1949 Giro d'Italia

1949 Giro d'Italia 21 May - 12 June 1949 19 4088 km 125h 25' 50" Fausto Coppi ITA Bianchi pink Gino Bartali ITA Bartali Giordano Cottur ITA Wilier Triestina Fausto Coppi ITA Bianchi Oreste Conti ITA Bianchi Wilier Triestina 1948 1950 The 1949 Giro d'Italia was the 32nd Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 21 May in Palermo with a stage that stretched 261 km 0 on to Catania, finishing in Monza on 12 June after a 267 km 0 on stage and a total distance covered of 4088 km 0 on. The race was won by Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi team, with fellow Italians Gino Bartali and Giordano Cottur coming in second and third respectively.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1949/06/15/pagina-2/664719/pdf.html Coppi gana la Vuelta a Italia es 15 June 1949 2 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Coppi Wins the Tour of Italy Milan, Italy https://web.archive.org/web/20131219091323/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1949/06/15/pagina-2/664719/pdf.html 19 December 2013 live http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,avanzata/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,3/articleid,1431_02_1981_0128_0003_20283517/ it 13 May 1981 3 Dino Buzzati racconta la sfida Coppi-Bartali Stampa Sera Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Dino Buzzati tells the Coppi-Bartali challengehttps://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1960/01/04/page_006.pdf Coppi come un fulmine passo sui baluardi alpini it 4 January 1960 6 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 Coppi as a lightning step on the Alpine ramparts https://web.archive.org/web/20190928152919/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1960/01/04/page_006.pdf Attilio Camoriano 28 September 2019 livehttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7551&p=1 Il 32 Giro d'Italia Entra Nell'Appassionante Vigilia Ennio Mantella Corriere dello Sport 17 May 1949 1 7 July 2019 it The 32 Giro d'Italia enters the thrilling Christmas Eve https://web.archive.org/web/20191002074455/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7551&p=1 2 October 2019 livehttps://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/15/page_003.pdf Il "Giro" e pronto! it 15 May 1949 3 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 The "Tour" is Ready! https://web.archive.org/web/20191007134854/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/15/page_003.pdf 7 October 2019 live Coppi won the overall by way of the memorable 17th stage (from Cuneo to Pinerolo),http://pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=4912 Giro Replay: The Cima Coppi pezcyclingnews.com 18 September 2011 in which he escaped from the group and climbed alone the Maddalena Pass, the Col de Vars, the Col d'Izoard, the Col de Montgenèvre and the Sestriere Pass, arriving in Pinerolo 11'52" ahead of Bartali, his tenacious antagonist during those years. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1949 Giro d'Italia A total of 15 teams were invited to participate in the 1949 Giro d'Italia.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7555&p=1#page/1/mode/1up I corridori partenti Corriere dello Sport 21 May 1949 3 7 July 2013 it Starting Riders https://web.archive.org/web/20141223203359/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7555&p=1 23 December 2014 live Each team sent a squad of seven riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 105 cyclists. Out of the 105 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 65 riders made it to the finish in Monza.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1949.html 1949 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 The teams entering the race were:https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/21/page_002.pdf I 105 concorrenti it 21 May 1949 2 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 The 105 competitors https://web.archive.org/web/20190928152530/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/21/page_002.pdf 28 September 2019 live 8em Arbos 1949 Atala 1949 Bartali 1949 Benotto 1949 Bianchi Bottecchia 1949 Cimatti 1949 Edelweiss Fiorelli Fréjus Ganna Legnano Stucchi 1949 Viscontea 1949 Wilier 1949 Defending champion Fiorenzo Magni was planning to ride the 1949 Giro, but was sick at the start, and was replaced by a different rider.van den Akker 2023 77 Pre-race favorites The main favorites entering the race were Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/21/page_002.pdf Buon viaggio al "Giro" che parte oggi da Palermo it 21 May 1949 3 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 Attilio Camoriano Have a good trip to the "Giro" which starts today from Palermo https://web.archive.org/web/20190928152530/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/21/page_002.pdf 28 September 2019 live Vito Ortelli, who placed fourth the year prior did not participate as he was suffering from an illness and stayed home. l'Unità'''s Attilio Camoriano wrote that Coppi's form entering the race could allow him to gain the lead early on and hold it from Bartali, who was known to take several stages to warm up and adjust to the race. Camoriano added that Bartali would likely not let that happen as he was known to find strength and referenced previous Tours de France. He further stated that Coppi's Bianchi team was stronger and better organized than Bartali's eponymous team. Aside from the aforementioned contenders, Fiorelli's Jean Goldschmit was thought to be the team's best contender as Ganna–Ursus's Albert Dubuisson was known to fade on climbs. Route and stages The route for this edition of the Giro d'Italia was announced on 7 February 1949.