1937 Giro d'Italia

Template:Short description The 1937 Giro d'Italia was the 25th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 8 May in Milan with a stage that stretched to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 30 May after a split stage and a total distance covered of . The race was won by Gino Bartali of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Giovanni Valetti and Enrico Mollo coming in second and third respectively.

Participants

Of the 98 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 8 May, 41 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 30 May. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team or group; 65riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 33 competed independently. The four teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Fréjus, Ganna, and Legnano. Each team was composed of seven riders. There were also seven groups, made up of five riders each, that participated in the race. Those groups were: Italiani All'Estero, Bertoldo, Il Littoriale, S S. Parioli, Belgi, Svizzeri, and Tedeschi.

The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders. The field featured four former Giro d'Italia winners with the 1931 race winner Francesco Camusso, 1934 winner Learco Guerra, Vasco Bergamaschi who won the race in 1935, and returning champion Gino Bartali. Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Giovanni Valetti, and Giuseppe Olmo. Notable foreign entrants were the Belgian riders Alfons Deloor, Alfons Schepers, and Antoine Dignef, and also the Swiss rider Leo Amberg who placed high at the 1936 Tour de France.

Route and stages

Stage results

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	8 May	Milan to Turin		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
2	9 May	Torino to Acqui Terme		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
3	10 May	Acqui Terme to Genoa		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
4	11 May	Genoa to Viareggio		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
5a	12 May	Viareggio to Marina di Massa		File:Time Trial.svg	Team time trial	Legnano
5b		Marina di Massa to Livorno		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
	13 May	Rest day
6	14 May	Livorno to Arezzo		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
7	15 May	Arezzo to Rieti		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
8a	16 May	Rieti to Monte Terminillo		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
8b		Rieti to Rome		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
9	17 May	Rome to Naples		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
	18 May	Rest day
10	19 May	Naples to Foggia		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
11a	20 May	Foggia to San Severo		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
11b		San Severo to Campobasso		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
12	21 May	Campobasso to Pescara		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
13	22 May	Pescara to Ancona		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
14	23 May	Ancona to Forlì		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
	24 May	Rest day
15	25 May	Forlì to Vittorio Veneto		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
16	26 May	Vittorio Veneto to Merano		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
17	27 May	Merano to Gardone Riviera		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
	28 May	Rest day
18	29 May	Gardone Riviera to San Pellegrino Terme		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
19a	30 May	San Pellegrino Terme to Como		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
19b		Como to Milan		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
	Total

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.

The liberi classification, one similar to the general classification was calculated, using only independent riders and riders that came as members of groups.

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. 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.

Stage	Winner	General classification File:Jersey pink.svg	Liberi classification	Mountains classification	Team classification	Group classification
1	Nello Troggi	Nello Troggi	Nello Troggi	not awarded	Fréjus	?
2	Quirico Bernacchi	Quirico Bernacchi	Quirico Bernacchi & Giovanni Gotti
3	Giovanni Valetti	Giovanni Valetti	Quirico Bernacchi
4	Olimpio Bizzi		Bernardo Rogora	Enrico Mollo
5a	Legnano	Gino Bartali	Alfons Deloor
5b	Olimpio Bizzi	Giovanni Valetti	Luigi Barral
6	Giuseppe Olmo					Bertoldo
7	Marco Cimatti
8a	Gino Bartali	Gino Bartali		Enrico Mollo & Gino Bartali
8b	Raffaele Di Paco			Enrico Mollo
9	Learco Guerra
10	Gino Bartali			Gino Bartali
11a	Walter Generati
11b	Cesare Del Cancia		Edoardo Molinar
12	Marco Cimatti			Enrico Mollo & Luigi Barral
13	Aldo Bini		Luigi Barral
14	Aldo Bini					Il Littoriale
15	Glauco Servadei		Edoardo Molinar
16	Gino Bartali			Enrico Mollo & Gino Bartali
17	Gino Bartali			Gino Bartali
18	Glauco Servadei
19a	Marco Cimatti
19b	Aldo Bini
Final		Gino Bartali	Edoardo Molinar	Gino Bartali	Fréjus	Il Littoriale

Final standings

Legend
A pink jersey	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Legnano	122h 25' 40"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Fréjus	+ 8' 18"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Fréjus	+ 17' 38"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Ganna	+ 21' 38"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Ganna	+ 23' 18"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Fréjus	+ 27' 28"
7	Template:Flagathlete	—	+ 30' 31"
8	Template:Flagathlete	—	+ 32' 07"
9	Template:Flagathlete	Italiani all'Estero	+ 48' 22"
10	Template:Flagathlete	—	+ 55' 19"

Liberi classification

Final liberi rider classification (1–10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete	—	122h 59' 41"
2	Template:Flagathlete	—	+ 5' 07"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Italiani all'Estero	+ 14' 21"
4	Template:Flagathlete	—	+ 21' 18"
5	Template:Flagathlete	—	+ 27' 04"
6	Template:Flagathlete	—	+ 30' 14"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Bertoldo	+ 39' 49"
8	Template:Flagathlete	Il Littoriale	+ 42' 44"
9	Template:Flagathlete	Il Littoriale	+ 54' 59"
10	Template:Flagathlete	—	+ 1h 10' 09"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–9)

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete	Legnano	37
2	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Fréjus	35
3	Template:Flagathlete	Bertoldo	22
4	Template:Flagathlete	—	9
5	Template:Flagathlete	Legnano	8
6	Template:Flagathlete	Fréjus	6
	Template:Flagathlete	Fréjus
8	Template:Flagathlete	Italiani all'Estero	5
9	Template:Flagathlete	Ganna	3
	Template:Flagathlete	—

Team classification

Final team classification (1–3)

Rank	Team	Time
1	Fréjus	367h 50' 24"
2	Ganna	+ 1h 24' 24"
3	Legnano-Wolsit	+ 2h 24' 58"

Group classification

Final group classification (1–4)

Rank	Team	Time
1	Il Littoriale	370h 58' 04"
2	Italiani all'estero	+ 21' 27"
3	Bertoldo	+ 1h 05' 37"
4	Stranieri	+ 4h 10' 09"

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