1948 Giro d'Italia

1948 Giro d'Italia 15 May - 6 June 1948 19 4164 km 124h 51' 52" Fiorenzo Magni ITA Wilier Triestina pink Ezio Cecchi ITA Cimatti Giordano Cottur ITA Wilier Triestina Fausto Coppi ITA Bianchi Wilier Triestina 1947 1949 The 1948 Giro d'Italia was the 31st edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 15 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 190 km 0 on to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 6 June after a 231 km 0 on stage and a total distance covered of 4164 km 0 on. The race was won by the Italian rider Fiorenzo Magni of the Wilier Triestina team, with fellow Italians Ezio Cecchi and Giordano Cottur coming in second and third respectively.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0003/articleid,1605_02_1948_0127_0003_22331929/ Melanconico epilogo di un Giro sbagliato it 7 June 1948 3 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 22 June 2012 Giuseppe Ambrosini Melancholic epilogue of a wrong Girohttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0004/articleid,1605_02_1948_0127_0004_22331944/ Ultima tappa senza storia it 7 June 1948 4 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 22 June 2012 Last stop no historyhttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1948_06/19480608_0004.pdf&query= Coppi ha fatto bene it 8 June 1948 4 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 PDF Coppi did well https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232530/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1948_06/19480608_0004.pdf&query= 2016-03-03 dead http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1948/06/07/MD19480607-004.pdf La Vuelta a Italia Magni, vencedor es 7 June 1948 4 El Mundo Deportivo El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 27 May 2012 The Tour of Italy Magni, Winner https://web.archive.org/web/20141223200936/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1948/06/07/MD19480607-004.pdf 23 December 2014 live Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1948 Giro d'Italia A total of eleven teams entered the 1948 Giro d'Italia.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=6040&p=1#page/1/mode/1up Le squadre iscritte Corriere dello Sport 15 May 1948 1 7 July 2013 it The teams entered https://web.archive.org/web/20141223195528/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=6040&p=1 23 December 2014 live Each team sent a squad of seven riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 77 cyclists. Out of the 77 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 44 riders made it to the finish in Milan.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1948.html 1948 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20130516033619/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1948.html 2013-05-16 live The teams entering the race were: 8em Atala 1948 Arbos 1948 Benotto 1948 BIA 1948 Cimatti 1948 Legnano Lygie 1948 Peugeot Viani-C.R.A.L. Imperia Viscontea 1948 Wilier 1948 Route and stages Race organizer and newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport released the preliminary route for the Giro d'Italia on 27 October 1947.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,2/articleid,0041_01_1947_0252_0002_24638702/ Il Giro d'Italia 1948 it 28 October 1947 2 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 22 June 2012 The 1948 Giro d'Italia https://web.archive.org/web/20141227081734/http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,2/articleid,0041_01_1947_0252_0002_24638702/ 2014-12-27 live http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=6944&p=1#page/3/mode/1up Il Giro d'Italia 1948 è stato già varato it 28 October 1947 2 Corriere dello Sport 22 June 2012 The Tour of Italy in 1948 is already under way https://web.archive.org/web/20141227044037/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=6944&p=1 27 December 2014 live The race was originally planned to start on 22 May and finish on 13 June, while covering 3715 km 0 on over nineteen stages. + Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner 1 15 May Milan to Turin 190 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Giordano Cottur ITA 2 16 May Turin to Genoa 226 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Mario Ricci ITA 3 17 May Genoa to Parma 243 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Luciano Maggini ITA 4 18 May Parma to Viareggio 266 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luigi Casola ITA19 May Rest day 5 20 May Viareggio to Siena 165 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Adolfo Leoni ITA 6 21 May Siena to Rome 256 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luigi Casola ITA 7 22 May Rome to Pescara 230 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Antonio Bevilacqua ITA 8 23 May Pescara to Bari 347 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Adolfo Leoni ITA 24 May Rest day 9 25 May Bari to Naples 306 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Nedo Logli ITA 10 26 May Naples to Fiuggi 184 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Italo De Zan ITA 11 27 May Fiuggi to Perugia 265 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Désiré Keteleer BEL 28 May Rest day 12 29 May Perugia to Florence 169 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Oreste Conte ITA 13 30 May Florence to Bologna 194 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Bruno Pasquini ITA 14 31 May Bologna to Udine 278 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Oreste Conte ITA 15 1 June Udine to Auronzo di Cadore 125 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Vincenzo Rossello ITA 2 June Rest day 16 3 June Auronzo di Cadore to Cortina d'Ampezzo 90 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi ITA 17 4 June Cortina d'Ampezzo to Trento 160 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi ITA 18 5 June Trento to Brescia 239 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Elio Bertocchi ITA 19 6 June Brescia to Milan 231 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Fiorenzo Magni ITA Total 4164 km 0 on Race overview During stage 9 from Bari to Naples, Magni –who was down nine minutes at the time– joined the day's breakaway.Foot 2011 185 During the Giro, the French and Belgian teams left the race because they thought it was made impossible for foreign riders to ride the Giro.van den Akker 2023 26 When the leader Magni was punished with only two minutes after being pushed up a mountain, Fausto Coppi and his Bianchi team also left the race out of protest. As a result, only forty riders finished the Giro.http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011201124:mpeg21:a0068 Coppi stapt uit Giro Coppi quits Giro nl Delpher De tijd 7 June 1948 3 30 August 2016 Stage seventeen featured several climbs including the Pordoi Pass.Foot 2011 185 Coppi won the stage, but Magni–who had a reputation for struggling on big climbs–finished in time to retain the lead.Foot 2011 185 It was discovered that Magni had been helped up the Pordoi, while some state he was pushed by spectators others say he was pulled by a car.Foot 2011 185 Coppi and Bianchi requested Magni to be thrown out.Foot 2011 185 As there were no photos, the race jury had to go based on testimonies.Foot 2011 185 It was officially declared that the pushing Magni received was planned.Foot 2011 185 The punishment was a two-minute penalty in the general classification, which still allowed him to remain in the lead.Foot 2011 185 Coppi and his team decided to withdraw after that decision.Foot 2011 185 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 There were no time bonuses in the 1948 Giro.van den Akker 2023 68 In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the five riders who crossed them first.van den Akker 2023 88 The mountains classification was finalized after the last mountain, riders did not need to finish the Giro to be classified in this classification.van den Akker 2023 91 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.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4078&p=1&c=1#page/2/mode/1up L'ultima tappa in una immensa cornice di folla e la vittoria di Leoni 10 June 1940 Milan, Italy Il Littoriale 2 7 July 2013 it The final step in a huge frame of the crowd and the victory of Leoni https://web.archive.org/web/20140514070849/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4077&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up 14 May 2014 livevan den Akker 2023 80If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification. There was a black jersey (maglia nera) awarded to the rider placed last in the general classification. The classification was calculated in the same manner as the general classification. The prize money for the winner of the race was one million lire.http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1948-1957/ 1948 2017 Giro d'Italia La Gazzetta dello Sport 13 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170701124254/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1948-1957/ 2017-07-01 live The prize money