1960 Giro d'Italia

The 1960 Giro d'Italia was the 43rd running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Rome, on 19 May, with a 215 km (133.6 mi) stage and concluded in Milan, on 9 June, with a 225 km (139.8 mi) leg. A total of 140 riders from 14 teams entered the 21-stage race, which was won by Frenchman Jacques Anquetil of the Helyett team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Gastone Nencini and Luxembourgian Charly Gaul, respectively.[1][2][3][4][5]

1960 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates19 May - 9 June 1960
Stages21, including two split stages
Distance3,481.2 km (2,163 mi)
Winning time94h 03' 54"
Results
Winner  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (Fynsec–Helyett)
  Second  Gastone Nencini (ITA) (Carpano)
  Third  Charly Gaul (LUX) (EMI–Guerra)
  Mountains  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (Faema)
  Sprints  Rino Benedetti (ITA) (Ghigi)
  Team Ignis

Teams
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1960 Giro d'Italia

Fourteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1960 edition of the Giro d'Italia.[6] Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 140 cyclists.[6] From the riders that began the race, 97 made it to the finish in Florence.[7][8][9][10][11]

The teams entering the race were:[6][12]

Route and stages
Cyclists riding together.
Jacques Anquetil, Charly Gaul, Gastone Nencini, and Jos Hoevenaers riding together during the race.

The race route was revealed on 13 April 1960.[13][14][15][16] The start of the race was moved to Rome to honor the Summer Olympics to be held in the city later that year.[17] Before the race began in Rome, the organizers honored the race's first organizer Armando Cougnet, five-time Giro champion Fausto Coppi, and journalist Orio Vergani, all of whom died before the race started in 1960.[17] President Giovanni Gronchi officially opened the race.[17]

Stage characteristics and winners[7][18]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 19 May Rome to Naples 212 km (132 mi) Plain stage  Dino Bruni (ITA)
2 20 May Sorrento to Sorrento 25 km (16 mi) Individual time trial  Romeo Venturelli (ITA)
3 21 May Sorrento to Campobasso 186 km (116 mi) Plain stage  Miguel Poblet (ESP)
4 22 May Campobasso to Pescara 192 km (119 mi) Plain stage  Salvador Botella (ESP)
5 23 May Pescara to Rieti 218 km (135 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Gastone Nencini (ITA)
6 24 May Terni to Rimini 230 km (143 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Pierino Baffi (ITA)
7a 25 May Igea Marina 5 km (3 mi) Individual time trial  Miguel Poblet (ESP)
7b Bellaria to Forlì 81 km (50 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Rik Van Looy (BEL)
8 26 May Forlì to Livorno 206 km (128 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Rik Van Looy (BEL)
9a 27 May Livorno to Carrara 93 km (58 mi) Plain stage  Emile Daems (BEL)
9b Carrara to Cave di Carrara 2.2 km (1 mi) Individual time trial  Jacques Anquetil (FRA)
 Miguel Poblet (ESP)
10 28 May Carrara to Sestri Levante 171 km (106 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Gastone Nencini (ITA)
11 29 May Sestri Levante to Asti 180 km (112 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Rik Van Looy (BEL)
12 30 May Asti to Cervinia 176 km (109 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Addo Kazianka (ITA)
13 31 May Saint-Vincent to Milan 225 km (140 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Jean Stablinski (FRA)
1 June Rest day
14 2 June Seregno to Lecco 68 km (42 mi) Individual time trial  Jacques Anquetil (FRA)
15 3 June Lecco to Verona 150 km (93 mi) Plain stage  André Darrigade (FRA)
16 4 June Verona to Treviso 110 km (68 mi) Plain stage  Roberto Falaschi (ITA)
17 5 June Treviso to Trieste 147 km (91 mi) Plain stage  Dino Bruni (ITA)
18 6 June Trieste to Belluno 240 km (149 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Seamus Elliott (IRL)
19 7 June Belluno to Trento 110 km (68 mi) Plain stage  Emile Daems (BEL)
20 8 June Trento to Bormio 229 km (142 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Charly Gaul (LUX)
21 9 June Bormio to Milan 225 km (140 mi) Plain stage  Arigo Padovan (ITA)
Total 3,481.2 km (2,163 mi)

Classification leadership

One jersey was worn during the 1960 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.[19]

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 80, 60, 40, 30, and 20 points,[20] while the second distributed 60, 40, and 20 points.[21] 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.[22]

Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
A pink jersey		 Mountains classification Team classification
1 Dino Bruni Dino Bruni not awarded Ignis
2 Romeo Venturelli Romeo Venturelli
3 Miguel Poblet Jacques Anquetil
4 Salvador Botella
5 Gastone Nencini Charly Gaul
6 Pierino Baffi Jos Hoevenaers
7a Miguel Poblet
7b Rik Van Looy Gastone Nencini
8 Rik Van Looy
9a Emile Daems
9b Jacques Anquetil & Miguel Poblet Gastone Nencini & Charly Gaul
10 Gastone Nencini Michele Gismondi
11 Rik Van Looy
12 Addo Kazianka
13 Jean Stablinski
14 Jacques Anquetil Jacques Anquetil
15 André Darrigade
16 Roberto Falaschi
17 Dino Bruni
18 Seamus Elliott
19 Emile Daems
20 Charly Gaul Rik Van Looy
21 Arigo Padovan
Final Jacques Anquetil Rik Van Looy Ignis

Final standings
Legend
  Pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification
Final general classification (1–10)[7][23]
Rank Name Team Time
1  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) Pink jersey Fynsec–Helyett 94h 03' 54"
2  Gastone Nencini (ITA) Carpano + 28"
3  Charly Gaul (LUX) EMI–Guerra + 3' 51"
4  Imerio Massignan (ITA) Legnano + 4' 06"
5  Jos Hoevenaers (BEL) Ghigi + 5' 53"
6  Guido Carlesi (ITA) Philco + 6' 28"
7  Arnaldo Pambianco (ITA) Legnano + 8' 32"
8  Diego Ronchini (ITA) Bianchi + 9' 28"
9  Edouard Delberghe (FRA) Fynsec–Helyett + 12' 29"
10  Agostino Coletto (ITA) Ghigi + 13' 10"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)[7][24]
Name Team Points
1  Rik Van Looy (BEL) Faema 250
2  Imerio Massignan (ITA) Legnano 210
3  Gastone Nencini (ITA) Carpano 190
4  Michele Gismondi (ITA) Gazzola–Fiorelli 180
5  Charly Gaul (LUX) EMI–Guerra 160
6  Jean Stablinski (FRA) Fynsec–Helyett 140
 Aldo Kazianka (ITA) EMI–Guerra
8  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) Pink jersey Fynsec–Helyett 130
9  Aurelio Cestari (ITA) Ignis 120
 Graziano Battistini (ITA) Legnano

Intermediate sprints classification

Final intermediate sprints classification (1–9)[23][25]
Name Team Points
1  Rino Benedetti (ITA) Ghigi 240
2  Jos Hoevenaers (BEL) Ghigi 140
3  Miguel Poblet (ESP) Ignis 120
 Rik Van Looy (BEL) Faema
5  Giuseppe Sartore (ITA) Bianchi 100
 Alessandro Fantini (ITA) Gazzola–Fiorelli
 Emile Daems (BEL) Philco
 Dini Liviero (ITA) Torpado
9  Aldo Kazianka (ITA) EMI–Guerra 80
 Armando Pellegrini (ITA) EMI–Guerra
 Pierino Baffi (ITA) Ignis
 Guido Bodi (ITA) Ghigi

Team classification
Final team classification (1–10)[22]
Team Points
1 Ignis 4336.5
2 Faema 3512.5
3 Fynsec–Helyett 2842.5
4 Ghigi 2735
5 Philco 2128
6 Gazzola–Fiorelli 2125
7 Legnano 1829
8 Carpano 1772.5
9 San Pellegrino 1595
10 EMI–Guerra 1405

References

Citations
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  2. "Anquetil a vaincu le Giro en grand coureur" [Anquetil defeated Giro in a runner-up]. Gazette de Lausanne (in French). 10 June 1960. p. 8. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  3. "Le Suisse Ruegg, seul attarde de la derniere etape du Tour d'Italie" [The Swiss Ruegg, only lingers from the last stage of the Tour of Italy]. Journal du Geneve (in French). 10 June 1960. p. 11. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
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