1934 Giro d'Italia

1934 Giro d'Italia Giro Italia 1934-map.png Race Route 19 May – 10 June 1934 17 3712.7 km 121h 17' 17" Learco Guerra ITA 1861 Maino pink Francesco Camusso ITA 1861 Gloria Giovanni Cazzulani ITA 1861 Gloria Remo Bertoni ITA 1861 Legnano Gloria 1933 1935 The 1934 Giro d'Italia was the 22nd edition of the Giro d'Italia bicycle race, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 19 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 169.2 km 0 on to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 10 June after a 315 km 0 on stage and a total distance covered of 3712.7 km 0 on. The race was won by the Learco Guerra of the Maino team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Francesco Camusso and Giovanni Cazzulani. Favourite Alfredo Binda retired during the 6th stage. Guerra took over the lead in the general classification from the climb specialist Francesco Camusso in the decisive time trial stage from Bologna to Ferrara. Participants Of the 109 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 19 May,http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=2009&p=1&c=1#page/2/mode/1up Guerra parte favorito nel XXII Giro d'Italia Il Littoriale 19 May 1934 2 7 July 2013 it Guerra parte favorito nel XXII Tour of Italy https://web.archive.org/web/20140714025108/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=2009&p=1&c=1 14 July 2014 live 52 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 10 June. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team; 52 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 66 competed independently. There were eight teams that competed in the race: Bianchi-Pirelli, Dei-Pirelli, Ganna-Dunlop, Gloria-Hutchinson, Legnano-Hutchinson, Maino-d'Alessandro, Olympia-Spiga, and Olmpique.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1934.html 1934 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227165540/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1934.html 2014-02-27 live The peloton was primarily composed of Italians, but contained many French and Belgian riders. The field featured three former Giro d'Italia champions in five-time winner and current champion Alfredo Binda and single race winners, Francesco Camusso and Vasco Bergamaschi. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Learco Guerra, Giuseppe Olmo, Remo Bertoni, and Domenico Piemontesi. Félicien Vervaecke, a Belgian rider who went on to achieve great success at the Tour de France, entered the race. Belgian Jef Demuysere was seen as a favorite to win the race after his victory in the Milan–San Remo earlier in the season. Race summary In the first stages, several riders were caught riding behind motorcycles. The jury was very strict, and disqualified them.van den Akker 2023 58 Learco Guerra dominated the early stages, winning multiple road stages and excelling in the first time trial, where he averaged over 41 km/h, nearly two km/h faster than Binda’s 1933 performance. By stage six, Guerra led the general classification, but his margin remained narrow. In that stage, the defending champion Binda collided with a police motorcycle, and had to abandon. Isolated rider Adriano Vignoli made a notable impact in stage seven with a 160-kilometer solo breakaway, gaining over ten minutes and moving into sixth place. In stage eight, Olmo took the race lead after Guerra lost time on the hilly terrain. However, Guerra reclaimed the pink jersey the next day. A dramatic incident occurred at a feed zone in Pescara, where Francesco Camusso clashed with a police commissioner and was briefly detained before being allowed to continue after intervention by Giro boss Armando Cougnet. Guerra then won three consecutive stages, but Camusso remained within striking distance. The race’s most controversial moment came in stage 13, when Guerra, suffering from stomach issues, abandoned the race and entered his team car. Organizers Armando Cougnet and Emilio Colombo persuaded him to rejoin the race, and he continued despite having been driven part of the route. No penalty was issued, likely due to Guerra’s popularity and commercial value to the race. Camusso took the lead after that stage, but Guerra reclaimed it in the second time trial in Bologna, where he gained nearly four minutes on the climber. Although Olmo won the final two stages, Guerra secured overall victory by just 51 seconds over Camusso. Route and stages + Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeIn 1934, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the second, third, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth stages included major mountains.Winner 1 19 May Milan to Turin 169.2 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Francesco Camusso ITA 1861 2 20 May Turin to Genoa 206.5 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 21 May Rest day 3 22 May Genoa to Livorno 220.5 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 4 23 May Livorno to Pisa 45 km 0 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Learco Guerra ITA 1861 5 24 May Pisa to Rome 333 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 25 May Rest day 6 26 May Rome to Naples 228 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Learco Guerra ITA 1861 7 27 May Naples to Bari 339 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Adriano Vignoli ITA 1861 28 May Rest day 8 29 May Bari to Campobasso 245 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Félicien Vervaecke BEL 9 30 May Campobasso to Teramo 283 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 10 31 May Teramo to Ancona 214 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 1 June Rest day 11 2 June Ancona to Rimini 213 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Learco Guerra ITA 1861 12 3 June Rimini to Florence 176.5 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 13 4 June Florence to Bologna 120 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Olmo ITA 1861 5 June Rest day 14 6 June Bologna to Ferrara 59 km 0 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Learco Guerra ITA 1861 15 7 June Ferrara to Trieste 273 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Fabio Battesini ITA 1861 16 8 June Trieste to Bassano del Grappa 273 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Olmo ITA 1861 9 June Rest day 17 10 June Bassano to Milan 315 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Olmo ITA 1861 Total 3712.7 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 In 1934, there was a time bonus for the winner of aach stage, but unlike the year before no time bonus for the first rider on a mountain top.van den Akker 2023 68 The race organizers allowed isolated riders to compete in the race, which had a separate classification calculated the same way as the general classification, with a white jersey for the leader of this classification.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.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=1270&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up Significato e valore delle prove di giovani e di stranieri nel XXI Giro d'Italia che ha celebrato il trionfo di Binda Il Littoriale 30 May 1933 Milan, Italy 1–2 7 July 2013 it Meaning and value of the evidence of young people and foreigners in the XXI Tour of Italy which celebrated the triumph of Binda https://web.archive.org/web/20140711174534/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=1270&p=1&c=1 11 July 2014 live If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification. Il Trofeo Magno (en the Great Trophy) was a classification for independent Italian riders competing in the race.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=1248&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up Impressioni e interviste durante la punzonatura Il Littoriale 6 May 1933 2 7 July 2013 it Impressions and interviews during punching https://web.archive.org/web/20140714025629/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=1248&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/2up 14 July 2014 live The riders were divided into teams based on the region of Italy they were from. The calculation of the standings was the same for the team classification. At the end of the race, a trophy was awarded to the winning team and it was then stored at the Federal Secretary of the P.N.P. in their respective province. The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Best foreign riderBest isolated rider25px|link=|alt=Mountains classificationTeam classificationIl Trofeo Magno 1 Francesco Camusso Francesco Camusso Félicien Vervaecke Rinaldo Gerini not awarded ? ? 2 Learco Guerra Eugene Le Goff Bianchi Piemonte 3 Learco Guerra ? 4 Learco Guerra Learco Guerra Emile Decroix Augusto Como Legnano 5 Learco Guerra Eugenio Gestri Remo Bertoni ? 6 Learco Guerra Maino 7 Adriano Vignoli Albert Büchi Adriano Vignoli Emilia 8 Félicien Vervaecke Giuseppe Olmo Jef Demuysere Renato Scorticati 9 Learco Guerra Learco Guerra Emile Decroix Giovanni Gotti 10 Learco Guerra 11 Learco Guerra 12 Learco Guerra Jef Demuysere 13 Giuseppe Olmo Francesco Camusso Gloria 14 Learco Guerra Learco Guerra 15 Fabio Battesini 16 Giuseppe Olmo 17 Giuseppe Olmo Final Learco Guerra Jef Demuysere Giovanni Gotti Remo Bertoni Gloria Emilia Final standings Legend   20px|alt=A pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|alt=A white jersey   Denotes the winner of the isolated rider classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=2032&p=1&c=1#page/5/mode/1up Il "Giro" è finito: ecco i corridori! Il Littoriale 11 June 1934 Milan, Italy 5 7 July 2013 it The "Tour" is over: Here the Riders https://web.archive.org/web/20140711174823/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=2032&p=1&c=1 11 July 2014 liveRankNameTeamTime 1 Learco Guerra ITA 1861 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Maino 121h 17' 17" 2 Francesco Camusso ITA 1861 Gloria + 51" 3 Giovanni Cazzulani ITA 1861 Gloria + 4' 59" 4 Giuseppe Olmo ITA 1861 Bianchi + 5' 39" 5 Giovanni Gotti ITA 186120px|link=|alt=White jersey — + 8' 01" 6 Remo Bertoni ITA 1861 Legnano + 15' 30" 7 Domenico Piemontesi ITA 1861 Maino + 15' 30" 8 Adriano Vignoli ITA 1861 — + 24' 46" 9 Luigi Giacobbe ITA 1861 Maino + 25' 58" 10 Luigi Barral ITA 1861 Bianchi + 33' 18" Foreign rider classification + Final foreign rider classification (1–8)RankNameTeamTime 1 Jef Demuysere BEL Ganna 121h 54' 20" 2 Félicien Vervaecke BEL Ganna + 1h 17' 31" 3 Alfons Guesquière BEL ? + 1h 29' 52" 4 Vicente Trueba ESP 1931 Olympia + 2h 08' 18" 5 Fabien Galateau FRA ? + 2h 17' 55" 6 Vincent Salazard FRA ? + 3h 03' 12" 7 Herbert Sieronski GER empire ? + 3h 10' 55" 8 Max Bulla AUT ? + 3h 22' 22" Isolati rider classification + Final isolati rider classification (1–10)RankNameTime 1 Giovanni Gotti ITA 186120px|link=|alt=White jersey 121h 28' 06" 2 Adriano Vignoli ITA 1861 + 16' 47" 3 Renato Scorticati ITA 1861 + 28' 58" 4 Augusto Como ITA 1861 + 40' 09" 5 Ambrogio Morelli ITA 1861 + 49' 55" 6 Attilio Masarati ITA 1861 + 59' 55" 7 Isidoro Piubellini ITA 1861 + 1h 06' 36" 8 Battista Astrua ITA 1861 + 1h 07' 09" 9 Carlo Oria ITA 1861 + 1h 14' 11" 10 Ernesto Merlini ITA 1861 + 1h 33' 03" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–9)NameTeamPoints 1 Remo Bertoni ITA 1861 Legnano 31 2 Luigi Barral ITA 1861 Bianchi 21 3 Félicien Vervaecke BEL Ganna 19 4 Francesco Camusso ITA 1861 Gloria 17 5 Vicente Trueba ESP 1931 Olympia 10 6 Luigi Giacobbe ITA 1861 Maino 4 Stefano Giuppone ITA 1861 — Orlando Teani ITA 1861 Olympia 9 Giovanni Gotti ITA 1861 — 3 Giovanni Cazzulani ITA 1861 Gloria Adriano Vignoli ITA 1861 — Team classification + Final time classification (1–6)TeamTime 1 Gloria 364h 41' 22" 2 Maino + 27" 3 Bianchi + 41' 13" 4 Legnano + 1h 22' 50" 5 Ganna + 3h 22' 33" 6 Olympia + 5h 59' 28" Il Trofeo Magno + Final Il Trofeo Magno classification (1–3)TeamTime 1 Emilia 366h 09' 58" 2 Lombardia + 10' 51" 3 Piemonte + 1h 15' 49" References Footnotes "Notes" Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 G Giro d'Italia Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia