1923 Giro d'Italia

1923 Giro d'Italia Giro Italia 1923-map.png Route of the 11th Giro d'Italia,run anti-clockwise from Milan to Milan 23 May - 10 June 1923 10 3202.7 km 143h 43' 37" Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Maino Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 Legnano Bartolomeo Aymo ITA 1861 Atala Legnano 1922 1924 The 1923 Giro d'Italia was the 11th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 23 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 328 km 0 on to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 10 June after a 341.3 km 0 on stage and a total distance covered of 3202.7 km 0 on. The race was won by the Italian rider Costante Girardengo of the Maino team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Giovanni Brunero and Bartolomeo Aymo. This year saw the debutant Ottavio Bottecchia finish in 5th place overall, and the leading 'isolate' (rider without a team). Bottecchia caught the attention of French rider Henri Pélissier, who instigated his glorious Tour de France career. Participants Of the 96 or 97 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 23 May, 38 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 10 June.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1923.html 1923 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20140223035404/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1923.html 2014-02-23 live Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were three teams that competed in the race: Atala, Legnano, and Maino. The peloton was completely composed of Italians. The field featured two former Giro d'Italia champions in the 1919 Giro d'Italia winner Costante Girardengo and returning champion Giovanni Brunero. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Bartolomeo Aymo, Ottavio Bottecchia, Angelo Gremo, and Giovanni Rossignoli. In 1923, the best amateurs could ride as guests in a professional team, these riders were called 'fuoriclassi amatoriali'. van den Akker 2023 49 Race summary In the first stage, a group of eight riders with all the favourites distanced themselves 11 minutes from all other riders. Girardengo won the sprint, and became the first leader. The second stage was won by Aymo, almost a minute ahead of his rivals. Aymo became the new leader. In the third stage, Linotti and Girardengo crossed the finish line very close to each other, and the jury could not determine who had won; both were declared winner.van den Akker 2023 32 Two days later, the Italian Cycling Federation declared Girardengo to be the winner of the stage. Girardengo also won the fourth and fifth stages, both ending in a bunch sprint. Because Aymo finished in the bunch both times, he remained leader. In the sixth stage, Girardengo escpaed with Brunero, and won the sprint. Aymo finished multiple minutes behind, and lost his lead; Girardengo became leader again. In the following stages, Girardengo was dominant, winning all of them except the ninth stage where he was narrowly beaten by Sivocci in a sprint. Girardengo thus became the clear winner of the Giro, winning eight of ten stages. Final standings Stage results + Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeIn 1923, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, and tenth stages included major mountains.WinnerRace Leader 1 23 May Milan to Turin 328 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 2 25 May Turin to Genoa 312.9 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Bartolomeo Aymo ITA 1861 Bartolomeo Aymo ITA 1861 3 27 May Genoa to Florence 265 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Bartolomeo Aymo ITA 1861 4 29 May Florence to Rome 288.7 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Bartolomeo Aymo ITA 1861 5 31 May Rome to Naples 281.5 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Bartolomeo Aymo ITA 1861 6 2 June Naples to Chieti 283.1 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 7 4 June Chieti to Bologna 383 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 8 6 June Bologna to Trieste 362.2 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 9 8 June Trieste to Mantua 357 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Alfredo Sivocci ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 10 10 June Mantua to Milan 341.3 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Total 3202.7 km 0 on General classification thumb|right|Costante Girardengo won the Giro and also won eight of the ten stages.|alt=A man looking at a camera while posing. There were 38 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. Ottavio Bottecchia 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)RankNameTeamTime 1 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Maino 122h 28' 17" 2 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 Legnano-Pirelli + 37" 3 Bartolomeo Aymo ITA 1861 Atala + 10' 25" 4 Federico Gay ITA 1861 Atala + 41' 25" 5 Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 — + 45' 49" 6 Giuseppe Enrici ITA 1861 Legnano-Pirelli + 49' 30" 7 Michele Gordini ITA 1861 Ganna + 52' 15" 8 Emilio Petiva ITA 1861 Maino + 55' 17" 9 Giovanni Trentarossi ITA 1861 Berrettini + 1h 00' 29" 10 Angelo Gremo ITA 1861 Maino + 1h 12' 06" Final general classification (11–38)RankNameTeamTime 11 Alfredo Sivocci ITA 1861 Legnano + 1h 16' 33" 12 Pierino Bestetti ITA 1861 Berettini + 1h 20' 58" 13 Secondo Martinetto ITA 1861 — + 1h 21' 54" 14 Giovanni Tragella ITA 1861 — + 1h 41' 51" 15 Guido Messeri ITA 1861 — + 1h 52' 42" 16 Ottavio Pratesi ITA 1861 Lygie + 1h 53' 39" 17 Saverio Dartardi ITA 1861 — + 1h 58' 38" 18 Giovanni Rossignoli ITA 1861 — + 2h 21' 44" 19 Pietro Fasoli ITA 1861 — + 2h 58' 57" 20 Angiolo Marchi ITA 1861 — + 3h 11' 00" 21 Alessandro Tonani ITA 1861 Maino + 3h 17' 22" 22 Angelo Veneis ITA 1861 — + 3h 28' 29" 23 Pasquale Di Pietro ITA 1861 — + 3h 59' 51" 24 Gianbattista Gilli ITA 1861 — + 4h 08' 49" 25 Luigi Lucotti ITA 1861 — + 4h 28' 36" 26 Ugo Ruggeri ITA 1861 — + 4h 36' 23" 27 Domenico Schierano ITA 1861 — + 4h 37' 00" 28 Otello Massaro ITA 1861 — + 5h 31' 51" 29 Enrico Sala ITA 1861 — + 5h 45' 00" 30 Giuseppe Ruffoni ITA 1861 — + 6h 10' 56" 31 Menotti Vaccari ITA 1861 — + 6h 13' 13" 32 Romolo Lazzaretti ITA 1861 — + 6h 35' 25" 33 Arturo Ferrario ITA 1861 — + 7h 58' 21" 34 Antonio Buelli ITA 1861 — + 9h 28' 07" 35 Clemente Canepari ITA 1861 — + 8h 59' 38" 36 Telesforo Benaglia ITA 1861 — + 10h 46' 52" 37 Giuseppe Borghi ITA 1861 — + 11h 09' 48" 38 Giusto Scherl ITA 1861 — + 11h 51' 19" Notes "Notes" References Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1923 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia