1930 Giro d'Italia

1930 Giro d'Italia Giro Italia 1930-map.png Race Route May 17 – June 8, 1930 15 3095 km 115h 11' 55" Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 Legnano Luigi Giacobbe ITA 1861 Maino Allegro Grandi ITA 1861 Bianchi Bianchi - Pirelli ITA 1929 1931 The 1930 Giro d'Italia was the 18th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 17 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 174 km 0 on to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 8 June after a 280 km 0 on stage and a total distance covered of 3,095 km 0 on. The race was won by Luigi Marchisio of the Legnano team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Luigi Giacobbe and Allegro Grandi. After the fourth victory (third in a row) of Alfredo Binda in the 1929 edition, organizers paid him 22,500 lire (a sum equal to the prize for the overall winner) to not take part in the race.http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1930.html 1930 Giro d'Italia www.bikeraceinfo.com 2016-07-28 This edition was the first with stages taking place in Sicily. Participants Of the 298 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 17 May, 126 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 8 June. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were six teams that competed in the race: Bianchi-Pirelli, Dei-Pirelli, Gloria-Hutchinson, Legnano-Pirelli, Maino-Clément, and Prina-Hutchinson.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1930.html 1930 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227192800/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1930.html 2014-02-27 live Some riders that were not in a team (isolati) were combined into regional teams.van den Akker 2023 61 The peloton was primarily composed of Italians. Four-time winner and reigning champion Alfredo Binda did not compete in this running of the Giro because the organizers felt he was too dominant and paid his team manager 22,500 lire — the same amount as the first place rider would receive that year — to keep Binda off the start list. The field contained no former winners of the Giro d'Italia. Some notable Italian riders that started the race included Antonio Pesenti, Antonio Negrini, Giuseppe Pancera, and Domenico Piemontesi. Race overview As the peloton made its way by the volcanic Mount Etna during stage two, Luigi Marchisio got hit in the eye by some volcanic rock.Barry Ryan https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/volcanic-interruption-mount-etna-and-the-giro-ditalia/ Volcanic interruption: Mount Etna and the Giro d'Italia 13 May 2020 Cycling News 13 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200513133743/https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/volcanic-interruption-mount-etna-and-the-giro-ditalia/ 13 May 2020 live This prompted him to wear a covering over his eyes for several days after the incident. In stage 3, Marchisio took control of the race by winning the stage, and becoming the new race leader.https://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/GdI/GdI_1930.htm 18th Giro d'Italia 1930 (Italy), Marchisio wins a "Binda-less" Giro Victory Cycling Revealed Barry Boyce Marchisio escaped in the fourth stage, and won time on all other riders, increasing his lead in the general classification to almost five minutes on Giacobbe. In the sixth stage, Giacobbe did not win, but finished four minutes ahead of Marchisio. Marchisio's lead was down to 33 seconds. From stage seven to the end of the Giro, Marchisio did not let Giacobbe ride away. Marchisio kept his small lead until the end of the Giro, and became the winner of the 1930 Giro. Final standings Stage results Sicily was visited for the first time in 1930.van den Akker 2023 8 + Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeIn 1930, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, second, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth stages included major mountains.WinnerRace Leader 1 17 May Messina to Catania 174 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Michele Mara ITA 1861 Michele Mara ITA 1861 2 18 May Catania to Palermo 280 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Leonida Frascarelli ITA 1861 Antonio Negrini ITA 1861 3 20 May Palermo to Messina 257 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 4 22 May Reggio Calabria to Catanzaro 173 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 5 23 May Catanzaro to Cosenza 118 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Domenico Piemontesi ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 6 25 May Cosenza to Salerno 292 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Allegro Grandi ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 7 27 May Salerno to Naples 180 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Raffaele Di Paco ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 8 28 May Naples to Rome 247 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 9 30 May Rome to Teramo 203 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Michele Mara ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 10 31 May Teramo to Ancona 185 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Michele Mara ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 11 2 June Ancona to Forlì 182 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 12 3 June Forlì to Rovigo 188 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Michele Mara ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 13 5 June Rovigo to Asiago 150 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Antonio Pesenti ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 14 6 June Asiago to Brescia 186 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Leonida Frascarelli ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 15 8 June Brescia to Milan 280 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Michele Mara ITA 1861 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 Total 3095 km 0 on General classification There were 67 cyclists who had completed all fifteen 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. Aristide Cavallini won the prize for best ranked isolati 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)RankNameTeamTime 1 Luigi Marchisio ITA 1861 Legnano 115h 11' 55" 2 Luigi Giacobbe ITA 1861 Maino + 52" 3 Allegro Grandi ITA 1861 Bianchi + 1' 49" 4 Ambrogio Morelli ITA 1861 Gloria + 11' 12" 5 Antonio Pesenti ITA 1861 Dei-Pirelli + 16' 01" 6 Antonio Negrini ITA 1861 Maino + 17' 48" 7 Felice Gremo ITA 1861 Legnano + 22' 28" 8 Aristide Cavallini ITA 1861 — + 23' 58" 9 Learco Guerra ITA 1861 Maino + 36' 10" 10 Amerigo Cacioni ITA 1861 — + 37' 11" Team classification The Team classification in the Giro d'Italia was (re-)introduced in 1930. It was calculated based on time: the times in the general classification of the highest ranked three riders per team were added, and the team with lowest cumulative time was the winner. In 1930, there were two prizes: the Trofeo Morgnani for professional teams, and the Trofeo Magno for isolated riders who were combined into regions.van den Akker 2023 80 + Trofeo Morgnani (1–4)RankTeam 1 Bianchi 2 Legnano 3 Maino 4 Gloria The Bianchi team was the only team that did not lose any riders,van den Akker 2023 24 while Prina-Hutchinson was the only team that did not have any rider finish.van den Akker 2023 25 Aftermath Marchisio, who received medical care on his eye in Palermo, stated later the doctor advised him to abandon the race, but he then said: "Losing my sight is one thing, but not winning the Giro would really have bothered me." References Footnotes "Notes" Citations 30em Bibliography http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=5203&p=1&c=1#page/38/mode/2up La Rivincita di Binda Lo Sport Fascista June 1930 Vittorio Varale 3 6 38–40 7 July 2013 it The Revenge of Binda https://web.archive.org/web/20190501130042/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=5203&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/2up 1 May 2019 live van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 G Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Category:Giro d'Italia by year