1919 Giro d'Italia

1919 Giro d'Italia Giro Italia 1919-map.png Race Route 21 May – 8 June 1919 10 2984 km 112h 51' 29" Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Stucchi Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 Bianchi Marcel Buysse BEL Bianchi Stucchi - Dunlop 1914 1920 The 1919 Giro d'Italia was the seventh edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 21 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 302.8 km 0 on to Trento, finishing back in Milan on 8 June after a 277 km 0 on stage and a total distance covered of 2984 km 0 on. The race was won by the Italian rider Costante Girardengo of the Stucchi team. Second and third respectively were Italian Gaetano Belloni and Belgian Marcel Buysse. Of 66 riders starting the race, only 15 completed it. The Giro (the first one after the Great War) had the first two stages arriving in the "unredeemed" cities of Trento and Trieste, and was dominated by Girardengo, who won seven stages. The '"eternal second" Gaetano Belloni won his first stage in the Giro. This edition of the race was also characterised by the first stage victory by a Swiss rider and by the first non-Italian cyclist on the final podium: the Belgian Marcel Buysse. Participants List of teams and cyclists in the 1919 Giro d'Italia Of the 63 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 21 May, fifteen of them made it to the finish in Milan on 8 June.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1919.html 1919 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 four teams that competed in the race: Bianchi Pirelli, Legnano-Pirelli, Peugeot-Tedeschi, and Stucchi-Dunlop. The isolati riders that participated in the race were primarily war veterans.http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1919/ Special Editions: 1919 2017 Giro d'Italia La Gazzetta dello Sport 12 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20191006074142/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1919/ 6 October 2019 live Organizers promised all isolati riders at least 180 lire if they reached Milan. The Milan Army Corps carried participants luggage for the race with a Fiat 18 BL lorry that remained after the war. 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 Eberardo Pavesi who was a member of the 1912 Atala winning team. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Costante Girardengo, Angelo Gremo, Ezio Corlaita, and Giuseppe Santhià. Girardengo was current Italian men's road race champion and was recovering from the Spanish flu. Race summary The first stage ended in Trento, which was at that time part of Austria-Hungary, although it had been occupied by Italian soldiers following World War I, and would annexed by Italy later that year. This was the first time that an international border was crossed during the Giro d'Italia.van den Akker 2023 7 This first stage ended in a small group sprint, won by Costante Girardengo, who thereby became leader.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1177_01_1919_0139_0005_24857042/ Girardengo, l'imbattibilie vince la prima tappa Milano-Trento Girardengo the unbeatable wins the first stage Milan-Trento 22 May 1919 La Stampa Italian 5 The second stage went to Trieste, also not yet annexed by Italy. This region had been heavily damaged in the war, and roads were in bad condition. At one point, the Tagliamento needed to be crossed, but the bridge had collapsed. Riders had to cross the water by foot, carrying their bikes. Girardengo won that stage after a solo escape, and remained leader. The third stage ended in a bunch sprint, but now Girardengo was beaten to second place by Oscar Egg. Girardengo remained firmly in the lead. The fourth stage was 411 km, only seven stages have been longer in the Giro.van den Akker 2023 43 In that stage, Corlaita and Lucotti escaped and stayed away until the finish, taking more than eight minutes on all the other riders. Girardengo stayed on top of the general classification. He was the favourite to win, but the race was not yet seen as decided.https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46283877/f2.item.zoom Le Tour d'Italie French 2 L'Auto Gallica 29 May 1919 In the fifth stage, Girardengo did better. He was part of the first group of four riders that finished more than 17 minutes ahead of the rest. In the sprint he lost against Belloni, but in the general classification he increased his leading margin to 23 minutes. From then on, there were five more