| Camusso's Late Charge to Victory
SPECIAL NOTE: Innovation in 1931 featured a distinctive race leader's jersey, the Maglia Rosa. Stage 1 winner Learco Guerra received the honor of wearing the first ever Maglia Rosa. The jersey's color was the same as the newspaper page of the lead sponsor La Gazetta della Sport.
The 1931 Giro d'Italia was the 19th edition of Italy’s Grand Race.
Teams:
There were seven trade teams that competed in the race:
- Bianchi-Pirelli
- Ganna-Dunlop
- Gloria-Hutchinson
- Legnano-Hutchinson
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- Maino-Clement
- Touring-Pirelli
- Alcyon-Dunlop
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There were nine independent teams that competed in the race:
- A.S. Roma (I)
- Bestetti-D’Alessandro (I)
- Dei (I)
- C.S.I. Firenze (I)
- France Sport (I)
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- Frejus (I)
- Genial Lucifer-Hutchinson (I)
- Libertas (I)
- Real Union Irun (I)
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Race Summary:
Stage 5: The initial stages saw “Campionissimo” Alfredo Binda hold a slim lead until disaster struck after a hard crash on stage 5 from Pescara to Napoli. Binda finished the stage but abandoned as the race leader before stage 6.
Stage 11: A very tight battle for the General Classification and the Maglia Rosa went into the final three stages of the Giro. Luigi Giacobbe held a 2’10” GC lead over Camusso going into stage 11. Catching everyone by surprise, Francesco Camusso launched a brilliant attack and broke away on stage 11.
Camusso's Giro winning attack
Camusso's Stage 11 heroics into Torino gained 3'10” on the race leader. The Maglia Rosa was his with one stage into the finish in Milan.
Stage 12: The next day Francesco Camusso rode into Milan to claim the 1931 Giro d'Italia victory.
Francesco Camusso, 1st Maglia Rosa winner in 1931
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Milan-Mantova, 206 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) * 1st  |
Stage 2 Mantova-Ravenna, 216 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 3 Ravenna-Macerata, 288 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 4 Macerata-Pescara, 234 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 5 Pescara-Napoli, 282 km |
Michele Mara (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 6 Napoli-Rome, 265 km |
Ettore Meini (Ita) |
Michele Mara (Ita) |
Stage 7 Rome-Perugia, 247 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Luigi Marchisio (Ita) |
Stage 8 Perugia-Montecatini, 246 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Luigi Marchisio (Ita) |
Stage 9 Montecatini-Genova, 248 km |
Michele Mara (Ita) |
Luigi Marchisio (Ita) |
Stage 10 Genova-Cuneo, 263 km |
Luigi Giacobbe (Ita) |
Luigi Giacobbe (Ita) |
Stage 11 Cuneo-Torino, 252 km |
Francesco Camusso (Ita) |
Francesco Camusso (Ita) |
Stage 12 Torino-Milan, 263 km |
Ambrogio Morelli (Ita) |
Francesco Camusso (Ita) |
General Classification:
There were sixty-five cyclists who had completed all fifteen stages. For these cyclists, the times they needed in each stage added up for the GC. Aristide Cavallini won the prize for best ranked Individual (Isolati) rider in the GC.
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Francesco CAMUSSO (Ita) 1st! |
Gloria-Hutchinson |
102h40'46" |
2 |
Luigi Giacobbe (Ita) |
Maino-Clement |
+2'47" |
3 |
Luigi Marchisio (Ita) |
Legnano-Hutchinson |
+6'15" |
4 |
Aristide Cavallini (Ita) |
Dei (I) |
+10'15" |
5 |
Ettore Balmamion (Ita) |
Frejus (I) |
+12'15" |
6 |
Augusto Zanzi (Ita) |
Ganna-Dunlop |
+12'16" |
7 |
Antonio Pesenti (Ita) |
Dei (I) |
+13'50" |
8 |
Ambrogio Morelli (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+16'59" |
9 |
Felice Gremo (Ita) |
Legnano-Hutchinson |
+27'05" |
10 |
Eugenio Gestri (Ita) |
Legnano-Hutchinson |
+32'25" |
11 |
Michele Orecchia (Ita) |
Gloria-Hutchinson |
+33'55" |
12 |
Antonio Negrini (Ita) |
Legnano-Hutchinson |
+40'31" |
13 |
Alfredo Bovet (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+42'25" |
14 |
Severino Canavesi (Ita) |
Gloria-Hutchinson |
+46'13" |
15 |
Renato Scorticati (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+51'10" |
16 |
Casimiro Bianchin (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h02'35" |
17 |
Aldo Canazza (Ita) |
Legnano-Hutchinson |
+1h03'35" |
18 |
Mario Cipriani (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h24'02" |
19 |
Amerigo Cacioni (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h34'12" |
20 |
Oreste Cignoli (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h39'46" |
21 |
Amilcare Galloni (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h41'42" |
22 |
Aleardo Simoni (Ita) |
Ganna-Dunlop |
+1h44'08" |
23 |
Albino Binda (Ita) |
Legnano-Hutchinson |
+1h47'08" |
24 |
Alfonso Crippa (Ita) |
Touring-Pirelli |
+1h48'21" |
25 |
Mario Pomposi (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h49'17" |
26 |
Carlo Rovida (Ita) |
Gloria-Hutchinson |
+1h51'32" |
27 |
Raffaele Perna (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h00'04" |
28 |
Allegro Grandi (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+2h03'10" |
29 |
Antonin Magne (Fra) |
France Sport (I) |
+2h07'33" |
30 |
Piero Fossati (Ita) |
Maino-Clement |
+2h09'23" |
31 |
Ettore Meini (Ita) |
C.S.I. Firenze (I) |
+2h19'14" |
32 |
Angelo Rinaldi (Ita) |
Maino-Clement |
+2h24'44" |
33 |
Raffaele Di Paco (Ita) |
Maino-Clement |
+2h34'51" |
34 |
Luigi Barral (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h37'06" |
35 |
Domenico Puleo (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h37'35" |
36 |
Giovanni Vitali (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h40'15" |
37 |
Giovanni La Rocca (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h41'44" |
38 |
Angelo Lavazza (Ita) |
Bestetti-d’Alessandro (I) |
+2h42'48" |
39 |
Mario Semprini (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h48'27" |
40 |
Armando Gori (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h48'48" |
41 |
Pietro Mori (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h49'35" |
42 |
Emilio Codazza (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h52'17" |
43 |
Luigi d'Alessandria (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+3h49'23" |
44 |
Angelo Giannini (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+4h14'38" |
45 |
Umberto Berni (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+4h51'43" |
46 |
Eraldo Fornari (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+5h11'52" |
47 |
Giovanni Pizzarelli (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+5h17'33" |
48 |
Gaetano Riva (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+5h53'52" |
49 |
Francesco de Fano (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+5h57'55" |
50 |
Adolfo Martelli (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+6h26'10" |
51 |
Nicola Ranieri (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+6h39'20" |
52 |
Giulio Fatticcioni (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+6h46'58" |
53 |
Francesco Ricco (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+7h32'12" |
54 |
Antonio Viani (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+7h51'27" |
55 |
Gaetano Martorana (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+8h13'32" |
56 |
Ercole d'Adam (Bel) |
Isolati/Independent |
+8h50'47" |
57 |
Ermete Fucella (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+10h03'19" |
58 |
Arnaldo Bergami (Ita) |
A.S. Roma (I) |
+10h46'59" |
59 |
Riccardo Gagliardi (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+10h47'59" |
60 |
Attilio Laus (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+14h05'19" |
61 |
Tullio Vincenzi (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+14h10'19" |
62 |
Giuseppe Paltrinieri (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+14h11'26" |
63 |
Bruno Fontana (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+14h23'39" |
64 |
Luigi Ugaglia (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+14h47'19" |
65 |
Alberto Mongiano (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+17h45'34" |
GdI 1932
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