1911 Giro d'Italia

Race details
Dates		15 May – 6 June
Stages		12
Distance		3,526 km (2,191 mi)
Winning time		132h 24' 00" (26.216 km/h/16.290 mph)
Palmarès
	Winner	Carlo Galetti
	Second	Giovanni Rossignoli
	Third	Giovanni Gerbi
	Team	Bianchi

The 1911 Giro d'Italia was the third edition of the race. Marking the 50th anniversary of the Italian unification, the race started in Rome on 15 May 1911, and finished in the same city on 6 June after 12 stages, for a total of 3,526 km.

Defending champion Carlo Galetti won his second consecutive Giro, 8 points ahad of 1909 third place finisher Giovanni Rossignoli, who wore the pink jersey from stage 2 to stage 5.

Lucien Petit-Breton became the first Frenchman to wear the pink jersey, on stage 10 to Bari.

Contents 1 Race information 1.1 Stages 1.2 General classification 2 External links

[edit] Race information

[edit] Stages Stage Route Distance Winner General classification Maglia rosa 1 Rome - Firenze 394 km Carlo Galetti Carlo Galetti 2 Firenze - Genova 261 km Vincenzo Borgarello Giovanni Rossignoli 3 Genova - Oneglia 274 km Giovanni Rossignoli 4 Oneglia - Mondovì 190 km Carlo Galetti 5 Mondovì - Torino 302 km Lucien Petit-Breton 6 Torino - Milan 236 km Giuseppe Santhià Carlo Galetti 7 Milan - Bologna 394 km Dario Beni 8 Bologna - Ancona 283 km Lauro Bordin 9 Ancona - Sulmona 218 km Ezio Corlaita Lucien Petit-Breton 10 Sulmona - Bari 363 km Carlo Galetti Carlo Galetti 11 Bari - Pompei 345 km Alfredo Sivocci 12 Napoli - Rome 266 km Ezio Corlaita Final 3,526 km Carlo Galetti

[edit] General classification Cyclist Time 1  Carlo Galetti (ITA) 132h 24' 00" – 50 points 2  Giovanni Rossignoli (ITA) 58 points 3  Giovanni Gerbi (ITA) 84 points 4  Giuseppe Santhià (ITA) 86 points 5  Ezio Corlaita (ITA) 89 points 6  Dario Beni (ITA) 93 points 7  Alfredo Sivocci (ITA) 95 points 8  Eberardo Pavesi (ITA) 96 points 9  Giuseppe Contesini (ITA) 111 points 10  Gina Brizzi (ITA) 112 points

[edit] External links

• CyclingRevealed.com

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