1936 Giro d'Italia

The 1936 Giro d'Italia was the 24th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 16 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 161 km (100 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 7 June after a 248 km (154 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,766 km (2,340 mi). The race was won by Gino Bartali of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Giuseppe Olmo and Severino Canavesi coming in second and third respectively.^[1]

1936 Giro d'Italia

Race Route
Race details
Dates	16 May – 7 June 1936
Stages	19, including two split stages
Distance	3,766 km (2,340 mi)
Winning time	120h 12' 30"
Results
Winner  Gino Bartali (ITA) (Legnano)   Second  Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) (Bianchi)   Third  Severino Canavesi (ITA) (Ganna)   Mountains  Gino Bartali (ITA) (Legnano)   Team Legnano
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Participants

Of the 89 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 16 May,^[2] 45 of them made it to the finish in Rome on 7 June.^[3] Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team; 46 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 44 competed independently.^[2] The seven teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Dei, Fréjus, Ganna, Gloria, Legnano, and Maino.^[3]

The peloton was composed of only Italian riders due to the political situation involving Italy at the time.^[3] The field featured two former Giro d'Italia winners with Costante Girardengo who won the race in 1919 and 1923 and the returning champion Vasco Bergamaschi.^[2][3] Other notable Italian riders included Gino Bartali, Giovanni Valetti, and Giuseppe Olmo.^[2][3]

Route and stages

Stage results^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type[N 1]		Winner
1	16 May	Milan to Turin	161 km (100 mi)		Plain stage	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
2	17 May	Turin to Genoa	206 km (128 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Aldo Bini (ITA)
3	18 May	Genoa to Montecatini Terme	206 km (128 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Raffaele Di Paco (ITA)
	19 May	Rest day
4	20 May	Montecatini Terme to Grosseto	220 km (137 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Fabio Battesini (ITA)
5	21 May	Grosseto to Rome	248 km (154 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
	22 May	Rest day
6	23 May	Rome to Naples	230 km (143 mi)		Plain stage	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
7	24 May	Naples to Bari	283 km (176 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Raffaele Di Paco (ITA)
	25 May	Rest day
8	26 May	Bari to Campobasso	243 km (151 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Olimpio Bizzi (ITA)
9	27 May	Campobasso to L'Aquila	204 km (127 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)
10	28 May	L'Aquila to Rieti	117 km (73 mi)		Plain stage	Raffaele Di Paco (ITA)
11	29 May	Rieti to Monte Terminillo	20 km (12 mi)		Individual time trial	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
12	30 May	Rieti to Florence	292 km (181 mi)		Plain stage	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
13	31 May	Florence to Cesenatico	139 km (86 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
14	1 June	Cesenatico to Ferrara	155 km (96 mi)		Plain stage	Raffaele Di Paco (ITA)
15a	2 June	Ferrara to Padua	106 km (66 mi)		Plain stage	Raffaele Di Paco (ITA)
15b		Padua to Venice	39 km (24 mi)		Individual time trial	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
	3 June	Rest day
16	4 June	Venice to Legnago	183 km (114 mi)		Plain stage	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
17a	5 June	Legnago to Riva del Garda	139 km (86 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
17b		Riva del Garda to Gardone Riviera	100 km (62 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)
18	6 June	Gardone Riviera to Salsomaggiore Terme	206 km (128 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)
19	7 June	Salsomaggiore Terme to Milan	248 km (154 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)
	Total		3,766 km (2,340 mi)

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.^[4]

The highest ranked isolati cyclist in the general classification were tracked.

In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.^[4]

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.^[3][5] If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification.^[5]

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

Stage	Winner	General classification	Best isolati rider	Mountains classification	Team classification
1	Giuseppe Olmo	Giuseppe Olmo	Remo Bertoni, Isidoro Piubellini, Auguste Como, Luigi Macchi, Giuppono, and Eugenio Gestri	not awarded	?
2	Aldo Bini	Aldo Bini	Remo Bertoni, Isidoro Piubellini, Luigi Macchi, and Eugenio Gestri
3	Raffaele Di Paco		Isidoro Piubellini & Luigi Macchi
4	Fabio Battesini			Gino Bartali
5	Giuseppe Olmo		Isidoro Piubellini
6	Giuseppe Olmo	Aldo Bini & Giuseppe Olmo[N 2]
7	Raffaele Di Paco	Giuseppe Olmo
8	Olimpio Bizzi
9	Gino Bartali	Gino Bartali	Edoardo Molinar
10	Raffaele Di Paco
11	Giuseppe Olmo
12	Giuseppe Olmo				Legnano
13	Giuseppe Olmo				Bianchi
14	Raffaele Di Paco
15a	Raffaele Di Paco
15b	Giuseppe Olmo
16	Giuseppe Olmo
17a	Giuseppe Olmo				Legnano
17b	Gino Bartali
18	Gino Bartali
19	Giuseppe Olmo
Final		Gino Bartali!	Edoardo Molinar	Gino Bartali	Legnano

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[3][7]

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Gino Bartali (ITA)	Legnano	120h 12' 30"
2	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 2' 36"
3	Severino Canavesi (ITA)	Ganna	+ 7' 49"
4	Adalino Mealli (ITA)	Legnano	+ 14' 04"
5	Giovanni Valetti (ITA)	Fréjus	+ 14' 15"
6	Domenico Piemontesi (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 16' 31"
7	Ambrogio Morelli (ITA)	Ganna	+ 17' 44"
8	Vasco Bergamaschi (ITA)	Maino	+ 18' 35"
9	Enrico Mollo (ITA)	Gloria	+ 19' 27"
10	Edoardo Molinar (ITA)	—	+ 20' 48"

Isolati classification

Final isolati rider classification (1–10)^[7]

Rank	Name	Time
1	Edoardo Molinar (ITA)	120h 33' 18""
2	Mario Vicini (ITA)	+ 17' 13"
3	Luigi Macchi (ITA)	+ 24' 25"
4	Fausto Montesi (ITA)	+ 26' 16"
5	Aurelio Scazzola (ITA)	+ 41' 18"
6	Augusto Como (ITA)	+ 50' 48"
7	Umberto Guarducci (ITA)	+ 56' 56"
8	Carlo Moretti (ITA)	+ 1h 01' 31"
9	Pietro Rimoldi (ITA)	+ 1h 21' 18"
10	Ambrogio Perego (ITA)	+ 2h 35' 12"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[3][7]

	Name	Team	Points
1	Gino Bartali (ITA)	Legnano	38.5
2	Severino Canavesi (ITA)	Ganna	25
3	Edoardo Molinar (ITA)	—	11
4	Enrico Mollo (ITA)	Gloria	10
5	Adalino Mealli (ITA)	Legnano	6
6	Giuseppe Olmo (ITA)	Bianchi	5
7	Romeo Rossi (ITA)	—	4
	Mario Vicini (ITA)	—
9	Giovanni Valetti (ITA)	Fréjus	2.5
10	Pietro Rimoldi (ITA)	—	2
	Luigi Macchi (ITA)	Gloria
	Walter Generati (ITA)	—
	Alfredo Mamesi (ITA)	Gloria
	Luigi Giacobbe (ITA)	—
	Cesare Del Cancia (ITA)	Ganna

Team classification

Final team classification (1–7)^[3][5]

	Team	Time
1	Legnano	361h 29' 35"
2	Ganna	+ 4' 59"
3	Bianchi	+ 6' 59"
4	Frèjus	+ 22' 02"
5	Gloria	+ 29' 39"
6	Maino	+ 1h 01' 07"
7	Dei	+ 3h 15' 09"