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7467&p=1#page/1/mode/1up Il Giro d'Italia dalla Sicilia alle Alpi Corriere dello Sport 8 February 1949 1 7 July 2013 it The Giro d'Italia from Sicily to the Alps https://web.archive.org/web/20190317074518/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7467&p=1 17 March 2019 livehttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,0003_01_1949_0033_0004_24708314/ it 8 February 1949 4 le novita del Giro d'Italia La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF The news of the Giro d'Italia The stages involving the Piedmont region were finalized on 24 March.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,1603_02_1949_0071_0004_22346803/ it 24 March 1949 4 Le tappe piemontesi del Giro d'Italia La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF The Piedmontese stages of the Giro d'Italia The race was scheduled to begin at 8 am at the Villa Giulia in Palermo. Attilio Camoriano of l'Unità'' stated that the riders were likely to use their heavy, thicker tires because after the Santo Stefano junction, the roads contained lava rocks from Mount Etna throughout and those were known to cut tires easily.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7555&p=1#page/1/mode/1up Tra le squadre d'Italia e d'Austria come nel passato, splendida incertezza Corriere dello Sport 21 May 1949 1 7 July 2013 it Among the teams of Italy and Austria as in the past, splendid uncertainty https://web.archive.org/web/20190609034218/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7555&p=1#page/1/mode/2up 9 June 2019 livehttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7554&p=1#page/4/mode/1up La carovana del Giro d'Italia Corriere dello Sport 20 May 1949 4 7 July 2013 it The caravan of the Giro d'Italia https://web.archive.org/web/20190609034633/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7554&p=1 9 June 2019 livehttps://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/20/page_001.pdf Domani il "Giro" prende il "via" it 20 May 1949 1 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 Tomorrow the "Giro" takes the "way" https://web.archive.org/web/20190928151842/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/20/page_001.pdf 28 September 2019 live http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7553&p=1#page/1/mode/1up Il Giro d'Italia, corsa del popolo tra l'entusiasmo e la schietta ospitalita del Meridone Corriere dello Sport 19 May 1949 1 & 4 7 July 2013 it The Giro d'Italia, race of the people between enthusiasm and the sincere hospitality of the Meridone https://web.archive.org/web/20190928153235/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7553&p=1 28 September 2019 livehttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7552&p=1#page/1/mode/1up Fausto Coppi in gran forma pronto per il Giro d'Italia Corriere dello Sport 18 May 1949 1, 3, & 4 7 July 2013 it Fausto Coppi in great shape ready for the Giro d'Italia https://web.archive.org/web/20190928153622/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7552&p=1 28 September 2019 live The Sicilian government offered race organizers ten million lire to host the start of the Giro.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,1/articleid,1603_02_1949_0117_0001_22349525/ it 17 May 1949 1 Il Giro d'Italia e il bandito Giuliano Stampa Sera Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 F.D. PDF The Giro d'Italia and the bandit Giuliano Prior to the start of the race, bandit Salvatore Giuliano who had been on the run near Sicily's Montelepre was being searched for by police as the area was in a state of emergency for several weeks. It was rumored that Giuliano threatened to line the race route in the mountains and shoot at the participants with machine guns if the police did not call off their search for him.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1949/06/15/pagina-2/664719/pdf.html El bandido giuliano amenaza a los corredores de la vuelta a italia es 20 May 1949 2 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 The Bandit Giuliano threatens the riders of the Tour of Italy https://web.archive.org/web/20131219091323/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1949/06/15/pagina-2/664719/pdf.html 19 December 2013 live Specifically Giuliano threatened to interrupt the first stage along its route from Palermo to Catania.http://doc.rero.ch/record/177882/files/1949-05-17.pdf Le Tour d'Italie pourra-t-il prendre le départ Will the Tour of Italy be able to take departure? fr Le Rhône 17 May 1949 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20191007132954/http://doc.rero.ch/record/177882/files/1949-05-17.pdf 7 October 2019 live RERO Due to these threats, there were discussions to cancel the two planned stages in Sicily, but the stages remained. Instead, the normal police escort for the Giro d'Italia caravan that travels with the race would be increased from 6 to 10 cars and cars would not be allowed to stop along the route throughout the two stages on the island except in cases of "force majeure." The added police were not due to the rumors of the attack, but allegedly to prevent a potential escape by Giuliano. + Stage characteristics and results Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner121 MayPalermo to Catania261 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Mario Fazio ITA222 MayCatania to Messina163 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Sergio Maggini ITA323 MayVilla San Giovanni to Cosenza214 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Guido De Santi ITA424 MayCosenza to Salerno292 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Fausto Coppi ITA526 MaySalerno to Naples161 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Serafino Biagioni ITA627 MayNaples to Rome233 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Mario Ricci ITA728 MayRome to Pesaro298 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Adolfo Leoni ITA829 MayPesaro to Venezia273 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luigi Casola ITA931 MayVenezia to Udine249 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Adolfo Leoni ITA101 JuneUdine to Bassano del Grappa154 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Giovanni Corrieri ITA112 JuneBassano del Grappa to Bolzano237 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi ITA124 JuneBolzano to Modena253 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Oreste Conte ITA135 JuneModena to Montecatini Terme160 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Adolfo Leoni ITA146 JuneMontecatini Terme to Genoa228 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Vincenzo Rossello ITA157 JuneGenoa to Sanremo136 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luciano Maggini ITA169 JuneSanremo to Cuneo190 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Oreste Conte ITA1710 JuneCuneo to Pinerolo254 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi ITA1811 JunePinerolo to Turin65 km 0 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Antonio Bevilacqua ITA1912 JuneTurin to Monza267 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giovanni Corrieri ITA Total 4088 km 0 on Classification leadership In the 1949 Giro d'Italia there were two major classifications. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner was considered the winner of the Giro.Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 2008-05-13 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-08-27 In the mountains classifications, points were won by the first five cyclists reaching the top of a climb.van den Akker 2023 88https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/21/page_002.pdf Il G.P. della Montagna it 21 May 1949 3 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 The Mountains Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20190928152530/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/21/page_002.pdf 28 September 2019 live This classification did not award a jersey to the leader. The highest climb of the race was the Col d'Izoard in stage seventeen, which was 2360m. The other stages that included categorized climbs were stages: 1, 3, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, and 19. A white jersey was awarded to the highest ranked independent rider,van den Akker 2023 64 who was typically from a non-major team."http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7554&p=1#page/1/mode/1up Tiriamo il sipario Bruno Roghi Corriere dello Sport 20 May 1949 3 7 July 2013 it Let's Pull the Curtain https://web.archive.org/web/20190317080915/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7554&p=1 17 March 2019 live Siamo infine curiosi di vendere come giostrera il Giro ttorno alla maglia bianca. La maglia bianca, a nostro parere, comporta la divisione del campo in due categoriebene individuale di concorrenti: da una parte le squadre industriali, dall'altra gruppi o gli isolati. Le due categorie, nate col Giro d'Italia (isolati) e sviluppatesi in seguito per ragioni organizzative, coreografiche e assistenziali (gruppi), sono autonome e indipendenti per struttura quantitativa, per interessi e per obiettivi dei nuclei in corsa. La maglia rosa (assoluta) e la maglia bianca (relativa) devono rispecchiaire queste sostanziali diversita in un Giro d'Italia aperto soltanto alle squadre industriali, tutti di pari effecttvi (sette corridori), ed ognuna articolata sulla figura e sulle esigenze di un capitano? Potra e dovra la maglia bianca indossata da un gregario rinunciare alle sue probabilita di affermazione, o semplicemente alle sue necesssita di difesa attiva, nel caso in cui il capitano abbia bisogno della sua ruota, o del suo traino, e, in altre parole, della sua rinuncia e del suo sacrificio? Ecco un motivo di perplessita.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/21/page_002.pdf Le tappe volanti it 21 May 1949 3 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 The flying stages https://web.archive.org/web/20190928152530/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/05/21/page_002.pdf 28 September 2019 live 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. There was a classification for sprints called the "Gran Premio Tappe Volanti" classification. This consisted of a sprint line that was marked in eight stages of the race, stages 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, and 19. Specifically the eight sprints were located in the following places Taormina, Castrovillari, Terni, Ferrara, Trieste, Verona, Chiavari, and Novara, respectively.van den Akker 2023 98 For placing in the top three for each classification, on the final stage placings, the "Gran Premio Tappe Volanti", or crossing a categorized climb for the mountains classification, time bonuses were awarded. One minute time bonus was given to the first placed rider, thirty seconds to second place, and fifteen second to third.van den Akker 2023 68 +Classification leadership by stagehttps://web.archive.org/web/20241103064838/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1949 3 November 2024 https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1949 tourdefrancestatistieken.nl Informatie over de Giro d'Italia van 1949StageWinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=A pink jerseyBest independent rider25px|link=|alt=Mountains classificationIntermediate sprints classificationLast in General classification25px|link=|alt=Team classification 1 Mario Fazio Mario Fazio Mario Fazio Mario Fazio not awarded ? Wilier Triestina 2 Sergio Maggini Giordano Cottur Andrea Carrea Luigi Casola Sante Carollo 3 Guido De Santi Mario Fazio & Léon Jomaux 4 Fausto Coppi Mario Fazio Vitaliano Lazzerini 5 Serafino Biagioni 6 Mario Ricci 7 Adolfo Leoni Mario Fazio 8 Luigi Casola Marcel Buysse 9 Adolfo Leoni Adolfo Leoni Sante Carollo 10 Giovanni Corrieri Marcel Buysse 11 Fausto Coppi Giancarlo Astrua Fausto Coppi Adolfo Leoni Sante Carollo 12 Oreste Conte 13 Adolfo Leoni 14 Vincenzo Rossello Oreste Conte 15 Luciano Maggini 16 Oreste Conte 17 Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi 18 Antonio Bevilacqua 19 Giovanni Corrieri Final Fausto Coppi Giancarlo Astrua Fausto Coppi Oreste Conte Sante Carollo Wilier Triestina Final standings Legend   20px|alt=A pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|alt=A white jersey   Denotes the best independent rider General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,1603_02_1949_0140_0004_22350978/ it 13 June 1949 4 A Corrieri, in volata l'ultimo traguardo Stampa Sera Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF A Couriers, in the final sprint finish Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fausto Coppi ITA 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Bianchi 125h 25' 50" 2 Gino Bartali ITA Bartali + 23' 47" 3 Giordano Cottur ITA Wilier-Triestina + 38' 27" 4 Adolfo Leoni ITA Legnano + 39' 01" 5 Giancarlo Astrua ITA 20px|alt=A white jersey Benotto + 39' 50" 6 Alfredo Martini ITA Wilier-Triestina + 48' 48" 7 Giulio Bresci ITA Centro Sportivo Italiano + 49' 14" 8 Serafino Biagioni ITA Viscontea + 53' 14" 9 Nedo Logli ITA Arbos + 56' 59" 10 Silvio Pedroni ITA Fréjus + 1h 02' 10" Independent rider classification + Final independent rider classification (1–5)Buzzati Dino Dino Buzzati The Giro D'Italia: Coppi Versus Bartali at the 1949 Tour of Italy https://books.google.com/books?id=pw_sPQAACAAJ 3 November 2013 1998 VeloPress Boulder, Colorado 978-1-884737-51-0 183 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Giancarlo Astrua ITA 20px|alt=A white jersey Benotto 126h 05' 40" 2 Serafino Biagioni ITA Viscontea + 13' 24" 3 Silvio Pedroni ITA Fréjus + 22' 20" 4 Mario Fazio ITA Bottecchia + 26' 20" 5 Settimo Simonini ITA Fréjus + 34' 23" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–5) Rank Rider Team Points 1 Fausto Coppi ITA 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Bianchi 46 2 Gino Bartali ITA Bartali 41 3 Alfredo Pasotti ITA Benotto 23 4 Giancarlo Astrua ITA 20px|alt=A white jersey Benotto 14 5 Léon Jomaux FRA Bartali 12 Team classification + Final team classification (1–10)https://web.archive.org/web/20250123105818/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giroak.php?jaar=1949 https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giroak.php?jaar=1949 23 January 2025 tourdefrancestatistieken.nl Algemeen klassement in de Giro van 1949 Rank Team Time 1 Wilier-Triestina 378h 33' 59" 2 Bianchi +50' 00" 3 Legnano +1h 09' 28" 4 Fréjus +1h 17' 48" 5 Bartali +1h 22' 51" 6 Benotto +1h 49' 00" 7 Arbos +3h 38' 45" 8 Cimatti +3h 49' 47" 9 Atala +4h 23' 14" 10 Bottecchia +4h 28' 50" Intermediate sprints classification + Final intermediate sprints classification (1–3)RankNameTeamPoints 1 Oreste Conte ITA Bianchi 21 2 Antonio Bevilacqua ITA Atala 19 3 Adolfo Leoni ITA Legnano 13 References Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1949 Giro d'Italia 1 10 11 19 1949 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia