Login
Login

1938 Giro d'Italia

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 1938 Giro d'Italia

| image =

| image_caption =

| date = May 7–29, 1938

| stages = 18, including three split stages

| distance = 3645.8

| unit = km

| time = 112h 49' 28"

| speed = 33.272

| first = Giovanni Valetti

| first_nat = ITA

| first_natvar = 1861

| first_team = Fréjus

| first_color = pink

| second = Ezio Cecchi

| second_nat = ITA

| second_natvar = 1861

| second_team = Gloria

| third = Severino Canavesi

| third_nat = ITA

| third_natvar = 1861

| third_team = Gloria

| mountains = Giovanni Valetti

| mountains_nat = ITA

| mountains_natvar = 1861

| mountains_team = Fréjus

| team = Gloria - Ambrosiana

| previous = 1937

|next = 1939

}}

The 1938 Giro d'Italia was the 26th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 7 May in Milan with a stage that stretched {{convert|182|km|0|abbr=on}} to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 29 May after a split stage and a total distance covered of {{convert|3645.8|km|0|abbr=on}}. The race was won by the Italian rider Giovanni Valetti of the Fréjus team, with fellow Italians Ezio Cecchi and Severino Canavesi coming in second and third respectively.{{cite web |title=La Stampa - Consultazione Archivio |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1130_01_1938_0127A_0005_24933494/anews,true/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133122/http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1130_01_1938_0127A_0005_24933494/anews,true/ |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=live |access-date=2013-07-01 }}

Participants

Of the 94 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 7 May,{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=2849&p=1&c=1#page/4/mode/1up|title=I corridori iscritti |trans-title=The runners registered|work=Il Littoriale|date=7 May 1938|page=4|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221180022/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=3209&p=1&c=1|archive-date=21 December 2014|url-status=live}} 50 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 29 May.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1938.html |title=1938 Giro d'Italia |work=Bike Race Info |author=Bill and Carol McGann |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |access-date=2012-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227170900/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1938.html |archive-date=2014-02-27 |url-status=live }} Riders were allowed to ride as a member of a team or group; 61 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 33 competed as a part of a group. The nine teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Dei, Fréjus, Ganna, Gloria-Ambrosiana, Lygie-Settebello, Legnano, Olympia, and Wolsit-Binda. The teams ranged from six to eight riders each. There were also seven groups, made up of three to five riders each, that participated in the race. Those groups were: U. C. Modenese, Il Littoriale, La Voce di Mantova, U.S. Azzini, U.S. Canelli, Dopolavoro Mater, and Gruppo A.

The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders. The field featured one former Giro d'Italia winners with Francesco Camusso who won the race in 1931. Reigning champion Gino Bartali did not enter the race because the Italian government ordered him to race the Tour de France instead. Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Giovanni Valetti, Ezio Cecchi, and Giuseppe Olmo. Swiss rider Leo Amberg who placed high at the 1936 and 1937 Tours de France competed in the race.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1937.html |title=1937 Giro d'Italia |work=Bike Race Info |author=Bill and Carol McGann |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |access-date=2012-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227170013/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1937.html |archive-date=2014-02-27 |url-status=live }}

Route and stages

class="wikitable"

|+ Stage results

style="background:#efefef;"

!Stage

!Date

!Course

!Distance

!colspan="2"|TypeIn 1938, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the stages 2, 4a, 9, 14, 15, 16, 18a, and 18b included major mountains. The stage 7a individual time trial also contained a summit finish.

!Winner

style="text-align:center"| 1

| style="text-align:center;"| May 7

| Milan to Turin

| {{convert|182|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Marco Cimatti|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 2

| style="text-align:center;"| May 8

| Turin to Sanremo

| {{convert|204|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Mario Vicini|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 3

| style="text-align:center;"| May 9

| Sanremo to Santa Margherita Ligure

| {{convert|172|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Gotti|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 4a

