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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 12 to June 05, 1983 |
3,922 Km |
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Finishers: 140 |
Average Speed: 38.937 km/h |
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The Fastest Giro
The 1983 Giro d'Italia was the 66th edition of Italy’s Grand Race.
The course in 1983 designed to be easy and led to it being raced at a record speed of 38.937 km/h (beating the Giro 1957- 37.488 km/h).
Italy’s reigning World Champion Giuseppe Saronni was deemed the odds-on favorite to win the 1983 Giro by the enthusiastic, cycling crazy tifosi.
The time bonuses awarded for top three stages finishes would play a huge part in General Classification.
Not known for time trialing ability or climbing strength in the mountains Saronni used his all-round talent to hold off the charge of Roberto Visentini.
Teams:
The presentation of the teams took place at the Piazza della Loggia in Brescia on May 10, 1983. Television coverage of the presentation went out to Italy.
The eighteen teams entering the race were:
- Alfa Lum-Olmo
- Atala-Campagnolo
- Bianchi-Piaggio
- Malvor-Bottecchia
- Del Tongo-Colnago
- Dromedario-Alan-Sidermec
- Gis Gelati-Campagnolo
- Europ Decor-Dries-Eddy Merckx
- Zor-Helios-Gemeaz Cusin
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- Hoonved-Perlav-Euro Soap
- Inoxpran-Lumenflon
- Eorotex-Magniflex-Mevic
- Mareno-Wilier Triestina
- Metauro Mobili-Pinarello
- Sammontana-Campagnolo
- Termolan-Galli
- Vivi-Benotto
- Wolber-Spidel
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Classification Leadership:
The 1983 Giro d'Italia awarded the leader of the General Classification the Maglia Rosa (Pink Jersey). The time for each stage finish was adjusted for time bonuses to the first three finishers on “mass-start” stages.
Race Summary:
Prologue- Originally scheduled for an 8 km Individual Time Trial, the stage had to be cancelled when striking workers protested by blocking the racecourse.
Stage 4- a controversial sprint came on the fourth stage, when GC contenders Giuseppe Saronni and Moreno Argentin bumped coming through a narrow corner 105 meters from the finish line. Saronni put his hand on Argentin and went on to win the sprint. Saronni’s first “time bonus” for the stage win came on stage 4.
Stage 7- The seventh stage was 216 km from Campitello to Salerno, there were two rated climbs, which allowed Marino Lejarreta, Lucien Van Impe, and Jostein Wilmann to breakaway. Just over three kilometers from the finish all three crashed. Delayed the chasers caught and enabled a large sprint finish. Moreno Argentin took the stage win, but Saronni’s third place earned him another time and the race lead.
Stage 20 (Cima Coppi): The twentieth stage the 1983 Giro d’Italia was a monster. It was 169 km from Selva di Val Gardena to Arabba and featured five major mountain climbs: Campolongo (1st), Pordoi (Cima Coppi), Sella, Gardena andagain Campolongo (2nd). Roberto Visentini, second place in the GC, broke away on the Pordoi with Marino Lejarreta. Over the summit of the climb Lejarreta crossed first and won the Cima Coppi. Alessandro Paganessi attacked on the next climb, the Sella and rode away to the stage win. Lejarreta faded, finishing in sixth place, 7’47” behind the stage winner.
Stage 22- With three stage wins for Saronni, the Italian built enough of a lead to beat Visentini by 1’07” in Milan. Giuseppe Saronni also easily won the Points Jersey.
SPECIAL NOTE: Roberto Visentini complained that his actual race time was faster than Saronni’s and without the stage time bonuses Saronni would have lost the Giro to Visentini by 48 seconds. Saronni had a total of 3’20” in time bonuses and Visentini only 1’25”.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Prologue Circuit Brescia, 8 km ITT |
STAGE CANCELLED |
Worker Protest |
Stage 1 Brescia-Mantova, 70 km TTT |
BIANCHI-PIAGGIO |
Tommy Prim (Swe) |
Stage 2 Mantova-Commachio, 192 km |
Guido Bontempi (Ita) |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Stg 3 Commachio Lido Spina-Fano, 148 km |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
Stage 4 Pesaro-Todi, 180 km |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
Stage 5 Terni-Vasto, 269 km |
Eduardo Chozas (Spa) |
Silvano Contini (Ita) |
Stage 6 Vasto-Campitello Matese, 145 km |
Alberto Fernandez (Spa) |
Silvano Contini (Ita) |
Stage 7 Campitello-Salerno, 216 km |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 8 Salerno-Terracina, 212 km |
Guido Bontempi (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 9 Terracina-Montefiascone, 225 km |
Riccardo Magrini (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 10 Montefiascone-Bibbiena, 232 km |
Palmiro Masciarelli (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 11 Bibbiena-Pietrasanta, 202 km |
Lucien Van Impe (Bel) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stg 12 Pietrasanta-Reggio Emilia, 180 km |
Alf Segersall (Swe) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 13 Reggio Emilia-Parma 38 km ITT |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 14 Parma-Savona, 243 km |
Gregor Braun (Ger) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 15 Savona-Orta, 219 km |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 16a Orta-Milan, 110 km |
Frank Hoste (Bel) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 16b Milan-Bergamo, 100 km |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 17 Bergamo-Colle San Fermo, 91 km |
Alberto Fernandez (Spa) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 18 Sarnico-Vicenza, 178 km |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stg 19 Vicenza-Selva di Val Gardena, 224 km |
Mario Beccia (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stg 20 Selva di Val Gardena-Arabba, 169 km |
Alessandro Paganessi (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 21 Arabba-Gorizia, 232 km |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 22 Gorizia-Udine, 40 km ITT |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
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Mountain Classification |
 Lucien Van Impe (Bel)
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Points Classification |
 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Giuseppe SARONNI (Ita)  |
Del Tongo-Colnago |
100h45'30" |
2 |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Inoxpran-Lumenflon |
+1'07" |
3 |
Alberto Fernandez (Spa) |
Zor-Gemeaz Cusin |
+3'40" |
4 |
Mario Beccia (Ita) |
Malvor-Bottecchia |
+5'55" |
5 |
Dietrich Thurau (Ger) |
Del Tongo-Colnago |
+7'44" |
6 |
Marino Lejarreta (Spa) |
Alfa Lum-Olmo |
+7'47" |
7 |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Zor-Gemeaz Cusin |
+8'24" |
8 |
Eduardo Chozas (Spa) |
Zor-Gemeaz Cusin |
+9'41" |
9 |
Lucien Van Impe (Bel) |
Metauro Mobili-Pinarello |
+10'54" |
10 |
Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) |
Atala-Campagnolo |
+12'00" |
11 |
Pedro Munoz (Spa) |
+12'26" |
76 |
Gregor Braun (Ger) |
+1h49'56" |
12 |
Eddy Schepers (Bel) |
+13'03" |
77 |
Giuseppe Petito (Ita) |
+1h51'39" |
13 |
Jean-Rene Bernaudeau (Fra) |
+13'42" |
78 |
Alf Segersall (Swe) |
+1h57'27" |
14 |
Jostein Wilmann (Nor) |
+14'18" |
79 |
Flavio Zappi (Ita) |
+1h59'40" |
15 |
Tommy Prim (Swe) |
+15'11" |
80 |
Erminio Rizzi (Ita) |
+1h59'58" |
16 |
Franco Chioccioli (Ita) |
+15'22" |
81 |
Walter Clivati (Ita) |
+2h01'08" |
17 |
Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) |
+15'57" |
82 |
Ennio Salvador (Ita) |
+2h01'17" |
18 |
Luciano Loro (Ita) |
+15'58" |
83 |
Claudio Torelli (Ita) |
+2h01'33" |
19 |
Alvaro Pino (Spa) |
+19'06" |
84 |
Valerio Lualdi (Ita) |
+2h02'02" |
20 |
Bruno Leali (Ita) |
+19'24" |
85 |
Sergio Santimaria (Ita) |
+2h03'20" |
21 |
Alfio Vandi (Ita) |
+22'25" |
86 |
Cesare Cipollini (Ita) |
+2h04'08" |
22 |
Emanuele Bombini (Ita) |
+23'14" |
87 |
Giocondo Dalla Rizza (Ita) |
+2h06'17" |
23 |
Fabrizio Verza (Ita) |
+27'38" |
88 |
Jesper Worre (Den) |
+2h07'50" |
24 |
Christian Seznec (Fra) |
+28'46" |
89 |
Giuseppe Passuello (Ita) |
+2h08'18" |
25 |
Dominique Arnaud (Fra) |
+31'02" |
90 |
Giancarlo Casiraghi (Ita) |
+2h09'58" |
26 |
Graham Jones (GBr) |
+31'23" |
91 |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
+2h11'01" |
27 |
Sven-Ake Nilsson (Swe) |
+31'32" |
92 |
Angel Camarillo (Spa) |
+2h11'25" |
28 |
Ismael Lejarreta (Spa) |
+32'06" |
93 |
Giuseppe Montella (Ita) |
+2h19'35" |
29 |
Alessandro Paganessi (Ita) |
+32'15" |
94 |
Francesco Caneva (Ita) |
+2h21'43" |
30 |
Harald Maier (Aut) |
+35'54" |
95 |
Raniero Gradi (Ita) |
+2h22'41" |
31 |
Leonardo Natale (Ita) |
+36'44" |
96 |
Maurizio Piovani (Ita) |
+2h23'16" |
32 |
Marc Sergeant (Bel) |
+39'29" |
97 |
Acacio Da Silva (Por) |
+2h23'40" |
33 |
Palmiro Masciarelli (Ita) |
+41'39" |
98 |
Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) |
+2h24'08" |
34 |
Claudio Bortolotto (Ita) |
+44'20" |
99 |
Daniele Caroli (Ita) |
+2h25'20" |
35 |
Patrick Bonnet (Fra) |
+44'54" |
100 |
Giuliano Pavanello (Ita) |
+2h26'58" |
36 |
Ennio Vanotti (Ita) |
+45'48" |
101 |
Fritz Werhli (Sui) |
+2h29'56" |
37 |
Davide Cassani (Ita) |
+45'49" |
102 |
Mario Noris (Ita) |
+2h30'14" |
38 |
Frits Pirard (Ned) |
+48'21" |
103 |
Mauro Angelucci (Ita) |
+2h30'16" |
39 |
François Rodriguez (Fra) |
+48'24" |
104 |
Pierangelo Bincoletto (Ita) |
+2h33'40" |
40 |
Czeslaw Lang (Pol) |
+50'35" |
105 |
Mario Bonzi (Ita) |
+2h34'07" |
41 |
Luc Govaerts (Bel) |
+52'21" |
106 |
Rudy Pevenage (Bel) |
+2h34'48" |
42 |
Stefan Mutter (Sui) |
+53'00" |
107 |
Sergio Parsani (Ita) |
+2h35'35" |
43 |
Ettore Bazzichi (Ita) |
+53'27" |
108 |
Orlando Maini (Ita) |
+2h40'09" |
44 |
Giuseppe Lanzoni (Ita) |
+53'39" |
109 |
Claudio Corti (Ita) |
+2h41'15" |
45 |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
+53'44" |
110 |
Piero Onesti (Ita) |
+2h43'04" |
46 |
Franco Conti (Ita) |
+55'07" |
111 |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
+2h43'19" |
47 |
Roberto Ceruti (Ita) |
+58'24" |
112 |
Valerio Piva (Ita) |
+2h44'16" |
48 |
Giacinto Santambrogio (Ita) |
+59'34" |
113 |
Fiorenzo Favero (Ita) |
+2h45'59" |
49 |
Fons De Wolf (Bel) |
+1h03'25" |
114 |
Frank Hoste (Bel) |
+2h49'36" |
50 |
Claudio Savini (Ita) |
+1h03'38" |
115 |
Gianluigi Zuanel (Ita) |
+2h55'54" |
51 |
Fiorenzo Aliverti (Ita) |
+1h06'10" |
116 |
Jose Lopez-Cerron (Spa) |
+3h02'05" |
52 |
Antonio Bevilacqua (Ita) |
+1h10'54" |
117 |
Graziano Salvietti (Ita) |
+3h03'03" |
53 |
Paul Wellens (Bel) |
+1h12'00" |
118 |
Fabien De Vooght (Fra) |
+3h04'19" |
54 |
Silvano Ricco (Ita) |
+1h12'25" |
119 |
Gianmarco Saccani (Ita) |
+3h04'59" |
55 |
Piero Ghibaudo (Ita) |
+1h17'07" |
120 |
Leonardo Bevilacqua (Ita) |
+3h09'25" |
56 |
Tullio Bertacco (Ita) |
+1h17'57" |
121 |
Gustaaf Hermans (Bel) |
+3h13'29" |
57 |
Francesco Masi (Ita) |
+1h22'19" |
122 |
Nazzareno Berto (Ita) |
+3h15'36" |
58 |
Pierre-Ray Villemiane (Fra) |
+1h27'34" |
123 |
Jozef Jacobs (Bel) |
+3h15'42" |
59 |
Salvatore Maccali (Ita) |
+1h27'56" |
124 |
Peter Kehl (Ger) |
+3h16'56" |
60 |
Amilcare Sgalbazzi (Ita) |
+1h28'07" |
125 |
Marc Vandenbrande (Bel) |
+3h30'02" |
61 |
Michael Wilson (Aus) |
+1h28'22" |
126 |
Carmelo Barone (Ita) |
+3h20'38" |
62 |
Gerhard Zadrobilek (Aut) |
+1h28'23" |
127 |
Hans Neumayer (Ger) |
+3h20'40" |
63 |
Luciano Rabottini (Ita) |
+1h28'48" |
128 |
Marc Somers (Bel) |
+3h22'45" |
64 |
Mario Polini (Ita) |
+1h29'19" |
129 |
Daniele Antinori (Ita) |
+3h26'58" |
65 |
Giuliano Batta (Ita) |
+1h31'57" |
130 |
Giovanni Viero (Ita) |
+3h27'20" |
66 |
Jesus Ibanez-Loyo (Spa) |
+1h35'14" |
131 |
Corrado Donadio (Ita) |
+3h29'02" |
67 |
Alfredo Chinetti (Ita) |
+1h37'43" |
132 |
Jörg Bruggmann (Sui) |
+3h31'08" |
68 |
Marino Amadori (Ita) |
+1h38'01" |
133 |
Dirk Wayenberg (Bel) |
+3h33'13" |
69 |
Ludo Loos (Bel) |
+1h38'20" |
134 |
Carlo Tonon (Ita) |
+3h33'56" |
70 |
Guido Van Calster (Bel) |
+1h40'08" |
135 |
Luigi Trevellin (Ita) |
+3h37'16" |
71 |
Riccardo Magrini (Ita) |
+1h40'32" |
136 |
Walter Delle Case (Ita) |
+3h37'54" |
72 |
Vinko Poloncik (You) |
+1h42'26" |
137 |
Jan Bogaert (Bel) |
+3h51'42" |
73 |
Bruno Wolfer (Sui) |
+1h43'33" |
138 |
Dante Morandi (Ita) |
+3h57'22" |
74 |
Daniel Gisiger (Sui) |
+49'10" |
139 |
Etienne De Beule (Bel) |
+4h10'10" |
75 |
Claude Vincendeau (Fra) |
+1h49'31" |
140 |
Claudio Girlanda (Ita) |
+4h14'17" |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Lucien VAN IMPE (Bel) |
Metauro Mobili |
70 |
2 |
Alberto Fernandez (Spa) |
Zor-Gemeaz Cusin |
43 |
3t |
Marino Lejarreta (Spa) |
Alfa Lum-Olmo |
27 |
Pedro Munoz (Spa) |
Zor-Gemeaz Cusin |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Zor-Gemeaz Cusin |
6 |
Alessandro Paganessi (Ita) |
Bianchi-Piaggio |
23 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Giuseppe SARONNI (Ita) |
Del Tongo-Colnago |
223 |
2 |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Sammontana-Campagnolo |
149 |
3 |
Frank Hoste (Bel) |
Europ decor-Dries-Eddy Merckx |
139 |
4 |
Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) |
Atala-Campagnolo |
120 |
5 |
Stefan Mutter (Sui) |
Europ decor-Dries-Eddy Merckx |
111 |
Final Neo-Pro Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Franco CHIOCCIOLI (Ita)  |
Vivi-Benotto |
101h 00" 52" |
2 |
Fabrizio Verza (Ita) |
Gis Gelati-Campagnolo |
+ 12' 16" |
3 |
Harald Maier (Aut) |
Eorotex-Magniflex |
+ 20' 32" |
4 |
Davide Cassani (Ita) |
Termolan-Galli |
+ 30' 27" |
5 |
Czesław Lang (Pol) |
Gis Gelati-Campagnolo |
+ 35' 13" |
GdI 1984
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