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Vintage cycling image of the day: Start of Giro d’Italia 1912

Cyclists at the start Giro d'Italia in 1912

Giro d’Italia 1912 was a unique grand tour edition, where teams were competing and no individual winner was awarded.

The race started on 19th May in 1912 in Milano.

54 cyclists started the 2443,7 km long (9 stages) race, 24 finished.

Black ad white vintage cycling image of the start of the 4th Giro d'Italia (19 Nay 1913)

If there would have been an individual competition, Carlo Galetti eould have been the winner.

The final results:

Atala-Dunlop (Carlo Galetti, Giovanni Micheletto, Eberardo Pavesi, Luigi Ganna): 33 points
Peugeot (Carlo Durando, Angelo Gremo, Ugo Agostini, Domenico Allasia: 23
Gerbi (Giovanni Gerbi, Giovanni Rossignoli, Pietro Albini, Lauro Bordin): 8
Goericke (Domenico Dilda, Enrico Sala, Giovanni Cocchi, Carlo Vertua): 8
Globo (Sante Goi, Cesare Goi, Mario Santagostino, Alberto Maverna): 7
Legnano (Ernesto Azzini, Vincenzo Borgarello, Natale Bosco): 3