| 1958 Giro d'Italia | |
| Date: | 18 May – 8 June 1958 |
| Stages: | 20 |
| Distance: | 3341.1 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 92h 09' 30" |
| Speed: | 36.274 |
| First: | Ercole Baldini |
| First Nat: | ITA |
| First Team: | Legnano |
| First Color: | pink |
| Second: | Jean Brankart |
| Second Nat: | BEL |
| Second Team: | Saint Raphaël |
| Third: | Charly Gaul |
| Third Nat: | LUX |
| Third Team: | Faema |
| Points: | Miguel Poblet |
| Points Nat: | ESP |
| Points Natvar: | 1945 |
| Points Team: | Ignis |
| Mountains: | Jean Brankart |
| Mountains Nat: | BEL |
| Mountains Team: | Saint Raphaël |
| Sprints: | Alessandro Fantini |
| Sprints Nat: | ITA |
| Sprints Team: | Atala |
| Team: | Carpano |
| Previous: | 1957 |
| Next: | 1959 |
The 1958 Giro d'Italia was the 41st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Milan, on 18 May, with a 178km (111miles) stage and concluded back in Milan, on 8 June, with a 177km (110miles) leg. A total of 120 riders from 15 teams entered the 20-stage race, which was won by Italian Ercole Baldini of the Legnano team. The second and third places were taken by Belgian Jean Brankart and Luxembourgian Charly Gaul, respectively.[1] [2] [3] [4]
A total of 15 teams were invited to participate in the 1958 Giro d'Italia.[5] Each team sent a squad of eight riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 120 cyclists.[5] Out of the 120 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 77 riders made it to the finish in Milan.[6]
The 15 teams that took part in the race were:[5]
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The route was released on 27 March 1958 in Saint Vincent.[7] [8]
The photofinish was introduced to the race, which allowed the rider's times to be determined to the hundredth of a second.[9]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 May | Milan to Varese | 178km (111miles) | Plain stage | |||
| 2 | 19 May | Varese to Comerio | 26km (16miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 3 | 20 May | Varese to Saint-Vincent | 187km (116miles) | Plain stage | |||
| 4 | 21 May | Saint-Vincent to Collina di Superga | 132km (82miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 5 | 22 May | Turin to Mondovì | 193km (120miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 6 | 23 May | Mondovì to Chiavari | 258km (160miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 7 | 24 May | Chiavari to Forte dei Marmi | 115km (71miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 25 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 8 | 26 May | Viareggio to Viareggio | 59.1km (36.7miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 9 | 27 May | Florence to Viterbo | 215km (134miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 10 | 28 May | Viterbo to Rome | 155km (96miles) | Plain stage | |||
| 11 | 29 May | Rome to Scanno | 225km (140miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 12 | 30 May | Scanno to San Benedetto del Tronto | 211km (131miles) | Plain stage | |||
| 13 | 31 May | San Benedetto del Tronto to Cattolica | 192km (119miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 14 | 1 June | City of San Marino (San Marino) to City of San Marino (San Marino) | 12km (07miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 15 | 2 June | Cesena to Bosco Chiesanuova | 249km (155miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 16 | 3 June | Verona to Levico Terme | 200km (100miles) | Plain stage | |||
| 4 June | Rest day | ||||||
| 17 | 5 June | Levico Terme to Bolzano | 198km (123miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 18 | 6 June | Bolzano to Trento | 183km (114miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 19 | 7 June | Trento to Gardone Riviera | 176km (109miles) | Stage with mountain(s) | |||
| 20 | 8 June | Salò to Milan | 177km (110miles) | Plain stage | |||
| Total | 3341.1km (2,076.1miles) | ||||||
One different jersey was worn during the 1958 Giro d'Italia. 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.[13]
For the points classification, which awarded no jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15.[14] This classification was also known as the Trofeo A. Carli.[15] [16] The mountains classification leader. The climbs were ranked in first[17] and second categories. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willy Vannitsen | Willy Vannitsen | Willy Vannitsen | not awarded | Ghigi | |
| 2 | Ercole Baldini | Ercole Baldini | Miguel Poblet | Legnano | ||
| 3 | Salvador Botella | Arnaldo Pambianco | Faema | |||
| 4 | Federico Bahamontes | Aldo Moser | Federico Bahamontes | |||
| 5 | Alfredo Sabbadin | Salvador Botella | ||||
| 6 | Silvano Ciampi | Giovanni Pettinati | ||||
| 7 | Guido Boni | |||||
| 8 | Ercole Baldini | |||||
| 9 | Nino Defilippis | |||||
| 10 | Gastone Nencini | |||||
| 11 | Nino Defilippis | |||||
| 12 | Pierino Baffi | Agonstino Colleto | ||||
| 13 | Guido Carlesi | Carpano | ||||
| 14 | Charly Gaul | |||||
| 15 | Ercole Baldini | Ercole Baldini | ||||
| 16 | Miguel Poblet | |||||
| 17 | Ercole Baldini | Jean Brankart | ||||
| 18 | Gastone Nencini | Faema | ||||
| 19 | Miguel Poblet | |||||
| 20 | Miguel Poblet | Carpano | ||||
| Final | Ercole Baldini | Miguel Poblet | Jean Brankart | Carpano | ||
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legnano | ||
| 2 | St. Raphaël | + 4' 17" | |
| 3 | Faema | + 6' 07" | |
| 4 | Mercier | + 9' 27" | |
| 5 | Chlorodant | + 10' 36" | |
| 6 | Ignis | + 11' 07" | |
| 7 | Faema | + 12' 12" | |
| 8 | St. Raphaël | + 13' 12" | |
| 9 | Ignis | + 14' 13" | |
| 10 | Cali | + 15' 00" | |
| Name | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Raphaël | 56 | |
| 2 | Legnano | 39 | |
| 3 | Faema | 38 | |
| 4 | Faema | 37 | |
| 5 | Carpano | 19 | |
| Name | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignis | 182 | |
| 2 | Legnano | 144 | |
| 3 | St. Raphaël | 111 | |
| 4 | Chlorodant | 96 | |
| 5 | Carpano | 82.5 | |
| 6 | Asborno | 81 | |
| 7 | Mercier | 80 | |
| 8 | Faema | 77 | |
| 9 | Carpano | 70 | |
| Cali | |||
| Name | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atala | 35 | |
| 2 | Atala | 28 | |
| 3 | Chlorodont | 21 | |
| 4 | Ignis | 18 | |
| 5 | San Pellegrino | 13 | |
| 6 | Torpado | 10 | |
| 7 | Cali | 8 | |
| 8 | Chlorodont | 6 | |
| 9 | Legnano | 5 | |
| Bianchi | |||
| Faema | |||
| Torpado | |||
| Faema | |||
| Ignis | |||
| Cali | |||
| Faema | |||
| Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carpano | |
| 2 | Faema | + 6' 13" |
| 3 | St. Raphaël | + 41' 23" |
| 4 | San Pellegrino | + 53' 08" |
| 5 | Atala | + 1h 04' 32" |
| 6 | Legnano | + 1h 15' 56" |
| 7 | Ignis | + 1h 21' 48" |
The race jury and the director established a classification for awards "on merit", which Giorgio Menini (San Pellegrino) won with six points.[21] With this classification victory, Menini won 300,000 lire.[21] Guido Boni (Bianchi), Guido Carlesi (Chlorodont), Alfredo Zagano (Asborno), Jesús Galdeano (Faema), and Gianni Ferlenghi (Bianchi) placed second in the classification and split 300,000 lire.[21]