Giro d'Italia 1940

The 28th Giro d'Italia took place from May 17 to June 9, 1940. He was already in the shadow of the Second World War .

The bike race consisted of 20 stages with a total length of 3,574 kilometers. 47 of 91 starters crossed the finish line. After his stage victory on the 11th stage, Fausto Coppi was supported by last year's winner and teammate Gino Bartali and won the Giro ahead of Enrico Mollo . Gino Bartali won the mountain classification. Team Gloria won the team competition .

Overall rating

1. Fausto Coppi Kingdom of Italy 107h 31 '10s 
2. Enrico Mollo Kingdom of Italy 2 '40s back 
3. Giordano Cottur Kingdom of Italy 11'45s back 
4. Mario Vicini Kingdom of Italy 16'27s back 
5. Severino Canavesi Kingdom of Italy 16 '50s back 
6. Ezio Cecchi Kingdom of Italy 22'30s back 
7. Walter Generati Kingdom of Italy 25'03s back 
8. Giovanni De Stefanis Kingdom of Italy 27 '50s back 
9. Gino Bartali Kingdom of Italy 46 '9s back 
10. Settimo Simonini Kingdom of Italy 48 '37s back 

Stages

stage	from, to	km	winner	Leader
1.	Milan - Turin	180	Olimpio Bizzi Italy	Olimpio Bizzi Italy
2.	Turin - Genoa	226	Pierino Favalli Italy	Osvaldo Bailo Italy
3.	Genoa - Pisa	188	Diego Marabelli Italy	Osvaldo Bailo Italy
4th	Pisa - Grosseto	154	Adolfo Leoni Italy	Pierino Favalli Italy
5.	Grosseto - Rome	224	Adolfo Leoni Italy	Pierino Favalli Italy
6th	Rome - Naples	238	Glauco Servadei Italy	Pierino Favalli Italy
7th	Naples - Fiuggi	178	Walter Generati Italy	Pierino Favalli Italy
8th.	Fiuggi - Terni	183	Olimpio Bizzi Italy	Enrico Mollo Italy
9.	Terni - Arezzo	183	Primo Volpi Italy	Enrico Mollo Italy
10.	Arezzo - Florence	91	Olimpio Bizzi Italy	Enrico Mollo Italy
11.	Florence - Modena	184	Fausto Coppi Italy	Fausto Coppi Italy
12.	Modena - Ferrara	199	Adolfo Leoni Italy	Fausto Coppi Italy
13.	Ferrara - Treviso	125	Olimpio Bizzi Italy	Fausto Coppi Italy
14th	Treviso - Abazzia	215	Glauco Servadei Italy	Fausto Coppi Italy
15th	Abazzia - Trieste	179	Mario Vicini Italy	Fausto Coppi Italy
16.	Trieste - Pieve di Cadore	202	Mario Vicini Italy	Fausto Coppi Italy
17th	Pieve di Cadore - Ortisei	110	Gino Bartali Italy	Fausto Coppi Italy
18th	Ortisei - Trento	186	Glauco Servadei Italy	Fausto Coppi Italy
19th	Trento - Verona	149	Gino Bartali Italy	Fausto Coppi Italy
20th	Verona - Milan	180	Adolfo Leoni Italy	Fausto Coppi Italy

Mountain scoring

1. Gino Bartali Italy 
2. Fausto Coppi Italy 
3. Enrico Mollo Italy