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By Barry Boyce CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 19-June 9, 1929 |
2,920 Km |
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Finishers: 99 |
Average Speed: 27.292 km/h |
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Binda Time 4!
Campionissimo Alfredo Binda won eight of the first nine stages (8 in a row) to dominate the 1929 Giro d'Italia. The victory was Binda's 4th Giro d'Italia championship and 3rd in a row.
SPECIAL NOTE: The Giro in 1929 began in Rome for only the second time. This Giro would finish in Milan after 14 stages raced around Italy.
Teams:
There were eight trade teams that competed in the race:
- Bianchi-Pirelli
- Gloria-Hutchinson
- Ideor-Pirelli
- Legnano-Torpedo
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- Maino-Clement
- Prina-Pirelli
- Touring-Pirelli
- Wolsit-Hutchinson
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There were two independent team entered the race:
Race Summary:
Stage 1: 235 km from Rome to Napoli, starting a solid race Gaetano Belloni, who had been a great professional racer for fourteen years, took the sprint in Naples from a 10-rider breakaway.
Stage 2: 185 km from Napoli to Foggia, the stage crossed the climbs in the Apennines on the way to Foggia. Alfredo Binda took the stage win from a 17-rider breakaway. Belloni held the race lead.
Stage 2 to 9: Binda went on to set a Giro record of consecutive stage wins! From stage 2 to stage 9 Binda recorded eight straight stage wins.
SPECIAL NOTE: The Giro’s southern this year made for an extremely difficult race. At the end of the 1920s, most roads in Italy’s ‘deep south’ were still unpaved. The race was also plagued by loose animals, difficulty in finding lodging, scarce gasoline for the cars and even trouble getting safe water for the riders.
Stage 4: Stage four went through the rugged southern countryside of Puglia and Basilicata, and it proved to be Belloni’s undoing. He lost over six minutes. The lead was handed to Binda.
Stage 5: Belloni continued to lose time on stage 5, losing an hour and his final hope for a high GC placing.
Stage 5: 198 km from Formia to Rome, Sadly Belloni’s luck got worse. He crashed and lost 14 minutes. He managed to remount and began a furious chase. While ascending a climb into the Town of Ferentino a young boy jumped in front of the chasing pack. Belloni ran straight into him, killing the boy. Overwhelmed by the tragedy he climbed off the bike and abandoned the race.
Stage 13: Binda took the thirteenth stage, but race judges ruled that the first four; Binda, Piemontesi, Negrini and Alfredo Dinale, had not sprinted fairly. The fifth placed rider, Mario Bianchi, won the stage.
Stage 14: Binda finished second on the final stage into Milan and recorded his 4th Giro victory.
SPECIAL NOTE: Binda’s 1929 victory did not come without emotional pain. When the Giro ended in Milan, Binda heard boos from the tifosi, who were tired of his domination of the Giro. Binda had been the subject of abuse before, but after this Giro he shaken by the crowd’s reaction in 1929. He retired to the Legnano team van to weep in private. La Gazzetta said that his “crime” was being superior to all the other riders in the race.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Rome-Napoli, 235 km |
Gaetano Belloni (Ita) |
Gaetano Belloni (Ita) |
Stage 2 Napoli-Foggia, 185 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Gaetano Belloni (Ita) |
Stage 3 Foggia-Lecce, 282 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Gaetano Belloni (Ita) |
Stage 4 Lecce-Potenza, 270 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 5 Potenza-Cosenza, 264 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 6 Cosenza-Salerno, 295 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 7 Salerno-Formia, 220 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 8 Formia-Rome, 198 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 9 Rome-Orvieto, 120 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage10 Orvieto-Siena, 150 km |
Mario Bianchi (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 11 Siena-La Spezia, 192 km |
Alfredo Dinale (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 12 La Spezia-Parma, 135 km |
Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 13 Parma-Alessandria, 152 km |
Mario Bianchi (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 14 Alessandria-Milan, 216 km |
