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By Barry Boyce CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI June 6-June 28, 1933 |
3,340 Km |
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Finishers: 51 |
Average Speed: 30.043 km/h |
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Alfredo Binda's 5th!!!
The 1933 Giro d'Italia was the 21st edition of Italy’s Grand Tour.
SPECIAL NOTE: For the first time in Giro history the organizer instituted the Mountain Classification.
SPECIAL NOTE: The organizers expanded the Giro to a total of seventeen stages.
SPECIAL NOTE: In addition to the Mountain Classification the organizers introduced the first Individual Time Trial (ITT).
Using six stage wins, including three in a row, broke open a close race and gave Alfredo Binda the victory in front of Belgian Joseph Demuysere. Binda easily held the race lead all the way to the finish in Milan.
Alfredo Binda’s 1933 Giro victory marked the first rider to win the Giro d'Italia 5 times.
Teams:
There were nine trade teams that competed in the race:
- Bestetti-d'Alessandro
- Bianchi-Pirelli
- Dei-Pirelli
- Ganna-Hutchinson
- Girardengo-Clement
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- Gloria-Hutchinson
- Legnano-Clement
- Maino-Clement
- Olympia-Spiga
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Classification Leadership:
The leader of the General Classification wore a Maglia Rosa (Pink Jersey). Race organizers chose to remove time bonuses for the sprint stage winners and the first riders on a classified mountain. The winner of the individual time trial (ITT), where the riders started the course separated by three-minute. The stage winner got a time bonus of two minutes, and the second-place finisher received a one-minute bonus.
The race organizers allowed Individual riders to compete in the race and provided a separate time classification. A Maglia Blanco (White Jersey) was awarded.to the leader of this Isolati/Independent Classification.
For the first time Mountains Classification the race organizers selected a series of tough mountains climbs and awarded points to the first rider who crossed them. There were four mountains selected for points towards the Mountains Classification:
- Passo del Tonale,
- Osteria della Crocetta,
- Castelnuovo della Daunia,
- Castelnuovo Val di Cecina.
Alfredo Binda won first place points on each of the four mountains on the way to winning the first ever Mountain Classification Prize.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Milan-Torino, 169 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 2 Torino-Genova, 216 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 3 Genova-Pisa, 191 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 4 Pisa-Firenze, 184 km |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 5 Firenze-Grosseto, 193 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Joseph Demuysere (Bel) |
Stage 6 Grosseto-Rome, 212 km |
Mario Cipriani (Ita) |
Joseph Demuysere (Bel) |
Stage 7 Rome-Napoli, 228 km |
Gerard Loncke (Bel) |
Joseph Demuysere (Bel) |
Stage 8 Napoli-Foggia, 195 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 9 Foggia-Chieti, 248 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 10 Chieti-Ascoli Piceno, 158 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 11 Ascoli Piceno-Riccione, 208 km |
Fernand Cornez (Fra) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 12 Riccione-Bologna, 189 km |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 13 Bologna-Ferrara, 62 km ITT |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 14 Ferrara-Udine, 242 km |
Ettore Meini (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 15 Udine-Bassano, 213 km |
Ettore Meini (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 16 Bassano-Bolzano, 148 km |
Gerard Loncke (Bel) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 17 Bolzano-Milan, 284 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
 Alfredo Binda (Ita)
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xxxMountain Classification xxx [1st ever Category] |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Alfredo BINDA (Ita)  |
Legnano-Clement |
111h01'52" |
2 |
Joseph “Jef” Demuysere (Bel) |
Ganna-Hutchinson |
+12'34" |
3 |
Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) |
Gloria-Hutchinson |
+16'31" |
4 |
Alfredo Bovet (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+19'47" |
5 |
Allegro Grandi (Ita) |
Dei-Pirelli |
+21'33" |
6 |
Carlo Moretti (Ita) |
Dei-Pirelli |
+26'16" |
7 |
Ludwig Geyer (Ger) |
Legnano-Clement |
+27'17" |
8 |
Kurt Stoepel (Ger) |
Legnano-Clement |
+28'22" |
9 |
Mario Cipriani (Ita) |
Ganna-Hutchinson |
+30'28" |
10 |
Camillo Erba (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+30'30" |
11 |
Antonio Folco (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+30'55" |
12 |
Carlo Romanatti (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+33'44" |
13 |
Armando Zucchini (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+40'06" |
14 |
Antonio "Nino" Sella (Ita) |
Olympia-Spiga |
+41'17" |
15 |
Felice Gremo (Ita) |
Dei-Pirelli |
+42'06" |
16 |
Marco Giuntelli (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+43'38" |
17 |
Carlo Rovida (Ita) |
Gloria-Hutchinson |
+43'53" |
18 |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+43'56" |
19 |
Remo Bertoni (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+45'43" |
20 |
Ambrogio Morelli (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+49'14" |
21 |
Renato Scorticati (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+54'57" |
22 |
Rene Vietto (Fra) |
Olympia-Spiga |
+54'57" |
23 |
Orlando Teani (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+56'49" |
24 |
Bernardo Rogora (Ita) |
Gloria-Hutchinson |
+58'22" |
25 |
Decimo Dell'Arsina (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h00'15" |
26 |
Cesare Facciani (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h00'26" |
27 |
Kalt Altenburger (Ger) |
Olympia-Spiga |
+1h02'17" |
28 |
Michele Orecchia (Ita) |
Gloria-Hutchinson |
+1h03'45" |
29 |
Herman Buse (Ger) |
Olympia-Spiga |
+1h04'10" |
30 |
Luigi Macchi (Ita) |
Legnano-Clement |
+1h08'19" |
31 |
Aldo Canazza (Ita) |
Legnano-Clement |
+1h08'48" |
32 |
Luigi Tramontini (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h13'10" |
33 |
Guglielmo Segato (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h15'24" |
34 |
Gerard Loncke (Bel) |
Ganna-Hutchinson |
+1h16'44" |
35 |
Pietro Rimoldi (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+1h19'00" |
36 |
Antonio Andretta (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h22'48" |
37 |
Albino Binda (Ita) |
Legnano-Clement |
+1h25'43" |
38 |
Augusto Zanzi (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+1h27'35" |
39 |
Isidro Figueras (Spa) |
Bestetti-d'Alessandro |
+1h27'44" |
40 |
Dario Pagliazzi (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h27'54" |
41 |
Marcel Bidot (Fra) |
Dei-Pirelli |
+1h30'30" |
42 |
Lino Carlotti (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h32'19" |
43 |
Vicente Trueba (Spa) |
Bestetti-d'Alessandro |
+1h35'50" |
44 |
Guglielmo Marin (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h36'33" |
45 |
Fernand Cornez (Fra) |
Dei-Pirelli |
+1h36'35" |
46 |
Angelo Lalle (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h36'36" |
47 |
Segundo Tortolini (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h46'26" |
48 |
Carlo Oria (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h52'27" |
49 |
Angelo Fraccaroli (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h00'50" |
50 |
Antonio Lavazza (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h04'41" |
51 |
Ettore Meini (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h15'05" |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Alfredo BINDA (Ita) |
Legnano-Clement |
12 |
2 |
Alfredo Bovet (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
4 |
3 |
Remo Bertoni (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
3 |
4 |
Carlo Moretti (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
2 |
5 tie |
Joseph “Jef” Demuysere (Bel) |
Ganna-Hutchinson |
1 |
Vicente Trueba (Spa) |
Bestetti-d'Alessandro |
René Vietto (Fra) |
Olympia-Spiga |
GdI 1934
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