The1947 Giro d'Italia was the 30th edition of theGiro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by thenewspaperLa Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 24 May inMilan with a stage that stretched 190 km (118 mi) toTurin, finishing back in Milan on 15 June after a 278 km (173 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,843 km (2,388 mi).
While in previous years, the Giro peloton was a mix of teams and groups, from 1947 on only professional teams could join.[1] A total of twelve teams entered the 1947 Giro d'Italia.[2] Each team sent a squad of seven riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 84 cyclists.[2] Out of the 84 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 50 riders made it to the finish inMilan.[2][3]
In the fifteenth stage, Bartali dismounted his bike to punch a spectator who shouted an anti-Catholic slur at him.[4] He then continued to win the stage.[4]
The leader of thegeneral 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.[5] There were no time bonuses in 1947.[6]
In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the five riders who crossed them first.[5][7]
There was a black jersey (maglia nera) awarded to the rider placed last in the general classification. The classification was calculated in the same manner as the general classification.
The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner.[3][8][9] If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification.[3][8]
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.
Coppi won the blue bracelet for winning the stage with the greatest time between the second placed rider.[11] He managed to achieve a gap of 4' 24" during the stage from Pieve di Cadore to Trento, where he won by a margin of 4' 24".[11] Coppi and Adolfo Leoni split the "premato veloce" classification which was given to the rider with the most stage wins.[11] Leoni and Coppi both won three stages, while four riders won two stages.[11]
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^"Classifica a squadre" [Team classification].Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 16 June 1947. p. 2.Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved7 July 2013.
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Renzo Zanazzi (ITA)
Sylvère Maes (BEL)