Alfredo Dinale (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Alfredo BINDA (Ita) |
Legnano-Torpedo |
107h 18' 24" |
2 |
Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+ 3' 44" |
3 |
Leonida Frascarelli (Ita) (#1 Junior) |
Ideor-Pirelli |
+ 5' 04" |
4 |
Antonio Negrini (Ita) |
Maino-Clement |
+ 6' 36" |
5 |
Luigi Giacobbe (Ita) |
Maino-Clement |
+ 8' 43" |
6 |
Allegro Grandi (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+ 12' 52" |
7 |
Giuseppe Pancera (Ita) |
Touring-Pirelli |
+ 14' 44" |
8 |
Alfonso Piccin (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+ 15' 29" |
9 |
Michele Orecchia (Ita) |
La Rafale (I) |
+ 15' 33" |
10 |
Ambrogio Morelli (Ita) |
Gloria-Hutchinson |
+ 16' 29" |
11 |
Albino Binda (Ita) |
+18'31" |
56 |
Luciano Bergami (Ita) |
+3h33'39" |
12 |
Felice Gremo (Ita) |
+18'39" |
57 |
Marcello Spadolini (Ita) |
+3h41'03" |
13 |
Carlo Rovida (Ita) |
+20'27" |
58 |
Mario Borsotti (Ita) |
+4h10'18" |
14 |
Pietro Mori (Ita) |
+21'52" |
59 |
Giuseppe Valente (Ita) |
+4h33'24" |
15 |
Michele Mara (Ita) |
+24'39" |
60 |
Manilo Piazza (Ita) |
+5h05'35" |
16 |
Alessandro Catalani (Ita) |
+29'16" |
61 |
Michele Tutolo (Ita) |
+5h19'35" |
17 |
Ambrogio Beretta (Ita) |
+29'36" |
62 |
Luigi Cecilli (Ita) |
+5h25'19" |
18 |
Alfonso Crippa (Ita) |
+30'46" |
63 |
Francesco da Fano (Ita) |
+5h28'05" |
19 |
Mario Pomposi (Ita) |
+31'01" |
64 |
Luigi Errico (Ita) |
+5h53'06" |
20 |
Marco Giuntelli (Ita) |
+32'19" |
65 |
Aldo Bonacina (Ita) |
+6h08'37" |
21 |
Adriano Zanaga (Ita) |
+32'38" |
66 |
Angelo Campacci (Ita) |
+6h16'41" |
22 |
Roberto Lorenzetti (Ita) |
+36'02" |
67 |
Giuseppe Barale (Ita) |
+6h23'20" |
23 |
Ermanno Vallazza (Ita) |
+37'15" |
68 |
Marco Della Valle (Ita) |
+6h24'11" |
24 |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
+37'34" |
69 |
Riccardo Terreni (Ita) |
+6h28'00" |
25 |
Battista Visconti (Ita) |
+40'11" |
70 |
Alfredo Maffei (Ita) |
+6h40'24" |
26 |
Nello Ciaccheri (Ita) |
+44'46" |
71 |
Adriano Santamaria (Ita) |
+6h49'41" |
27 |
Raffaele Di Paco (Ita) |
+52'38" |
72 |
Augusto Zanzi (Ita) |
+7h05'45" |
28 |
Settimo Innocenti (Ita) |
+58'41" |
73 |
Gaetano Riva (Ita) |
+7h15'44" |
29 |
Nicolo Mammina (Ita) |
+59'13" |
74 |
Giulio Campasso (Ita) |
+7h23'45" |
30 |
Mario Bianchi (Ita) |
+1h05'17" |
75 |
Francesco Basile (Ita) |
+7h32'30" |
31 |
Primo Guasco (Ita) |
+1h18'00" |
76 |
Mario Cesaroni (Ita) |
+7h48'20" |
32 |
Giovanni Briano (Ita) |
+1h18'35" |
77 |
Mario Reina (Ita) |
+7h54'25" |
33 |
Pierino Ferioli (Ita) |
+1h20'15" |
78 |
Antonio Di Venosa (Ita) |
+8h15'34" |
34 |
Pietro Chiesi (Ita) |
+1h20'43" |
79 |
Cristoforo Barbieri (Ita) |
+8h34'00" |
35 |
Enrico Eboli (Ita) |
+1h22'36" |
80 |
Michel Pennisi (Ita) |
+8h38'09" |
36 |
Amulio Viarengo (Ita) |
+1h26'22" |
81 |
Antonio Viani (Ita) |
+8h48'13" |
37 |
Raffaele Perna (Ita) |
+1h30'52" |
82 |
Tullio Verzini (Ita) |
+8h51'20" |
38 |
Enrico Negri (Ita) |
+1h34'05" |
83 |
Francesco Covre (Ita) |
+9h12'07" |
39 |
Anselmo Del Mastro (Ita) |
+1h48'03" |
84 |
Cesare Dall'Oglio (Ita) |
+9h14'32" |
40 |
Alfredo Dinale (Ita) |
+2h03'51" |
85 |
Giacomo Fassio (Ita) |
+9h29'42" |
41 |
Carlo Moretti (Ita) |
+2h12'53" |
86 |
Francesco Ricco (Ita) |
+10h06'52" |
42 |
Carlo Polo (Ita) |
+2h17'47" |
87 |
Ottavio Dominici (Ita) |
+10h07'05" |
43 |
Natale Nobile (Ita) |
+2h18'16" |
88 |
Luigi Bovarino (Ita) |
+10h19'19" |
44 |
Angelo Alberici (Ita) |
+2h20'40" |
89 |
Augusto Rho (Ita) |
+10h34'47" |
45 |
Giulio Bonugli (Ita) |
+2h22'40" |
90 |
Luigi Vasselli (Ita) |
+10h41'21" |
46 |
Giovanni Pizzarelli (Ita) |
+2h23'45" |
91 |
Bruno Fontana (Ita) |
+11h17'10" |
47 |
Aurelio Scazzola (Ita) |
+2h27'07" |
92 |
Guido Crovesi (Ita) |
+11h42'53" |
48 |
Cesare Stappazon (Ita) |
+2h44'55" |
93 |
Pietro De Bernardi (Ita) |
+14h20'21" |
49 |
Alfredo Francini (Ita) |
+2h53'01" |
94 |
Gildo Lievore (Ita) |
+15h00'11" |
50 |
Umberto Brivio (Ita) |
+3h09'40" |
95 |
Alessandro Avesani (Ita) |
+15h20'28" |
51 |
Aldo Canazza (Ita) |
+3h13'16" |
96 |
Giovanni Marchesini (Ita) |
+16h22'46" |
52 |
Amilcare Galloni (Ita) |
+3h17'20" |
97 |
Giovanni Carnielli (Ita) |
+17h15'28 |
53 |
Romeo Rossi (Ita) |
+3h24'58" |
98 |
Carlo Capra (Ita) |
+20h31'17" |
54 |
Casimiro Bianchin (Ita) |
+3h27'04" |
99 |
Giuseppe Borghi (Ita) |
+21h37'55" |
55 |
Leonardo Mariantoni (Ita) |
+3h27'07" |
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