The 1922 Giro d'Italia was the tenth edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour organized and sponsored by the newspaperLa Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 24 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 326 km (203 mi) to Padua, finishing back in Milan on 11 June after a 348 km (216 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,095 km (1,923 mi). The race was won by the Italian rider Giovanni Brunero of the Legnano team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Bartolomeo Aymo and Giuseppe Enrici.
Participants
Of the 75 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 24 May, fifteen of them made it to the finish in Milan on 11 June.[1] Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were four teams that competed in the race: Bianchi-Salga, Ganna-Dunlop, Legnano-Pirelli, and Maino-Bergougnan.[1]
There were fifteen cyclists who had completed all ten stages. For these cyclists, the times they had needed in each stage was added up for the general classification. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the winner.
There were two other classifications contested at the race. A juniors classification was won Giuseppe Enrici and the isolati classification was won by Domenico Schierano.[2][3] Each of these classifications were calculated like the general classification.
References
Notes
^In 1922, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth stages included major mountains.
Citations
^ abcdefghBill and Carol McGann. "1922 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
^"Il Giro ciclisto d'Italia" [The Cycling Tour of Italy]. La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 12 June 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^"I vincitori delle categorie speciali" [The winners of the special categories]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 14 June 1950. p. 6. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
