1925 Giro d'Italia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1925 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...

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was the 13th edition to take place. It was held from 16 May to 7 June 1925, with 12 stages stretching over 3,520 km, and 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...

. Of 126 riders starting the race, only 30 finished it.

Stages

Stage	From	to	km	Stage Winner	Leader of General Classification
1	Milano	Torino	278	Pietro Linari Italy	Pietro Linari Italy
2	Torino	Arenzano Arenzano Arenzano is a coastal town and comune in the province of Genoa, Liguria, Italy. , it has a population of 11,568. This varies a lot during the holiday seasons, since it is a reasonably popular holiday resort for Italians....	279	Costante Girardengo Costante Girardengo Costante Girardengo was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or "champion of champions" by the Italian media and fans... Italy	Costante Girardengo Italy
3	Arenzano	Pisa Pisa Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...	315	Pierino Bestetti Italy	Costante Girardengo Italy
4	Pisa	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...	337	Costante Girardengo Italy	Costante Girardengo Italy
5	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...	Napoli	260	Gaetano Belloni Gaetano Belloni Gaetano Belloni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan – San Remo , and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia .Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, and made his... Italy	Alfredo Binda Italy
6	Napoli	Bari Bari Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...	314	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	Alfredo Binda Italy
7	Bari	Benevento Benevento Benevento is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 km northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 130 m above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino and Sabato...	234	Costante Girardengo Italy	Alfredo Binda Italy
8	Benevento	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...	275	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	Alfredo Binda Italy
9	Sulmona	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....	376	Costante Girardengo Italy	Alfredo Binda Italy
10	Arezzo	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...	224	Costante Girardengo Italy	Alfredo Binda Italy
11	Forlì	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...	318	Costante Girardengo Italy	Alfredo Binda Italy
12	Verona	Milano	307	Gaetano Belloni Italy	Alfredo Binda Italy

General Classification

Classifica generale

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	137h 31' 13"
2.	Costante Girardengo Costante Girardengo Costante Girardengo was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or "champion of champions" by the Italian media and fans...	Italy	+ 4' 58"
3.	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	+ 7' 22"
4.	Gaetano Belloni Gaetano Belloni Gaetano Belloni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan – San Remo , and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia .Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, and made his...	Italy	+ 26' 29"
5.	Nello Ciaccheri	Italy	+ 37' 57"
6.	Ermanno Vallazza	Italy	+ 1h 00' 27"
7.	Pierino Bestetti	Italy	+ 1h 15' 10"
8.	Gianbattista Gilli	Italy	+ 1h 25' 18"
9.	Giovanni Trentarossi	Italy	+ 1h 40' 45"
10.	Pasquale Di Pietro	Italy	+ 2h 31' 23"

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