increased to one million this year because Totip, a horse race betting company, sponsored the race. The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. + Classification leadershiphttps://web.archive.org/web/20241103064838/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1948 3 November 2024 https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1948 tourdefrancestatistieken.nl Informatie over de Giro d'Italia van 1948 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains classificationLast in General classification25px|link=|alt=Team classification 1 Giordano Cottur Giordano Cottur not awarded ? Wilier-Triestina 2 Mario Ricci Antonio Covolo 3 Luciano Maggini Ezio Cecchi Enzo Bellini 4 Luigi Casola Antonio Covolo 5 Adolfo Leoni 6 Luigi Casola 7 Antonio Bevilacqua Fausto Coppi ? 8 Adolfo Leoni 9 Nedo Logli Vito Ortelli Ezio Cecchi Aldo Bini 10 Italo De Zan Arbos 11 Désiré Keteleer Valeriano Zanazzi 12 Oreste Conte 13 Bruno Pasquini Ezio Cecchi & Fausto Coppi Prosper Depredomme 14 Oreste Conte Fiorenzo Magni ? 15 Vincenzo Rossello Ezio Cecchi Ezio Cecchi 16 Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi 17 Fausto Coppi Fiorenzo Magni Aldo Bini Wilier-Triestina 18 Elio Bertocchi 19 Fiorenzo Magni Final Fiorenzo Magni Fausto Coppi Aldo Bini Wilier Triestina Final standings Legend   20px|alt=A pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Fiorenzo Magni ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey Wilier Triestina 125h 51' 52" 2 Ezio Cecchi ITA Cimatti + 11" 3 Giordano Cottur ITA Wilier Triestina + 2' 37" 4 Vito Ortelli ITA Atala s.t. 5 Primo Volpi ITA Arbos + 8' 24" 6 Angelo Brignole ITA Arbos + 9' 14" 7 Giulio Bresci ITA Wilier Triestina + 9' 17" 8 Gino Bartali ITA Legnano + 11' 52" 9 Serafino Biagioni ITA Viani Cral Imperia + 15' 05" 10 Alfredo Martini ITA Wilier Triestina + 18' 22" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–9)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=6055&p=1#page/4/mode/1up Fausto Coppi vince il Gr. Pr. della Montagna Corriere dello Sport 5 June 1948 4 7 July 2013 it Fausto Coppi wins the Mountains Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20141222194727/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=6055&p=1#page/1/mode/1up 22 December 2014 livehttps://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1948/06/05/page_004.pdf 4 5 June 1948 La XVIII Tappa del Giro d'Italia The XVIII stage of the Giro d'Italia it l'Unità PCI 2019-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20200505133531/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1948/06/05/page_004.pdf 5 May 2020 NameTeamPoints 1 Fausto Coppi ITA Bianchi 25 2 Ezio Cecchi ITA Cimatti 16 3 Gino Bartali ITA Legnano 14 4 Vito Ortelli ITA Atala 12 5 Giordano Cottur ITA Wilier-Triestina 9 6 Serafino Biagioni ITA Viani-C.R.A.L. Imperia 8 7 Primo Volpi ITA Arbos 6 8 Vincenzo Rossello ITA Legnano 5 9 Aldo Baito ITA Viscontea 4 Luigi Casola ITA Cimatti Alfredo Martini ITA Wilier-Triestina Team classification + Final team classification (1-8)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=6056&p=2#page/2/mode/1up Classifica a squadre Corriere dello Sport 7 June 1948 3 7 July 2013 it Team classification https://web.archive.org/web/20141222200519/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=6056&p=2 22 December 2014 liveTeamTime 1 Wilier Triestina 374h 47' 30" 2 Arbos + 28' 30" 3 Legnano + 1h 40' 07" 4 Viani-C.R.A.L. Imperia + 2h 04' 25" 5 Benotto + 2h 56' 36" 6 Atala + 3h 02' 43" 7 Viscontea + 4h 40' 14" 8 Cimatti + 5h 40' 45" Aftermath The Italian cycling federation gave Coppi a suspension of one month because he refused to finish the Giro. After being caught cheating, Magni was the subject of the tifosi's animosity, he was frequently booed and writing on the road included the phrase Abbasso Magni (en Down with Magni).Foot 2011 186 After winning the final stage into Milan's Vignorelli Velodrome, the crowd's behavior (whistles, boos, and anti–Magni banners) reduced him to tears.Foot 2011 186 The Communist Mayor of Prato sent Magni a telegram congratulating him on the victory, stating that his victory brought "honor to [their] city."Foot 2011 186 Later in his life, Magni said that the telegram pleased him greatly.Foot 2011 186 References Citations 30em Bibliography Foot John Pedalare! Pedalare! Bloomsbury Publishing 2011 https://books.google.com/books?id=eGBRfzR_onUC 978-1-4088-1755-1 van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1948 Giro d'Italia 1 10 11 19 1948 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia