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1948 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates	15 May - 6 June
Stages	19
Distance	4,164 km (2,587 mi)
Winning time	124h 51' 52"
Results
	; ← 1947 ; ; 1949 → ;

The 1948 Giro d'Italia was the 31st edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 15 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 190 km (118 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 6 June after a 231 km (144 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 4,164 km (2,587 mi). The race was won by the Italian rider Fiorenzo Magni of the Wilier Triestina team, with fellow Italians Ezio Cecchi and Giordano Cottur coming in second and third respectively.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Teams

A total of eleven teams entered the 1948 Giro d'Italia.^[5] Each team sent a squad of seven riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 77 cyclists.^[5] Out of the 77 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 44 riders made it to the finish in Milan.^[6]Joseph Magnani became the first American, and by the virtue North American, to compete in the Giro.^[7]^[8]

The teams entering the race were:^[5]

Atala

Arbos

Bianchi

Benotto

Cimatti

Legnano

Lygie

Peugeot

Viani-C.R.A.L. Imperia

Viscontea

Wilier Triestina

Race details

During the Giro, the French and Belgian teams left the race because they thought it was made impossible for foreign riders to ride the Giro. When the leader Magni was punished with only two minutes after being pushed up a mountain, Fausto Coppi and his Bianchi team also left the race out of protest. As a result, only forty riders finished the Giro.^[9]

Route and stages

Race organizer and newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport released the preliminary route for the Giro d'Italia on 27 October 1947.^[10]^[11] The race was originally planned to start on 22 May and finish on 13 June, while covering 3,715 km (2,308 mi) over nineteen stages.^[10]^[11]

Stage results^[6]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	15 May	Milan to Turin	190 km (118 mi)	Plain stage	Giordano Cottur (ITA)
2	16 May	Turin to Genoa	226 km (140 mi)	Plain stage	Mario Ricci (ITA)
3	17 May	Genoa to Parma	243 km (151 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Luciano Maggini (ITA)
4	18 May	Parma to Viareggio	266 km (165 mi)	Plain stage	Luigi Casola (ITA)
	19 May	Rest day
5	20 May	Viareggio to Siena	165 km (103 mi)	Plain stage	Adolfo Leoni (ITA)
6	21 May	Siena to Rome	256 km (159 mi)	Plain stage	Luigi Casola (ITA)
7	22 May	Rome to Pescara	230 km (143 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA)
8	23 May	Pescara to Bari	347 km (216 mi)	Plain stage	Adolfo Leoni (ITA)
	24 May	Rest day
9	25 May	Bari to Naples	306 km (190 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Nedo Logli (ITA)
10	26 May	Naples to Fiuggi	184 km (114 mi)	Plain stage	Italo De Zan (ITA)
11	27 May	Fiuggi to Perugia	265 km (165 mi)	Plain stage	Désiré Keteleer (BEL)
	28 May	Rest day
12	29 May	Perugia to Florence	169 km (105 mi)	Plain stage	Oreste Conte (ITA)
13	30 May	Florence to Bologna	194 km (121 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bruno Pasquini (ITA)
14	31 May	Bologna to Udine	278 km (173 mi)	Plain stage	Oreste Conte (ITA)
15	1 June	Udine to Auronzo di Cadore	125 km (78 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vincenzo Rossello (ITA)
	2 June	Rest day
16	3 June	Auronzo di Cadore to Cortina d'Ampezzo	90 km (56 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Fausto Coppi (ITA)
17	4 June	Cortina d'Ampezzo to Trento	160 km (99 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Fausto Coppi (ITA)
18	5 June	Trento to Brescia	239 km (149 mi)	Plain stage	Elio Bertocchi (ITA)
19	6 June	Brescia to Milan	231 km (144 mi)	Plain stage	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)
	Total		4,164 km (2,587 mi)

Classification leadership

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.^[12]

In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.^[12] The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner.^[6]^[13] If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification.^[6]^[13]

The prize money for the winner of the race was one million lire.^[14] The prize money increased to one million this year because Totip, a horse race betting company, sponsored the race.^[14]

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
1	Giordano Cottur	Giordano Cottur	not awarded	?
2	Mario Ricci		not awarded	?
3	Luciano Maggini		Ezio Cecchi	Wilier-Triestina
4	Luigi Casola
5	Adolfo Leoni
6	Luigi Casola
7	Antonio Bevilacqua		Fausto Coppi
8	Adolfo Leoni		Fausto Coppi
9	Nedo Logli	Vito Ortelli	Ezio Cecchi
10	Italo De Zan			Arbos
11	Désiré Keteleer
12	Oreste Conte
13	Bruno Pasquini		Ezio Cecchi & Fausto Coppi
14	Oreste Conte	Fiorenzo Magni	Ezio Cecchi & Fausto Coppi
15	Vincenzo Rossello	Ezio Cecchi
16	Fausto Coppi	Ezio Cecchi
17	Fausto Coppi	Fiorenzo Magni	Fausto Coppi	Wilier-Triestina
18	Elio Bertocchi
19	Fiorenzo Magni
Final		Fiorenzo Magni	Fausto Coppi	Wilier Triestina

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[6]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)	Wilier Triestina	125h 51' 52"
2	Ezio Cecchi (ITA)	Cimatti	+ 11"
3	Giordano Cottur (ITA)	Wilier Triestina	+ 2' 37"
4	Vito Ortelli (ITA)	Atala	s.t.
5	Primo Volpi (ITA)	Arbos	+ 8' 24"
6	Angelo Brignole (ITA)	Arbos	+ 9' 14"
7	Giulio Bresci (ITA)	Wilier Triestina	+ 9' 17"
8	Gino Bartali (ITA)	Legnano	+ 11' 52"
9	Serafino Biagioni (ITA)	Viani Cral Imperia	+ 15' 05"
10	Alfredo Martini (ITA)	Wilier Triestina	+ 18' 22"

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Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–9)^[15]^[16]
	Name	Team	Points
1	Fausto Coppi (ITA)	Bianchi	25
2	Ezio Cecchi (ITA)	Cimatti	16
3	Gino Bartali (ITA)	Legnano	14
4	Vito Ortelli (ITA)	Atala	12
5	Giordano Cottur (ITA)	Wilier-Triestina	9
6	Serafino Biagioni (ITA)	Viani-C.R.A.L. Imperia	8
7	Primo Volpi (ITA)	Arbos	6
8	Vincenzo Rossello (ITA)	Legnano	5
9	Aldo Baito (ITA)	Viscontea	4
	Luigi Casola (ITA)	Cimatti
	Alfredo Martini (ITA)	Wilier-Triestina

Team classification

Final team classification (1-8)^[17]
	Team	Time
1	Wilier Triestina	374h 47' 30"
2	Arbos	+ 28' 30"
3	Legnano	+ 1h 40' 07"
4	Viani-C.R.A.L. Imperia	+ 2h 04' 25"
5	Benotto	+ 2h 56' 36"
6	Atala	+ 3h 02' 43"
7	Viscontea	+ 4h 40' 14"
8	Cimatti	+ 5h 40' 45"

Aftermath

The Italian cycling federation gave Coppi a suspension of one month because he refused to finish the Giro.^[9]

References

Citations

^ Giuseppe Ambrosini (7 June 1948). "Melanconico epilogo di un Giro sbagliato" [Melancholic epilogue of a wrong Giro]. La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ "Ultima tappa senza storia" [Last stop no history]. La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 7 June 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

^ "Coppi ha fatto bene" [Coppi did well] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 8 June 1948. p. 4. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

^ "La Vuelta a Italia Magni, vencedor" [The Tour of Italy Magni, Winner] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 7 June 1948. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

^ ^a^b^c "Le squadre iscritte" [The teams entered]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 15 May 1948. p. 1. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

^ ^a^b^c^d^e Bill and Carol McGann. "1948 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

^ Nye, Peter Joffre. "Joseph Magnani: Illinois Rider Challenged Coppi and Bartali in Giro". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

^ Cycling News (28 June 2008). "USA pioneer Joe Magnani". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

^ ^a^b "Coppi stapt uit Giro" [Coppi quits Giro]. De tijd (in Dutch). Delpher. 7 June 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

^ ^a^b "Il Giro d'Italia 1948" [The 1948 Giro d'Italia]. La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 28 October 1947. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

^ ^a^b "Il Giro d'Italia 1948 è stato già varato" [The Tour of Italy in 1948 is already under way]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 28 October 1947. p. 2. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

^ ^a^b 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.

^ ^a^b "L'ultima tappa in una immensa cornice di folla e la vittoria di Leoni" [The final step in a huge frame of the crowd and the victory of Leoni]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 10 June 1940. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

^ ^a^b "1948". Giro d'Italia. La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2017. Archived from the original on June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

^ "Fausto Coppi vince il Gr. Pr. della Montagna" [Fausto Coppi wins the Mountains Classification]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 5 June 1948. p. 4. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

^ http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1948_06/19480605_0004.pdf

^ "Classifica a squadre" [Team classification]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 7 June 1948. p. 3. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[LS_Fin-1] Giuseppe Ambrosini (7 June 1948). "Melanconico epilogo di un Giro sbagliato" [Melancholic epilogue of a wrong Giro]. La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

[LS_Fin2-2] "Ultima tappa senza storia" [Last stop no history]. La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 7 June 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[LU_Final-3] "Coppi ha fatto bene" [Coppi did well] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 8 June 1948. p. 4. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[elm_fin-4] "La Vuelta a Italia Magni, vencedor" [The Tour of Italy Magni, Winner] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 7 June 1948. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[CDS_T-5] "Le squadre iscritte" [The teams entered]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 15 May 1948. p. 1. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[BRI_1948-6] Bill and Carol McGann. "1948 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

[BRI_JM-7] Nye, Peter Joffre. "Joseph Magnani: Illinois Rider Challenged Coppi and Bartali in Giro". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

[CN_JM-8] Cycling News (28 June 2008). "USA pioneer Joe Magnani". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

[coppiquits-9] "Coppi stapt uit Giro" [Coppi quits Giro]. De tijd (in Dutch). Delpher. 7 June 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[LS_R1-10] "Il Giro d'Italia 1948" [The 1948 Giro d'Italia]. La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 28 October 1947. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[CDS_R1-11] "Il Giro d'Italia 1948 è stato già varato" [The Tour of Italy in 1948 is already under way]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 28 October 1947. p. 2. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[demystified-12] 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.

[IL_Finalsp2-13] "L'ultima tappa in una immensa cornice di folla e la vittoria di Leoni" [The final step in a huge frame of the crowd and the victory of Leoni]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Milan, Italy. 10 June 1940. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[GDI_Yearly_Briefs-14] "1948". Giro d'Italia. La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2017. Archived from the original on June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

[CDS_St_17_GPM_Fin-15] "Fausto Coppi vince il Gr. Pr. della Montagna" [Fausto Coppi wins the Mountains Classification]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 5 June 1948. p. 4. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[16] ttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1948_06/19480605_0004.pdf

[CDS_Fin,_Team-17] "Classifica a squadre" [Team classification]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 7 June 1948. p. 3. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

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