1921 Giro d'Italia

1921 Giro d'Italia Giro Italia 1921-map.png Race Route 25 May – 12 June 1921 10 3107 km 120h 24' 39" Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 Legnano Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 Bianchi Bartolomeo Aymo ITA 1861 Legnano Bianchi - Dunlop 1920 1922 The 1921 Giro d'Italia was the ninth edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 25 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 333 km 0 on to Merano, finishing back in Milan on 12 June after a 305 km 0 on stage and a total distance covered of 3107 km 0 on. The race was won by the Italian rider Giovanni Brunero of the Legnano team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Gaetano Belloni and Bartolomeo Aymo. During the 5th stage, on the "Altopiano delle Cinquemiglia" (in Abruzzo region), Girardengo suffered a legendary crisis: he got off his bike, drew a cross on the road and said: "Girardengo si ferma qui" (Girardengo stops here). Participants Of the 69 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 25 May, 27 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 12 June.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1921.html 1921 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were three teams that competed in the race: Bianchi-Dunlop, Legnano-Pirelli, and Stucchi-Pirelli. The peloton was almost completely composed of Italians. The field featured two former Giro d'Italia champions in the three-time winner Carlo Galetti and 1919 winner Costante Girardengo. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Bartolomeo Aymo, Angelo Gremo, Giovanni Rossignoli, and Giuseppe Santhià. Race summary The first four stages ended in sprints, and all of them were won by Girardengo. Therefore, Girardengo was leading the general classification in the fifth stage, although he had the same time as Belloni who had finished together with him in all four stages. In that fifth stage, Girardengo fell. When Belloni noticed this, he attacked, and Girardengo was distanced. Girardengo chased for a long time, but he did not have any help from other riders, and was unable to get back. He decided to abandon the race.van den Akker 2023 76 Belloni won the fifth stage, and he became the new leader. He was only a few seconds ahead of the next rider, so the Giro was far from over. In the seventh stage, Brunero finished solo, two minutes ahead of the next group. This was enough to put him in the lead. Brunero stayed close to Belloni in the other stages; Belloni won two more stages, but did not gain any time on Brunero. At the end of the Giro, Brunero won with a margin of 41 seconds, statistically one of the closest Giri ever.van den Akker 2023 114 Final standings Stage results + Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeIn 1921, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and tenth stages included major mountains.WinnerRace Leader 1 25 May Milan to Merano 333 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 2 27 May Merano to Bologna 348 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 3 29 May Bologna to Perugia 321 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 4 31 May Perugia to Chieti 328 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 5 2 June Chieti to Naples 264 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 6 4 June Naples to Rome 299 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Luigi Annoni ITA 1861 Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 7 6 June Rome to Livorno 341 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 8 8 June Livorno to Parma 242 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Luigi Annoni ITA 1861 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 9 10 June Parma to Turin 320 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 10 12 June Turin to Milan 305 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 Total 3107 km 0 on General classification There were 27 cyclists who had completed all ten stages. For these cyclists, the times they had needed in each stage was added up for the general classification. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the winner. + Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 Legnano-Pirelli 120h 24' 39" 2 Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 Bianchi + 41" 3 Bartolomeo Aymo ITA 1861 Legnano-Pirelli + 19' 47" 4 Lucien Buysse BEL Bianchi + 39' 00" 5 Angelo Gremo ITA 1861 Bianchi + 47' 28" 6 Federico Gay ITA 1861 Bianchi + 59' 33" 7 Alfredo Sivocci ITA 1861 Legnano-Pirelli + 1h 24' 27" 8 Clemente Canepari ITA 1861 Legnano-Pirelli + 2h 24' 08" 9 Giovanni Rossignoli ITA 1861 Bianchi + 2h 24' 25" 10 Luigi Annoni ITA 1861 Stucchi + 2h 36' 57" Final general classification (11–27)RankNameTeamTime 11 Alfredo Cominetti ITA 1861 — + 3h 31' 24" 12 Giovanni Scaioni ITA 1861 — + 3h 39' 44" 13 Nicola Di Biase ITA 1861 — + 4h 16' 49" 14 Michele Gordini ITA 1861 — + 5h 34' 50" 15 Giuseppe Santhià ITA 1861 Bianchi + 6h 08' 49" 16 Lauro Bordin ITA 1861 Bordin + 6h 35' 26" 17 Enrico Sala ITA 1861 Ancora + 6h 46' 54" 18 Angelo Erba ITA 1861 — + 6h 56' 04" 19 Louis Luguet FRA Bianchi + 8h 39' 02" 20 Ugo Bianchi ITA 1861 — + 10h 14' 16" 21 Rinaldo Spinelli ITA 1861 — + 10h 14' 21" 22 Angelo Guidi ITA 1861 — + 11h 35' 01" 23 Antonio Tecchio ITA 1861 — + 11h 51' 37" 24 Damiano Solitario ITA 1861 — + 13h 32' 29" 25 Luigi Sinchetto ITA 1861 — + 13h 58' 27" 26 Felice Di Gaetano ITA 1861 — + 14h 17' 30" 27 Andrea Cazzaniga ITA 1861 — + 1d 2h 40' 01" Other classifications There were two other classifications contested at the race. A points classification was won Giovanni Brunero and a team classification was won by Bianchi-Dunlop.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,1173_01_1921_0139A_0004_24860599/ Brunero vince il IX "Giro d'Italia" it 13 June 1921 4 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 Brunero wins the 9th "Tour of Italy" Giovanni Rossignoli won the prize for best ranked independent rider in the general classification.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 live References Notes "Notes" Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro Ditalia, 1921 Giro Ditalia, 1921 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia