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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian
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Enrici Pulls Away in the Mountians
SPECIAL NOTE: Because of a dispute over “start money” defending champion Constante Girardengo, Giovanni Brunero, and Gaetano Belloni chose not to compete in 1924. Their non-appearance opened the GC door to a new list of contenders.
The 1924 Giro d’Italia winner Giuseppe Enrici used a stage win on the mountain stage 7 (Foggia to L'Aquila, 304 km) to take the race lead. Two days later after another strong ride through terrible weather (heavy rain and strong wind) in mountainous stage 8 (L'Aquila to Perugia, 296 km) earned him an insurmountable race lead, which he never relinquished.
Giuseppe Enrici rode into Milan to claim a brilliant 58’21” victory.
SPECIAL NOTE: 1924 Giro winner Giuseppe Enrici was born (January 2, 1898) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in an Italian family. According the USA law this earned him American citizenship. His family moved back to Piemonte in northern Italy, Enrici was a small child and quickly regained Italian citizenship. Question: “Is Enrici really the first American racer to win a Grand Tour?” He was the first foreign BORN winner of the Giro d’Italia.
SPECIAL NOTE: Alfonsina Strada was an Italian cyclist and the only woman to have ridden one of cycling's three Grand Tours (Giro, TdF, VaE). She started in the Giro d'Italia in 1924 when the organizers mistook her for a man. She entered the race as "Alfonsin Strada" to conceal her gender. The press nicknamed her “The Devil in a dress”.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Milan-Genova, 300 km |
Bartolomeo Aimo (Ita) |
Bartolomeo Aimo (Ita) |
Stage 2 Genova-Firenze, 307 km |
Federico Gay (Ita) |
Bartolomeo Aimo (Ita) |
Stage 3 Firenze-Rome, 284 km |
Federico Gay (Ita) |
Federico Gay (Ita) |
Stage 4 Rome-Napoli, 249 km |
Adriano Zanaga (Ita) |
Federico Gay (Ita) |
Stage 5 Potenza-Taranto, 265 km |
Federico Gay (Ita) |
Federico Gay (Ita) |
Stage 6 Taranto-Foggia, 230 km |
Federico Gay (Ita) |
Federico Gay (Ita) |
Stage 7 Foggia-L'Aquila, 304 km |
Giuseppe Enrici (Ita) |
Giuseppe Enrici (Ita) |
Stage 8 L'Aquila-Perugia, 296 km |
Giuseppe Enrici (Ita) |
Giuseppe Enrici (Ita) |
Stage 9 Perugia-Bologna, 280 km |
Arturio Ferrario (Ita) |
Giuseppe Enrici (Ita) |
Stage 10 Bologna-Fiume, 415 km |
Romolo Lazzaretti (Ita) |
Giuseppe Enrici (Ita) |
Stage 11 Fiume-Verona, 366 km |
Arturo Ferrario (Ita) |
Giuseppe Enrici (Ita) |
Stage 12 Verona-Milan, 313 km |
Giovanni Bassi (Ita) |
Giuseppe Enrici (Ita) |
| GdI May 10-June 4, 1924 |
| 3,609 Km |
1. Giuseppe ENRICI (Ita) 143h43'37" |
| 2. Federico Gay (Ita) +58'21" |
| 3. Angiolo Gabrielli (Ita) +1h56'53" |
Starters: 90 |
| Finishers: 30 |
Average Speed: 25.138 km/h |
GdI 1925
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