Giro d'Italia 1963

The 46th Giro d'Italia was held in 21 sections and 4058 kilometers from May 19 to June 9, 1963 and won by the Italian Franco Balmamion . Of the 120 riders who started, 86 reached the finish in Milan .

course

stage	from	to	km	winner	Maglia pink
1	Naples	Potenza	182	Vittorio Adorni	Vittorio Adorni
2	Potenza	Bari	185	Pierino Baffi
3	Bari	Campobasso	252	Jaime Alomar
4th	Campobasso	Pescara	213	Guido Carlesi	Diego Ronchini
5	Pescara	Viterbo	263	Mino Bariviera
6th	Bolsena	Arezzo	192	Mino Bariviera
7th	Arezzo	Riolo Terme	173	Nino Defilippis
8th	Riolo Terme	Salsomaggiore Terme	203	Adriano Durante
9	Salsomaggiore Terme	La Spezia	173	Giorgio Zancanaro
10	La Spezia	Asti	225	Vito Taccone
11	Asti	Oropa	130	Vito Taccone
12	Biella	Leukerbad ( SUI )	214	Vito Taccone	Franco Balmamion
13	Sierre (SUI)	Saint Vincent	152	Vito Taccone
14th	Saint Vincent	Cremona	260	Marino Vigna
15th	Mantua	Treviso	155	Franco Magnani
16	Treviso	Treviso	56 ( EZF )	Vittorio Adorni	Diego Ronchini
17th	Treviso	Gorizia	213	Mino Bariviera
18th	Gorizia	Belluno	248	Arnaldo Pambianco	Vittorio Adorni
19th	Belluno	Moena	198	Vito Taccone	Franco Balmamion
20th	Moena	Lumezzane	240	Guido Carlesi
21st	Brescia	Milan	136	Antonio Bailetti

Final results

winner	Franco Balmamion	116: 50: 16 h
Second	Vittorio Adorni	+ 2:24 min
Third	Giorgio Zancanaro	+ 3:15 min
Fourth	Guido De Rosso	+ 6:34 min
fifth	Diego Ronchini	+ 10:11 min
Sixth	Vito Taccone	+ 11:50 min
seventh	Imerio Massignan	+ 16:52 min
Eighth	Guido Carlesi	+ 17:08 min
Ninth	Graziano Battistini	+ 23:38 min
Tenth	Carlo Brugnami	+ 25:36 min
Mountain scoring	Vito Taccone
Second	Giorgio Zancanaro
Third	Franco Bitossi
Team evaluation	Carpano