 June 1940. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

Bibliography

McConnon, Aili; McConnon, Andres (2012). Road to Valour: Gino Bartali – Tour De France Legend and World War Two Hero. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-85999-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[3] Cicli Viscontea was also known as Comando Generale M.V.S.N. or M.V.S.N.-Viscontea.

[5] In 1940, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the tenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth stages included major mountains.

[IL_DB4-1] "I corridori che hanno punzonato" [Runners who punched]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). 17 May 1940. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[BRI_1940-2] Bill and Carol McGann. "1940 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[FOOTNOTEMcConnonMcConnon201296-4] McConnon & McConnon 2012, p. 96.

[demystified-6] 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.

[IL_Finalsp2-7] "L'ultima tappa in una immensa cornice di folla e la vittoria di Leoni" [The final step in a huge frame of the crowd and the victory of Leoni]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 10 June 1940. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[IL_Finalsp1-8] "Con la vittoria d'un nuovo "asso,,: Fausto Coppi e con l'irresistibile volata di Adolfo Leoni il 28 Giro d'Italia ha avuto epilogo all'Arena" [With the victory of a new "ace,: Fausto Coppi and the irresistible sprinter Adolfo Leoni on the 28th Tour of Italy had epilogue Arena]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 10 June 1940. p. 1. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[CDS_Special_Category-9] "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.

[10] "Gino Bartali vince il Gran Pr. della Montagna "Martini e Rossi"" [Gino Bartali won the Mountains Classification "Martini and Rossi"]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 10 June 1940. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.