1961 Giro d'Italia

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1961 Giro d'Italia

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1961 Giro d'Italia

The race route for the 1961 Giro d'Italia

Race details

Dates

20 May - 11 June 1961

Stages

Distance

4,001 km (2,486 mi)

Winning time

111h 25' 28"

Results


Winner	Arnaldo Pambianco (ITA)	(Fides)
Second	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)	(Helyett–Fynsec–Hutchinson)
Third	Antonio Suárez (ESP)	(EMI)
Mountains	Vito Taccone (ITA)	(Atala)
Team	Faema

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The 1961 Giro d'Italia was the 44th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Turin, on 20 May, with a 115 km (71.5 mi) stage and concluded in Milan, on 11 June, with a 214 km (133.0 mi) leg. A total of 170 riders from 17 teams entered the 21-stage race, which was won by Italian Arnaldo Pambianco of the Fides team. The second and third places were taken by Frenchman Jacques Anquetil and Spaniard Antonio Suárez, respectively.^[1]^[2]

Teams

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A total of 17 teams were invited to participate in the 1961 Giro d'Italia.^[3] Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 170 cyclists.^[3] Out of the 170 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 92 riders made it to the finish in Milan.^[4]^[5] Legnano initially threatened to not participate in the Giro.^[6]

The 17 teams that took part in the race were:^[3]

Molteni
Philco
San Pelligrino
Torpado
VOV

Pre-race favorites

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There was initial belief that Charly Gaul would not race the Giro.^[7]

Route and stages

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The route was revealed on 22 April 1961.^[8]^[9]

Stage characteristics and winners^[5]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	20 May	Turin to Turin	115 km (71 mi)	Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
2	21 May	Turin to Sanremo	185 km (115 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
3	22 May	Sanremo to Genoa	149 km (93 mi)	Plain stage	Willy Schroeders (BEL)
4	23 May	Cagliari to Cagliari	118 km (73 mi)	Plain stage	Oreste Magni (ITA)
5	24 May	Marsala to Palermo	144 km (89 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Louis Proost (BEL)
	25 May	Rest day
6	26 May	Palermo to Milazzo	224 km (139 mi)	Plain stage	Nino Defilippis (ITA)
7	27 May	Reggio Calabria to Cosenza	221 km (137 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Antonio Suárez (ESP)
8	28 May	Cosenza to Taranto	237 km (147 mi)	Plain stage	Piet van Est (NED)
9	29 May	Castellana Grotte to Bari	53 km (33 mi)	Individual time trial	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)
10	30 May	Bari to Potenza	140 km (87 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vito Taccone (ITA)
11	31 May	Potenza to Teano	252 km (157 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Pietro Chiodini (ITA)
12	1 June	Gaeta to Rome	149 km (93 mi)	Plain stage	Renato Giusti (ITA)
13	2 June	Mentana to Castelfidardo	279 km (173 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
14	3 June	Ancona to Florence	250 km (155 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Silvano Ciampi (ITA)
15	4 June	Florence to Modena	178 km (111 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
16	5 June	Modena to Vicenza	207 km (129 mi)	Plain stage	Adriano Zamboni (ITA)
17	6 June	Vicenza to Trieste	204 km (127 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
	7 June	Rest day
18	8 June	Trieste to Vittorio Veneto	161 km (100 mi)	Plain stage	Renato Giusti (ITA)
19	9 June	Vittorio Veneto to Trento	249 km (155 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Willy Schroeders (BEL)
20	10 June	Trento to Bormio	275 km (171 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Charly Gaul (LUX)
21	11 June	Bormio to Milan	214 km (133 mi)	Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
	Total		4,004 km (2,488 mi)

Classification leadership

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One jersey was worn during the 1961 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.^[10]

The mountains classification leader. The climbs were ranked in first and second categories. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. There were three categories of mountains. The first category awarded 50, 40, 30, 20, and 10 points, the second distributed 40, 30, 20, and 10 points,^[11] and the third category gave 30, 20, and 10 points.^[12] Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the teams were awarded points for their rider's performance during the stages.^[10]

Classification leadership by stage
Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
1	Miguel Poblet	Miguel Poblet	not awarded	Ignis
2	Miguel Poblet		Angelo Conterno	Ignis
3	Willy Schroeders			Faema
4	Oreste Magni
5	Louis Proost
6	Nino Defilippis
7	Antonio Suárez	Antonio Suárez	Angelo Conterno & Edouard Delberghe
8	Piet van Est	Guillaume Van Tongerloo
9	Jacques Anquetil	Guillaume Van Tongerloo
10	Vito Taccone	Jacques Anquetil
11	Pietro Chiodini		Vito Taccone & Federico Bahamontes
12	Renato Giusti
13	Rik Van Looy
14	Silvano Ciampi	Arnaldo Pambianco	Vito Taccone
15	Rik Van Looy
16	Adriano Zamboni
17	Rik Van Looy
18	Renato Giusti
19	Willy Schroeders
20	Charly Gaul
21	Miguel Poblet
Final		Arnaldo Pambianco	Vito Taccone	Faema

Final standings

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Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification^[5]

General classification

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Final general classification (1–10)^[5]^[13]^[14]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Arnaldo Pambianco (ITA)	Fides	111h 25' 28"
2	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)	Helyett–Fynsec–Hutchinson	+ 3' 45"
3	Antonio Suárez (ESP)	EMI	+ 4' 17"
4	Charly Gaul (LUX)	Gazzola–Fiorelli	+ 4' 22"
5	Guido Carlesi (ITA)	Philco	+ 8' 08"
6	Hans Junkermann (GER)	Gazzola–Fiorelli	+ 12' 25"
7	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Faema	+ 12' 38"
8	Guillaume Van Tongerloo (BEL)	Faema	+ 14' 18"
9	Carlo Brugnami (ITA)	Torpado	+ 16' 05"
10	Nino Defilippis (ITA)	Carpano	+ 16' 23"

Mountains classification

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Final mountains classification (1–10)^[5]^[14]^[15]
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Vito Taccone (ITA)	Atala	270
2	Gabriel Mas (ESP)	EMI	130
3	Imerio Massignan (ITA)	Legnano	120
4	Hans Junkermann (GER)	Gazzola–Fiorelli	70
	Jesús Galdeano (ESP)	EMI
	Angelo Conterno (ITA)	Baratti
7	Guido Carlesi (ITA)	Philco	50
	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Faema
	Charly Gaul (LUX)	Gazzola–Fiorelli
10	Edouard Delberghe (FRA)	Helyett–Fynsec–Hutchinson	40
10	Arnaldo Pambianco (ITA)	Fides	40

Team classification

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Final team classification (1–10)^[4]^[14]
Rank	Team	Points
1	Faema	4959
2	Torpado	1964
3	Ignis	1787
4	EMI	1591
5	Molteni	1326
6	Bianchi	1137
7	Baratti	1010
8	Helyett–Fynsec–Hutchinson	950
9	Fides	849
10	Atala	838

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References

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Citations

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^ "Ayer terminó en Milan el 44 Giro, con la brillante victoria del italiano Pambianco" [The 44th Giro ended in Milan, with the Brilliant Victory of Italian Pambianco] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 12 June 1961. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ Attilio Camoriano (18 May 1961). "Un grande poker il <<Giro>> del '61" (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sperano in 170" [Hoping for 170]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 20 May 1961. p. 2. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "G.P. a squadre Pagella Ramazzotti". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 12 June 1961. p. 2. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bill and Carol McGann. "1961 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
^ "La Legnano minaccia di non partecipare al Giro" [Legnano threatens not to participate in the Giro]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 24 April 1961. p. 13. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ Mario De Angelis (7 April 1961). "Gaul diserterà il Giro d'Italia" [Gaul will desert the Giro d'Italia]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). p. 1. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ "Presentato il "Giro" del Centenario" [Presented the "Giro" of the Centenary] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 23 April 1961. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "El <<Giro>> del Centenario" [The <<Giro>> of the Century] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 23 April 1961. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b Laura Weislo (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
^ "Taccone miglior scalatore" [Taccone best climber]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 5 June 1961. p. 13. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ "Gran Premio della Montagna Trofeo "VOV"" [King of the Mountain Trophy " VOV "]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 25 May 1961. p. 10. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ "Con 3' 45" su Anquetil" [With 3' 45" about Anquetil]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 12 June 1961. p. 1. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Laurea per Pambianco" [Degree for Pambianco] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 12 June 1961. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "La media del Giro: km. 36,289 sul percorso totale di km. 3.908" [The average of the Tour: 36.289 km the total distance of 3,908 km.]. La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 12 June 1961. p. 5. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

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(maglia rosa)

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(maglia ciclamino)

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Giro d'Italia general classification winners

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1909: Luigi Ganna (ITA) 1910: Carlo Galetti (ITA) 1911: Carlo Galetti (ITA) 1912:* Atala–Dunlop (Galetti, Micheletto, Pavesi) 1913: Carlo Oriani (ITA) 1914: Alfonso Calzolari (ITA) 1915: Not held due to World War I 1916: Not held due to World War I 1917: Not held due to World War I 1918: Not held due to World War I 1919: Costante Girardengo (ITA)