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| May 10

| Santa Margherita Ligure to La Spezia

| {{convert|81|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Valetti|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 4b

| La Spezia to Montecatini Terme

| {{convert|110|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Walter Generati|ITA|1861}}

| style="text-align:center;"| May 11

|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day

style="text-align:center"| 5

| style="text-align:center;"| May 12

| Montecatini Terme to Chianciano Terme

| {{convert|184|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Salvatore Crippa|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 6

| style="text-align:center;"| May 13

| Chianciano Terme to Rieti

| {{convert|160|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Adolfo Leoni|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 7a

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| May 14

| Rieti to Monte Terminillo

| {{convert|19.8|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| File:Time Trial.svg

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Valetti|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 7b

| Rieti to Rome

| {{convert|152|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Cino Cinelli|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 8

| style="text-align:center;"| May 15

| Rome to Naples

| {{convert|234|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Raffaele Di Paco|ITA|1861}}

| style="text-align:center;"| May 16

|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day

style="text-align:center"| 9

| style="text-align:center;"| May 17

| Naples to Lanciano

| {{convert|221|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Giordano Cottur|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 10

| style="text-align:center;"| May 18

| Lanciano to Ascoli Piceno

| {{convert|149|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Raffaele Di Paco|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 11

| style="text-align:center;"| May 19

| Ascoli Piceno to Ravenna

| {{convert|268|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Cino Cinelli|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 12

| style="text-align:center;"| May 20

| Ravenna to Treviso

| {{convert|199|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Raffaele Di Paco|ITA|1861}}

| style="text-align:center;"| May 21

|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day

style="text-align:center"| 13

| style="text-align:center;"| May 22

| Treviso to Trieste

| {{convert|207|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Cesare Del Cancia|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 14

| style="text-align:center;"| May 23

| Trieste to Belluno

| {{convert|243|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Olimpio Bizzi|ITA|1861}}

| style="text-align:center;"| May 24

|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day

style="text-align:center"| 15

| style="text-align:center;"| May 25

| Belluno to Recoaro Terme

| {{convert|154|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Valetti|ITA|1861}}

| style="text-align:center;"| May 26

|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day

style="text-align:center"| 16

| style="text-align:center;"| May 27

| Recoaro Terme to Bergamo

| {{convert|272|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Diego Marabelli|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 17

| style="text-align:center;"| May 28

| Bergamo to Varese

| {{convert|154|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Cesare Del Cancia|ITA|1861}}

style="text-align:center"| 18a

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| May 29

| Varese to Locarno

| {{convert|100|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Leo Amberg|SUI}}

style="text-align:center"| 18b

| Locarno to Milan

| {{convert|180|km|0|abbr=on}}

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

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Olimpio Bizzi|ITA|1861}}

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

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|3645.8|km|0|abbr=on}}

Classification leadership

The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.{{cite web|author=Laura Weislo |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |title=Giro d'Italia classifications demystified |date=13 May 2008 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |archive-date=8 May 2013 |url-status=live }}

In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.

The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=3232&p=1&c=1#page/3/mode/1up|title=Il valore del rinnovato spirito di gara nelle cifre del XXVI Giro d'Italia|work=Il Littoriale|date=30 May 1938|location=Milan, Italy|page=3|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=The value of the renewed spirit of competition in the figures of the XXVI Tour of Italy|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131219150442/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=3232&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up |archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=live}} If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification. The group classification was decided in the same manner, but the classification was exclusive to the competing groups.

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"
style="background:#efefef;"

! style="width:1%;"| Stage

! style="width:14%;"| Winner

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|General classification
Image:Jersey pink.svg

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Best isolati rider
Image:Jersey white.svg

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Mountains classification

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Team classification

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Group classification

1

| Marco Cimatti

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Marco Cimatti

|style="background:white;" rowspan="1"| Edoardo Molinar

|style="background:#EFEFEF;" rowspan="1"| not awarded

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="10"| Bianchi

|style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="1"|Il Littoriale

2

| Mario Vicini

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Mario Vicini

|style="background:white;" rowspan="4"| Settimo Simonini

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="4"| Mario Vicini

|style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="1"| U.S. Canelli

3

| Giovanni Gotti

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="8"| Cesare Del Cancia

|style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="1"|Il Littoriale

4a

| Giovanni Valetti

|style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="2"| Dopolavoro Mater

4b

| Walter Generati

5

| Salvatore Crippa

|style="background:white;" rowspan="11"| Michele Benente

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="16"| Giovanni Valetti

|style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="1"| U.S. Canelli

6

| Adolfo Leoni

|style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="4"|Il Littoriale

7a

| Giovanni Valetti

7b

| Cino Cinelli

8

| Raffaele Di Paco

9

| Giordano Cottur

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="11"| Giovanni Valetti

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="4"| Fréjus

|style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="1"| Dopolavoro Mater

10

| Raffaele Di Paco

|style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="2"|Il Littoriale

11

| Cino Cinelli

12

| Raffaele Di Paco

|style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="8"| U.S. Canelli

13

| Cesare Del Cancia

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="2"| Bianchi

14

| Olimpio Bizzi

15

| Giovanni Valetti

|style="background:white;" rowspan="5"| Settimo Simonini

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="5"| Gloria-Ambrosiana

16

| Diego Marabelli

17

| Cesare Del Cancia

18a

| Leo Amberg

18b

| Olimpio Bizzi

colspan=2| Final

! style="background:#F660AB;"| Giovanni Valetti

! style="background:offwhite;"| Settimo Simonini

! style="background:#32CD32;"| Giovanni Valetti

! style="background:yellow;"| Gloria-Ambrosiana

! style="background:orange;"| U.S. Canelli

Final standings

class="wikitable"
colspan=4| Legend
  Image:Jersey pink.svg  

| Denotes the winner of the General classification

|   Image:Jersey white.svg  

| Denotes the winner of the Best Isolati Rider classification

=General classification=

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

|+ Final general classification (1–10){{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=3232&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up|title=Il Giro-Primato: 3754km. percorsi a 33,272 all'ora è vinto da Valetti |work=Il Littoriale|date=30 May 1938|location=Milan, Italy|page=1|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=The Tour-Primacy: 3,754 km ridden at 33.272 km per hour was won by Valetti|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219150442/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=3232&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up |archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=live}}

Rank

!Name

!Team

!Time

style="text-align:center"| 1

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Valetti|ITA|1861}} File:Jersey pink.svg

| Fréjus

|align="right"| {{nowrap|112h 49' 28"}}

style="text-align:center"| 2

| {{flagathlete|Ezio Cecchi|ITA|1861}}

| Gloria

|align="right"| + 8' 52"

style="text-align:center"| 3

| {{flagathlete|Severino Canavesi|ITA|1861}}

| Gloria

|align="right"| + 9' 06"

style="text-align:center"| 4

| {{flagathlete|Settimo Simonini|ITA|1861}}

| U.S. Canelli

|align="right"| + 15' 50"

style="text-align:center"| 5

| {{flagathlete|Michele Benente|ITA|1861}}

| U.S. Canelli

|align="right"| + 19' 40"

style="text-align:center"| 6

| {{flagathlete|Walter Generati|ITA|1861}}

| Bianchi

|align="right"| + 22' 02"

style="text-align:center"| 7

| {{flagathlete|Cesare Del Cancia|ITA|1861}}

| Ganna

|align="right"| + 24' 07"

style="text-align:center"| 8

| {{flagathlete|Karl Litschi|SUI}}

| Olympia

|align="right"| + 29' 24"

style="text-align:center"| 9

| {{flagathlete|Ruggero Balli|ITA|1861}}

| Bianchi

|align="right"| + 32' 23"

style="text-align:center"| 10

| {{flagathlete|Adalino Mealli|ITA|1861}}

| Wolsit

|align="right"| + 38' 38"

{{columns-start}}

=Isolati classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final isolati rider classification (1–10)

Rank

!Name

!Team

!Time

style="text-align:center"| 1

| {{flagathlete|Settimo Simonini|ITA|1861}}

| U.S. Canelli

|align="right"| {{nowrap|113h 05' 17"}}

style="text-align:center"| 2

| {{flagathlete|Michele Benente|ITA|1861}}

| U.S. Canelli

|align="right"| + 3' 57"

style="text-align:center"| 3

| {{flagathlete|Richard Menapace|ITA|1861}}

| Dopolavoro Mater

|align="right"| + 1h 04' 56"

style="text-align:center"| 4

| {{flagathlete|Remo Cerasa|ITA|1861}}

| Il Littoriale

|align="right"| + 2h 05' 29"

style="text-align:center"| 5

| {{flagathlete|Zoarino Guidi|ITA|1861}}

| Il Littoriale

|align="right"| + 2h 08' 03"

style="text-align:center"| 6

| {{flagathlete|Edgardo Scappini|ITA|1861}}

| U.S. Azzini

|align="right"| + 2h 09' 54"

style="text-align:center"| 7

| {{flagathlete|Fulvio Montini|ITA|1861}}

| U.S. Azzini

|align="right"| + 2h 17' 17"

style="text-align:center"| 8

| {{flagathlete|Ascanio Arcangeli|ITA|1861}}

| Il Littoriale

|align="right"| + 2h 42' 08"

style="text-align:center"| 9

| {{flagathlete|Gilberto De Paolis|ITA|1861}}

| Dopolavoro Mater

|align="right"| + 2h 43' 12"

style="text-align:center"| 10

| {{flagathlete|Walter Fantini|ITA|1861}}

| U.C. Modenese

|align="right"| + 3h 15' 28"

{{column}}

=Mountains classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final mountains classification (1–8)

!Name

!Team

!Points

style="text-align:center"| 1

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Valetti|ITA|1861}} File:Jersey pink.svg

| Fréjus

|align="right"| 29

style="text-align:center"| 2

| {{flagathlete|Giordano Cottur|ITA|1861}}

| Lygie

|align="right"| 26

style="text-align:center"| 3

| {{flagathlete|Ezio Cecchi|ITA|1861}}

| Gloria

|align="right"| 18

style="text-align:center"| 4

| {{flagathlete|Settimo Simonini|ITA|1861}}

| U.S. Canelli

|align="right"| 13

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 5

| {{flagathlete|Karl Litschi|SUI}}

| Olympia

|align="right" rowspan="2"| 9

{{flagathlete|Adalino Mealli|ITA|1861}}

| Wolsit

style="text-align:center"| 7

| {{flagathlete|Severino Canavesi|ITA|1861}}

| Gloria

|align="right"| 8

style="text-align:center" rowspan="3"| 8

| {{flagathlete|Bernardo Rogora|ITA|1861}}

| Gloria

|align="right" rowspan="3"| 5

{{flagathlete|Michele Benente|ITA|1861}}

| U.S. Canelli

{{flagathlete|Olimpio Bizzi|ITA|1861}}

| Fréjus

{{columns-end}}

{{columns-start}}

=Team classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final team classification (1–7)

!Team

!Time

style="text-align:center"| 1

| Gloria-Ambrosiana

|align="right"| {{nowrap|340h 5' 28"}}

style="text-align:center"| 2

| Bianchi

|align="right"| + 3' 06"

style="text-align:center"| 3

| Fréjus

|align="right"| + 51' 18"

style="text-align:center"| 4

| Ganna

|align="right"| + 1h 49' 00"

style="text-align:center"| 5

| Wolsit-S.C. Binda

|align="right"| + 4h 22' 32"

style="text-align:center"| 6

| Dei

|align="right"| + 5h 15' 52"

style="text-align:center"| 7

| Olympia

|align="right"| + 9h 11' 44"

{{column}}

=Group classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final group classification (1–3)

Rank

!Team

!Time

style="text-align:center"| 1

| U.S. Canelli

|align="right"| {{nowrap|243h 17' 44"}}

style="text-align:center"| 2

| Il Littoriale

|align="right"| + 2h 53' 47"

style="text-align:center"| 3

| Dopolavoro Mater

|align="right"| + 3h 36' 32"

{{columns-end}}

References

;Notes

{{Reflist|group="Notes"}}

;Citations

{{reflist|30em}}

{{Giro d'Italia}}

{{Giro d'Italia general classification winners}}

1938

Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia