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1913 Giro d'Italia

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 1913 Giro d'Italia

| image = Giro Italia 1913-map.png

| image_caption = Race Route

| date = 6–22 May 1913

| stages = 9

| distance = 2932

| unit = km

| time = 135h 15' 56"

| speed = 21.69

| first = Carlo Oriani

| first_nat = ITA

| first_natvar = 1861

| first_team = Maino

| second = Eberardo Pavesi

| second_nat = ITA

| second_natvar = 1861

| second_team = Legnano

| third = Giuseppe Azzini

| third_nat = ITA

| third_natvar = 1861

| third_team = OTAV

| team = Maino

| previous = 1912

|next = 1914

}}

The 1913 Giro d'Italia was the fifth edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 6 May in Milan with a stage that stretched {{convert|341|km|0|abbr=on}} to Genoa, finishing back in Milan on 22 May after a {{convert|321.1|km|0|abbr=on}} stage and a total distance covered of {{convert|2932|km|0|abbr=on}}. The race was won by the Italian rider Carlo Oriani of the Maino team.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1913/05/29/pagina-3/606537/pdf.html|title=La Vuelta De Italia|language=es|date=29 May 1913|page=3|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=The Giro d'Italia}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1913/05/29/pagina-4/1383034/pdf.html|title=La Vuelta De Italia|language=es|date=29 May 1913|page=4|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=The Giro d'Italia}} Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Eberardo Pavesi and Giuseppe Azzini.{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,avanzata/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1190_01_1913_0124_0005_24841829/|title=La Stampa - Consultazione Archivio|website=www.archiviolastampa.it|access-date=22 April 2018}}

It was the last Giro with a final classification in points and the first one in which the final winner of the race did not win a single stage. The Giro saw the debut of the twenty-year-old Costante Girardengo, who won the 6th stage. The 1913 Giro was the last concluded by Luigi Ganna, winner of the first edition.

Changes from the 1912 Giro d'Italia

Outside the yearly changes in the route, race length, and number of stages, the biggest change to how the general classification was to be calculated. The race organizers decided to change back to the way the general classification had been calculated in the earlier editions, by the individual and the awarding of points based on how high the rider placed in each stage rather than doing a team points based system like the previous edition.

Participants

{{main|List of teams and cyclists in the 1913 Giro d'Italia}}

Of the 99 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 6 May,{{sfn|De Stefani|1914|p=259}} 35 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 22 May.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1913.html |title=1913 Giro d'Italia |work=Bike Race Info |author= Bill and Carol McGann |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|access-date=2012-07-10}} Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were eight teams that competed in the race: Ganna-Dunlop, Gerbi-Dunlop, Globo-Dunlop, Legnano-Dunlop, Maino-Pirelli, Otav-Pirelli, Peugeot Italy-Tedeschi, and Stucchi-Dunlop.

The peloton was composed completely of Italians. The field featured three former Giro d'Italia champions in the 1909 winner Luigi Ganna, three-time winner and returning champion Carlo Galetti, and returning champion Eberardo Pavesi. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Giovanni Rossignoli, Alfredo Sivocci, Carlo Oriani, and Giuseppe Azzini.

Among the riders was Edoardo Bardelli, who had recently turned seventeen. Bardelli is the youngest rider to have started the Giro d'Italia.{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Giro-dItalia-rules-statistics-1909-2023/dp/B0CKB3YHLY|title=Giro d'Italia rules and statistics|first=Pieter|last=van den Akker|year=2023|isbn=979-8863173719|page=11}}

Race details

The first stage ended with a sprint between Santhia and Albini; Santhia won and became the first leader.{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4626244h/f3.item.zoom|title=Le Tour d'Italie|work=L'Auto|page=3|date=7 May 1913|language=French}}

In the second stage, Pavesi suffered from a flat tire, but he was able to get back to the peloton, and then get away from the other riders, finishing alone. Albini became the new leader.{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4626246b/f4.item.zoom|title=le Tour d'Italie|page=4|date=9 May 1913|language=French|work=L'Auto}}

In the third stage, a large group stayed together until the last checkpoint in Narni. There, the soigneurs of the Legnano cycling team (with Borgarello, Albini, Pavesi, Albini and Canepari) had not arrived yet, so they could not get their foods and drinks. Santhia and Azzini saw an opportunity and escaped; when Azzini had a flat tire, Santhia continued alone, and won the stage, becoming the leader of the general classification.{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46262485/f5.item.zoom|title=Santhia gaigne brillamment la 3e etape|language=French|work=L'Auto|date=11 May 1913}}

Stage four was won by Giuseppe Azzini, in his first year as a professional cyclist. Santhia finished in third place, keeping the overall lead.{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46262507/f5.item.zoom|work=L'Auto|date=13 May 1913|page=5|language=French|title=Le Tour d'Italie}}

Azzini also won the fifth stage. An important event in that stage was a late flat tire for Santhia. Because of his low position in the stage, he lost the overall lead to Pavesi.{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46262522/f3.item.zoom|work=L'Auto|date=15 May 1913|page=3|title=Le Tour d'Italie|language=French}}

In the sixth stage, Santhia abandoned because he was ill. A young Costante Girardengo won this stage, the first of 30 stage victories in the Giro.{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4626254w/f4.item.zoom|work=L'Auto|date=17 May 1913|page=4|language=French|title=Le Tour d'Italie}}

The seventh stage was won by Canepari, in a long solo escape.{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1190_01_1913_0137_0005_24842048/|work=La Stampa|language=Italian|page=5|date=19 May 1913|title=Canepari vince la VII tappa del Giro d'Italia}} Pavesi finished the stage in twelfth place, and lost the lead to Azzini, who was only one point ahead of Oriani.{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4626256q/f6.item.zoom|work=L'Auto|date=19 May 1913|page=6|language=French|title=Le Tour d'Italie}}

The eighth stage ended in a sprint. Only the first seven riders could be ranked by the jury, the rest was put ex aequo on the eighth place. Bordin won the sprint, with Oriani in second place; this was enough for Oriani to become the new leader in the general classification.{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4626258j/f3.item.zoom|work=L'Auto|date=21 May 1913|page=3|language=French|title=Le Tour d'Italie}}

The only rider who could take the overall victory away from Oriani was Azzini. Midway in the stage, Oriani had a flat tire. He changed a wheel with his team mate Agostoni, and had to chase the main group (including Azzini). Azzini rode hard to stay away from Oriani, but Oriano was able to get back to Azzini's group, and when he saw that Azzini was tired, he immediately rode away. Some riders followed him, but Azzini was not able to follow. Oriani's escape group stayed away until the finish, and Oriani thus won the Giro.{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4626260m/f4.item.zoom|work=L'Auto|date=23 May 1913|page=4|language=French|title=Le Tour d'Italie}}

Final standings

=Stage results=

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|+ Stage results{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/GdI/GdI_1913.htm |title=Oriani Victory Without a Stage Win |work=CyclingRevealed |author=Barry Boyce |publisher=CyclingRevealed|access-date=2012-07-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1190_01_1913_0123_0005_24331831/anews,true/|title=La Stampa - Consultazione Archivio|website=www.archiviolastampa.it|access-date=22 April 2018}}

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!Stage

!Date

!Course

!Distance

!colspan="2"|TypeIn 1913, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and ninth stages included major mountains.

!Winner

!Race Leader

style="text-align:center"|1

| 6 May

| Milan to Genoa

|style="text-align:center"| {{convert|341|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Santhià|ITA|1861}}

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Santhià|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"|2

| 8 May

| Genoa to Siena

|style="text-align:center"| {{convert|332|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Eberardo Pavesi|ITA|1861}}

| {{flagathlete|Pierino Albini|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"|3

| 10 May

| Siena to Rome

|style="text-align:center"| {{convert|317.9|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Santhià|ITA|1861}}

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Santhià|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"|4

| 12 May

| Rome to Salerno

|style="text-align:center"| {{convert|341|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Azzini|ITA|1861}}

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Santhià|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"|5

| 14 May

| Salerno to Bari

|style="text-align:center"| {{convert|295.6|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Azzini|ITA|1861}}

| {{flagathlete|Eberardo Pavesi|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"|6

| 16 May

| Bari to Campobasso

|style="text-align:center"| {{convert|256|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Costante Girardengo|ITA|1861}}

| {{flagathlete|Eberardo Pavesi|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"|7

| 18 May

| Campobasso to Ascoli Piceno

|style="text-align:center"| {{convert|313.2|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Clemente Canepari|ITA|1861}}

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Azzini|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"|8

| 20 May

| Ascoli Piceno to Rovigo

|style="text-align:center"| {{convert|413.8|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Lauro Bordin|ITA|1861}}

| {{flagathlete|Carlo Oriani|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"|9

| 22 May

| Rovigo to Milan

|style="text-align:center"| {{convert|321.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Eberardo Pavesi|ITA|1861}}

| {{flagathlete|Carlo Oriani|ITA|1861}}

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Total

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|2932|km|0|abbr=on}}

=General classification=

File:Carlo Oriani Paris-Tours 1913.jpg won the race after taking the lead upon the conclusion of the eighth leg.|alt=A man looking at a camera while posing.]]

There were 35 cyclists who had completed all nine stages. For these cyclists, the points they received from each of their stage placing's were added up for the general classification. The cyclist with the least accumulated points was the winner.

class="wikitable" style="width:45em;margin-bottom:0;"

|+ Final general classification (1–10){{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=9383#first |title=Giro d'Italia 1913 |work=Cycling Archives|access-date=16 April 2013}}

Rank

!Name

!Team

!Point

style="text-align:center"| 1

| {{flagathlete|Carlo Oriani|ITA|1861}}

| Maino

| style="text-align:center;"| 37

style="text-align:center"| 2

| {{flagathlete|Eberardo Pavesi|ITA|1861}}

| Legnano

| style="text-align:center;"| 43

style="text-align:center"| 3

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Azzini|ITA|1861}}

| Otav

| style="text-align:center;"| 48

style="text-align:center"| 4

| {{flagathlete|Pierino Albini|ITA|1861}}

| Legnano

| style="text-align:center;"| 61

style="text-align:center"| 5

| {{flagathlete|Luigi Ganna|ITA|1861}}

| Ganna

| style="text-align:center;"| 64

style="text-align:center" rowspan=2| 6

| {{flagathlete|Costante Girardengo|ITA|1861}}

| Maino

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| 74

{{flagathlete|Leopoldo Torricelli|ITA|1861}}

| Maino

style="text-align:center"| 8

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Contesini|ITA|1861}}

| Globo-Dunlop

| style="text-align:center;"| 81

style="text-align:center"| 9

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Cervi|ITA|1861}}

| Gerbi-Dunlop

| style="text-align:center;"| 82

style="text-align:center"| 10

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Rossignoli|ITA|1861}}

| Globo-Dunlop

| style="text-align:center;"| 89

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colspan=4|Final general classification (11–34)
Rank

!Name

!Team

!Point

style="text-align:center;"| 11{{flagathlete|Ugo Agostoni|ITA|1861}}—align=center| 93
style="text-align:center;"| 12{{flagathlete|Clemente Canepari|ITA|1861}}Legnanoalign=center| 97
style="text-align:center;"| 13{{flagathlete|Michele Robotti|ITA|1861}}Gannaalign=center| 99
style="text-align:center;"| 14{{flagathlete|Camillo Bertarelli|ITA|1861}}Gannaalign=center| 103
style="text-align:center;"| 15{{flagathlete|Emilio Petiva|ITA|1861}}—align=center| 116
style="text-align:center;"| 16{{flagathlete|Luigi Lucotti|ITA|1861}}—align=center| 120
style="text-align:center;"| 17{{flagathlete|Lauro Bordin|ITA|1861}}—align=center| 123
style="text-align:center;"| 18{{flagathlete|Luigi Azzini|ITA|1861}}Otavalign=center| 127
style="text-align:center;"| 19{{flagathlete|Giovanni Cocchi|ITA|1861}}Otavalign=center| 130
style="text-align:center;"| 20{{flagathlete|Giovanni Casetta|ITA|1861}}Goerickealign=center| 131
style="text-align:center;"| 21{{flagathlete|Emilio Cucchetti|ITA|1861}}Globo-Dunlopalign=center| 132
style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| 22{{flagathlete|Natale Bosco|ITA|1861}}—align=center rowspan=2| 134
{{flagathlete|Gino Brizzi|ITA|1861}}—
style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| 24{{flagathlete|Domenico Cittera|ITA|1861}}—align=center rowspan=2| 135
{{flagathlete|Alfredo Sivocci|ITA|1861}}—
style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| 26{{flagathlete|Luigi Molon|ITA|1861}}—align=center rowspan=2| 138
{{flagathlete|Mario Bonalanza|ITA|1861}}—
style="text-align:center;"| 28{{flagathlete|Giovanni Roncon|ITA|1861}}—align=center| 139
style="text-align:center;"| 29{{flagathlete|Giuseppe Bonfanti|ITA|1861}}—align=center| 143
style="text-align:center;"| 30{{flagathlete|Umberto Ripamonti|ITA|1861}}—align=center| 147
style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| 31{{flagathlete|Giovanni Bassi|ITA|1861}}—align=center rowspan=2| 149
{{flagathlete|Oreste Locatelli|ITA|1861}}—
style="text-align:center;"| 33{{flagathlete|Mario Secchi|ITA|1861}}—align=center| 157
style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| 34{{flagathlete|Alfredo Corti|ITA|1861}}—align=center rowspan=2| 158
{{flagathlete|Mario Lonati|ITA|1861}}—

=Isolati rider classification=

There was a classification for only the isolati riders that was called the "Premio Momo," it was calculated in the same manner as the general classification.{{sfn|De Stefani|1914|p=262}}

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|+ Final isolati classification (1–5){{sfn|De Stefani|1914|p=262}}{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7924&p=5#page/5/mode/2up|title=I vincitori delle categorie speciali|work=Corriere dello Sport|date=14 June 1950|page=6|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=The winners of the special categories|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222201219/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7924&p=5|archive-date=22 December 2014|url-status=live}}

Rank

!Name

!Team

!Point

style="text-align:center"| 1

| {{flagathlete|Michele Robotti|ITA|1861}}

| Ganna

| style="text-align:center;"| 99

style="text-align:center"| 2

| {{flagathlete|Camillo Bertarelli|ITA|1861}}

| Ganna

| style="text-align:center;"| 103

style="text-align:center"| 3

| {{flagathlete|Emilio Petiva|ITA|1861}}

| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 116

style="text-align:center"| 4

| {{flagathlete|Luigi Lucotti|ITA|1861}}

| —

| style="text-align:center;"| 120

style="text-align:center"| 5

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Cassetta|ITA|1861}}

| Goericke

| style="text-align:center;"| 131

=Team classification=

To be eligible for the team classification, known in Italian as the Premio dell'Industria, the team must have three riders complete the course.> For each team that had at least the necessary three riders complete the race, the three riders with the lowest point totals from the team would be added together to give each team its score.{{sfn|De Stefani|1914|p=262}} The team with the lowest total of points was the winner of the classification.{{sfn|De Stefani|1914|p=262}}

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|+ Final team classification (1–4){{sfn|De Stefani|1914|p=262}}

Rank

!Team

!Points

style="text-align:center"| 1

| Maino

|align="right"| 185

style="text-align:center"| 2

| Legnano

|align="right"| 201

style="text-align:center"| 3

| Globo

|align="right"| 302

style="text-align:center"| 4

| Otav

|align="right"| 305

Aftermath

Upon winning the race, Carlo Oriani enlisted in the Corps of the Bersaglieri, the Italian infantry, and got commissioned into World War I.{{cite web |url=http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1909-1922/ |title=1913 |date=2017 |work=Giro d'Italia |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607081832/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1909-1922/ |archive-date=2017-06-07 |url-status=live }} Oriani died in a military hospital in Casserta.

The 1913 Giro was considered successful; there were few irregularities, and all but two stages had successful escapes.{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4626260m/f4.item.zoom|work=L'Auto|language=French|date=23 May 1913|title=Le Tour d'Italie}}

References

=Footnotes=

{{Reflist|group="Notes"}}

=Citations=

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=Bibliography=

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