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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 19 - June 9, 1962 |
4,180 Km |
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Finishers: 47 |
Average Speed: 33.955 km/h |
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Balmamion's Giro Victory with NO Stage Wins
Severe weather conditions across Italy interrupted the 1962 Giro d’Italia. A strong storm during stage 14 forced race officials to shorten the stage. They took out two tough climb and the stage finished on the Passo Rolle.
Franco Balmamion had no stage wins but used consistently strong finishes to gain enough time to win the Giro d'Italia in 1962.
SPECIAL NOTE: There were no Individual Time Trials on the Giro’s 1962 race schedule.
SPECIAL NOTE: The organizers in 1962 designed a racecourse to include a high number of tourist locations.
Teams:
The teams entering the race were:
- Atala
- Ghigi
- Legnano-Pirelli
- Ignis-Moschettieri
- Carpano
- Ferrys
- Helyett-Fynsec-Hutchinson
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- Gazzola-Fiorelli-Hutchinson
- Molteni
- Faema-Flandria
- San Pellegrino Sport
- Torpado
- Philco
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Race Summary:
Stage 2- Franco Balmamion of the Carpano team failed to eat enough during the stage and lost more than ten minutes. His Giro hopes were gone... (?)
Stage 14- The fourteenth stage in the Dolomite Mountains experienced terrible weather. This was perhaps the worst "stage weather" in the history of the Giro. Fifty-seven (57!!!) riders abandoned the Giro. In the extremely cold weather race leader Armand Desmet rode the stage without enough warm clothing, he lost 18 minutes. Graziano Battistini inherited the Maglia Rosa.
Stage 15- Franco Balmamion languished in tenth place and trailed in the GC by 8’49”.
Stage 16- Balmamion used the finishing climb to Pian dei Resinelli to gain 4’26” on the race leader Battistini. He now trailed by 4’23” in the GC.
Stage 17- After his second stage time losses Balmamion slowly chipped away at the race leader and slowly regained time. On the seventeenth stage Balmamion got into an eleven-rider breakaway, which went on to win the stage. He finished eleventh on the stage but the time gain of 6’44” gave him the Maglia Rosa with four stages to the finish in Milan.
Stage 20: A 238 km stage on a mountainous circuit around Saint Vincent Balmamion put the race out of reach. Through the valley he dropped second placed Graziano Battistini and finished fourth on the stage. He gained an additional 6’07”.
Stage 21: In Milan Franco Balmamion won the Giro victory without a single stage win.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Milan-(Tabiano) Bagni, 185 km |
Dino Liviero (Ita) |
Dino Liviero (Ita) |
Stg 2 Salsomaggiore-Sestri Levante, 158 km |
Graziano Battistini (Ita) |
Graziano Battistini (Ita) |
Stage 3 Sestri Levante-Panicogliora, 225 km |
Angelino Soler (Spa) |
Antonio Suarez (Spa) |
Stage 4 Montecatini-Perugia, 248 km |
Antonio Bailetti (Ita) |
Antonio Suarez (Spa) |
Stage 5 Perugia-Rieti, 258 km |
Joseph Carrara (Fra) |
Antonio Suarez (Spa) |
Stage 6 Rieti-Fiuggi, 193 km |
Willy Schroeders (Bel) |
Vincenzo Meco (Ita) |
Stage 7 Avellino-Monte Vergine, 224 km |
Armand Desmet (Bel) |
Armand Desmet (Bel) |
Stage 8 Avellino-Foggia, 110 km |
Huub Zilverberg (Ned) |
Armand Desmet (Bel) |
Stage 9 Foggia-Chieti, 205 km |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
Armand Desmet (Bel) |
Stage 10 Chieti-Fano, 218 km |
Giuseppe Tonucci (Ita) |
Armand Desmet (Bel) |
Stage 11 Fano-Castrocaro Terme, 170 km |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
Armand Desmet (Bel) |
Stage 12 Forli-Lignano Sabbiadoro, 298 km |
Bruno Mealli (Ita) |
Armand Desmet (Bel) |
Stg 13 Lignano Sabbiadoro-Belluno, 173 km |
Guido Carlesi (Ita) |
Armand Desmet (Bel) |
Stage 14 Belluno-Passo Rolle, 160 km |
Vincenzo Meco (Ita) |
Graziano Battistini (Ita) |
Stage 15 Moena-Aprica, 215 km |
Vittorio Adorni (Ita) |
Graziano Battistini (Ita) |
Stage 16 Aprica-Pian dei Resinelli, 123 km |
Angelino Soler (Spa) |
Graziano Battistini (Ita) |
Stage 17 Lecco-Casale Monferrato, 194 km |
Armando Pellegrini (Ita) |
Franco Balmamion (Ita) |
Stg 18 Csl Monferrato-Frbsa Soprana, 232 km |
Angelino Soler (Spa) |
Franco Balmamion (Ita) |
Stage 19 Frbsa Soprana-St Vincent, 193 km |
Giuseppe Sartore (Ita) |
Franco Balmamion (Ita) |
Stage 20 St Vincent-St Vincent, 238 km |
Alberto Assirelli (Ita) |
Franco Balmamion (Ita) |
Stg 21 Saint Vincent d'Aoste- Milan, 160 km |
Guido Carlesi (Ita) |
 Franco Balmamion (Ita)
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Mountain Classification |
Angelino Soler (Spa) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Franco BALMAMION (Ita)  |
Carpano |
123h07'03" |
2 |
Imerio Massignan (Ita) |
Legnano-Pirelli |
+3'57" |
3 |
Nino Defilippis (Ita) |
Carpano |
+5'02" |
4 |
Vito Taccone (Ita) |
Atala |
+5'21" |
5 |
Vittorio Adorni (Ita) |
Philco |
+7'11" |
6 |
Jose Perez-Frances (Spa) |
Ferrys |
+7'29" |
7 |
Ercole Baldini (Ita) |
Ignis-Moschettieri |
+7'54" |
8 |
Graziano Battistini (Ita) |
Legnano-Pirelli |
+8'05" |
9 |
Guido Carlesi (Ita) |
Philco |
+14'22" |
10 |
Armand Desmet (Bel) |
Faema-Flandria |
+15'55" |
11 |
Antonio Suarez (Spa) |
Ghigi |
+19'42" |
12 |
Angelino Soler (Spa) |
Ghigi |
+20'00" |
13 |
Gastone Nencini (Ita) |
Ignis-Moschettieri |
+24'51" |
14 |
Carlo Brugnami (Ita) |
Philco |
+25'35" |
15 |
Huub Zilverberg (Ned) |
Faema-Flandria |
+30'21" |
16 |
Guido De Rosso (Ita) |
Molteni |
+36'20" |
17 |
Giuseppe Fallarini (Ita) |
Molteni |
+42'30" |
18 |
Aldo Moser (Ita) |
San Pellegrino Sport |
+45'04" |
19 |
Bruno Martinato (Ita) |
Gazzola-Fiorelli-Hutchin |
+53'29" |
20 |
Alberto "Barton" Assirelli (Ita) |
Ignis-Moschettieri |
+59'40" |
21 |
Angelo Conterno (Ita) |
Carpano |
+1h04'58" |
22 |
Julio San Emeterio (Spa) |
Ferrys |
+1h08'00" |
23 |
Germano Barale (Ita) |
Carpano |
+1h17'41" |
24 |
Guido Neri (Ita) |
Torpado |
+1h21'22" |
25 |
Giuseppe Sartore (Ita) |
Carpano |
+1h29'52" |
26 |
Nunzio Pelliciari (Ita) |
Torpado |
+1h39'06" |
27 |
Giancarlo Mazoni (Ita) |
Legnano-Pirelli |
+1h44'41" |
28 |
Giuseppe Dante (Ita) |
Legnano-Pirelli |
+1h50'18" |
29 |
Italo Mazzacurati (Ita) |
Ignis-Moschettieri |
+1h53'49" |
30 |
Rino Benedetti (Ita) |
Ignis-Moschettieri |
+2h09'34" |
31 |
Armando Pellegrini (Ita) |
Molteni |
+2h12'19" |
32 |
Aldo Beraldo (Ita) |
Torpado |
+2h24'04" |
33 |
Noe Conti (Ita) |
Philco |
+2h24'19" |
34 |
Renato Spinello (Ita) |
Atala |
+2h26'41" |
35 |
Loris Guernieri (Ita) |
Torpado |
+2h33'16" |
36 |
Giovanni Bettinelli (Ita) |
Legnano-Pirelli |
+2h34'37" |
37 |
Roberto Falaschi (Ita) |
Philco |
+2h53'57" |
38 |
Graziano Corsini (Ita) |
San Pellegrino Sport |
+3h02'29" |
39 |
Antonio Bailetti (Ita) |
Carpano |
+3h03'07" |
40 |
Federico Galeaz (Ita) |
Molteni |
+3h05'26" |
41 |
Antonio Franchi (Ita) |
Atala |
+3h05'49" |
42 |
Alcide Cerato (Ita) |
Molteni |
+3h11'05" |
43 |
Renzo Accordi (Ita) |
Legnano |
+3h20'45" |
44 |
Jean Milesi (Fra) |
Liberia-Grammont |
+3h26'04" |
45 |
Nello Fabbri (Ita) |
Ignis-Moschettieri |
+3h38'29" |
46 |
Pierino Baffi (Ita) |
Ghigi |
+3h41'42" |
47 |
Fedele Rubagotti (Ita) |
Legnano-Pirelli |
+4h08'47" |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Angelino Soler (Spa) |
Ghigi |
260 |
2 |
Joseph Carrara (Fra) |
Liberia-Grammont |
100 |
3 |
Vincenzo Meco (Ita) |
San Pellegrino Sport |
60 |
4t |
Armando Pellegrini (Ita) |
Molteni |
50 |
Nino Defilippis (Ita) |
Carpano |
6t |
Imerio Massignan (Ita) |
Legnano |
40 |
Guido Neri (Ita) |
Torpado |
8t |
Jose Perez Frances (Spa) |
Ferrys |
30 |
Renzo Fontona (Ita) |
Legnano |
Luigi Zanchetta (Ita) |
Atala |
Vittorio Adorni (Ita) |
Philco |
Alberto Assirelli (Ita) |
Ignis-Moschettieri |
GdI 1963
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