1958 Giro d'Italia

Template:Short description The 1958 Giro d'Italia was the 41st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Milan, on 18 May, with a stage and concluded back in Milan, on 8 June, with a leg. A total of 120 riders from 15 teams entered the 20-stage race, which was won by Italian Ercole Baldini of the Legnano team. The second and third places were taken by Belgian Jean Brankart and Luxembourgian Charly Gaul, respectively.

Teams

A total of 15 teams were invited to participate in the 1958 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of eight riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 120 cyclists. Out of the 120 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 77 riders made it to the finish in Milan.

The 15 teams that took part in the race were:

Asborno Atala Bianchi Cali' Broni-Girardengo Chlorodont

Faema Carpano Geminiani-Saint Raphaël Ghigi Ignis

Legnano Mercier B.P.-St. Vincent Molteni San Pelligrino Sport Torpado

Route and stages

The route was released on 27 March 1958 in Saint Vincent.

The photofinish was introduced to the race, which allowed the rider's times to be determined to the hundredth of a second.

Stage results

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	18 May	Milan to Varese		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
2	19 May	Varese to Comerio		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
3	20 May	Varese to Saint-Vincent		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
4	21 May	Saint-Vincent to Collina di Superga		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
5	22 May	Turin to Mondovì		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
6	23 May	Mondovì to Chiavari		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
7	24 May	Chiavari to Forte dei Marmi		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
	25 May	Rest day
8	26 May	Viareggio to Viareggio		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
9	27 May	Florence to Viterbo		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
10	28 May	Viterbo to Rome		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
11	29 May	Rome to Scanno		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
12	30 May	Scanno to San Benedetto del Tronto		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
13	31 May	San Benedetto del Tronto to Cattolica		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
14	1 June	City of San Marino (San Marino) to City of San Marino (San Marino)		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
15	2 June	Cesena to Bosco Chiesanuova		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
16	3 June	Verona to Levico Terme		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
	4 June	Rest day
17	5 June	Levico Terme to Bolzano		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
18	6 June	Bolzano to Trento		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
19	7 June	Trento to Gardone Riviera		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
20	8 June	Salò to Milan		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
	Total

Classification leadership

One different jersey was worn during the 1958 Giro d'Italia. 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.

For the points classification, which awarded no jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15. This classification was also known as the Trofeo A. Carli. The mountains classification leader. The climbs were ranked in first and second categories. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification A pink jersey	Points classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
1	Willy Vannitsen	Willy Vannitsen	Willy Vannitsen	not awarded	Ghigi
2	Ercole Baldini	Ercole Baldini	Miguel Poblet		Legnano
3	Salvador Botella	Arnaldo Pambianco			Faema
4	Federico Bahamontes	Aldo Moser		Federico Bahamontes
5	Alfredo Sabbadin	Salvador Botella
6	Silvano Ciampi	Giovanni Pettinati
7	Guido Boni
8	Ercole Baldini
9	Nino Defilippis
10	Gastone Nencini
11	Nino Defilippis
12	Pierino Baffi	Agostino Coletto
13	Guido Carlesi				Carpano
14	Charly Gaul
15	Ercole Baldini	Ercole Baldini
16	Miguel Poblet
17	Ercole Baldini			Jean Brankart
18	Gastone Nencini				Faema
19	Miguel Poblet
20	Miguel Poblet				Carpano
Final		Ercole Baldini	Miguel Poblet	Jean Brankart	Carpano

Final standings

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Legnano	92h 9' 30"
2	Template:Flagathlete	St. Raphaël	+ 4' 17"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Faema	+ 6' 07"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Mercier	+ 9' 27"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Chlorodant	+ 10' 36"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Ignis	+ 11' 07"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Faema	+ 12' 12"
8	Template:Flagathlete	St. Raphaël	+ 13' 12"
9	Template:Flagathlete	Ignis	+ 14' 13"
10	Template:Flagathlete	Cali	+ 15' 00"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–5)

	Name	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete	St. Raphaël	56
2	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Legnano	39
3	Template:Flagathlete	Faema	38
4	Template:Flagathlete	Faema	37
5	Template:Flagathlete	Carpano	19

Points classification

Final points classification (1–5)

	Name	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete	Ignis	182
2	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Legnano	144
3	Template:Flagathlete	St. Raphaël	111
4	Template:Flagathlete	Chlorodant	96
5	Template:Flagathlete	Carpano	82.5
6	Template:Flagathlete	Asborno	81
7	Template:Flagathlete	Mercier	80
8	Template:Flagathlete	Faema	77
9	Template:Flagathlete	Carpano	70
	Template:Flagathlete	Cali

Intermediate sprints classification

Final intermediate sprints classification (1–9)

	Name	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete	Atala	35
2	Template:Flagathlete	Atala	28
3	Template:Flagathlete	Chlorodont	21
4	Template:Flagathlete	Ignis	18
5	Template:Flagathlete	San Pellegrino	13
6	Template:Flagathlete	Torpado	10
7	Template:Flagathlete	Cali	8
8	Template:Flagathlete	Chlorodont	6
9	Template:Flagathlete	Legnano	5
	Template:Flagathlete	Bianchi
	Template:Flagathlete	Faema
	Template:Flagathlete	Torpado
	Template:Flagathlete	Faema
	Template:Flagathlete	Ignis
	Template:Flagathlete	Cali
	Template:Flagathlete	Faema

Team classification

Final team classification (1–7)

	Team	Time
1	Carpano	276h 41' 22"
2	Faema	+ 6' 13"
3	St. Raphaël	+ 41' 23"
4	San Pellegrino	+ 53' 08"
5	Atala	+ 1h 04' 32"
6	Legnano	+ 1h 15' 56"
7	Ignis	+ 1h 21' 48"

Minor awards

The race jury and the director established a classification for awards "on merit", which Giorgio Menini (San Pellegrino) won with six points. With this classification victory, Menini won 300,000 lire. Guido Boni (Bianchi), Guido Carlesi (Chlorodont), Alfredo Zagano (Asborno), Jesús Galdeano (Faema), and Gianni Ferlenghi (Bianchi) placed second in the classification and split 300,000 lire.