stages. They were all won by Girardengo. This also included the eighth stage. While waiting for the second rider to arrive, he was interviewed by Emilio Colombo, who asked Girardengo how he would like to be called. Girardengo told Colombo to do what he thought best, and Colombo decided to call him the Champion of Champions (ti chiamerò campionissimo). This name would be used for Girardengo for the rest of his career.The Story of the Giro D'Italia: A Year-by-Year History of the Tour of Italy, Volume 1 Bill&Carol McGann 9780984311767 Final standings Stage results + Stage resultshttps://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/GdI/GdI_1919.htm Girardengo Untouchable CyclingRevealed Barry Boyce CyclingRevealed 2012-07-10StageDateCourseDistanceTypeIn 1919, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, second, fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth stages included major mountains.WinnerRace Leader1 21 May Milan to Trento 302.8 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 18612 23 May Trento to Trieste 334.3 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 18613 25 May Trieste to Ferrara 282 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Oscar Egg SUI Costante Girardengo ITA 18614 27 May Ferrara to Pescara 411.2 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Ezio Corlaita ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 18615 29 May Pescara to Naples 312.5 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 18616 31 May Naples to Rome 203.8 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 18617 2 June Rome to Florence 350.8 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 18618 4 June Florence to Genoa 261.8 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 18619 6 June Genoa to Turin 248 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 186110 8 June Turin to Milan 277 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Total 2984 km 0 on General classification thumb|right|Costante Girardengo won the race after leading it from start to finish.|alt=A man looking at a camera while posing. There were fifteen 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. Giosuè Lombardi 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 + Final general classification (1–10)http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=9433#first https://archive.today/20130726203554/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=9433%23first dead July 26, 2013 Giro d'Italia 1919 Cycling Archives 16 April 2013http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,1177_01_1919_0157_0004_24306803/anews,true/ Girardengo vince il Giro d'Italia it 9 June 1919 4 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 Girardengo wins the Tour of Italyhttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4628399f/f3.item.zoom Le Tour d'Italie French 10 June 1919 Gallica L'Auto 3RankNameTeamTime 1 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Stucchi-Dunlop 112h 51' 29" 2 Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 Bianchi + 51' 56" 3 Marcel Buysse BEL Bianchi + 1h 05' 31" 4 Clemente Canepari ITA 1861 Stucchi-Dunlop + 1h 34' 35" 5 Ugo Agostoni ITA 1861 Bianchi + 1h 39' 39" 6 Angelo Gremo ITA 1861 Stucchi-Dunlop + 2h 20' 01" 7 Ezio Corlaita ITA 1861 Stucchi-Dunlop + 4h 12' 07" 8 Lauro Bordin ITA 1861 Maino + 4h 16' 32" 9 Giosuè Lombardi ITA 1861 — + 4h 28' 33" 10 Ugo Ruggeri ITA 1861 — + 6h 03' 51" Final general classification (11–15)RankNameTeamTime 11 Marcel Godivier FRA Bianchi + 6h 52' 54" 12 Costante Costa ITA 1861 Verdi + 6h 53' 31" 13 Enrico Sala ITA 1861 — + 7h 15' 17" 14 Ottavio Pratesi ITA 1861 — + 7h 57' 40" 15 Francesco Marchese ITA 1861 Verdi + 9h 20' 59" Points classification There was a points based classification for the race. + Final points classification (1–10)RankNameTeamPoints 1 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Stucchi-Dunlop 21 2 Gaetano Belloni ITA 1861 Bianchi 46 3 Marcel Buysse BEL Bianchi 62 4 Clemente Canepari ITA 1861 Stucchi-Dunlop 73 5 Angelo Gremo ITA 1861 Stucchi-Dunlop 78 6 Ugo Agostoni ITA 1861 Bianchi 88 7 Ezio Corlaita ITA 1861 Stucchi-Dunlop 9? 8 Marcel Godivier ITA 1861 Bianchi 99 9 Giosuè Lombardi ITA 1861 — 119 Lauro Bordin ITA 1861 Maino References Notes "Notes" Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1919 Giro d'Italia 1 5 6 10 Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro Ditalia, 1919 Giro Ditalia, 1919 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia