1937 Giro d'Italia

1937 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates	8–30 May 1937
Stages	19, including four split stages
Distance	3,840 km (2,386 mi)
Winning time	112h 49' 28"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Mountains
	Team
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The 1937 Giro d'Italia was the 25th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 8 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 165 km (103 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 30 May after a split stage and a total distance covered of 3,840 km (2,386 mi). The race was won by Gino Bartali of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Giovanni Valetti and Enrico Mollo coming in second and third respectively.

Participants

Of the 98 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 8 May,^[1] 41 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 30 May.^[2] Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team or group; 65riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 33 competed independently.^[1] The four teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Fréjus, Ganna, and Legnano.^[1]^[2] Each team was composed of seven riders.^[1] There were also seven groups, made up of five riders each, that participated in the race.^[1] Those groups were: Italiani All'Estero, Bertoldo, Il Littoriale, S S. Parioli, Belgi, Svizzeri, and Tedeschi.^[1]

The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders.^[2] The field featured four former Giro d'Italia winners with the 1931 race winner Francesco Camusso, 1934 winner Learco Guerra, Vasco Bergamaschi who won the race in 1935, and returning champion Gino Bartali.^[1]^[2] Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Giovanni Valetti, and Giuseppe Olmo.^[1]^[2] Notable foreign entrants were the Belgian riders Alfons Deloor, Alfons Schepers, and Antoine Dignef, and also the Swiss rider Leo Amberg who placed high at the 1936 Tour de France.^[1]^[2]

Route and stages

Stage results^[2]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	8 May	Milan to Turin	165 km (103 mi)	Plain stage	Nello Troggi (ITA)
2	9 May	Torino to Acqui Terme	148 km (92 mi)	Plain stage	Quirico Bernacchi (ITA)
3	10 May	Acqui Terme to Genoa	158 km (98 mi)	Plain stage	Giovanni Valetti (ITA)
4	11 May	Genoa to Viareggio	186 km (116 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Olimpio Bizzi (ITA)
5a	12 May	Viareggio to Marina di Massa	60 km (37 mi)	Team time trial	Legnano
5b	12 May	Marina di Massa to Livorno	114 km (71 mi)	Plain stage	Olimpio Bizzi (ITA)
	13 May	Rest day
6	14 May	Livorno to Arezzo	190 km (118 mi)	Plain stage	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
7	15 May	Arezzo to Rieti	206 km (128 mi)	Plain stage	Marco Cimatti (ITA)
8a	16 May	Rieti to Monte Terminillo	20 km (12 mi)	Individual time trial	Gino Bartali (ITA)
8b	16 May	Rieti to Rome	152 km (94 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Raffaele Di Paco (ITA)
9	17 May	Rome to Naples	250 km (155 mi)	Plain stage	Learco Guerra (ITA)
	18 May	Rest day
10	19 May	Naples to Foggia	166 km (103 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)
11a	20 May	Foggia to San Severo	186 km (116 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Walter Generati (ITA)
11b	20 May	San Severo to Campobasso	105 km (65 mi)	Plain stage	Cesare Del Cancia (ITA)
12	21 May	Campobasso to Pescara	258 km (160 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Marco Cimatti (ITA)
13	22 May	Pescara to Ancona	194 km (121 mi)	Plain stage	Aldo Bini (ITA)
14	23 May	Ancona to Forlì	178 km (111 mi)	Plain stage	Aldo Bini (ITA)
	24 May	Rest day
15	25 May	Forlì to Vittorio Veneto	266 km (165 mi)	Plain stage	Glauco Servadei (ITA)
16	26 May	Vittorio Veneto to Merano	227 km (141 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)
17	27 May	Merano to Gardone Riviera	190 km (118 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)
	28 May	Rest day
18	29 May	Gardone Riviera to San Pellegrino Terme	129 km (80 mi)	Plain stage	Glauco Servadei (ITA)
19a	30 May	San Pellegrino Terme to Como	151 km (94 mi)	Plain stage	Marco Cimatti (ITA)
19b	30 May	Como to Milan	141 km (88 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Aldo Bini (ITA)
	Total		3,840 km (2,386 mi)

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.^[3]

The liberi classification, one similar to the general classification was calculated, using only independent riders and riders that came as members of groups.^[4]

In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.^[3]

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.^[2]^[4] If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification.^[4] The group classification was decided in the same manner, but the classification was exclusive to the competing groups.^[4]

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

Stage	Winner	General classification	Liberi classification	Mountains classification	Team classification	Group classification
1	Nello Troggi	Nello Troggi	Nello Troggi	not awarded	Fréjus	?
2	Quirico Bernacchi	Quirico Bernacchi	Quirico Bernacchi & Giovanni Gotti
3	Giovanni Valetti	Giovanni Valetti	Quirico Bernacchi
4	Olimpio Bizzi	Giovanni Valetti	Bernardo Rogora	Enrico Mollo
5a	Legnano	Gino Bartali	Alfons Deloor
5b	Olimpio Bizzi	Giovanni Valetti	Luigi Barral
6	Giuseppe Olmo					Bertoldo
7	Marco Cimatti
8a	Gino Bartali	Gino Bartali		Enrico Mollo & Gino Bartali
8b	Raffaele Di Paco			Enrico Mollo
9	Learco Guerra			Enrico Mollo
10	Gino Bartali			Gino Bartali
11a	Walter Generati
11b	Cesare Del Cancia		Edoardo Molinar
12	Marco Cimatti		Edoardo Molinar	Enrico Mollo & Luigi Barral
13	Aldo Bini		Luigi Barral
14	Aldo Bini		Luigi Barral			Il Littoriale
15	Glauco Servadei		Edoardo Molinar
16	Gino Bartali			Enrico Mollo & Gino Bartali
17	Gino Bartali			Gino Bartali
18	Glauco Servadei
19a	Marco Cimatti
19b	Aldo Bini
Final		Gino Bartali	Edoardo Molinar	Gino Bartali	Fréjus	Il Littoriale

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[2]^[4]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Gino Bartali (ITA)	Legnano	122h 25' 40"
2	Giovanni Valetti (ITA)	Fréjus	+ 8' 18"
3	Enrico Mollo (ITA)	Fréjus	+ 17' 38"
4	Severino Canavesi (ITA)	Ganna	+ 21' 38"
5	Cesare Del Cancia (ITA)	Ganna	+ 23' 18"
6	Walter Generati (ITA)	Fréjus	+ 27' 28"
7	Edoardo Molinar (ITA)	—	+ 30' 31"
8	Bernardo Rogora (ITA)	—	+ 32' 07"
9	Ambrogio Morelli (ITA)	Italiani all'Estero	+ 48' 22"
10	Adriano Vignoli (ITA)	—	+ 55' 19"

Liberi classification

Final liberi rider classification (1–10)^[4]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Edoardo Molinar (ITA)	—	122h 59' 41"
2	Bernardo Rogora (ITA)	—	+ 5' 07"
3	Ambrogio Morelli (ITA)	Italiani all'Estero	+ 14' 21"
4	Adriano Vignoli (ITA)	—	+ 21' 18"
5	Fausto Montesi (ITA)	—	+ 27' 04"
6	Leo Amberg (SUI)	—	+ 30' 14"
7	Luigi Barral (ITA)	Bertoldo	+ 39' 49"
8	Settimo Simonini (ITA)	Il Littoriale	+ 42' 44"
9	Zoarino Guidi (ITA)	Il Littoriale	+ 54' 59"
10	Francesco Patti (ITA)	—	+ 1h 10' 09"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–9)^[2]^[4]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Gino Bartali (ITA)	Legnano	37
2	Enrico Mollo (ITA)	Fréjus	35
3	Luigi Barral (ITA)	Bertoldo	22
4	Ezio Checchi (ITA)	—	9
5	Adalino Mealli (ITA)	Legnano	8
6	Walter Generati (ITA)	Fréjus	6
6	Giovanni Valetti (ITA)	Fréjus	6
8	Marco Cimatti (ITA)	Italiani all'Estero	5
9	Cesare Del Gancia (ITA)	Ganna	3
9	Edoardo Molinar (ITA)	—	3

Team classification

Final team classification (1–3)^[2]^[4]
Rank	Team	Time
1	Fréjus	367h 50' 24"
2	Ganna	+ 1h 24' 24"
3	Legnano-Wolsit	+ 2h 24' 58"

Group classification

Final group classification (1–4)^[4]
Rank	Team	Time
1	Il Littoriale	370h 58' 04"
2	Italiani all'estero	+ 21' 27"
3	Bertoldo	+ 1h 05' 37"
4	Stranieri	+ 4h 10' 09"

References

Notes

^ In 1937, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the stages 4, 8b, 10, 11a, 12, 16, 17, and 19b included major mountains. The stage 8a individual time trial also contained a summit finish.

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "L'elenco dei concorrenti" [The list of competitors]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). 8 May 1937. p. 4. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Bill and Carol McGann. "1937 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Il XXV Giro d'Italia si è chiuso con eccellente successo" [The 25th Giro d'Italia Ended With Great Success]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 31 May 1937. p. 4. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

Bibliography

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Emanuelli, Enrico (19 May 1937), Angelo Ghezzi (ed.), "Gino Bartali Porta a Roma" [Gino Bartali Door to Rome], Lo Sport Illustrato (in Italian), vol. 1, no. 20, S. A. Editrice La Gazetta dello Sport, pp. 2–6, archived from the original on 16 October 2019, retrieved 7 July 2013