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41st Giro d'Italia 1958 (Italy)

 
   
 
By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
 

Baldini Untouchable…

1958 was the year of Ercole Baldini. The Italian had 4 stage wins, 2 strong individual time trials and 2 mountain-top finishes in the Dolomite Mountains.

Baldini won the mountainous stage 15 to Bosco Chiesanuova. The time gained on race leader Agostino Coletto was 2’18”, Baldini put on the Maglia Rosa for good.

Ercole Baldini was not seriously challenged and rode into Milan to gain the 1958 Giro d’Italia victory. 

SPECIAL NOTE: Later that year Baldini won the World Road Race Championship in front of Frenchmen Louison Bobet and Andre Darrigade. 

SPECIAL NOTE: In 1958 the Giro awarded the first “Points Classification”. No jersey was awarded in 1958 and it was discontinued in 1959. The next time the Points Classification was used would be in 1966.

Stage and Distance

Stage Winner

Race Leader

Stage 1 Milan-Varese, 178 km

Willy Vannitsen (Bel)

Willy Vannitsen (Bel)

Stage 2 Varese-Comerio, 26 km ITT

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Stage 3 Varese-St Vincent d'Aoste, 187 km

Salvador Botella (Spa)

Arnaldo Pambianco (Ita)

Stage 4 St Vincent-Torino/Superga, 132 km

Federico Bahamontes (Spa)

Aldo Moser (Ita)

Stage 5 Torino-Mondovi, 193 km

Alfredo Sabbadin (Ita)

Salvador Botella (Spa)

Stage 6 Mondovi-Chiavari, 258 km

Silvano Ciampi (Ita)

Giovanni Pettinati (Ita)

Stage 7 Chiavari-Forte del Marmi, 115 km

Guido Boni (Ita)

Giovanni Pettinati (Ita)

Stage 8 Circuito di Viareggio, 59.1 km ITT

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Giovanni Pettinati (Ita)

Stage 9 Firenze-Viterbo, 215 km

Nino Defilippis (Ita)

Giovanni Pettinati (Ita)

Stage 10 Viterbo-Rome, 155 km

Gastone Nencini (Ita)

Giovanni Pettinati (Ita)

Stage 11 Rome-Scanno, 225 km

Nino Defilippis (Ita)

Giovanni Pettinati (Ita)

Stage 12 Scanno-San Benedetto, 211 km

Pierino Baffi (Ita)

Agostine Coletto (Ita)

Stage 13 San Benedetto-Cattolica, 192 km

Guido Carlesi (Ita)

Agostine Coletto (Ita)

Stage 14 San Marino , 12 km ITT

Charly Gaul (Lux)

Agostine Coletto (Ita)

Stage 15 Cesena-Verona, 249 km

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Stage 16 Verona-Levico Terme, 200 km

Miguel Poblet (Spa)

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Stage 17 Levico Terme-Bolzano, 198 km

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Stage 18 Bolzano-Trento, 183 km

Gastone Nencini (Ita)

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Stage 19 Trento-Gardone Riviera , 176 km

Miguel Poblet (Spa)

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Stage 20 Salo-Milan, 177 km

Miguel Poblet (Spa)

Ercole Baldini (Ita)

Mountain Classification

Jean Brankart (Bel)

 
Points ( Trofeo A. Carli )
Miguel Poblet (Spa)


GdI May 18 - June 8, 1958

3,341 Km

1. Ercole BALDINI (Ita) 92h09'30"

2. Jean Brankart (Bel) +4'17"
3. Charly Gaul (Lux) +6'07"
Starters: 120

Finishers: 77

Average Speed: 36.274 km/h

GdI 1957

GdI 1959

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