| 1937 Giro d'Italia | |
| Date: | 8–30 May 1937 |
| Stages: | 19, including four split stages |
| Distance: | 3840 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 112h 49' 28" |
| Speed: | 31.365 |
| First: | Gino Bartali |
| First Nat: | ITA |
| First Natvar: | 1861 |
| First Team: | Legnano |
| First Color: | pink |
| Second: | Giovanni Valetti |
| Second Nat: | ITA |
| Second Natvar: | 1861 |
| Second Team: | Fréjus |
| Third: | Enrico Mollo |
| Third Nat: | ITA |
| Third Natvar: | 1861 |
| Third Team: | Fréjus |
| Mountains: | Gino Bartali |
| Mountains Nat: | ITA |
| Mountains Natvar: | 1861 |
| Mountains Team: | Legnano |
| Team: | Fréjus |
| Previous: | 1936 |
| Next: | 1938 |
The 1937 Giro d'Italia was the 25th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 8 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 165km (103miles) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 30 May after a split stage and a total distance covered of 3840km (2,390miles). The race was won by Gino Bartali of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Giovanni Valetti and Enrico Mollo coming in second and third respectively.
Of the 98 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 8 May,[1] 41 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 30 May.[2] Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team or group; 65riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 33 competed independently.[1] The four teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Fréjus, Ganna, and Legnano.[1] [2] Each team was composed of seven riders.[1] There were also seven groups, made up of five riders each, that participated in the race.[1] Those groups were: Italiani All'Estero, Bertoldo, Il Littoriale, S S. Parioli, Belgi, Svizzeri, and Tedeschi.[1]
The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders.[2] The field featured four former Giro d'Italia winners with the 1931 race winner Francesco Camusso, 1934 winner Learco Guerra, Vasco Bergamaschi who won the race in 1935, and returning champion Gino Bartali.[1] [2] Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Giovanni Valetti, and Giuseppe Olmo.[1] [2] Notable foreign entrants were the Belgian riders Alfons Deloor, Alfons Schepers, and Antoine Dignef, and also the Swiss rider Leo Amberg who placed high at the 1936 Tour de France.[1] [2]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type[4] | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 May | 165km (103miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 2 | 9 May | 148km (92miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 3 | 10 May | 158km (98miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 4 | 11 May | 186km (116miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | ||||
| 5a | 12 May | Viareggio to Marina di Massa | 60km (40miles) | Team time trial | |||
| 5b | 114km (71miles) | Plain stage | |||||
| 13 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 6 | 14 May | 190km (120miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 7 | 15 May | 206km (128miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 8a | 16 May | Rieti to Monte Terminillo | 20km (10miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 8b | 152km (94miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||||
| 9 | 17 May | 250km (160miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 18 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 10 | 19 May | 166km (103miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | ||||
| 11a | 20 May | 186km (116miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | ||||
| 11b | 105km (65miles) | Plain stage | |||||
| 12 | 21 May | 258km (160miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | ||||
| 13 | 22 May | 194km (121miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 14 | 23 May | 178km (111miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 24 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 15 | 25 May | 266km (165miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 16 | 26 May | 227km (141miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | ||||
| 17 | 27 May | 190km (120miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | ||||
| 28 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 18 | 29 May | 129km (80miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 19a | 30 May | 151km (94miles) | Plain stage | ||||
| 19b | 141km (88miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||||
| Total | 3840km (2,390miles) | ||||||
The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.[5]
The liberi classification, one similar to the general classification was calculated, using only independent riders and riders that came as members of groups.
In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.[5]
The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner.[2] If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification. The group classification was decided in the same manner, but the classification was exclusive to the competing groups.
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Liberi classification | Mountains classification | Team classification | Group classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nello Troggi | Nello Troggi | Nello Troggi | not awarded | Fréjus | ? | |
| 2 | Quirico Bernacchi | Quirico Bernacchi | Quirico Bernacchi & Giovanni Gotti | ||||
| 3 | Giovanni Valetti | Giovanni Valetti | Quirico Bernacchi | ||||
| 4 | Olimpio Bizzi | Bernardo Rogora | Enrico Mollo | ||||
| 5a | Legnano | Gino Bartali | Alfons Deloor | ||||
| 5b | Olimpio Bizzi | Giovanni Valetti | Luigi Barral | ||||
| 6 | Giuseppe Olmo | Bertoldo | |||||
| 7 | Marco Cimatti | ||||||
| 8a | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Enrico Mollo & Gino Bartali | ||||
| 8b | Raffaele Di Paco | ||||||
| 9 | Learco Guerra | ||||||
| 10 | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | |||||
| 11a | Walter Generati | ||||||
| 11b | Cesare Del Cancia | Edoardo Molinar | |||||
| 12 | Marco Cimatti | Enrico Mollo & Luigi Barral | |||||
| 13 | Aldo Bini | Luigi Barral | |||||
| 14 | Aldo Bini | Il Littoriale | |||||
| 15 | Glauco Servadei | Edoardo Molinar | |||||
| 16 | Gino Bartali | Enrico Mollo & Gino Bartali | |||||
| 17 | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | |||||
| 18 | Glauco Servadei | ||||||
| 19a | Marco Cimatti | ||||||
| 19b | Aldo Bini | ||||||
| Final | Gino Bartali | Edoardo Molinar | Gino Bartali | Fréjus | Il Littoriale | ||
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legnano | ||
| 2 | Fréjus | + 8' 18" | |
| 3 | Fréjus | + 17' 38" | |
| 4 | Ganna | + 21' 38" | |
| 5 | Ganna | + 23' 18" | |
| 6 | Fréjus | + 27' 28" | |
| 7 | — | + 30' 31" | |
| 8 | — | + 32' 07" | |
| 9 | Italiani all'Estero | + 48' 22" | |
| 10 | — | + 55' 19" | |
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | ||
| 2 | — | + 5' 07" | |
| 3 | Italiani all'Estero | + 14' 21" | |
| 4 | — | + 21' 18" | |
| 5 | — | + 27' 04" | |
| 6 | — | + 30' 14" | |
| 7 | Bertoldo | + 39' 49" | |
| 8 | Il Littoriale | + 42' 44" | |
| 9 | Il Littoriale | + 54' 59" | |
| 10 | — | + 1h 10' 09" | |
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legnano | 37 | |
| 2 | Fréjus | 35 | |
| 3 | Bertoldo | 22 | |
| 4 | — | 9 | |
| 5 | Legnano | 8 | |
| 6 | Fréjus | 6 | |
| Fréjus | |||
| 8 | Italiani all'Estero | 5 | |
| 9 | Ganna | 3 | |
| — | |||
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fréjus | |
| 2 | Ganna | + 1h 24' 24" |
| 3 | Legnano-Wolsit | + 2h 24' 58" |
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Il Littoriale | |
| 2 | Italiani all'estero | + 21' 27" |
| 3 | Bertoldo | + 1h 05' 37" |
| 4 | Stranieri | + 4h 10' 09" |