1952 Giro d'Italia

1952 Giro d'Italia 17 May - 8 June 1952 20 3964 km 114h 36' 43" Fausto Coppi ITA Bianchi pink Fiorenzo Magni ITA Ganna Ferdinand Kübler SUI Fiorelli Raphaël Géminiani FRA Bianchi Bianchi 1951 1953 The 1952 Giro d'Italia was the 35th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Milan on 17 May with a 217 km 1 on flat stage and concluded back in Milan with a 147 km 1 on relatively flat mass-start stage on 8 June. Sixteen teams entered the race, which was won by Italian Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi team. Second and third respectively were Italian Fiorenzo Magni and Swiss rider Ferdinand Kübler.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1952/06/09/pagina-6/635384/pdf.html# Coppi Vencedor De La Vuelta A Italia 9 June 1952 6 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 es Coppi the Winner of the Tour of Italy https://web.archive.org/web/20131224110848/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1952/06/09/pagina-6/635384/pdf.html 24 December 2013 live http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1597_02_1952_0135A_0005_23597416/ Trionfo di Coppi nel Giro it 9 June 1952 5 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Triumph of Coppi in the Girohttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1952_06%2F19520609_0004.pdf&query= Per la quarta volta Coppi trionfa nel "Giro d'Italia" 2019-02-16 it For the fourth time Coppi triumphs in the "Giro d'Italia" 9 June 1952 4 l'Unità https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022607/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1952_06%2F19520609_0004.pdf&query= 2016-03-04 dead Teams Nineteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1952 edition of the Giro d'Italia,http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11152&p=1#page/1/mode/1up Diciannove squadre con corridori di nove nazioni al Giro d'Italia Corriere dello Sport 7 May 1952 1 & 5 7 July 2013 it Nineteen teams with nine-nation riders at the Giro d'Italia https://web.archive.org/web/20190504044620/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11152&p=1#page/1/mode/2up 4 May 2019 live but only seventeen accepted the invitation.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=11157&p=1&c=1#page/3/mode/1up Gli inscritti Corriere dello Sport 14 May 1952 3 16 February 2019http://doc.rero.ch/record/227753/files/1952-05-17.pdf Le Tour d'Italie debute aujourd'hui The Tour of Italy debuts today fr Desch. La Sentinelle 17 May 1952 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20200616144534/http://doc.rero.ch/record/227753/files/1952-05-17.pdf 16 June 2020 live RERO It was planned to have a team of seven German riders, sponsored by Paglianti, so they were assigned bib numbers 71 to 77. A few days before the start of the 1952 Giro, it became clear that there had been a miscommunication between the Giro organisation and the German cycling authority: the German cycling organisation was not planning to send riders, because they never reached an agreement on the financial compensation.van den Akker 2023 23http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11160&p=2#page/6/mode/1up Lo schieramento in corsa Corriere dello Sport 17 May 1952 6 7 July 2013 it The deployment in the running https://web.archive.org/web/20141223204250/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11160&p=2 23 December 2014 live Each team sent a squad of seven riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 112 cyclists.http://doc.rero.ch/record/99479/files/1952-05-16.pdf Avant le 35e Tour d'Italie cycliste Before the Cycling Tour of Italy fr L'Impartial 16 May 1952 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20191001083011/http://doc.rero.ch/record/99479/files/1952-05-16.pdf 1 October 2019 live RERO From the riders that began the race, 98 made it to the finish in Milan.