The 1953 Giro d'Italia was the 36th edition of Giro

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...

, held from 12 May to 2 June 1953, consisting of 21 stages. It was won by Fausto Coppi

Fausto Coppi

Angelo Fausto Coppi, , was the dominant international cyclist of the years each side of the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo, or champion of champions...

 (his fifth and last triumph in the race).

Hugo Koblet

Hugo Koblet

Hugo Koblet was a Swiss champion cyclist. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia as well as competing in six-day and pursuit races on the track. He won 70 races as a professional...

 hold the pink jersey up to the penultimate stage, when Coppi attached him on the climb of the Stelvio Pass

Stelvio Pass

The Stelvio Pass , located in Italy, at 2757 m is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, slightly below the Col de l'Iseran .-Location:...

, taking the lead and securing the final victory.

Final classification

1' 29s

6' 55s

14' 08s

24' 14s

25' 39s

26 21s

	Cyclist	Country	Time
1	Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi Angelo Fausto Coppi, , was the dominant international cyclist of the years each side of the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo, or champion of champions...		118h 37' 26s
2	Hugo Koblet Hugo Koblet Hugo Koblet was a Swiss champion cyclist. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia as well as competing in six-day and pursuit races on the track. He won 70 races as a professional...
3	Pasquale Fornara Pasquale Fornara Pasquale Fornara was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that remains....
4	Gino Bartali Gino Bartali Gino Bartali, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice and the Tour de France in 1938...
5	Angelo Conterno Angelo Conterno Angelo Conterno was an Italian professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s who is most famous for becoming the first Italian to win the Vuelta a España...		+ 20' 51s
6	Constant Ockers
7	Giovanni Roma		+ 24' 35s
8	Guido De Santi		+ 25' 06s
9	Fiorenzo Magni Fiorenzo Magni Fiorenzo Magni is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.He was born in Vaiano, province of Prato . He was the "third man" of the golden age of Italian cycling, at the time of the great rivalry between Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali...
10	Vincenzo Rossello Vincenzo Rossello Vincenzo Rossello was an Italiay professional road bicycle racer from 1946 to 1957. He won two stages in the Tour de France.- Palmarès :1948...

General classification leaders

Cyclist	Country	Stages
Wim Van Est Wim van Est Willem van Est was a Dutch racing cyclist.He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a ravine while wearing it.-Biography:...		1st
Guido De Santi		2nd-3rd, 6th
Pasquale Fornara Pasquale Fornara Pasquale Fornara was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that remains....		4th-5th
Giovanni Corrieri Giovanni Corrieri Giovanni Corrieri is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Corrieri won 7 stages in the Giro d'Italia between 1947 and 1955.- Palmarès :19451947...		7th
Hugo Koblet Hugo Koblet Hugo Koblet was a Swiss champion cyclist. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia as well as competing in six-day and pursuit races on the track. He won 70 races as a professional...		8th-19th
Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi Angelo Fausto Coppi, , was the dominant international cyclist of the years each side of the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo, or champion of champions...		20th-final

Other classifications

• Mountains classification
  Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia
  The mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia is a secondary classification. In this classification, points are awarded to the leading riders over designated climbs. Most climbs are sorted into one of three scales based on difficulty and its position on that day's stage...
  
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