1983 Giro d'Italia

1983 Giro d'Italia 12 May - 5 June 1983 22 + Prologue, including one split stage 3922 km 100h 45' 30" Giuseppe Saronni ITA Del Tongo-Colnago pink Roberto Visentini ITA Inoxpran Alberto Fernández ESP Zor Giuseppe Saronni ITA Del Tongo-Colnago violet Lucien Van Impe BEL Metauro Mobili-Pinarello green Franco Chioccioli ITA Vivi-Benotto white Zor-Gemeaz Cusin 1982 1984 The 1983 Giro d'Italia was the 66th running of the Giro. It started in Brescia, on 12 May, with an 8 km 1 on prologue and concluded in Udine, on 5 June, with a 40 km 1 on individual time trial. A total of 162 riders from eighteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Giuseppe Saronni of the Del Tongo-Colnago team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Roberto Visentini and Spaniard Alberto Fernández, respectively.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1983/06/06/pagina-32/1098624/pdf.html# Saronni, La Vida En Rosa es 6 June 1983 32 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 PDF Saronni, the Life in Rose https://web.archive.org/web/20140508222423/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1983/06/06/pagina-32/1098624/pdf.html 8 May 2014 live http://streaming.ajgirona.org/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf;publication=Punt,%20El;sort_publication=punt.el;day=07;month=06;year=1983;page=030;id=0000616150;filename=19830607;collection=pages;url_high=pages/Punt,%20El/1983/198306/19830607/19830607030.pdf;lang=ca;pdf_parameters=search=%22saronni%22&view=FitH;encoding=utf-8 Visentini no pogué impedir el triomf final de Saronni ca 7 June 1983 30 El Punt Hermes Comunicacions S.A. 27 May 2012 PDF Visentini could not prevent the final triumph Saronno https://web.archive.org/web/20140712002637/http://streaming.ajgirona.org/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf%3Bpublication%3DPunt%2C%20El%3Bsort_publication%3Dpunt.el%3Bday%3D07%3Bmonth%3D06%3Byear%3D1983%3Bpage%3D030%3Bid%3D0000616150%3Bfilename%3D19830607%3Bcollection%3Dpages%3Burl_high%3Dpages%2FPunt%2C%20El%2F1983%2F198306%2F19830607%2F19830607030.pdf%3Blang%3Dca%3Bpdf_parameters%3Dsearch%3D%22saronni%22&view=FitH%3Bencoding%3Dutf-8 12 July 2014 deadJean Montois http://streaming.ajgirona.org/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf;publication=Avui;sort_publication=avui;day=07;month=06;year=1983;page=022;id=0002805852;filename=19830607;collection=pages;url_high=pages/Avui/1983/198306/19830607/19830607022.pdf;lang=ca;pdf_parameters=search=%22saronni%22&view=FitH;encoding=utf-8 Les bonificacions van fer guanyador Saronni ca 7 June 1983 Avui Hermes Comunicacions S.A. 27 May 2012 Bonuses were winning Saronni https://web.archive.org/web/20140712003009/http://streaming.ajgirona.org/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf%3Bpublication%3DAvui%3Bsort_publication%3Davui%3Bday%3D07%3Bmonth%3D06%3Byear%3D1983%3Bpage%3D022%3Bid%3D0002805852%3Bfilename%3D19830607%3Bcollection%3Dpages%3Burl_high%3Dpages%2FAvui%2F1983%2F198306%2F19830607%2F19830607022.pdf%3Blang%3Dca%3Bpdf_parameters%3Dsearch%3D%22saronni%22&view=FitH%3Bencoding%3Dutf-8 12 July 2014 deadhttp://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1983/ Special Editions – 1983 2018 Giro d'Italia La Gazzetta dello Sport 27 May 2019 2 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181002022249/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1983/ Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Saronni won the points classification, Lucien Van Impe of Metauro Mobili won the mountains classification, and Vivi-Benotto's Franco Chioccioli completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing sixteenth overall. Renault-Elf finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The team points classification was won by Zor-Gemeaz Cusin. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1983 Giro d'Italia right|thumb|The team presentation ceremony took place on 10 May at the Piazza della Loggia in Brescia.|alt=An Italian piazza. A total of eighteen teams were invited to participate in the 1983 Giro d'Italia.