1909 Giro d'Italia

Route of the 1909 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates		13–30 May 1909
Stages		8
Distance		2,445 km (1,519 mi)
Winning time		89h 48' 14" (27.26 km/h/16.94 mph)
Palmarès
	Winner	Luigi Ganna
	Second	Carlo Galetti
	Third	Giovanni Rossignoli
	Team	Team Atala

The 1909 Giro d'Italia of cycling was the first ever Giro, organised by La Gazzetta dello Sport (in competition with rival Corriere della Sera). The race started in Milan on 13 May 1909, and finished in the same city on 30 May, after 8 stages.

Luigi Ganna won the race, 2 points ahead of Carlo Galetti, and received a prize of 5,325 lire. Eugenio Costamagna, director of Gazzetta dello Sport, earned 150 lire.

There were 127 participants, all Italians with the exception of four French cyclists. Only 49 arrived at the final goal. The first race caravan contained 8 cars: 4 for the teams, 2 for the race officials and 2 for the promoter.

Contents 1 Race information 1.1 Stages 1.2 General classification 2 References

[edit] Race information

The first-ever Giro d'Italia used a points system to determine its winner, just as the Tour de France had between 1905 and 1912. This resulted in Luigi Ganna being the winner. Remarkably, had a time system such as currently is in use been the method determining the winner, Ganna would have lost by nearly 37 minutes to Giovanni Rossignoli, in third place.^[1]

[edit] Stages

Stage results^[2]

Stage	Route	Distance	Winner	General classification leader
1	Milan to Bologna	397 km (247 mi)	Dario Beni	Dario Beni
2	Bologna to Chieti	378 km (235 mi)	Giovanni Cuniolo	Luigi Ganna
3	Chieti to Naples	242 km (150 mi)	Giovanni Rossignoli	Carlo Galetti
4	Naples to Rome	228 km (142 mi)	Luigi Ganna	Luigi Ganna
5	Rome to Florence	346 km (215 mi)	Luigi Ganna
6	Florence to Genoa	294 km (183 mi)	Giovanni Rossignoli
7	Genoa to Turin	354 km (220 mi)	Luigi Ganna
8	Turin to Milan	206 km (128 mi)	Dario Beni
Final		2,445 km		Luigi Ganna

[edit] General classification

	Cyclist	Time
1	Luigi Ganna (ITA)	89h 48' 14" – 25 points
2	Carlo Galetti (ITA)	27 points
3	Giovanni Rossignoli (ITA)	40 points
4	Clemente Canepari (ITA)	59 points
5	Carlo Oriani (ITA)	72 points
6	Ernesto Azzini (ITA)	77 points
7	Dario Beni (ITA)	91 points
8	Enrico Sala (ITA)	98 points
9	Ottorino Celli (ITA)	117 points
10	Giovanni Marchese (ITA)	139 points

[edit] References

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