1939 Giro d'Italia

May 2017 1939 Giro d'Italia 28 April - 18 May 1939 17, including two split stages 3011.4 km 88h 02' 00" Giovanni Valetti ITA 1861 Fréjus pink Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Legnano Mario Vicini ITA 1861 Lygie Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Legnano Fréjus 1938 1940 thumb | right | Picture of the Giro d’Italia in 1939 The 1939 Giro d'Italia was the 27th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 28 April in Milan with a stage that stretched 182 km 0 on to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 18 May after a split stage and a total distance covered of 3011.4 km 0 on. The race was won by the Italian rider Giovanni Valetti of the Fréjus team, with fellow Italians Gino Bartali and Mario Vicini coming in second and third respectively. Valetti had the lead halfway the race. Bartali then took over the lead in the mountains, but Valetti took it back in the penultimate stage. Bartali attacked on the last stage, but Valetti stayed in his wake and won the race. Participants Of the 89 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 28 April,http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=3722&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/2up Gli iscritti Il Littoriale 28 April 1938 4 7 July 2013 it Subscribers https://web.archive.org/web/20141221225705/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=3722&p=1&c=1 21 December 2014 live 54 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 18 May.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1939.html 1939 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 10 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227200309/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1939.html 27 February 2014 live Riders were allowed to ride as a member of a team or group; 56 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 33 competed as a part of a group. The eight teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Fréjus, Ganna, Gloria, Legnano, Lygie, Olympia, and Belgium. The teams ranged from six to eight riders each. There were also seven groups, made up of three to five riders each, that participated in the race. Those groups were: U.S. Azzini, Dopolavoro Di Novi, S.S. Genova 1913, Il Littoriale, La Voce Di Mantova, U.C. Modenese, and S.C. Vigor. The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders. The field featured three former Giro d'Italia winners with two-time winner Gino Bartali, Vasco Bergamaschi who won the 1935 edition, and reigning champion Giovanni Valetti. Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Ezio Cecchi, and Cino Cinelli. Route and stages + Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeIn 1939, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the stages 7, 9b, 10, 14, 15, 16, and 17 included mountains counting towards the mountains classification. The stage 6b individual time trial also contained a summit finish to Monte Terminillo.Winner128 AprilMilan to Turin 180 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Vasco Bergamaschi ITA 1861229 AprilTurin to Genoa 226.7 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Gino Bartali ITA 1861330 AprilGenoa to Pisa 187 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Cino Cinelli ITA 186141 MayPisa to Grosseto 154 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Carmine Saponetti ITA 186152 MayGrosseto to Rome 222 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Olimpio Bizzi ITA 1861 3 May Rest day6a 4 MayRome to Rieti 85.7 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Carmine Saponetti ITA 18616bRieti to Monte Terminillo 14 km 0 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Giovanni Valetti ITA 186175 MayRieti to Pescara 191.3 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Adolfo Leoni ITA 186186 MayPescara to Senigallia 177 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Diego Marabelli ITA 18619a 7 MaySenigallia to Forlì 116.5 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Glauco Servadei ITA 18619bForlì to Florence 106.6 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 1861 8 May Rest day10 9 MayFlorence to Bologna 120 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Olimpio Bizzi ITA 186111 10 MayBologna to Venezia 231.8 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Pietro Chiappini ITA 186112 11 MayVenezia to Trieste 173.8 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Giordano Cottur ITA 1861 12 May Rest day13 13 MayTrieste to Gorizia 39.8 km 0 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Giovanni Valetti ITA 186114 14 MayGorizia to Cortina d'Ampezzo 195 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Secondo Magni ITA 186115 15 MayCortina d'Ampezzo to Trento 256.2 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 1861 16 May Rest day16 17 MayTrento to Sondrio 166 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giovanni Valetti ITA 186117 18 MaySondrio to Milan 168 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Total 3011.4 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 1939.van den Akker 2023 68 There was a special classification for the grouped riders, calculated in the same way as the general classification. The leader of this classification was given the white jersey.van den Akker 2023 62 In 1939, three stages were won by grouped riders: stages 4 and 6 by Saponetti from La Voce di Mantova, and stage 13 by Chiappini from Il Littoriale.van den Akker 2023 62 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 together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner.van den Akker 2023 80 If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification. 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=1939 https://web.archive.org/web/20240806181558/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1939 6 August 2024 tourdefrancestatistieken.nl Informatie over de Giro van 1939 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Best grouped rider25px|link=|alt=Mountains classificationTeam classificationGroup classification 1 Vasco Bergamaschi Vasco Bergamaschi Serafino Santambrogio not awarded shared S.C. Vigor 2 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali Settimo Simonini Legnano 3 Cino Cinelli Cino Cinelli Fréjus 4 Carmine Saponetti La Voce di Mantova 5 Olimpio Bizzi 6a Carmine Saponetti 6b Giovanni Valetti Giovanni Valetti 7 Adolfo Leoni Giovanni Valetti & Gino Bartali S.C. Vigor 8 Diego Marabelli 9a Glauco Servadei Secondo Magni 9b Gino Bartali Giovanni Valetti Enrico Mollo 10 Olimpio Bizzi Enrico Mollo & Michele Benente 11 Pietro Chiappini 12 Giordano Cottur 13 Giovanni Valetti 14 Secondo Magni Gino Bartali 15 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali 16 Giovanni Valetti Giovanni Valetti 17 Gino Bartali Final Giovanni Valetti Settimo Simonini Gino Bartali Fréjus S.C. Vigor Final standings Legend   20px|alt=A pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|link=|alt=White jersey   Denotes the best grouped rider General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=3742&p=1&c=1#page/4/mode/1up Tutto finito: Valetti l'ha spuntata su Bartali Il Littoriale 19 May 1939 Milan, Italy 4 7 July 2013 it All finished: Valetti won the day on Bartali https://web.archive.org/web/20140709041515/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=3742&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up 9 July 2014 liveRankNameTeamTime 1 Giovanni Valetti ITA 1861 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Fréjus 88h 02' 00" 2 Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Legnano + 2' 59" 3 Mario Vicini ITA 1861 Lygie + 5' 07" 4 Severino Canavesi ITA 1861 Gloria + 7' 55" 5 Settimo Simonini ITA 1861 20px|link=|alt=White jersey Il Littoriale + 16' 40" 6 Salvatore Crippa ITA 1861 Ganna + 17' 52" 7 Giordano Cottur ITA 1861 Lygie + 18' 40" 8 Cesare Del Cancia ITA 1861 Ganna + 24' 34" 9 Cino Cinelli ITA 1861 Fréjus + 26' 10" 10 Bernardo Rogora ITA 1861 Gloria + 27' 40" Group rider classification + Final group rider classification (1–10)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7924&p=5#page/5/mode/2up I vincitori delle categorie speciali Corriere dello Sport 14 June 1950 6 7 July 2013 it The winners of the special categories https://web.archive.org/web/20141222201219/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7924&p=5 22 December 2014 liveRankNameTeamTime 1 Settimo Simonini ITA 186120px|link=|alt=White jersey Il Littoriale 88h 18' 40" 2 Aladino Mealli ITA 1861 S.C. Vigor + 51' 32" 3 Bruno Pasquini ITA 1861 La Voce Di Mantova + 1h 09' 31" 4 Spirito Godio ITA 1861 S.C. Vigor + 1h 15' 39" 5 Primo Zuccotti ITA 1861 Dopolavoro Di Novi + 2h 02' 49" 6 Lino Marini ITA 1861 S.S. Genova 1913 + 2h 16' 20" 7 Guerrino Amadori ITA 1861 La Voce Di Mantova + 2h 23' 45" 8 Renzo Silvestri ITA 1861 U.C. Modenese + 2h 35' 45" 9 Gino Malavasi ITA 1861 La Voce Di Mantova + 2h 41' 12" 10 Amilcare Amilsano ITA 1861 S.C. Vigor + 2h 43' 41" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–9)NameTeamPoints 1 Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Legnano 22 2 Giovanni Valetti ITA 1861 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Fréjus 19 3 Michele Benente ITA 1861 Olympia 14 4 Enrico Mollo ITA 1861 Olympia 10 Settimo Simonini ITA 1861 20px|link=|alt=White jersey Il Littoriale 6 Olimpio Bizzi ITA 1861 Fréjus 6 Giordano Cottur ITA 1861 Lygie Secondo Magni ITA 1861 Fréjus 9 Adolfo Leoni ITA 1861 Bianchi 5 Aladino Mealli ITA 1861 S.C Vigor Team classification + Final team classification (1–8)TeamTime 1 Fréjus 265h 00' 13" 2 Ganna + 27' 53" 3 Gloria + 29' 52" 4 Lygie + 57' 35" 5 Legnano + 1h 03' 55" 6 Bianchi + 3h 03' 19" 7 Olympia + 5h 55' 57" 8 Belgio + 9h 11' 50" Group classification + Final group classification (1–3)TeamTime 1 S.C. Vigor 269h 46' 52" 2 La Voce di Mantova + 1h 23' 36" 3 Il Littoriale + 4h 20' 42" References Notes "Notes" Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1939 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia