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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 18-June 9, 1935 |
3,577 Km |
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Finishers: 62 |
Average Speed: 31.363 km/h |
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A New Generation of Italian Champions
The 1935 Giro d'Italia signaled a “changing of the guard”. Vasco Bergamaschi, riding for the powerful Maino-Girardengo team, had two stage wins and held off a late charge from Giuseppe Olmo to gain the Giro victory in Milan.
Neo-Pro Gino Bartali was the revelation of this year’s race, but he was riding in support of Frejus teammate Giuseppe Martano. Bartali, while helping team leader Martano to a second-place finish in the GC, had the first Giro stage win of his storied career and won the Mountain Classification.
In 1935 Binda passed the torch to Gino Bartali, who was destined for greatness, and to Vasco Bergamaschi, the Giro victor.
An aging Campionissimo Alfredo Binda managed four 2nd place finishes, but finished the Giro in 16th place more than 31 minutes behind Bergamaschi.
Teams:
There were seven trade teams that competed in the race:
- Bianchi
- Dei
- Frejus
- Gloria
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- Helyett-Hutchinson
- Legnano-Wolsit
- Maino-Girardengo
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There were two independent teams that competed in the race:
Race Summary:
SPECIAL NOTE: This was the first Giro with two stages held the same day (half stages with stage 5a & 5b, and 13a & 13b).
SPECIAL NOTE: There was no time bonuses awarded for stage wins in this Giro.
Stage 6: 171 km from Porta Civitanova to, a young Gino Bartali broke away from a talented peloton with Ezio Cecchi. In the final kilometers into L'Aquila Bartali dropped Cecchi and scored a sixteen second stage win. This was the beginning of a glorious Giro story. Vasco Bergamaschi finished fourth on the stage and took the race lead. Bergamaschi held the Maglia Rosa all the way to Milan.
Stage 18: In Milan the winner, Vasco Bergamaschi took the 1935 Giro d’Italia victory after coming to the Giro to ride as a gregario (team helper) for an aging superstar Costante Girardengo.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Milan-Cremona, 165 km |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 2 Cremona-Mantova, 175 km |
Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) |
Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) |
Stage 3 Mantova-Rovigo, 162 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) |
Stage 4 Rovigo-Cesenatico, 140 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Walter Fantini (Ita) |
Stage 5a Cesena-Riccione, 35 km ITT |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Stg 5b Riccione-Por. Civitanova, 136 km |
Antonio Folco (Ita) |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Stage 6 Porta Civitanova-L'Aquila, 171 km |
Gino Bartali (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 7 L'Aquila-Lanciano, 146 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 8 Lanciano-Bari, 308 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 9 Bari-Napoli, 333 km |
Raffaele Di Paco (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 10 Napoli-Rome, 250 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 11 Rome-Firenze, 317 km |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 12 Firenze-Montecatini, 134 km |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 13a Montecatini-Lucca, 99 km |
Rene Debenne (Fra) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 13b Lucca-Viareggio, 55 km ITT |
Maurice Archambaud (Fra) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 14 Viareggio-Genova, 172 km |
Raffaele Di Paco (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 15 Genova-Cuneo, 148 km |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 16 Cuneo-Asti, 91 km |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 17 Asti-Torino, 250 km |
Raffaele Di Paco (Ita) |
Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) |
Stage 18 Torino-Milan, 290 km |
Raffaele Di Paco (Ita) |
 Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita)
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Mountain Prize |
Gino Bartali (Ita) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Vasco BERGAMASCHI (Ita)  |
Maino-Girardengo |
113h22'46" |
2 |
Giuseppe Martano (Ita) |
Frejus |
+3'07" |
3 |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Bianchi |
+6'12" |
4 |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Maino-Girardengo |
+7'22" |
5 |
Maurice Archambaud (Fra) |
Dei |
+9'19" |
6 |
Remo Bertoni (Ita) |
Legnano-Wolsit |
+9'46" |
7 |
Gino Bartali (Ita) |
Frejus |
+16'01" |
8 |
Ezio Cecchi (Ita) |
Gloria |
+16'03" |
9 |
Augusto Introzzi (Ita) |
Gloria |
+17'01" |
10 |
Ambrogio Enrico Morelli (Ita) |
Ganna (I) |
+17'13" |
11 |
Eugenio Gestri (Ita) |
Bianchi |
+19'26" |
12 |
Mario Cipriani (Ita) |
Frejus |
+19'38" |
13 |
Orlando Teani (Ita) |
Dei |
+21'22" |
14 |
Antonio Folco (Ita) |
Frejus |
+27'54" |
15 |
Rene Debenne (Fra) |
Dei |
+31'11" |
16 |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Legnano-Wolsit |
+31'13" |
17 |
Karl Altenburger (Ger) |
Frejus |
+33'09" |
18 |
Aladino Mealli (Ita) |
Legnano-Wolsit |
+33'48" |
19 |
Cesare Grassi (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+39'23" |
20 |
Michele Benente (Ita) |
Gloria |
+40'14" |
21 |
Renato Scorticati (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+40'26" |
22 |
Isidoro Piubellini (Ita) |
Legnano-Wolsit |
+41'04" |
23 |
Giovanni Baroni (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+41'49" |
24 |
Leon Level (Fra) |
Helyett-Hutchinson |
+46'30" |
25 |
Carlo Moretti (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+49'23" |
26 |
Armando Zucchini (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+50'03" |
27 |
Paride Scacchetti (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+50'35" |
28 |
Carlo Romanatti (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+50'40" |
29 |
Carlo Orla (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+50'53" |
30 |
Luigi Giacobbe (Ita) |
Maino-Girardengo |
+53'35" |
31 |
Carlo Zandona (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+54'41" |
32 |
Raffaele Di Paco (Ita) |
Dei |
+54'57" |
33 |
Giovanni Gotti (Ita) |
Legnano-Wolsit |
+55'46" |
34 |
Albert Gabard (Fra) |
Helyett-Hutchinson |
+58'10" |
35 |
Antonio Negrini (Ita) |
Frejus |
+1h00'12" |
36 |
Ernesto Merlini (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h00'46" |
37 |
Ruggero Balli (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h03'41" |
38 |
Henri Puppo (Ita) |
Legnano-Wolsit |
+1h10'21" |
39 |
Attilio Maserati (Ita) |
Ganna (I) |
+1h10'29" |
40 |
Joseph “Jef” Demuysere (Bel) |
Bianchi |
+1h11'18" |
41 |
Eugene Le Goff (Fra) |
Dei |
+1h13'37" |
42 |
Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) |
Maino-Girardengo |
+1h17'03" |
43 |
Rene Bernard (Fra) |
Helyett-Hutchinson |
+1h24'23" |
44 |
Pierre Cloarec (Fra) |
Dei |
+1h25'12" |
45 |
Carlo Castagnoli (Ita) |
Frejus |
+1h25'33" |
46 |
Attilio Morbiatto (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h30'36" |
47 |
Egidio Terragni (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h32'32" |
48 |
Domenico Oggero (Ita) |
Gloria |
+1h36'15" |
49 |
Rinaldo Gerini (Ita) |
Maino-Girardengo |
+1h36'17" |
50 |
Lucien Lauk (Fra) |
Helyett-Hutchinson |
+1h46'55" |
51 |
Carlo Rovida (Ita) |
Gloria |
+1h48'08" |
52 |
Walter Fantini (Ita) |
Gloria |
+1h48'08" |
53 |
Iginio Ciccotelli (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h48'49" |
54 |
Ermanno Moser (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+1h56'02" |
55 |
Augusto Zanzi (Ita) |
Bianchi |
+2h01'04" |
56 |
Alfredo Bovet (Spa) |
Bianchi |
+2h03'16" |
57 |
Romeo Rossi (Ita) |
Maino-Girardengo |
+2h13'25" |
58 |
Adrien Buttafocchi (Ita) |
Helyett-Hutchinson |
+2h14'46" |
59 |
Amadeo Clerici (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h32'10" |
60 |
Mario Valle (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h33'19" |
61 |
Jules Rossi (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h46'12" |
62 |
Oreste Boccaccio (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+2h50'15" |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Gino Bartali (Ita) |
Frejus |
44 |
2 |
Remo Bertoni (Ita) |
Legnano-Wolsit |
28 |
3 |
Mario Cipriani (Ita) |
Frejus |
14 |
4t |
Francesco Camusso (Ita) |
Legnano-Wolsit |
9 |
4t |
Giuseppe Martano (Ita) |
Frejus |
9 |
GdI 1936
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