1937 Giro d'Italia

1937 Giro d'Italia 8–30 May 1937 19, including four split stages 3840 km 112h 49' 28" Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Legnano pink Giovanni Valetti ITA 1861 Fréjus Enrico Mollo ITA 1861 Fréjus Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Legnano Fréjus 1936 1938 The 1937 Giro d'Italia was the 25th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 8 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 165 km 0 on to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 30 May after a split stage and a total distance covered of 3840 km 0 on. The race was won by Gino Bartali of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Giovanni Valetti and Enrico Mollo coming in second and third respectively. Participants Of the 98 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 8 May,http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=2849&p=1&c=1#page/4/mode/1up L'elenco dei concorrenti The list of competitors Il Littoriale 8 May 1937 4 7 July 2013 it https://web.archive.org/web/20141221174312/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=2849&p=1&c=1 21 December 2014 live 41 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 30 May.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1937.html 1937 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227170013/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1937.html 2014-02-27 live Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team or group; 65riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 33 competed independently. The four teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Fréjus, Ganna, and Legnano. Each team was composed of seven riders. There were also seven groups, made up of five riders each, that participated in the race. Those groups were: Italiani All'Estero, Bertoldo, Il Littoriale, S S. Parioli, Belgi, Svizzeri, and Tedeschi. The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders. The field featured four former Giro d'Italia winners with the 1931 race winner Francesco Camusso, 1934 winner Learco Guerra, Vasco Bergamaschi who won the race in 1935, and returning champion Gino Bartali. Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Giovanni Valetti, and Giuseppe Olmo. Notable foreign entrants were the Belgian riders Alfons Deloor, Alfons Schepers, and Antoine Dignef, and also the Swiss rider Leo Amberg who placed high at the 1936 Tour de France. Race summary The first two stages were won by grouped riders Troggi and Bernacchi, and they also became the first leaders in the general classification. In the next stages, the Frejus team took control, and Valetti became the leader. After the fourth stage, Valetti was leading with two-and-a-half minute over Bizzi and bartali. thumb|Mario Vicini in the third stage|alt=Black-and-white photograph of a cyclist on a road with spectators on a wall next to the road Then came the team time trial, the first in Giro history. It was won by Bartali's team Legnano, and Bartali became the new leader. He lost some time in the second part of the stage later that day, and Valetti returned as race leader. The eighth stage started with an individual mountain time trial. Bartali was the fastest rider, and took back the lead in the general classification. Valetti was 20 seconds behind, but the other riders were more than five minutes behind, so from then on Bartali and Valetti were the clear favourites for the overall victory. Bartali was able to leave Valetti behind in the hilly stages, but lost some time when the peloton split and he was on the wrong side. In the sixteenth stage, the Giro went to the Dolomites, the first time in Giro history.https://cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/GdI/GdI_1937.htm 25th Giro d'Italia 1937 (Italy), Bartali in Full Control Barry Boyce Cycling revealed There, Bartali crushed the competition, finishing five minutes clear over all other riders. Bartali finished the Giro more than eight minutes ahead of Valetti, and thus for the second time became the winner of the Giro. Route and stages The first part of the fifth stage was the first ever team time trial in the Giro d'Italia.van den Akker 2023 42 + Stage resultshttp://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1937.html 1937 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227170013/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1937.html 2014-02-27 live StageDateCourseDistanceTypeIn 1937, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the stages 4, 8b, 10, 11a, 12, 16, 17, and 19b included major mountains. The stage 8a individual time trial also contained a summit finish.Winner 1 8 May Milan to Turin 165 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Nello Troggi ITA 1861 2 9 May Turin to Acqui Terme 148 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Quirico Bernacchi ITA 1861 3 10 May Acqui Terme to Genoa 158 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Giovanni Valetti ITA 1861 4 11 May Genoa to Viareggio 186 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Olimpio Bizzi ITA 1861 5a 12 May Viareggio to Marina di Massa 60 km 0 on 20px|link= Team time trial Legnano 5b Marina di Massa to Livorno 114 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Olimpio Bizzi ITA 1861 13 May Rest day 6 14 May Livorno to Arezzo 190 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Giuseppe Olmo ITA 1861 7 15 May Arezzo to Rieti 206 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Marco Cimatti ITA 1861 8a 16 May Rieti to Monte Terminillo 20 km 0 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Gino Bartali ITA 1861 8b Rieti to Rome 152 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Raffaele Di Paco ITA 1861 9 17 May Rome to Naples 250 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Learco Guerra ITA 1861 18 May Rest day 10 19 May Naples to Foggia 166 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 1861 11a 20 May Foggia to San Severo 186 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Walter Generati ITA 1861 11b San Severo to Campobasso 105 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Cesare Del Cancia ITA 1861 12 21 May Campobasso to Pescara 258 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Marco Cimatti ITA 1861 13 22 May Pescara to Ancona 194 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Aldo Bini ITA 1861 14 23 May Ancona to Forlì 178 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Aldo Bini ITA 1861 24 May Rest day 15 25 May Forlì to Vittorio Veneto 266 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Glauco Servadei ITA 1861 16 26 May Vittorio Veneto to Merano 227 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 1861 17 27 May Merano to Gardone Riviera 190 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 1861 28 May Rest day 18 29 May Gardone Riviera to San Pellegrino Terme 129 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Glauco Servadei ITA 1861 19a 30 May San Pellegrino Terme to Como 151 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Marco Cimatti ITA 1861 19b Como to Milan 141 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Aldo Bini ITA 1861 Total 3840 km 0 on 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.Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 13 May 2008 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 13 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 8 May 2013 live The liberi (free rider) classification, one similar to the general classification was calculated, using only independent riders and riders that came as members of groups. The leader of this classification wore the white jersey.van den Akker 2023 62 In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first. 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. If a rider from a team abandoned the race, he could be replaced by a rider who started the 1936 Giro as isolated rider.van den Akker 2023 62 The group classification was decided in the same manner, but the classification was exclusive to the competing groups. The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. + Classification leadership tablehttps://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1937 https://web.archive.org/web/20240913193544/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1937 13 September 2024 tourdefrancestatistieken.nl Statistieken van de 1937 Giro d'Italia Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Liberi classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains classificationTeam classificationGroup classification 1 Nello Troggi Nello Troggi Nello TroggiIn stage 2, Troggi wore the pink jersey; nobody wore the white jersey. not awarded Bianchi Italiani all'Estero 2 Quirico Bernacchi Quirico Bernacchi Quirico BernacchiIn stage 3, Bernacchi wore the pink jersey; nobody wore the white jersey. Fréjus Bertoldo 3 Giovanni Valetti Giovanni Valetti 4 Olimpio Bizzi Bernardo Rogora Enrico Mollo 5a Legnano Gino Bartali Alfons Deloor 5b Olimpio Bizzi Giovanni Valetti Luigi Barral 6 Giuseppe Olmo 7 Marco Cimatti 8a Gino Bartali Gino Bartali Enrico Mollo & Gino Bartali 8b Raffaele Di Paco Enrico Mollo 9 Learco Guerra 10 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali 11a Walter Generati 11b Cesare Del Cancia Edoardo Molinar 12 Marco Cimatti Enrico Mollo & Luigi Barral 13 Aldo Bini Luigi Barral 14 Aldo Bini Il Littoriale 15 Glauco Servadei Edoardo Molinar 16 Gino Bartali Enrico Mollo & Gino Bartali 17 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali 18 Glauco Servadei 19a Marco Cimatti 19b Aldo Bini Final Gino Bartali Edoardo Molinar Gino Bartali Fréjus Il Littoriale Final standings Legend   20px|alt=A pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|alt=A white jersey   Denotes the winner of the free rider classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=2872&p=1&c=1#page/4/mode/1up Il XXV Giro d'Italia si è chiuso con eccellente successo Il Littoriale 31 May 1937 Milan, Italy 4 7 July 2013 it The 25th Giro d'Italia Ended With Great Success https://web.archive.org/web/20140711175254/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=2872&p=1&c=1 11 July 2014 liveRankNameTeamTime 1 Gino Bartali ITA 1861 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Legnano 122h 25' 40" 2 Giovanni Valetti ITA 1861 Fréjus + 8' 18" 3 Enrico Mollo ITA 1861 Fréjus + 17' 38" 4 Severino Canavesi ITA 1861 Ganna + 21' 38" 5 Cesare Del Cancia ITA 1861 Ganna + 23' 18" 6 Walter Generati ITA 1861 Fréjus + 27' 28" 7 Edoardo Molinar ITA 186120px|link=|alt=White jersey — + 30' 31" 8 Bernardo Rogora ITA 1861 — + 32' 07" 9 Ambrogio Morelli ITA 1861 Italiani all'Estero + 48' 22" 10 Adriano Vignoli ITA 1861 — + 55' 19" Liberi classification + Final liberi rider classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Edoardo Molinar ITA 186120px|link=|alt=White jersey — 122h 59' 41" 2 Bernardo Rogora ITA 1861 — + 5' 07" 3 Ambrogio Morelli ITA 1861 Italiani all'Estero + 14' 21" 4 Adriano Vignoli ITA 1861 — + 21' 18" 5 Fausto Montesi ITA 1861 — + 27' 04" 6 Leo Amberg SUI — + 30' 14" 7 Luigi Barral ITA 1861 Bertoldo + 39' 49" 8 Settimo Simonini ITA 1861 Il Littoriale + 42' 44" 9 Zoarino Guidi ITA 1861 Il Littoriale + 54' 59" 10 Francesco Patti ITA 1861 — + 1h 10' 09" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–9)RankNameTeamTime 1 Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Legnano 37 2 Enrico Mollo ITA 1861 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Fréjus 35 3 Luigi Barral ITA 1861 Bertoldo 22 4 Ezio Checchi ITA 1861 — 9 5 Adalino Mealli ITA 1861 Legnano 8 6 Walter Generati ITA 1861 Fréjus 6 Giovanni Valetti ITA 1861 Fréjus 8 Marco Cimatti ITA 1861 Italiani all'Estero 5 9 Cesare Del Gancia ITA 1861 Ganna 3 Edoardo Molinar ITA 186120px|link=|alt=White jersey — Team classification + Final team classification (1–3)RankTeamTime 1 Fréjus 367h 50' 24" 2 Ganna + 1h 24' 24" 3 Legnano-Wolsit + 2h 24' 58" Group classification + Final group classification (1–4)RankTeamTime 1 Il Littoriale 370h 58' 04" 2 Italiani all'estero + 21' 27" 3 Bertoldo + 1h 05' 37" 4 Stranieri + 4h 10' 09" Pinocchio classification The 1937 had a Pinocchio classification, which worked in a similar way as the combativity classification: a jury gave points to the riders who deserved to win. It was won by Bartali.van den Akker 2023 117 References Notes "Notes" Citations 30em Bibliography http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=1135&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/2up La Scatola A Sorpresa del Giro d'Italia si e'Aperta Lo Sport Illustrato Angelo Ghezzi Emanuelli Enrico 12 May 1937 1 19 S. A. Editrice La Gazetta dello Sport 2–6 7 July 2013 it The Surprise Box of the Giro d'Italia opened up https://web.archive.org/web/20191016062805/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=1135&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/2up 16 October 2019 live http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=1136&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up Gino Bartali Porta a Roma Lo Sport Illustrato Angelo Ghezzi Emanuelli Enrico 19 May 1937 1 20 S. A. Editrice La Gazetta dello Sport 2–6 7 July 2013 it Gino Bartali Door to Rome https://web.archive.org/web/20191016063434/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=1136&p=1&c=1%23page%2F1%2Fmode%2F1up#page/1/mode/1up 16 October 2019 live van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1937 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia