Giro d'Italia 1909

Final result after the 8th stage
winner	Luigi Ganna	89:48:14 h (27.260 km / h) 25 p.
Second	Carlo Galetti	27 P.
Third	Giovanni Rossignoli	40 p.
Fourth	Clemente Canepari	59 P.
fifth	Carlo Oriani	72 P.
Sixth	Ernesto Azzini	77 P.
seventh	Dario Beni	91 P.
Eighth	Enrico Sala	98 P.
Ninth	Ottorino Celli	117 P.
Tenth	Giovanni Marchese	139 P.
Team evaluation	Atala

Route of the Giro

The 1st Giro d'Italia took place from May 13th to 30th, 1909. The bike race consisted of eight stages with a total length of 2,448 kilometers.

The editor of the Gazzetta dello Sport Eugenio Camillo Costamagna and the editors Armando Cougnet and Tullo Morgagni were the initiators of the first Giro , inspired by the Tour de France . It was financed with the help of the Italian Cycling Federation, the Corriere della Sera and various company sponsors. The stages were not run on consecutive days, but with one or two days of interruption, based on the publication days of the Gazzetta : The newspaper appeared on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, so the stages took place on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

127 drivers started in Milan on May 13 at 02:53 a.m. 49 of them reached their destination again on May 30th. The average speed of the overall winner Luigi Ganna , who was able to decide three stages in his favor, was 27.260 km / h. The team competition, which was also held, was won by the Italian team Atala .

After Dario Beni had secured the first pink jersey in history by winning the first Giro stage , Luigi Ganna captured the coveted jersey on the second stage. With his victories in the fourth, fifth and seventh stages, he manifested his leading position in the overall standings and did not give up his jersey until his return to Milan.

Stages

Stages	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Maglia Rosa
1st stage	May 13th	Milan - Bologna	397	Dario Beni	Dario Beni
2nd stage	May 16	Bologna - Chieti	379	Giovanni Cuniolo	Luigi Ganna
3rd stage	May 18	Chieti - Naples	243	Giovanni Rossignoli
4th stage	May 20th	Naples - Rome	228	Luigi Ganna
5th stage	23. May	Rome - Florence	347	Luigi Ganna
6th stage	25. May	Florence - Genoa	294	Giovanni Rossignoli
7th stage	May 27th	Genoa - Turin	354	Luigi Ganna
8th stage	30th May	Turin - Milan	206	Dario Beni

Web links

• The first Giro d'Italia 1909 - in pictures on cycling4fans.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lidewey van Noord, Robert Jan van Noort: Pellegrina. An Italian cycling pilgrimage . Covadonga , Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-95726-013-0 , pp. 23 .