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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 18 to June 09, 1996 |
3,990 Km |
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Finishers: 98 |
Average Speed: 37.880 km/h |
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From Athens to Milan
The 1996 Giro d'Italia was the 79th edition of Italy’s Grand Tour.
SPECIAL NOTE: 1996 was the Centenary year for both the Olympics (Athens 1896) and La Gazzetta dello Sport (first issue published on April 3, 1896), the sports daily that has organized the Giro since its inception in 1909. In celebration both anniversaries, the Giro started on May 18th in Athens, Greece. After three days of racing around Greece the Giro returned to Ostuni, Italy for stage 4.
Teams:
The eighteen teams entering the race were:
- Mapei-GB
- AKI-Gipiemme-Safi
- Brescialat-Oyster
- Carrera Jeans-Tassoni
- Panaria-Vinavil
- Festina-Lotus
- Gewiss-Playbus
- Glacial-Selle Italia
- Kelme-Artiach
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- MG Maglificio-Technogym
- Mx Onda
- Refin-Mobilvetta
- Roslotto-ZG Mobili
- Saeco-Estro
- Amore & Vita-Forzarcore
- Scrigno-Blue Storm
- Team Polti
- TVM-Farm Frites
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Each team sent a team of nine riders.
Race Summary:
Stage 13: The Giro began to take life after two weeks of boring racing on the very hilly 13th stage from Loano to Pratonevoso. The stage climbed over the Colle San Bernardo, Colla di Casotto, San Giacomo di Roburent, and Pratonevoso. Russian Pavel Tonkov won the stage and gained enough time to take the Maglia Rosa away from Davide Rebellin.
Stage 19: A bit of drama played out on stages 19, 20, and 21, when Tonkov lost considerable time to his main rivals on the 62 km ITT on stage 19 but managed to hold the race lead by one second.
Stage 20: Tonkov would lose additional time on the mountainous stage 20. The race lead went to Spaniard Abraham Olano.
Stage 21: (Cima Coppi): The next day the stage presented brutally mountainous profile, climbing the Passo Mendola, Passo Tonale, Passo di Gavia (the Cima Coppi), Passo di Mortirolo, and Aprica. Trailing by 46” Pavel Tonkov followed stage winner Ivan Gotti and finished second on the stage. Race leader Olano finished over 2 minutes behind Gotti and Tonkov retook the race lead.
Kelme-Artiach's Hernan Buenahora becoming the first Colombian to win the Cima Coppi by crossing the summit of the Gavia first.
Stage 22: Pavel Tonkov rode into the finish in Milan to win the Giro and gain his first Grand Tour victory. He became the second Russian to win the Giro d’Italia.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Athens (Gre), 170 km |
Silvio Martinello (Ita) |
Silvio Martinello (Ita) |
Stage 2 Elefsina (Gre)-Nafpaktos (Gre), 235 km |
Glenn Magnusson (Swe) |
Silvio Martinello (Ita) |
Stage 3 Messolongi (Gre)-Ioanina (Gre), 199 km |
Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) |
Stefano Zanini (Ita) |
Stage 4 Ostuni-Ostuni, 147 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Silvio Martinello (Ita) |
Stage 5 Metaponto-Crotone, 196 km |
Angel Edo (Spa) |
Silvio Martinello (Ita) |
Stage 6 Crotone-Catanzaro, 179 km |
Pascal Herve (Fra) |
Pascal Herve (Fra) |
Stage 7 Amatea-Monte Sirino, 164 km |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
Stage 8 Polla-Napoli, 135 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
Stage 9 Napoli-Fiuggi, 184 km |
Enrico Zaina (Ita) |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
Stage 10 Arezzo-Prato, 164 km |
Rodolfo Massi (Ita) |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
Stage 11 Prato-Marina di Massa, 130 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
Stage 12 Aulla-Loano, 195 km |
Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
Stage 13 Loano-Pratonevoso, 115 km |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
St 14 Santuario/Vicoforte-Briancon (Fra), 202 km |
Pascal Richard (Sui) |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Stage 15 Briancon (Fra)-Aoste, 235 km |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Stage 16 Aoste-Lausanne (Sui), 180 km |
Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Stage 17 Lausanne (Sui)-Biella, 236 km |
Nicolai Bo Larsen (Den) |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Stage 18 Meda-Vicenza, 216 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Stage 19 Vicenza-Marostica, 62 km ITT |
Evgueni Berzin (Rus) |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Stage 20 Marostica-Passo Pordoi, 220 km |
Enrico Zaina (Ita) |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Stage 21 Cavalese-Aprica, 250 km |
Ivan Gotti (Ita) |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Stage 22 Sondrio-Milan, 176 km |
Sergei Outschakov (Ukr) |
 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
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Mountain Classification |
 Mariano Piccoli (Ita)
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Points Classification |
 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Pavel TONKOV (Rus)  |
Panaria-Vinavil |
105h 20' 23" |
2 |
Enrico Zaina (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Tassoni |
+2'43" |
3 |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Mapei-GB |
+2'57" |
4 |
Piotr Ugrumov (Rus) |
Roslotto-ZG Mobili |
+3'00" |
5 |
Ivan Gotti (Ita) |
Gewiss-Playbus |
+3'36" |
6 |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
Team Polti |
+9'15" |
7 |
Stefano Faustini (Ita) |
AKI-Gipiemme-Safi |
+10'38" |
8 |
Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) |
Scrigno-Blue Storm |
+11'22" |
9 |
Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) |
Festina-Lotus |
+13'04" |
10 |
Evgeni Berzin (Ita) |
Gewiss-Playbus |
+14'41" |
11 |
Herman Buenahora (Col) |
+18'02" |
55 |
Stephane Petilleau (Fra) |
+2h17'52" |
12 |
Beat Zberg (Sui) |
+20'13" |
56 |
Nicola Loda (Ita) |
+2h18'10" |
13 |
Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) |
+25'08" |
57 |
Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) |
+2h18'28" |
14 |
Joona Laukka (Fin) |
+26'44" |
58 |
Sergio Barbero (Ita) |
+2h20'21" |
15 |
Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) |
+26'56" |
59 |
Dirk Baldinger (Ger) |
+2h21'40" |
16 |
Wladimir Poulnikov (Rus) |
+27'11" |
60 |
Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) |
+2h21'40" |
17 |
Felix Manuel Garcia (Spa) |
+29'17" |
61 |
Luis Sanchez-Rocha (Spa) |
+2h25'33" |
18 |
Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) |
+29'21" |
62 |
Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) |
+2h26'01" |
19 |
Gianni Faresin (Ita) |
+34'01" |
63 |
Roberto Petito (Ita) |
+2h26'12" |
20 |
Zenon Jaskula (Pol) |
+37'15" |
64 |
Mauro Bettin (Ita) |
+2h26'43" |
21 |
Man Fernandez-Gines (Spa) |
+37'55" |
65 |
Davide Casarotto (Ita) |
+2h27'54" |
22 |
Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) |
+39'13" |
66 |
Roberto Caruso (Ita) |
+2h28'29" |
23 |
Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) |
+42'10" |
67 |
Davide Perona (Ita) |
+2h29'11" |
24 |
Nelson Rodriguez (Col) |
+42'22" |
68 |
Marco Serpellini (Ita) |
+2h32'48" |
25 |
Carlo Finco (Ita) |
+49'06" |
69 |
Vjatceslav Djavanian (Rus) |
+2h33'22" |
26 |
Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) |
+59'49" |
70 |
Alexei Sivakov (Rus) |
+2h33'38" |
27 |
Nicolai Bo Larsen (Den) |
+1h01'02" |
71 |
Davide Bramati (Ita) |
+2h33'46" |
28 |
Manuel Beltran (Spa) |
+1h03'22" |
72 |
Ignacio Garcia (Spa) |
+2h34'59" |
29 |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
+1h05'00" |
73 |
Alessio Galetti (Ita) |
+2h35'22" |
30 |
Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) |
+1h05'24" |
74 |
Jose-Manuel Uria (Spa) |
+2h35'47" |
31 |
Francesco Casagrande (Ita) |
+1h07'56" |
75 |
Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) |
+2h38'27" |
32 |
Fausto Dotti (Ita) |
+1h08'15" |
76 |
Stephan Hodge (Aus) |
+2h40'35" |
33 |
Marco Zen (Ita) |
+1h16'58" |
77 |
Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) |
+2h41'25" |
34 |
Marco Della Vedova (Ita) |
+1h24'09" |
78 |
Quintino Rodriguez (Por) |
+2h43'22" |
35 |
Rodolfo Massi (Ita) |
+1h24'13" |
79 |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
+2h47'14" |
36 |
Wladimir Belli (Ita) |
+1h24'20" |
80 |
Bruno Boscardin (Ita) |
+2h49'00" |
37 |
Andrea Noe (Ita) |
+1h24'41" |
81 |
Marco Velo (Ita) |
+2h49'45" |
38 |
Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) |
+1h25'04" |
82 |
Alvaro Sierra (Col) |
+2h51'19" |
39 |
Amilcare Tronca (Ita) |
+1h27'46" |
83 |
Cristian Salvato (Ita) |
+2h53'12" |
40 |
Marco Vergnani (Ita) |
+1h35'31" |
84 |
Dario Frigo (Ita) |
+2h53'12" |
41 |
Stefano Checchin (Ita) |
+1h42'44" |
85 |
Jose-Angel Vidal (Spa) |
+2h54'23" |
42 |
Laurent Roux (Fra) |
+1h42'56" |
86 |
Mario Manzoni (Ita) |
+2h57'12" |
43 |
Franco Vona (Ita) |
+1h44'13" |
87 |
Filippo Casagrande (Ita) |
+2h57'14" |
44 |
Marco Saligari (Ita) |
+1h52'11" |
88 |
Marco Milesi (Ita) |
+3h36'00" |
45 |
Serguei Ouslamine (Rus) |
+1h52'16" |
89 |
Marco Artunghi (Ita) |
+3h03'37" |
46 |
Mariano Piccoli (Ita) |
+1h52'44" |
90 |
Roberto Pelliconi (Ita) |
+3h05'08" |
47 |
Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) |
+1h54'33" |
91 |
Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) |
+3h13'11" |
48 |
Massimo Donati (Ita) |
+1h56'14" |
92 |
Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) |
+3h16'06" |
49 |
Filippo Simeoni (Ita) |
+1h56'26" |
93 |
Andrea Brognara (Ita) |
+3h16'49" |
50 |
Heinz Imboden (Sui) |
+1h58'59" |
94 |
Riccardo Forconi (Ita) |
+3h17'34" |
51 |
Celio Roberto Roncancio (Col) |
+2h04'07" |
95 |
Mario Scirea (Ita) |
+3h19'46" |
52 |
Fabrizio Bontempi (Ita) |
+2h12'54" |
96 |
Lars-Kristian Johnsen (Nor) |
+3h36'25" |
53 |
Andrea Patuelli (Ita) |
+2h13'28" |
97 |
Claus-Michael Moller (Ger) |
+3h37'59" |
54 |
Denis Zanette (Ita) |
+2h15'43" |
98 |
Francisco Cerezo (Spa) |
+3h43'20" |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Mariano PICCOLI (Ita) |
Brescialat-Oyster |
69 |
2 |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Panaria-Vinavil |
37 |
3 |
Ivan Gotti (Ita) |
Gewiss-Playbus |
36 |
4 |
Enrico Zaina (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Tassoni |
33 |
5 |
Piotr Ugrumov (Rus) |
Roslotto-ZG Mobili |
29 |
6 |
Rodolfo Massi (Ita) |
Refin-Mobilvetta |
28 |
7 |
Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) |
Roslotto-ZG Mobili |
21 |
8 |
Herman Buenahora (Col) |
Kelme-Artiach |
19 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Fabrizio GUIDI (Ita) |
Scrigno-Blue Storm |
235 |
2 |
Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) |
Team Polti |
130 |
3 |
Enrico Zaina (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Tassoni |
120 |
4 |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
Team Polti |
114 |
5 |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Panaria-Vinavil |
110 |
6 |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Mapei-GB |
109 |
7 |
Fabrizio Bontempi (Ita) |
Brescialat-Oyster |
108 |
8 |
Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) |
Panaria-Vinavil |
99 |
9 |
Denis Zanette (Ita) |
AKI-Gipiemme-Safi |
96 |
10 |
Piotr Ugrumov (Rus) |
Roslotto-ZG Mobili |
88 |
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