Giro d'Italia 1938

The 26th Giro d'Italia took place from May 7th to June 2nd, 1938.

The bike race consisted of 19 stages with a total length of 3,645 kilometers. 50 of 94 starters made it to the finish line. Giovanni Valetti , who also won the Tour de Suisse that year , won the Giro ahead of Ezio Cecchi . The mountain classification was also won by Giovanni Valetti. The team competition was won by the Gloria-Ambrosiana team .

Overall rating

1. Giovanni Valetti Italy 112h 49 '28s 
2. Ezio Cecchi Italy 8 '52s back 
3. Severino Canavesi Italy 9'06s back 
4. Settimo Simonini Italy 15 '50s back 
5. Michele Benente Italy 19 '40s back 
6. Walter Generati Italy 22 '2s back 
7. Cesare Del Cancia Italy 24'7s back 
8. Karl Litschi Switzerland 29'24s back 
9. Ruggiero Balli Italy 32'23s back 
10. Aladino Mealli Italy 38 '38s back 

Stages

stage	from, to	km	winner	Leader
1.	Milan - Turin	182	Marco Cimatti Italy	Marco Cimatti Italy
2.	Turin - San Remo	204	Mario Vicini Italy	Mario Vicini Italy
3.	San Remo - San Margharita Ligure	172	Giovanni Gotti Italy	Cesare Del Cancia Italy
4.a	San Margharita Ligure - La Spezia	81	Giovanni Valetti Italy	Cesare Del Cancia Italy
4.b	La Spezia - Montecatini	110	Walter Generati Italy	Cesare Del Cancia Italy
5.	Montecatini Terme - Chianciano Terme	184	Salvatore Crippa Italy	Cesare Del Cancia Italy
6th	Chianciano Terme - Rieti	160	Adolfo Leoni Italy	Cesare Del Cancia Italy
7.a	Rieti - Terminillo	19.8 (ZF)	Giovanni Valetti Italy	Cesare Del Cancia Italy
7.b	Rieti - Rome	152	Cino Cinelli Italy	Cesare Del Cancia Italy
8th.	Rome - Naples	234	Raffaele Di Paco Italy	Cesare Del Cancia Italy
9.	Naples - Lanciano	221	Giordano Cottur Italy	Giovanni Valetti Italy
10.	Lanciano - Ascoli Piceno	149	Raffaele Di Paco Italy	Giovanni Valetti Italy
11.	Ascoli Piceno - Ravenna	268	Cino Cinelli Italy	Giovanni Valetti Italy
12.	Ravenna - Treviso	199	Raffaele Di Paco Italy	Giovanni Valetti Italy
13.	Treviso - Trieste	207	Cesare Del Cancia Italy	Giovanni Valetti Italy
14th	Trieste - Belluno	243	Olimpio Bizzi Italy	Giovanni Valetti Italy
15th	Belluno - Recoaro	154	Giovanni Valetti Italy	Giovanni Valetti Italy
16.	Recoaro - Bérgamo	272	Diego Marabelli Italy	Giovanni Valetti Italy
17th	Bergamo - Varese	154	Cesare Del Cancia Italy	Giovanni Valetti Italy
18.a	Varese - Locarno (SUI)	100	Leo Amberg Switzerland	Giovanni Valetti Italy
18.b	Locarno ( SUI ) - Milan	180	Olimpio Bizzi Italy	Giovanni Valetti Italy

Mountain scoring

1. Giovanni Valetti Italy 
2. Giordano Cottur Italy 
3. Ezio Cecchi Italy