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1952.html 1952 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20141223222754/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1952.html 23 December 2014 live The teams entering the race were: 12em Arbos 1952 Atala 1952 Bartali 1952 Benotto 1952 Bianchi Bottecchia 1952 Fiorelli 1952 Frejus 1952 Ganna 1952 Garin Girardengo 1952 Guerra Legnano 1952 Nilux Torpado 1952 Welter 1952 Pre-race favorites The "Big Three" of Italian cycling started the race and were all seen as strong favorites to win the race. Reigning champion Fiorenzo Magni (Ganna) started the race with hopes of winning the race a third time (He also won in 1948). Three-time champion (1940, 1947, & 1949) Fausto Coppi (Bianchi). Gino Bartali (Bartali) made his twelfth start at the race, with a history of winning the race three times (1936, 1937, & 1946) and four second-place finishes. Due to the participation of several strong riders at the time, including many non-Italian riders, at the race was thought to be very competitive and the event growing into a more international event. Current Swiss road race champion and world road race champion Ferdinand Kübler (Fiorelli) started the race. Kübler entered the race after having won two of the three races comprising the Ardennes classics that took place in early May (Liège–Bastogne–Liège and La Flèche Wallonne). He was seen as a strong favorite to contend for the general classification, along with having a strong team in support. Hugo Koblet (Guerra), who won the 1950 Giro d'Italia, started the race. Attilio Camoriano of l'Unità wrote that Koblet could be a threat in the race if he was not using it as preparation for the upcoming Tour de France.6 nomi nel gioco del pronostico Koblet, Coppi, Bartali, Kubler, Magni, e Minardi https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/05/16/page_004.pdf 2019-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928052002/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/05/16/page_004.pdf it 16 May 1952 4 l'Unità 6 names in the prediction game Koblet, Coppi, Bartali, Kubler, Magni, and Minardi Attilio Camoriano 28 September 2019 live The previous year's runner-up Rik Van Steenbergen and teammate Stan Ockers (Girardengo) were seen as the best Belgian entrants with general classification chances. Milan–San Remo winner Loretto Petrucci (Bianchi) was known to ride for Coppi, but there were thoughts that he would be able to attack after the Dolomites. The Nilux team featured three Australian riders,Mazzi 2005 136 who may have been the first Australian riders to participate in the race. The Torpado team featured famed Spanish riders Bernardo Ruiz and Jesús Loroño. It was noted that top French riders at the time were lacking from the race's start list, although Raphaël Géminiani (Bianchi) did participate as a support for Coppi. Géminiani had finished second at the 1951 Tour de France and had the reputation of a climber. Tour de Romandie winner Wout Wagtmans (Garin) was set to ride the Giro, but withdrew at the last moment. It was speculated to be a battle between Swiss and Italian riders. Route and stages The route was revealed on 29 February 1952.Il Giro '52 ha gia pronto l'abito nuovo ma il Sud (il grande escluso) protesta … https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/03/01/page_004.pdf 2019-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20190504050426/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/03/01/page_004.pdf it 1 March 1952 4 l'Unità The Giro '52 already has the new suit ready but the South (the great excluded) protests … Attilio Camoriano 4 May 2019 live http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11158&p=1#page/5/mode/1up Il Giro d'Italia Corriere dello Sport 15 May 1952 1 & 5 7 July 2013 it The Giro d'Italia https://web.archive.org/web/20190928050812/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11158&p=1#page/1/mode/2up 28 September 2019 livehttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11159&p=1#page/5/mode/1up Il Giro d'Italia Corriere dello Sport 16 May 1952 1 & 5 7 July 2013 it The Giro d'Italia https://web.archive.org/web/20190928051145/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11159&p=1#page/1/mode/2up 28 September 2019 liveIl Giro d'Italia 1952 non e perfetto Ma puo essere perfetta una corsa? https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/05/15/page_004.pdf 2019-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928051559/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/05/15/page_004.pdf it 15 May 1952 4 l'Unità The 1952 Giro d'Italia is not perfect But can a race be perfect? Attilio Camoriano 28 September 2019 live Verso Bologna rotola veloce il Giro alla caccia della prima maglia rosa https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/05/17/page_004.pdf 2019-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928052230/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/05/17/page_004.pdf it 17 May 1952 4 l'Unità Towards Bologna the Giro quickly rolls to hunt for the first pink jersey Attilio Camoriano 28 September 2019 live The race route contained twenty stages, of which two were individual time trials, as well as three rest days. There were twelve categorized climbs that awarded points for the mountains classification across seven stages.