1951 Giro d'Italia

1951 Giro d'Italia 19 May - 10 June 1951 20 4153 km 121h 11' 37" Fiorenzo Magni ITA Ganna pink Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Girardengo Ferdinand Kübler SUI Fréjus Louison Bobet FRA Bottecchia Taurea 1950 1952 The 1951 Giro d'Italia was the 34th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Milan on 19 May with a 202 km 1 on flat stage and concluded back in Milan with a 172 km 1 on relatively flat mass-start stage on 10 June. Fourteen teams entered the race, which was won by Italian Fiorenzo Magni of the Ganna team. Second and third respectively were Belgian Rik Van Steenbergen and Swiss rider Ferdinand Kübler.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1951/06/11/pagina-2/1340633/pdf.html# Magni gana la Vuelta a Italia es 11 June 1951 2 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Magni wins the Tour of Italy Milan, Italy https://web.archive.org/web/20131221065559/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1951/06/11/pagina-2/1340633/pdf.html 21 December 2013 live http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,0045_02_1951_0137_0004_16401790/ Fiorenzo Magni ha vinto il Giro it 11 June 1951 4 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Fiorenzo Magni has won the Tour Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1951 Giro d'Italia A total of 14 teams were invited to participate in the 1951 Giro d'Italia.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9938&p=2#page/2/mode/2up Il formidabile schieramento in campo Corriere dello Sport 18 May 1951 1 7 July 2013 it The formidable array field https://web.archive.org/web/20141222221428/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9938&p=2#page/1/mode/2up 22 December 2014 livehttp://doc.rero.ch/record/227449/files/1951-05-19.pdf Le Tour d'Italia debute ce matin The Tour of Italy debuts this morning fr La Sentinelle 19 May 1951 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20191001082410/http://doc.rero.ch/record/227449/files/1951-05-19.pdf 1 October 2019 live RERO Each team sent a squad of seven riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 98 cyclists. Italy had the most participants with 80, the foreign participation included Belgium (9), Switzerland (5), and France (4). Out of the 98 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 75 riders made it to the finish in Milan.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1951.html 1951 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20141223222703/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1951.html 23 December 2014 live The teams entering the race were:Hanno preso il via da Milano https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1951/05/19/page_004.pdf 2019-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928055317/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1951/05/19/page_004.pdf it 19 May 1951 4 l'Unità They started from Milan 28 September 2019 live 8em Arbos 1951 Atala 1951 Bartali 1951 Benotto 1951 Bianchi Bottecchia 1951 Fréjus Girardengo 1951 Ganna Guerra Legnano Stucchi Taurea 1951 Wilier 1951 Pre-race favorites It was widely believed that the competing field was very international than in years past at the Giro and it contained all the great cycling champions at the moment.http://doc.rero.ch/record/189521/files/1951-05-18.pdf le Tour d'Italia cycliste The Cycling Tour of Italy fr Nouvelliste Valaisan 18 May 1951 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20191001082148/http://doc.rero.ch/record/189521/files/1951-05-18.pdf 1 October 2019 live REROhttp://doc.rero.ch/record/99174/files/1951-05-18.pdf Qui remportera le 34e Tour cycliste d'Italia?... Who will win the 34th Cycling Tour of Italy fr L'Impartial 18 May 1951 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20191001082349/http://doc.rero.ch/record/99174/files/1951-05-18.pdf 1 October 2019 live RERO Reigning champion Hugo Koblet (Guerra) entered the race to defend his crown. Koblet did not have a successful early season. Fausto Coppi and his Bianchi team were regarded as the strongest team. Coppi, who had broken his collarbone earlier in the 1951 season during the Milano–Torino, had recently shown his strength as he finished second overall at the Tour de Romandie. Nouelliste Valaisan wrote the even with Gino Bartali (Bartali) and Fiorenzo Magni's (Ganna) participation, that Coppi was the only hope for an Italian victory. Bartali was seen as a rider that could surprise, but not win the race. His most notable result was a second-place finish at La Flèche Wallonne. Magni was viewed as dangerous prospect; he won Milano–Torino and his third straight Tour of Flanders in April. As a whole, the "Big Three" of Italian cycling were seen as the only Italian riders with legitimate chances to win the title. France's Louison Bobet (Bottecchia) was viewed as a strong candidate and in strong form. Bobet had placed third at the previous year's Tour de France, entered as the French national road race champion, and had won the Milan–San_Remo earlier that season. Swiss rider Fritz Schär (Arbos) was seen as a candidate to win the race as well. Frejus' Ferdinand Kübler, who won the 1950 Tour de France, participated as well with the hopes of winning the general classification. Kübler had a successful start to the 1951 campaign with victories at La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Nouvelliste Valaisan speculated Kübler would not try to defend his Tour title in order to give the Giro his best effort. Coppi, Kubler, and Bobet were named among several media outlets to be the top contenders to win the race. The Girardengo team was viewed to be very strong, in part due to the fact the team possessed three riders with a history of winning the world championship men's road race: Marcel Kint (1938), Briek Schotte (1948 & 1950), and Rik Van Steenbergen (1949). Schotte finished second at the 1948 Tour de France (Bartali won the race overall). Route and stages The route was revealed on 5 February 1951.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9852&p=1#page/1/mode/1up Giro d'Italia 1951 Corriere dello Sport 15 May 1952 1 & 6 Ennio Mantella 7 July 2013 it 1951 Giro d'Italia https://web.archive.org/web/20190928052955/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9852&p=1%23page%2F1%2Fmode%2F1up#page/1/mode/1up 28 September 2019 livehttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9936&p=1#page/1/mode/1up E' un Giro d'Italia per "camosci" Corriere dello Sport 16 May 1951 1 & 6 7 July 2013 it It is a Giro d'Italia for "chamois" https://web.archive.org/web/20190928053520/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9936&p=1%23page%2F1%2Fmode%2F1up#page/1/mode/1up 28 September 2019 livehttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9937&p=1#page/6/mode/1up I traguardi del G. P. della Montagna potrebbero essere meglio distribuiti Corriere dello Sport 17 May 1951 1 & 6 7 July 2013 it The goals of G. P. della Montagna could be better distributed https://web.archive.org/web/20190928053900/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9937&p=1%23page%2F6%2Fmode%2F1up#page/6/mode/1up 28 September 2019 livehttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9938&p=1#page/6/mode/1up Il 34 Giro d'Italia apre alla corsa tutte le possibilita di lotta senza quartiere Corriere dello Sport 18 May 1951 1 & 6 7 July 2013 it The 34 Giro d'Italia opens up all the possibilities of fighting without a quarter https://web.archive.org/web/20190928054324/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9938&p=1%23page%2F6%2Fmode%2F1up#page/6/mode/1up 28 September 2019 livehttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9939&p=1#page/1/mode/1up Sfilata di campioni e gregari Corriere dello Sport 18 May 1951 1 & 6 7 July 2013 it Parade of champions and followers https://web.archive.org/web/20190928054600/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9939&p=1%23page%2F1%2Fmode%2F1up#page/1/mode/1up 28 September 2019 liveGaio ritorno all'antico del "Giro d'Italia 1951" https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1951/05/17/page_004.pdf 2019-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928054804/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1951/05/17/page_004.pdf it 17 May 1951 4 l'Unità Gaius return to the ancient of the "Giro d'Italia 1951" Attilio Camoriano 28 September 2019 live Vigilia dal pronostico muto di un giro pieno d'interesse https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1951/05/18/page_004.pdf 2019-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928055038/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1951/05/18/page_004.pdf it 18 May 1951 4 l'Unità Eve of the silent forecast of a full tour of interest Attilio Camoriano 28 September 2019 live Il "Giro d'Italia" rotola versa Torino alla caccia della XXXIV maglia rosa https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1951/05/19/page_004.pdf 2019-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928055317/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1951/05/19/page_004.pdf it 19 May 1951 4 l'Unità The "Giro d'Italia" rolls towards Turin on the hunt for the XXXIV pink jersey Attilio Camoriano 28 September 2019 live There were three rest days that divided the twenty stages. The route averaged 200 km 0 on per stage. An alternate route through the Dolomites was created by the organizers in the chances that the Pordoi Pass, Passo Rolle, and the Falzarego Pass were not cross-able. The race did exit Italy to enter Switzerland. There were some rule changes prior to the 1951 edition. Due to some complaints regarding Koblet's win the year prior, which some credited due to the time bonuses he had garnered from intermediate sprints, summits, and stage finishes, all time bonuses were removed from the race. In addition, the intermediate sprint classification was removed as a whole. Nouvelliste Valaisan felt the changes would make the cyclists lose interest. In addition, rules were changed regarding flat tires, riders would have to change the inner tube rather than change wheels. The opening stages and the stages between the second and third rest days were thought to be easy, while the last four stages would be the hardest. A writer for Nouvelliste Valaisan felt the Giro had begun to open more to international riders, it has drawn the attention of the Tour de France organizers. At the time it was regarded as one of the top three stage races in the world, along with the Tour de France and the Tour de Suisse. + Stage characteristics and resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner119 MayMilan to Turin202 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rik Van Steenbergen BEL220 MayTurin to Alassio202 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Antonio Bevilacqua ITA321 MayAlassio to Genoa252 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Rodolfo Falzoni ITA422 MayGenoa to Florence265 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Guido De Santi ITA523 MayFlorence to Perugia192 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Pietro Giudici ITA24 May Rest day625 MayPerugia to Terni81 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Fausto Coppi ITA726 MayTerni to Rome290 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Angelo Menon ITA827 MayRome to Naples234 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luigi Casola ITA928 MayNaples to Foggia181 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giovanni Corrieri ITA1029 MayFoggia to Pescara311 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Minardi ITA30 May Rest day1131 MayPescara to Rimini246 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Serafino Biagioni ITA121 JuneRimini to San Marino24 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Giancarlo Astrua ITA132 JuneRimini to Bologna249 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luciano Maggini ITA143 JuneBologna to Brescia220 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Adolfo Leoni ITA154 JuneBrescia to Venice188 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rik Van Steenbergen BEL165 JuneVenice to Trieste182 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luciano Frosini ITA6 June Rest day177 JuneTrieste to Cortina d'Ampezzo255 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Louison Bobet FRA188 JuneCortina d'Ampezzo to Bolzano242 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi ITA199 JuneBolzano to Sankt Moritz (Switzerland)166 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Hugo Koblet SUI2010 JuneSankt Moritz (Switzerland) to Milan172 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Antonio Bevilacqua ITA Total 4153 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 There were no time bonuses in 1951.van den Akker 2023 68 Two additional jerseys were in use. The green jersey was given to the best foreign cyclist in the general classification; it was won by Belgian Rik Van Steenbergen. The white jersey was given to the best cyclist riding with a licence for independents; this was won by Arrigo Padovan.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9958&p=1#page/7/mode/1up Il 34 Giro d'Italia Corriere dello Sport 11 June 1951 it 7 October 2015 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 winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team per stagevan den Akker 2023 80 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 live If 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. Unlike the year before, there was no intermediate sprint classification in 1951.van den Akker 2023 97 The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. +Classification leadership by stagehttps://web.archive.org/web/20241010145332/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1951 10 October 2024 https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1951 tourdefrancestatistieken.nl Informatie over de Giro d'Italia van 1951 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Best foreign rider25px|link=|alt=Best independent rider25px|link=|alt=Mountains classificationLast in General classification25px|link=|alt=Team classification 1 Rik Van Steenbergen Rik Van Steenbergen Rik Van Steenbergen Luciano Frosini not awarded ? Girardengo 2 Antonio Bevilacqua Fiorenzo Magni Raymond Impanis Silvio Pedroni Antonio Bevilacqua Marcel Dupont 3 Rodolfo Falzoni Rik Van Steenbergen Antonio Bevilacqua & Luciano Pezzi 4 Guido De Santi Alfredo Pasotti Legnano 5 Pietro Giudici Fritz Schär Fritz Schär Arbos 6 Fausto Coppi Elio Brasola Fréjus 7 Angelo Menon Rik Van Steenbergen Rik Van Steenbergen 8 Luigi Casola Fiorenzo Magni Ferdinand Kübler Donato Zampini 9 Giovanni Corrieri Bartello Bof 10 Giuseppe Minardi Giovanni Pinarello 11 Serafino Biagioni Martin Metzger 12 Giancarlo Astrua Giancarlo Astrua 13 Luciano Maggini Rik Van Steenbergen Rik Van Steenbergen Atala 14 Adolfo Leoni 15 Rik Van Steenbergen 16 Luciano Frosini Arrigo Padovan 17 Louison Bobet Fréjus 18 Fausto Coppi Fiorenzo Magni Elio Brasola Louison Bobet Atala 19 Hugo Koblet Arrigo Padovan ? Taurea 20 Antonio Bevilacqua Giovanni Pinarello Final Fiorenzo Magni Rik Van Steenbergen Arrigo PadovanLouison Bobet Giovanni Pinarello Taurea Final standings Legendvan den Akker 2023 109   20px|alt=A pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|alt=A white jersey   Denotes the best independent rider   20px|alt=A green jersey   Denotes the best foreign rider General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9958&p=1#page/1/mode/2up Classifica generale Corriere dello Sport 11 June 1951 1, 7 7 July 2013 it General Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20141222221831/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9958&p=1 22 December 2014 liveRankNameTeamTime 1 Fiorenzo Magni ITA 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Ganna 121h 11' 37" 2 Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 20px|alt=A green jersey Girardengo + 1' 46" 3 Ferdinand Kübler SUI Fréjus + 2' 36" 4 Fausto Coppi ITA Bianchi + 4' 04" 5 Giancarlo Astrua ITA Taurea + 4' 07" 6 Hugo Koblet SUI Guerra + 6' 05" 7 Louison Bobet FRA Bottecchia + 13' 07" 8 Arrigo Padovan ITA 20px|alt=A white jersey Atala + 14' 41" 9 Vincenzo Rossello ITA Taurea + 14' 49" 10 Gino Bartali ITA Bartali + 21' 12" Independent rider classification + Final Independent rider classification (1–10)RankNameTime 1 Arrigo Padovan ITA 20px|alt=A white jersey 121h 26' 18" 2 Elio Brasola ITA + 10' 51" 3 Bruno Pasquini ITA + 13' 50" 4 Bruno Pontisso ITA + 16' 18" 5 Donato Zampini ITA + 18' 25" 6 Dino Rossi ITA + 19' 09" 7 Rinaldo Moresco ITA + 24' 25" 8 Vittorio Rossello ITA + 24' 10" 9 Pietro Guidici ITA + 33' 57" 10 Ugo Fondelli ITA + 39' 01" Foreign rider classification + Final Foreign rider classification (1–4)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9958&p=1#page/1/mode/2up Maglia verde Corriere dello Sport 11 June 1951 8 7 July 2013 it Green jersey https://web.archive.org/web/20141222221831/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=9958&p=1 22 December 2014 liveRankNameTeamTime 1 Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 20px|alt=A green jersey Girardengo 121h 13' 23" 2 Ferdinand Kübler SUI Fréjus + 50" 3 Hugo Koblet SUI Guerra + 4' 19" 4 Louison Bobet FRA Bottecchia + 7' 19" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–5)Koblet primo a St. Moritz, con 4' 40" di vantaggio su Kobler, Coppi, e Magni che conserva la "rosa" https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1951/06/10/page_004.pdf 2019-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928055849/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1951/06/10/page_004.pdf it 10 June 1951 4 l'Unità The "Giro d'Italia" rolls towards Turin on the hunt for the XXXIV pink jersey Attilio Camoriano 28 September 2019 live RankNameTeamPoints 1 Louis Bobet FRA Bottecchia 29 2 Fausto Coppi ITA Bianchi 27 3 Alfredo Pasotti ITA Wilier 19 4 Gino Bartali ITA Bartali 17 5 Giovanni Roma ITA Bottecchia 12 Team classification + Final team classification (1)TeamTime 1 Taurea ? References Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1951 Giro d'Italia 1 10 11 20 Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia