1936_Giro_d'Italia
1936 Giro d'Italia
Cycling race
The 1936 Giro d'Italia was the 24th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 16 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 161 km (100 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 7 June after a 248 km (154 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,766 km (2,340 mi). The race was won by Gino Bartali of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Giuseppe Olmo and Severino Canavesi coming in second and third respectively.[1]
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| Dates | 16 May – 7 June 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 19, including two split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,766 km (2,340 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 120h 12' 30" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Of the 89 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 16 May,[2] 45 of them made it to the finish in Rome on 7 June.[3] Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team; 46 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 44 competed independently.[2] The seven teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Dei, Fréjus, Ganna, Gloria, Legnano, and Maino.[3]
The peloton was composed of only Italian riders due to the political situation involving Italy at the time.[3] The field featured two former Giro d'Italia winners with Costante Girardengo who won the race in 1919 and 1923 and the returning champion Vasco Bergamaschi.[2][3] Other notable Italian riders included Gino Bartali, Giovanni Valetti, and Giuseppe Olmo.[2][3]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type[N 1] | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 May | Milan to Turin | 161 km (100 mi) |  |
Plain stage |  Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) | |
| 2 | 17 May | Turin to Genoa | 206 km (128 mi) |  |
Stage with mountain(s) | Aldo Bini (ITA) | |
| 3 | 18 May | Genoa to Montecatini Terme | 206 km (128 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Raffaele Di Paco (ITA) | |
| 19 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 4 | 20 May | Montecatini Terme to Grosseto | 220 km (137 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Fabio Battesini (ITA) | |
| 5 | 21 May | Grosseto to Rome | 248 km (154 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) | |
| 22 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 6 | 23 May | Rome to Naples | 230 km (143 mi) | |
Plain stage | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) | |
| 7 | 24 May | Naples to Bari | 283 km (176 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Raffaele Di Paco (ITA) | |
| 25 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 8 | 26 May | Bari to Campobasso | 243 km (151 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Olimpio Bizzi (ITA) | |
| 9 | 27 May | Campobasso to L'Aquila | 204 km (127 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Gino Bartali (ITA) | |
| 10 | 28 May | L'Aquila to Rieti | 117 km (73 mi) | |
Plain stage | Raffaele Di Paco (ITA) | |
| 11 | 29 May | Rieti to Monte Terminillo | 20 km (12 mi) |  |
Individual time trial | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) | |
| 12 | 30 May | Rieti to Florence | 292 km (181 mi) | |
Plain stage | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) | |
| 13 | 31 May | Florence to Cesenatico | 139 km (86 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) | |
| 14 | 1 June | Cesenatico to Ferrara | 155 km (96 mi) | |
Plain stage | Raffaele Di Paco (ITA) | |
| 15a | 2 June | Ferrara to Padua | 106 km (66 mi) | |
Plain stage | Raffaele Di Paco (ITA) | |
| 15b | Padua to Venice | 39 km (24 mi) | |
Individual time trial | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) | ||
| 3 June | Rest day | ||||||
| 16 | 4 June | Venice to Legnago | 183 km (114 mi) | |
Plain stage | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) | |
| 17a | 5 June | Legnago to Riva del Garda | 139 km (86 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) | |
| 17b | Riva del Garda to Gardone Riviera | 100 km (62 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Gino Bartali (ITA) | ||
| 18 | 6 June | Gardone Riviera to Salsomaggiore Terme | 206 km (128 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Gino Bartali (ITA) | |
| 19 | 7 June | Salsomaggiore Terme to Milan | 248 km (154 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) | |
| Total | 3,766 km (2,340 mi) | ||||||
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.[4]
The highest ranked isolati cyclist in the general classification were tracked.
In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.[4]
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.[3][5] If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification.[5]
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Best isolati rider | Mountains classification | Team classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giuseppe Olmo | Giuseppe Olmo | Remo Bertoni, Isidoro Piubellini, Auguste Como, Luigi Macchi, Giuppono, and Eugenio Gestri | not awarded | ? |
| 2 | Aldo Bini | Aldo Bini | Remo Bertoni, Isidoro Piubellini, Luigi Macchi, and Eugenio Gestri | ||
| 3 | Raffaele Di Paco | Isidoro Piubellini & Luigi Macchi | |||
| 4 | Fabio Battesini | Gino Bartali | |||
| 5 | Giuseppe Olmo | Isidoro Piubellini | |||
| 6 | Giuseppe Olmo | Aldo Bini & Giuseppe Olmo[N 2] | |||
| 7 | Raffaele Di Paco | Giuseppe Olmo | |||
| 8 | Olimpio Bizzi | ||||
| 9 | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Edoardo Molinar | ||
| 10 | Raffaele Di Paco | ||||
| 11 | Giuseppe Olmo | ||||
| 12 | Giuseppe Olmo | Legnano | |||
| 13 | Giuseppe Olmo | Bianchi | |||
| 14 | Raffaele Di Paco | ||||
| 15a | Raffaele Di Paco | ||||
| 15b | Giuseppe Olmo | ||||
| 16 | Giuseppe Olmo | ||||
| 17a | Giuseppe Olmo | Legnano | |||
| 17b | Gino Bartali | ||||
| 18 | Gino Bartali | ||||
| 19 | Giuseppe Olmo | ||||
| Final | Gino Bartali! | Edoardo Molinar | Gino Bartali | Legnano | |
General classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gino Bartali (ITA)  |
Legnano | 120h 12' 30" |
| 2 | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) |
Bianchi | + 2' 36" |
| 3 | Severino Canavesi (ITA) |
Ganna | + 7' 49" |
| 4 | Adalino Mealli (ITA) |
Legnano | + 14' 04" |
| 5 | Giovanni Valetti (ITA) |
Fréjus | + 14' 15" |
| 6 | Domenico Piemontesi (ITA) |
Bianchi | + 16' 31" |
| 7 | Ambrogio Morelli (ITA) |
Ganna | + 17' 44" |
| 8 | Vasco Bergamaschi (ITA) |
Maino | + 18' 35" |
| 9 | Enrico Mollo (ITA) |
Gloria | + 19' 27" |
| 10 | Edoardo Molinar (ITA) |
— | + 20' 48" |
Isolati classification
| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edoardo Molinar (ITA) |
120h 33' 18"" |
| 2 | Mario Vicini (ITA) |
+ 17' 13" |
| 3 | Luigi Macchi (ITA) |
+ 24' 25" |
| 4 | Fausto Montesi (ITA) |
+ 26' 16" |
| 5 | Aurelio Scazzola (ITA) |
+ 41' 18" |
| 6 | Augusto Como (ITA) |
+ 50' 48" |
| 7 | Umberto Guarducci (ITA) |
+ 56' 56" |
| 8 | Carlo Moretti (ITA) |
+ 1h 01' 31" |
| 9 | Pietro Rimoldi (ITA) |
+ 1h 21' 18" |
| 10 | Ambrogio Perego (ITA) |
+ 2h 35' 12" |
Mountains classification
| Name | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
Legnano | 38.5 |
| 2 | Severino Canavesi (ITA) |
Ganna | 25 |
| 3 | Edoardo Molinar (ITA) |
— | 11 |
| 4 | Enrico Mollo (ITA) |
Gloria | 10 |
| 5 | Adalino Mealli (ITA) |
Legnano | 6 |
| 6 | Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) |
Bianchi | 5 |
| 7 | Romeo Rossi (ITA) |
— | 4 |
| Mario Vicini (ITA) |
— | ||
| 9 | Giovanni Valetti (ITA) |
Fréjus | 2.5 |
| 10 | Pietro Rimoldi (ITA) |
— | 2 |
| Luigi Macchi (ITA) |
Gloria | ||
| Walter Generati (ITA) |
— | ||
| Alfredo Mamesi (ITA) |
Gloria | ||
| Luigi Giacobbe (ITA) |
— | ||
| Cesare Del Cancia (ITA) |
Ganna |
Team classification
- Notes
- In 1936, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that stages 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 17a, 17b, 18, and 19 included major mountains. The stage 11 individual time trial also featured a summit finish atop Monte Terminillo.
- Aldo Bini and Giuseppe Olmo had the same amount of time raced and number of points following the stage. The finish of the stage between the two of them was so close, the race organizers let them both wear the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during the seventh stage.[6]
- Citations
- "Edición del Monday 8 June 1936, Página 7 - Hemeroteca - MundoDeportivo.com". Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- "Gli iscritti" [Subscribers]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). 16 May 1935. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- Bill and Carol McGann. "1936 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- Laura Weislo (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- "La vittoria di Di Paco nell'ultima tappa" [The victory of Di Paco in the last stage]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 8 June 1936. p. 2. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- "Gino Bartali si aggiudica l'ambito premio del Duce trionfando meritatamente nel 24 Giro d'Italia" [Gino Bartali won the coveted prize of the Duce deservedly triumphing in the 24th Tour of Italy]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 8 June 1936. p. 1. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.