1929 Giro d'Italia

1929 Giro d'Italia
	Race Route
Race details
Dates	May 19 – June 9, 1929
Stages	14
Distance	2,920 km (1,814 mi)
Winning time	107h 18' 24s
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Team
	← 1928 1930 →

The 1929 Giro d'Italia was the 17th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 19 May in Rome with a stage that stretched 235 km (146 mi) to Naples, finishing in Milan on 9 June after a 216 km (134 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 2,920 km (1,814 mi). The race was won by the Alfredo Binda of the Legnano team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Domenico Piemontesi and Leonida Frascarelli.^[1]

Participants

Of the 166 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 19 May, 99 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 9 June. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were eight teams that competed in the race: Bianchi-Pirelli, Gloria-Hutchinson, Ideor-Pirelli, Legnano-Hutchinson, Maino-Clément, Prina-Pirelli, Touring-Pirelli, and Wolsit-Hutchinson.^[2]

The peloton was primarily composed of Italians.^[2] Alfredo Binda, a three-time winner and reigning champion, came in as the favorite to win the race.^[2] Outside of Binda, the field featured only one other Giro d'Italia winner in Gaetano Belloni who won the 1920 running.^[2] Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Giuseppe Pancera, Antonio Negrini, and Domenico Piemontesi.^[2]

Final standings

Stage results

Stage results^[2]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner	Race Leader
1	19 May	Rome to Naples	235 km (146 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gaetano Belloni (ITA)	Gaetano Belloni (ITA)
2	21 May	Naples to Foggia	185 km (115 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)	Gaetano Belloni (ITA)
3	23 May	Foggia to Lecce	282 km (175 mi)	Plain stage	Alfredo Binda (ITA)	Gaetano Belloni (ITA)
4	25 May	Lecce to Potenza	270 km (168 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
5	27 May	Potenza to Cosenza	264 km (164 mi)	Plain stage	Alfredo Binda (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
6	29 May	Cosenza to Salerno	295 km (183 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
7	31 May	Salerno to Formia	220 km (137 mi)	Plain stage	Alfredo Binda (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
8	2 June	Formia to Rome	198 km (123 mi)	Plain stage	Alfredo Binda (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
9	3 June	Rome to Orvieto	120 km (75 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
10	4 June	Orvieto to Siena	150 km (93 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Mario Bianchi (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
11	5 June	Siena to La Spezia	192 km (119 mi)	Plain stage	Alfredo Dinale (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
12	7 June	La Spezia to Parma	135 km (84 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Domenico Piemontesi (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
13	8 June	Parma to Alessandria	152 km (94 mi)	Plain stage	Mario Bianchi (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
14	9 June	Alessandria to Milan	216 km (134 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Alfredo Dinale (ITA)	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
Total		2,920 km (1,814 mi)

General classification

There were 99 cyclists who had completed all fourteen 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 (1–10)^[2]^[3]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Alfredo Binda (ITA)	Legnano	107h 18' 24"
2	Domenico Piemontesi (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 3' 44"
3	Leonida Frascarelli (ITA)	Ideor	+ 5' 04"
4	Antonio Negrini (ITA)	Maino	+ 6' 36"
5	Luigi Giacobbe (ITA)	Maino	+ 8' 43"
6	Allegro Grandi (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 12' 52"
7	Giuseppe Pancera (ITA)	La Rafale	+ 14' 44"
8	Alfonso Piccin (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 15' 29"
9	Michele Orecchia (ITA)	La Rafale	+ 15' 33"
10	Ambrogio Morelli (ITA)	Gloria-Hutchinson	+ 16' 29"

Junior rider classification

Final junior rider classification (1–5)^[3]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Leonida Frascarelli (ITA)	Ideor	107h 23' 28"
2	Allegro Grandi (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 7' 48"
3	Michele Orecchia (ITA)	La Rafale	+ 10' 29"
4	Albino Binda (ITA)	Legnano	+ 13' 27"
5	Alessandro Catalani (ITA)	Wolsit	+ 24' 12"

Independent rider classification

Final independent rider classification (1–5)^[3]
Rank	Name	Time
1	Ambrogio Morelli (ITA)	107h 34' 33"
2	Felice Gremo (ITA)	+ 2' 10"
3	Carlo Rovida (ITA)	+ 3' 58"
4	Pietro Mori (ITA)	+ 5' 23"
5	Michele Mara (ITA)	+ 8' 23"

References

Footnotes

^ In 1929, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth, tenth, twelfth, and fourteenth stages included major mountains.

Citations

^ "Ciclismo" [Cycling]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 10 May 1929. Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Bill and Carol McGann. "1929 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Alfredo Binda ha vinto per la quarta volta il Giro d'Italia" [Alfredo Binda won the Giro d'Italia for the fourth time]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 10 June 1929. p. 1. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

Bibliography

Alberto Minazzi (June 1929). "Il XVII Giro d'Italia" [The 17th Tour of Italy]. Lo Sport Fascista (in Italian). Vol. 2, no. 6. pp. 101–4. Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. Retrieved 7 July 2013.