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11159&p=1#page/5/mode/1up I 12 traguardi del G. P. della Montagna Corriere dello Sport 16 May 1952 6 7 July 2013 it Here are the 12 climbs of the G. P. Mountain https://web.archive.org/web/20190928051145/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11159&p=1#page/1/mode/2up 28 September 2019 live The route was thought to give chances of success to all types of riders as there were several flat stages, "mixed" stages, time trials, and mountainous stages. The first time trial was flat, while the second had a final 7 km 0 on that was downhill. The eleventh and nineteenth stages were seen as the most important. The eleventh leg featured three climbs as the race traveled from Venice to Bolzano and climbed the Falzarego, Pordoi Pass, and Passo Sella. Stage 19 stretched from Saint-Vincent to Verbania and featured the climbs of Great St Bernard Pass, which was the highest pass of the race at 2473 m 0 on, and Simplon Pass. Camoriano wrote when the route was announced that the route was open and good for those that are "capable and complete." + Stage characteristics and resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner117 MayMilan to Bologna217 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Giorgio Albani ITA218 MayBologna to Montecatini Terme197 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Angelo Conterno ITA319 MayMontecatini Terme to Siena205 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Antonio Bevilacqua ITA420 MaySiena to Rome250 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Désiré Keteleer BEL21 May Rest day522 MayRome to Rocca di Papa35 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Fausto Coppi ITA623 MayRome to Naples23 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rik Van Steenbergen BEL724 MayNaples to Roccaraso140 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giorgio Albani ITA825 MayRoccaraso to Ancona224 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rino Benedetti ITA926 MayAncona to Riccione250 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rik Van Steenbergen BEL1027 MayRiccione to Venezia285 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rik Van Steenbergen BEL28 May Rest day1129 MayVenezia to Bolzano276 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi ITA1230 MayBolzano to Bergamo226 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Oreste Conte ITA1331 MayBergamo to Como143 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Alfredo Pasotti ITA141 JuneErba to Como65 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Fausto Coppi ITA152 JuneComo to Genoa247 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Giuseppe Minardi ITA163 JuneGenoa to Sanremo141 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Annibale Brasola ITA4 June Rest day175 JuneSanremo to Cuneo190 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Nino Defilippis ITA186 JuneCuneo to Saint-Vincent190 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Pasquale Fornara ITA197 JuneSaint-Vincent to Verbania298 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Fritz Schär SUI208 JuneVerbania to Milan147 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Antonio Bevilacqua ITA Total 3964 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 There were several secondary classification. The highest ranked cyclist riding with a licence for independents was identified by the white jersey; at the end of the Giro this was Donato Zampini.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11179&p=1 La maglia bianca Corriere dello Sport 9 June 1952 it 7 October 2015 The White jersey https://web.archive.org/web/20141222225653/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11179&p=1 22 December 2014 live Another classification was calculated in the same method, but was exclusive to foreign riders and awarded a green jersey.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11169&p=1#page/5/mode/1up La maglia verde Corriere dello Sport 9 June 1952 it 7 October 2015 The Green jersey https://web.archive.org/web/20190430183609/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11169&p=1#page/1/mode/2up 30 April 2019 The mountains classification leader wore no leader's jersey. There was one category for mountains which awarded 6, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point to the first five riders.van den Akker 2023 88 Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of best three cyclists per team per stagevan den Akker 2023 80 were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time. +Classification leadership by stagehttps://web.archive.org/web/20241208085927/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1952 8 December 2024 https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1952 tourdefrancestatistieken.nl Informatie over de Giro d'Italia van 1952 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=A pink jerseyBest foreign rider25px|link=|alt=Best independent rider25px|link=|alt=Mountains classificationTeam classification 1 Giorgio Albani Giorgio Albani Rik Van Steenbergen Adolfo Grosso not awarded Legnano 2 Angelo Conterno Angelo Conterno Raphaël Géminiani & Alex Close Angelo Conterno Raphaël Géminiani 3 Antonio Bevilacqua Nino Defilippis Nino Defilippis 4 Désiré Keteleer 5 Fausto Coppi Giancarlo Astrua Raphaël Géminiani Donato Zampini 6 Rik Van Steenbergen Giacomo Zampieri Bianchi 7 Giorgio Albani 8 Rino Benedetti Legnano 9 Rik Van Steenbergen 10 Rik Van Steenbergen Fausto Coppi Ferdinand Kübler Bottecchia 11 Fausto Coppi Donato Zampini Fausto Coppi Bianchi 12 Oreste Conte 13 Alfredo Pasotti 14 Fausto Coppi 15 Giuseppe Minardi 16 Annibale Brasola 17 Nino Defilippis Fausto Coppi & Raphaël Géminiani 18 Pasquale Fornara Bottecchia 19 Fritz Schär Raphaël Géminiani Bianchi 20 Antonio Bevilacqua Final Fausto Coppi Ferdinand Kübler Donato ZampiniRaphaël Géminiani Bianchi 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=11179&p=1#page/6/mode/1up Classifica Generale Corriere dello Sport 9 June 1952 1 7 July 2013 it General Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20141222225653/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11179&p=1 22 December 2014 liveRankNameTeamTime 1 Fausto Coppi ITA 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Bianchi 114h 36' 43" 2 Fiorenzo Magni ITA Ganna + 9' 18" 3 Ferdinand Kübler SUI20px|alt=A green jersey Fiorelli + 9' 24" 4 Donato Zampini ITA20px|alt=A white jersey Benotto + 10' 29" 5 Gino Bartali ITA Bartali + 10' 33" 6 Stan Ockers BEL Girardengo + 10'58" 7 Giancarlo Astrua ITA Atala + 14' 30" 8 Hugo Koblet SUI Guerra + 14' 38" 9 Raphaël Géminiani FRA Bianchi + 16' 44" 10 Giorgio Albani ITA Legnano + 18' 14" Independent rider classification + Final Independent rider classification (1–8)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11179&p=1#page/6/mode/1up Classifica a squadre Corriere dello Sport 9 June 1952 10 7 July 2013 it Team Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20141222225653/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=11179&p=1 22 December 2014 liveRankNameTime 1 Donato Zampini ITA 20px|alt=A white jersey 114h 47' 12" 2 Giacomo Zampieri ITA + 8' 23" 3 Giovanni Roma ITA + 13' 28" 4 Vittorio Rossello ITA + 14' 00" 5 Arrigo Padovan ITA + 15' 28" 6 Elio Brasola ITA + 17' 33" 7 Nino Defilippis ITA + 22' 08" 8 Carlo Clerici SUI + 25' 00" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–4)http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,0048_01_1952_0135_0004_12375295/ Scalata in comitiva dei valichi alpini e vittoria di Schaer al traguardo di Verbania it 8 June 1952 4 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Climbing in a group of Alpine passes and Schaer victory at the finish line of VerbaniaNameTeamPoints 1 Raphaël Géminiani FRA Bianchi 31 2 Fausto Coppi ITA 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Bianchi 28 3 Gino Bartali ITA Bartali 23 4 Giancarlo Astrua ITA Atala 16 Team classification + Final team classification (1-3)TeamTime 1 Bianchi 344h 56' 35" 2 Bottecchia + 4' 25" 3 Legnano + 11' 24" Kubler was the highest ranked non-Italian rider.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,0048_02_1952_0135_0005_12062322/ Classifica finale it 9 June 1952 5 Stampa Sera Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Final classification References Citations 30em Bibliography Mazzi Benito Coppi, Bartali, Carollo e Malabrocca: Le Avventure della Maglia Nera Ediciclo Portogruaro (Venezia) 2005 9788888829173 https://books.google.com/books?id=kzZGd8CyApcC van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1952 Category:1952 in Italian sport Category:1952 in road cycling Category:May 1952 sports events in Europe Category:June 1952 sports events in 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