1921 Giro d'Italia
The 1921 Giro d'Italia was the 9th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 25 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 333 km (207 mi) to Merano, finishing back in Milan on 12 June after a 305 km (190 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,107 km (1,931 mi). The race was won by the Italian rider Giovanni Brunero of the Legnano team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Gaetano Belloni and Bartolomeo Aymo.
During the 5th stage, on the "Altopiano delle Cinquemiglia" (in Abruzzo region), Girardengo suffered a legendary crisis: he got off his bike, drew a cross on the road and said: "Girardengo si ferma qui" (Girardengo stops here).
Participants
Of the 69 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 25 May, 27 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 12 June.[1] Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were three teams that competed in the race: Bianchi-Dunlop, Legnano-Pirelli, and Stucchi-Pirelli.[1]
The peloton was almost completely composed of Italians.[1] The field featured two former Giro d'Italia champions in the three-time winner Carlo Galetti and 1919 winner Costante Girardengo.[1] Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Bartolomeo Aymo, Angelo Gremo, Giovanni Rossignoli, and Giuseppe Santhià.[1]
Final standings
Stage results
General classification
There were 27 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.
| Final general classification (11–27)[1] |
| Rank |
Name |
Team |
Time |
| 11 | .svg.png) Alfredo Caminetti (ITA) | — | + 3h 31' 24" |
| 12 | Giovanni Scaioni (ITA) | — | + 3h 39' 44" |
| 13 | Nicola Di Biase (ITA) | — | + 4h 16' 49" |
| 14 | Michele Gordini (ITA) | — | + 5h 34' 50" |
| 15 | Giuseppe Santhià (ITA) | Bianchi | + 6h 08' 49" |
| 16 | Lauro Bordin (ITA) | Bordin | + 6h 35' 26" |
| 17 | Enrico Sala (ITA) | Ancora | + 6h 46' 54" |
| 18 | Angelo Erba (ITA) | — | + 6h 56' 04" |
| 19 |  Louis Luguet (FRA) | Bianchi | + 8h 39' 02" |
| 20 | Ugo Bianchi (ITA) | — | + 10h 14' 16" |
| 21 | Rinaldo Spinelli (ITA) | — | + 10h 14' 21" |
| 22 | Angelo Guidi (ITA) | — | + 11h 35' 01" |
| 23 | Antonio Tecchio (ITA) | — | + 11h 51' 37" |
| 24 | Damiano Solitario (ITA) | — | + 13h 32' 29" |
| 25 | Luigi Sinchetto (ITA) | — | + 13h 58' 27" |
| 26 | Felice Di Gaetano (ITA) | — | + 14h 17' 30" |
| 27 | Andrea Cazzaniga (ITA) | — | + 1d 2h 40' 01" |
Notes
- ↑ In 1921, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and tenth stages included major mountains.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bill and Carol McGann. "1921 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
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