The 1928 Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

of cycling

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 was held from 12 May to 3 June 1928, consisting of 12 stages for a total of 3,044 km, ridden at an average speed of 26.75 km/h. It was won by Alfredo Binda

Alfredo Binda

Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...

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It was the edition with the highest number of participants (298), with 126 riders completing the race.

Once again Binda dominated the Giro, also winning 6 stages. Five stages were won by Domenico Piemontesi

Domenico Piemontesi

Domenico Piemontesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his 12 stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1927 Road World Championships....

, who still didn't succeed in challenging Binda for the lead in the general classification.

The eighth stage was won by Albino Binda (Alfredo's brother and team-mate). Alfredo himself later admitted that he advised his brother to escape from the group the moment he stopped to change a tire (common operation before the introduction of derailleur gears

Derailleur gears

Derailleur gears are a variable-ratio transmission system commonly used on bicycles, consisting of a chain, multiple sprockets of different sizes, and a mechanism to move the chain from one sprocket to another...

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Stages

Stage	Route	km	Stage Winner	Leader of the GC
1	Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,... -Trento Trento Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...	233	Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his 12 stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1927 Road World Championships....	Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his 12 stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1927 Road World Championships....
2	Trento Trento Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino... -Forlì Forlì Forlì is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the right of the Montone river, and is an important agricultural centre...	312	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...	Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his 12 stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1927 Road World Championships....
3	Predappio Predappio Predappio is a town and comune in the province of Forlì-Cesena, in the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy, with a population of 6,362. The town is best known for being the birthplace of Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943. Mussolini is also buried at Predappio, and his mausoleum is... -Arezzo Arezzo Arezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....	148	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...	Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his 12 stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1927 Road World Championships....
4	Arezzo Arezzo Arezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000.... -Sulmona Sulmona thumb|150px|Celestine V's hermitage and the remains of the Shrine of Hercules Curinus.thumb|150px|Palazzo SS. Annunziata and Museo Civicothumb|150px|Church of SS...	327	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...
5	Sulmona Sulmona thumb|150px|Celestine V's hermitage and the remains of the Shrine of Hercules Curinus.thumb|150px|Palazzo SS. Annunziata and Museo Civicothumb|150px|Church of SS... -Foggia Foggia Foggia is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".-History:...	254	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...
6	Foggia Foggia Foggia is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".-History:... -Napoli	248	Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his 12 stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1927 Road World Championships....	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...
7	Napoli-Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	275	Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his 12 stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1927 Road World Championships....	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...
8	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... -Pistoia Pistoia Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...	323	Albino Binda	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...
9	Pistoia Pistoia Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:... -Modena Modena Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....	206	Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his 12 stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1927 Road World Championships....	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...
10	Modena Modena Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.... -Genova Génova Génova may refer to:* Spanish spelling of the city of Genoa, Italy* Génova, Quindío, a municipality in the department of Quindío, Colombia* Génova, Quetzaltenango, a municipality in the department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala...	270	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...
11	Genova Génova Génova may refer to:* Spanish spelling of the city of Genoa, Italy* Génova, Quindío, a municipality in the department of Quindío, Colombia* Génova, Quetzaltenango, a municipality in the department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala... -Turin Turin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...	295	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...
12	Turin Turin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat... -Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...	251	Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his 12 stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1927 Road World Championships....	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...
Total		3,044

Final classment

18' 13s

27' 25s

31' 30s

36' 23s

40' 34s

52' 19s

54' 53s

1h 13' 00s

1h 14' 07s

	Cyclist	Country	Time
1	Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...	Italy	114h 15' 19s
2	Giuseppe Pancera Giuseppe Pancera Giuseppe Pancera was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He became second in the 1928 Giro d'Italia and the 1929 Tour de France.- Palmarès :1926...	Italy
3	Bartolomeo Aymo	Italy
4	Victor Fontan Victor Fontan Victor Fontan was a French cyclist who led the 1929 Tour de France but dropped out after knocking at doors at night to ask for another bicycle. His plight led to a change of rules to prevent its happening again...
5	Egidio Picchiottino	Italy
6	Aristide Cavallini	Italy
7	Amulio Viarengo	Italy
8	Albino Binda	Italy
9	Giovanni Brunero Giovanni Brunero Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He ranks 66th on Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, the 18th Italian on the list.-Biography:...	Italy
10	Pietro Chesi	Italy

Sources

• http://sports123.com/rcy/results/m-giro-1928.html
• http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/GdI/GdI_1928.htm
• http://giro.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=&_ap=&id=3100
• http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giroindx.html