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1983/05/12/MD19830512-024.pdf Los Parincipales Participantes es 12 May 1983 24 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 The Principal Participants https://web.archive.org/web/20150201185554/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1983/05/12/MD19830512-024.pdf 1 February 2015 live The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager are introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place at the Piazza della Loggia in Brescia on 10 May and was televised in Italy on Network 1.Gian Paolo Ormezzano http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,21/articleid,1027_01_1983_0110_0021_22252000/ Oggi la passerella a Brescia it 11 May 1983 21 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Today the catwalk in Brescia The starting riders came from a total of 16 different countries; Italy (95), Belgium (22), and Spain (11) all had more than 10 riders.Giro d'Italia – 1983 Competitors per Country https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1983/startlist/competitors-per-country ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250522152004/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1983/startlist/competitors-per-country 22 May 2025 13 October 2016 Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 162 cyclists.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1983.html 1983 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Dog Ear Publishing Bill and Carol McGann 2012-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413021020/http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1983.html 13 April 2014 live < Of those starting, 46 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.Giro d'Italia – 1983 Debutants https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1983/startlist/debutants ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250522152024/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1983/startlist/debutants 22 May 2025 13 October 2016 The average age of riders was 26.42 years,Giro d'Italia – 19 Peloton averages https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1983/startlist/peloton-averages ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250522152459/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1983/startlist/peloton-averages 22 May 2025 13 October 2016 ranging from 21–year–old Giuliano Pavanello (Mareno-Wilier Triestina) to 37–year–old Wladimiro Panizza (Atala-Campagnolo).Giro d'Italia – 1983 Youngest and Oldest competitors https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1983/startlist/youngest-oldest ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250522152445/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1983/startlist/youngest-oldest 22 May 2025 13 October 2016 The team with the youngest average rider age was Mareno-Wilier Triestina (24), while the oldest was Inoxpran-Lumenflon (28).Giro d'Italia – 1983 Youngest Team https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1983/teams/youngest-team ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250522152825/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1983/teams/youngest-team 22 May 2025 13 October 2016 From the riders that began this edition, 140 made it to the finish in Udine. The teams entering the race were: 22em Alfa Lum-Olmo Atala-Campagnolo Bianchi-Piaggio Malvor-Bottecchia Del Tongo-Colnago Dromedario-Alan Europ Decor-Dries Zor-Gemeaz Cusin Gis Gelati-Campagnolo Perlav-Euro Soap Inoxpran-Lumenflon Eorotex-Magniflex Mareno-Wilier Triestina Metauro Mobili Sammontana-Campagnolo Termolan-Galli Vivi-Benotto Wolber-Spidel Route and stages right|thumb|Colli di San Fermo hosted the end of the 91 km 0 on seventeenth stage.|alt=A mountainous village. The route for the 1983 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 19 February 1983.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,21/articleid,1024_01_1983_0042_0021_14302271/ Un Giro <<morbido>> fatto per Saronni it 20 February 1983 21 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF A Tour <<soft>> done for SaronniGino Sala http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1983_02/19830220_0015.pdf Sara la corsa dei cinque dolomitici Avversari di gran riguardo per <<Beppe>> saranno Contini, Baronchelli, Battaglin, De Wolf, Van Impe, e Moser it 20 February 1983 21 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 Sara race of the five Dolomite Opponents of much regard for <<Beppe>> will Contini, Baronchelli, Battaglin, De Wolf, Van Impe, and Moser https://web.archive.org/web/20150207003810/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1983_02%2F19830220_0015.pdf 2015-02-07 dead http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1983/02/20/MD19830220-036.pdf Etapa <<reina>> a dos dias del final es 20 February 1983 36 El Mundo Deportivo El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 27 May 2012 Queen Stage two days from the end https://web.archive.org/web/20150207002803/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1983/02/20/MD19830220-036.pdf 7 February 2015 live Covering a total of 3922 km on, it included four time trials (three individual and one for teams), and fifteen stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points. Seven of these fifteen stages had summit finishes: stage 4, to Todi; stage 6, to Campitello Matese; stage 9, to Montefiascone; stage 10, to Bibbiena; stage 15, to Orta San Giulio; stage 17, to Colli di San Fermo; and stage 19, to Selva di Val Gardena. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 88.5 km 0 on shorter and contained one more time trial. In addition, this race contained one more set of split stages. +Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerP12 MayBrescia 8 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Stage Cancelled113 MayBrescia to Mantua 70 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Team time trial Bianchi-Piaggio214 MayMantua to Comacchio 192 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Guido Bontempi ITA315 MayComacchio to Fano 148 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Paolo Rosola ITA416 MayPesaro to Todi 187 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Saronni ITA517 MayTerni to Vasto 269 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Eduardo Chozas ESP618 MayVasto to Campitello Matese 145 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Alberto Fernández ESP719 MayCampitello Matese to Salerno 216 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Moreno Argentin ITA820 MaySalerno to Terracina 212 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Guido Bontempi ITA921 MayTerracina to Montefiascone 225 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Riccardo Magrini ITA1022 MayMontefiascone to Bibbiena 232 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Palmiro Masciarelli ITA1123 MayBibbiena to Pietrasanta 202 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Lucien Van Impe BEL24 May Rest day1225 MayPietrasanta to Reggio Emilia 180 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Alf Segersäll SWE1326 MayReggio Emilia to Parma 38 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Giuseppe Saronni ITA1427 MayParma to Savona 243 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Gregor Braun FRG1528 MaySavona to Orta San Giulio 219 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Paolo Rosola ITA16a29 MayOrta San Giulio to Milan 110 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Frank Hoste BEL16bMilan to Bergamo 100 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Saronni ITA1730 MayBergamo to Colli di San Fermo 91 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Alberto Fernández ESP1831 MaySarnico to Vicenza 178 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Paolo Rosola ITA1 June Rest day192 JuneVicenza to Selva di Val Gardena 224 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Mario Beccia ITA203 JuneSelva di Val Gardena to Arabba 169 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Alessandro Paganessi ITA214 JuneArabba to Gorizia 232 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Moreno Argentin ITA225 JuneGorizia to Udine 40 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Roberto Visentini ITA Total 3922 km 0 on Classification leadership right|thumb|alt=A picture of a mountain.|The Pordoi Pass was the Cima Coppi for the 1983 running of the Giro d'Italia. Four different jerseys were worn during the 1983 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first four finishers on mass-start stagesvan den Akker 2023 68 – 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 For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15, no additional points were given in intermediate sprints.van den Akker 2023 84 The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Pordoi Pass. The first rider to cross the Pordoi Pass was Spanish rider Marino Lejarreta. The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but considering only neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing). Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time. There were a few minor classifications. For example the Premio dell'Agonismo, an intermediate sprints classification, and the Fiat Uno classification (named after the Fiat Uno introduced in that year), where points were given to the riders who reached the final kilometer first.van den Akker 2023 99 The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. +Classification leadership by stagehttps://www.grandtourstatistics.nl/giro.php?jaar=1983 grandtourstatistics.nl Information about the Giro d'Italia of 1983 23 December 2025 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt=Team classification P Stage Cancelled not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded 1 Bianchi-Piaggio Tommy Prim Valerio Piva Bianchi-Piaggio 2 Guido Bontempi Urs Freuler Guido Bontempi 3 Paolo Rosola Paolo Rosola Paolo Rosola 4 Giuseppe Saronni Harald Maier 5 Eduardo Chozas Silvano Contini Giuseppe Saronni Lucien Van Impe Fabrizio Verza 6 Alberto Fernández Alberto Fernández Metauro Mobili-Pinarello 7 Moreno Argentin Giuseppe Saronni Lucien Van Impe 8 Guido Bontempi 9 Riccardo Magrini 10 Palmiro Masciarelli 11 Lucien Van Impe 12 Alf Segersäll 13 Giuseppe Saronni Franco Chioccioli 14 Gregor Braun 15 Paolo Rosola 16a Frank Hoste 16b Giuseppe Saronni 17 Alberto Fernández Zor-Gemeaz Cusin 18 Paolo Rosola 19 Mario Beccia 20 Alessandro Paganessi 21 Moreno Argentin 22 Roberto Visentini Final Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni Lucien Van Impe Franco Chioccioli Zor-Gemeaz Cusin Final standings Legendvan den Akker 2023 109   20px|alt=Pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|alt=Green jersey   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification   20px|alt=Purple jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification   20px|alt=White jersey   Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Giuseppe Saronni ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey 20px|alt=Purple jersey Del Tongo-Colnago 100h 45' 30" 2 Roberto Visentini ITA Inoxpran-Lumenflon + 1' 07" 3 Alberto Fernández ESP Zor-Gemeaz Cusin + 3' 40" 4 Mario Beccia ITA Malvor-Bottecchia + 5' 55" 5 Dietrich Thurau FRG Del Tongo-Colnago + 7' 44" 6 Marino Lejarreta ESP Alfa Lum-Olmo + 7' 47" 7 Faustino Rupérez Rincón ESP Zor-Gemeaz Cusin + 8' 24" 8 Eduardo Chozas Olmo ESP Zor-Gemeaz Cusin + 9' 41" 9 Lucien Van Impe BEL 20px|alt=Green jersey Metauro Mobili + 10' 54" 10 Wladimiro Panizza ITA Atala-Campagnolo + 12' 00" Points classification +Final points classification (1-5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Giuseppe Saronni ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey 20px|alt=Pink jersey Del Tongo-Colnago 223 2 Moreno Argentin ITA Sammontana 149 3 Frank Hoste BEL Europ Decor-Dries 139 4 Pierino Gavazzi ITA Atala-Campagnolo 120 5 Stefan Mutter SUI Eorotex-Magniflex 111 Mountains classification +Final mountains classification (1-5)Clasificaciones http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1983/06/05/MD19830605-043.pdf El Mundo Deportivo 5 June 1983 43RiderTeamPoints 1 Lucien Van Impe BEL 20px|alt=Green jersey Metauro Mobili 70 2 Alberto Fernández ESP Zor-Gemeaz Cusin 43 3 Marino Lejarreta ESP Alfa Lum-Olmo 27 Faustino Rupérez ESP Zor-Gemeaz Cusin 5 Alessandro Paganessi ITA Bianchi-Piaggio 23 Young rider classification +Final young rider classification (1-5)RiderTeamTime 1 Franco Chioccioli ITA 20px|alt=A white jersey Vivi-Benotto 101h 00" 52" 2 Fabrizio Verza ITA Gis Gelati-Campagnolo + 12' 16" 3 Harald Maier AUT Eorotex-Magniflex + 20' 32" 4 Davide Cassani ITA Termolan-Galli + 30' 27" 5 Czesław Lang POL Gis Gelati-Campagnolo + 35' 13" Team classification +Final team classification (1-3)TeamTime 1 Zor-Gemeaz Cusin 300h 05' 39" 2 Inoxpran-Lumenflon + 10' 45" 3 Del Tongo-Colnago + 17' 30" References Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1983 Giro d'Italia P 11 12 22 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Category:1983 Super Prestige Pernod