The 1924 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

Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

 was the 12th edition to take place. It was held from 10 May to 1 June 1924, with 12 stages stretching over 3,613 km, and was won by the Italian

Italy

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 Giuseppe Enrici

Giuseppe Enrici

Giuseppe Enrici was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was winning the 1924 Giro d'Italia....

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The 'start list' was reduced because of a strike, so the organiser Gazzetta dello Sport allowed independent riders to enter without support teams, as they provided bed, board and massage. The event was unique because of the participation of Alfonsina Strada

Alfonsina Strada

Alfonsina Strada was an Italian cyclist, the only woman to have ridden one of cycling's three major stage races. She started in the Giro d'Italia in 1924 when the organisers mistook her for a man. Newspapers called her The Devil in a dressHer racing career included an Italian record which lasted...

, the only female competitor in the history of the Giro. Entry number 72 was granted to Alfonsin Strada to conceal her gender. She successfully completed the first 7 stages but a series of crashes and punctures between L'Aquila

L'Aquila

L'Aquila is a city and comune in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 73,150 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people for study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism...

 and Perugia

Perugia

Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....

 led to her exclusion (such was her heroism that the organisers allowed her to continue each stage without inclusion in the overall classification). Her final time was 20 hours behind of the firs classified in 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 ,...

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Stages

Stage	From	to	km	Stage Winner	Leader of General Classification
1ª	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 ,...	Genoa Genoa Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....	300	Bartolomeo Aymo  Italy	Bartolomeo Aymo  Italy
2ª	Genoa	Florence Florence Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....	307	Federico Gay Federico Gay Federico Gay was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who won four stages in the 1924 Giro d'Italia, and one stage in the 1922 Tour de France. He rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 11th in 1922 and 10th in 1925...   Italy	Bartolomeo Aymo  Italy
3ª	Florence	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...	284	Federico Gay  Italy	Federico Gay Federico Gay Federico Gay was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who won four stages in the 1924 Giro d'Italia, and one stage in the 1922 Tour de France. He rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 11th in 1922 and 10th in 1925...   Italy
4ª	Roma	Naples Naples Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...	249	Adriano Zanaga  Italy	Federico Gay  Italy
5ª	Potenza	Taranto Taranto Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....	265	Federico Gay  Italy	Federico Gay  Italy
6ª	Taranto	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:...	230	Federico Gay  Italy	Federico Gay  Italy
7ª	Foggia	L'Aquila L'Aquila L'Aquila is a city and comune in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 73,150 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people for study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism...	304	Giuseppe Enrici Giuseppe Enrici Giuseppe Enrici was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was winning the 1924 Giro d'Italia....   Italy	Giuseppe Enrici Giuseppe Enrici Giuseppe Enrici was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was winning the 1924 Giro d'Italia....   Italy
8ª	L'Aquila	Perugia Perugia Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....	296	Giuseppe Enrici  Italy	Giuseppe Enrici  Italy
9ª	Perugia	Bologna Bologna Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...	280	Arturo Ferrario  Italy	Giuseppe Enrici  Italy
10ª	Bologna	Fiume Free State of Fiume The Free State of Fiume was an independent free state which existed between 1920 and 1924. Its territory of comprised the city of Fiume and rural areas to its north, with a corridor to its west connecting it to Italy.-History:Fiume gained autonomy for the first time in 1719 when it was proclaimed...	415	Romolo Lazzaretti  Italy	Giuseppe Enrici  Italy
11ª	Fiume	Verona Verona Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...	366	Arturo Ferrario  Italy	Giuseppe Enrici  Italy
12ª	Verona	Milan	313	Giovanni Bassi  Italy	Giuseppe Enrici  Italy

General Classification

Classifica generale

1. Giuseppe Enrici Giuseppe Enrici Giuseppe Enrici was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was winning the 1924 Giro d'Italia....    Italy 143h 43' 37" 2. Federico Gay Federico Gay Federico Gay was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who won four stages in the 1924 Giro d'Italia, and one stage in the 1922 Tour de France. He rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 11th in 1922 and 10th in 1925...    Italy + 58' 21" 3. Angiolo Gabrielli   Italy + 1h 56' 53" 4. Secondo Martinetto   Italy + 2h 13' 51" 5. Enea Dal Fiume   Italy + 2h 19' 00" 6. Gianbattista Gilli   Italy + 2h 59' 00" 7. Vitaliano Lugli   Italy a 3h 28' 32" 8. Giovanni Rossignoli Giovanni Rossignoli Giovanni Rossignoli was an Italian professional road bicycle racer who won 3 Giro d'Italia stages during his career.-Palmares:190319051906190719081909...    Italy + 3h 29' 08" 9. Ottavio Pratesi   Italy + 4h 03' 00" 10. Alfredo Sivocci  Italy + 4h 03' 36"