1955 Giro d'Italia

1955 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates	14 May - 5 June
Stages	21
Distance	3,871 km (2,405 mi)
Winning time	108h 56' 12"
Results

The 1955 Giro d'Italia was the 38th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Milan on 14 May with a 163 km (101.3 mi) flat stage and concluded back in Milan with a 141 km (87.6 mi) relatively flat mass-start stage on 5 June. Fourteen teams entered the race, which was won by Italian Fiorenzo Magni of the Nivea-Fuchs team. Second and third respectively were Italian riders Fausto Coppi and Gastone Nencini.[1][2][3]

In the 20th stage, arriving in San Pellegrino Terme, Magni and Coppi attacked Gastone Nencini (who was leading the general classification) taking advantage of a puncture he suffered in an unpaved road section. Coppi won the stage (his last victory in the Giro) and Magni took the lead in the general classification.

Teams

Fourteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1955 edition of the Giro d'Italia.[4] Each team sent a squad of seven riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 98 cyclists.[4] From the riders that began the race, 72 made it to the finish in Milan.[5]

The teams entering the race were:[4]

Arbos
Atala
Bianchi
Doniselli
Faema
Francia
Fréjus
Girardengo
Ignis
Legnano
Leo–Chlorodont
Nivea–Fuchs
Torpado
Welter

Route and stages

Wout Wagtmans riding during the nineteenth stage.

The route was revealed on 9 March 1955.[6][7][8]

Stage characteristics and results[5][9]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	14 May	Milan to Turin	163 km (101 mi)	Plain stage	Guido Messina (ITA)
2	15 May	Turin to Cannes	243 km (151 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)
3	16 May	Cannes to Sanremo	123 km (76 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Nino Defilippis (ITA)
4	17 May	Sanremo to Acqui Terme	192 km (119 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)
5	18 May	Acqui Terme to Genoa	170 km (106 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Giancarlo Astrua (ITA)
6	19 May	Genoa to Lido d'Albaro	18 km (11 mi)	Team time trial	Torpado
7	20 May	Genoa to Viareggio	164 km (102 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Giovanni Corrieri (ITA)
	21 May	Rest day
8	22 May	Viareggio to Perugia	260 km (162 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Rino Benedetti (ITA)
9	23 May	Perugia to Rome	174 km (108 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gastone Nencini (ITA)
10	24 May	Frascati to Frascati	207 km (129 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bernardo Ruiz (ESP)
11	25 May	Rome to Naples	242 km (150 mi)	Plain stage	Vincenzo Zucconelli (ITA)
12	26 May	Naples to Scanno	216 km (134 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gastone Nencini (ITA)
13	27 May	Scanno to Ancona	251 km (156 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Giorgio Albani (ITA)
14	28 May	Ancona to Pineta di Cervia	173 km (107 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Giuseppe Minardi (ITA)
15	29 May	Pineta di Cervia to Ravenna	50 km (31 mi)	Individual time trial	Pasquale Fornara (ITA)
16	30 May	Ravenna to Lido di Jesolo	245 km (152 mi)	Plain stage	Rino Benedetti (ITA)
17	31 May	Lido di Jesolo to Trieste	150 km (93 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)
	1 June	Rest day
18	2 June	Trieste to Cortina d'Ampezzo	236 km (147 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Angelo Conterno (ITA)
19	3 June	Cortina d'Ampezzo to Trento	227 km (141 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean Dotto (FRA)
20	4 June	Trento to San Pellegrino Terme	216 km (134 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Fausto Coppi (ITA)
21	5 June	San Pellegrino Terme to Milan	141 km (88 mi)	Plain stage	Hugo Koblet (SUI)
	Total		3,871 km (2,405 mi)

Classification leadership

One jersey was worn during the 1955 Giro d'Italia. 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.[10]

The mountains classification leader. The climbs all awarded three points to the first rider and one point to the second rider to cross the summit.[11] Although no jerseys were awarded, there was also two classification for the teams, in which the teams were awarded points for their rider's performance during the stages. One classification was for the teams based inside Italy and the other was for teams based outside of Italy.

Classification leadership by stage
Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Italian Team classification	Foreign Team classification
1	Guido Messina	Guido Messina	not awarded	?	?
2	Fiorenzo Magni	Fiorenzo Magni	Bruno Monti	Leo-Chlorodont	?
3	Nino Defilippis				Doniselli
4	Alessandro Fantini
5	Giancarlo Astrua
6	Torpado			Nivea-Fuchs	Faema
7	Giovanni Corrieri			Nivea-Fuchs
8	Rino Benedetti			?
9	Gastone Nencini			Atala
10	Bernardo Ruiz	Bruno Monti
11	Vincenzo Zucconelli	Bruno Monti			Francia
12	Gastone Nencini	Raphaël Géminiani	Bruno Monti & Gastone Nencini
13	Giorgio Albani		Bruno Monti & Gastone Nencini
14	Giuseppe Minardi		Giuseppe Minardi, Bruno Monti & Gastone Nencini
15	Pasquale Fornara	Gastone Nencini
16	Rino Benedetti
17	Alessandro Fantini
18	Angelo Conterno		Bruno Monti
19	Jean Dotto		Gastone Nencini
20	Fausto Coppi	Fiorenzo Magni
21	Hugo Koblet	Fiorenzo Magni
Final		Fiorenzo Magni	Gastone Nencini	Atala	Francia

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[5][12][13][14]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)	Nivea	108h 56' 12"
2	Fausto Coppi (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 13"
3	Gastone Nencini (ITA)	Chlorodont	+ 4' 08"
4	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)	France	+ 4' 51"
5	Agostino Coletto (ITA)	Fréjus	+ 7' 19"
6	Aldo Moser (ITA)	Torpado	+ 8' 01"
7	Pasquale Fornara (ITA)	Chlorodont	+ 9' 16"
8	Salvador Botella (ESP)	Ignis	+ 14' 10"
9	Wout Wagtmans (NED)	Doniselli	+ 16' 03"
10	Hugo Koblet (SUI)	Faema	+ 20' 16"

Foreign rider classification

Final foreign rider classification (1–10)[14]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)	France	109h 01' 03"
2	Salvador Botella (ESP)	Ignis	+ 9' 19"
3	Wout Wagtmans (NED)	Doniselli	+ 11' 12"
4	Hugo Koblet (SUI)	Faema	+ 15' 25"
5	Hein Van Breenen (NED)	Doniselli	+ 19' 49"
6	Nello Lauredi (FRA)	Olympia	+ 32' 10"
7	Jean Dotto (FRA)	France	+ 35' 03"
8	Carlo Clerici (SUI)	Faema	+ 50' 44"
9	Bernardo Ruiz (ESP)	Ignis	+ 56' 28"
10	Gerrit Voorting (NED)	Doniselli	+ 58' 49"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–7)[5][12]
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Gastone Nencini (ITA)	Chlorodont	7
2	José Serra (ESP)	Ignis	6
3	Bruno Monti (ITA)	Atala	4
4	Antonio Gelabert (ESP)	Ignis	4
5	Giuseppe Minardi (ITA)	Legnano	3
5	Jean Dotto (FRA)	France	3
7	Wout Wagtmans (NED)	Doniselli	1
	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)	France
	Pierino Baffi (ITA)	Nivea-Fuchs
	Giancarlo Astrua (ITA)	Atala
	Salvador Botella (ESP)	Ignis

Intermediate sprints classification

Final intermediate sprints classification (1–9)[12]
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Nino Defilippis (ITA)	Torpado	42
2	Giorgio Albani (ITA)	Legnano	39
3	Rino Benedetti (ITA)	Leo-Chlorodont	38
4	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)	Nivea	16
5	Fausto Coppi (ITA)	Bianchi	13
6	Giuseppe Favero (ITA)	Bianchi	13
7	Louis Caput (FRA)	France	12
8	Donato Piazza (ITA)	Nivea-Fuchs	11
9	Gastone Nencini (ITA)	Chlorodont	10
	Giovanni Corrieri (ITA)	Arbos
	Angelo Conterno (ITA)	Torpado

Italian team classification

Final Italian team classification (1–9)[12][15]
Rank	Team	Points
1	Atala	840
2	Chlorodont	918
3	Nivea	1117
4	Bianchi	1203
5	Torpado	1222
6	Legnano	1237
7	Fréjus	1437
8	Arbos	1461
9	Welter	1667

Foreign team classification

Final foreign team classification (1–5)[5][13][15]
Rank	Team	Points
1	France	1050
2	Faema	1190
3	Doniselli	1334
4	Ignis	1347
5	Girardengo	2086

References

Citations

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[CDS_T-4] "I corridori in gara" [The riders in the race]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 14 May 1955. p. 8. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[BRI_1955-5] Bill and Carol McGann. "1955 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

[CDS_UNV-6] "Varato il Giro d'Italia chilometri 3857 in 21 tappe" [The Giro d'Italia launched 3857 kilometers in 21 stages]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 10 March 1955. p. 1 & 7. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[LU_UNV-7] "Queste le 21 tappe del "Giro d'Italia"" [These are the 21 stages of the "Giro d'Italia"] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 10 March 1955. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[LU_UNVDAfter-8] Attilio Camoriano (11 March 1955). "Il percorso del "XXXVIII Giro d'Italia" si addice alle corse a tappe moderne" [The course of the "XXXVIII Giro d'Italia" is suitable for modern stage races] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[CDS_SC-9] "Le caratteristiche delle tappe" [The characteristics of the stages]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 14 May 1955. p. 7. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[demystified-10] Laura Weislo (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

[CDS_M-11] "Il ruolino di Marcia del Gr. Pr. Della Montagna" [The road march of Gr . Pr . Mountain]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 4 June 1955. p. 7. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[l'Unità_final-12] "La morale del 38 Giro d'Italia e che i piu forti sono ancora i "vecchi"" [38 The moral of the 38 Tour of Italy and that the strongest are still the "old"]. l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 6 June 1955. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[1955p2_elm_final-13] "Terminó la Vuelta a Italia" [Final the Tour of Italy] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 6 June 1955. p. 6. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[CDS_GC_Fin-14] "Classifica generale" [General classification]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 6 June 1955. p. 1. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[CDS_T_Fin-15] "Le classifiche" [The classifications]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 6 June 1955. p. 13. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.