1947 Giro d'Italia

Template:Short description The 1947 Giro d'Italia was the 30th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 24 May in Milan with a stage that stretched to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 15 June after a stage and a total distance covered of .

The Giro was won by Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi team, with fellow Italians Gino Bartali and Giulio Bresci coming in second and third respectively.

Teams

A total of twelve teams entered the 1947 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of seven riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 84 cyclists. Out of the 84 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 50 riders made it to the finish in Milan.

The teams entering the race were:

• Template:Cycling data Arbos
• Template:Cycling data Benotto
• Template:Cycling data BIA
• Cozzi-Silger
• Legnano
• Lygie
• Olmo
• Monterosa
• Template:Cycling data Viscontea
• Wally
• Template:Cycling data Welter
• Template:Cycling data Wilier

Route and stages

Stage characteristics and results

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	24 May	Milan to Turin		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
2	25 May	Turin to Genoa		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
3	26 May	Genoa to Reggio Emilia		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
4	27 May	Reggio Emilia to Prato		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
	28 May	Rest day
5a	29 May	Prato to Bagni di Casciana Terme		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
5b		Bagni di Casciana Terme to Florence		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
6	30 May	Florence to Perugia		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
7	31 May	Perugia to Rome		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
8	1 June	Rome to Naples		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
	2 June	Rest day
9	3 June	Naples to Bari		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
10	4 June	Bari to Foggia		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
11	5 June	Foggia to Pescara		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
	6 June	Rest day
12	7 June	Pescara to Cesenatico		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
13	8 June	Cesenatico to Padua		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
14	9 June	Padua to Vittorio Veneto		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
15	10 June	Vittorio Veneto to Pieve di Cadore		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
	11 June	Rest day
16	12 June	Pieve di Cadore to Trento		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
17	13 June	Trento to Brescia Sant'Eufemia		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
18	14 June	Brescia Sant'Eufemia to Lugano (Switzerland)		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
19	15 June	Lugano (Switzerland) to Milan		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
	Total

Race overview

In the fifteenth stage, Bartali dismounted his bike to punch a spectator who shouted an anti-Catholic slur at him.Template:Sfn He then continued to win the stage.Template:Sfn

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.

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

There was a black jersey (maglia nera) awarded to the rider placed last in the general classification. The classification was calculated in the same manner as the general classification.

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

Stage	Winner	General classification File:Jersey pink.svg	Mountains classification	Last in General classification File:Jersey black.svg	Team classification
1	Renzo Zanazzi	Renzo Zanazzi	not awarded	Ernesto Ciardossino	?
2	Gino Bartali			Armando Peverelli
3	Luciano Maggini		Giovanni Corrieri	?
4	Fausto Coppi	Gino Bartali	Gino Bartali	Antonio Ausenda	Benotto
5a	Luciano Maggini			?
5b	Renzo Zanazzi
6	Giordano Cottur			Antonio Ausenda
7	Oreste Conte
8	Fausto Coppi
9	Elio Bertocchi			Luigi Malabrocca	Welter
10	Mario Ricci
11	Oreste Conte
12	Giovanni Corrieri
13	Antonio Bevilacqua			Riccardo Sarti
14	Adolfo Leoni			Luigi Malabrocca
15	Gino Bartali			Riccardo Sarti	Welter
16	Fausto Coppi	Fausto Coppi		?
17	Adolfo Leoni
18	Giulio Bresci
19	Adolfo Leoni			Luigi Malabrocca
Final		Fausto Coppi	Gino Bartali	Luigi Malabrocca	Welter

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	Bianchi	115h 55' 07"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Legnano	+ 1' 43"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Welter	+ 5' 54"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Welter	+ 15' 01"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Olmo	+ 15' 06"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Welter	+ 19' 00"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Bianchi	+ 30' 46"
8	Template:Flagathlete	Lygie	+ 31' 05"
9	Template:Flagathlete	Viscontea	+ 34' 07"
10	Template:Flagathlete	Lygie	+ 35' 49"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

	Name	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete	Legnano	24
2	Template:Flagathlete	Bianchi	21
3	Template:Flagathlete	Welter	13
4	Template:Flagathlete	Viscontea	7
	Template:Flagathlete	Olmo
6	Template:Flagathlete	Benotto	5
	Template:Flagathlete	Welter
	Template:Flagathlete	Welter
	Template:Flagathlete	Bianchi
10	Template:Flagathlete	Cozzi-Silger	4
	Template:Flagathlete	Bianchi
	Template:Flagathlete	Lygie

Team classification

Final team classification (1-9)

	Team	Time
1	Welter	348h 25' 36"
2	Bianchi	+ 1h 10' 35"
3	Legnano	+ 1h 15' 14"
4	Viscontea	+ 1h 28' 23"
5	Lygie	+ 2h 15' 17"
6	Wally	+ 3h 38' 13"
7	Benotto	+ 3h 44' 28"
8	Arbos-Talbot	+ 4h 00' 41"
9	Wilier-Triestina	+ 5h 14' 43"

Minor awards

Coppi won the blue bracelet for winning the stage with the greatest time between the second placed rider. He managed to achieve a gap of 4' 24" during the stage from Pieve di Cadore to Trento, where he won by a margin of 4' 24". Coppi and Adolfo Leoni split the "premato veloce" classification which was given to the rider with the most stage wins. Leoni and Coppi both won three stages, while four riders won two stages. Template:Sister project