1960 Giro d'Italia

The 1960 Giro d'Italia was the 43rd running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Rome, on 19 May, with a 215 km (133.6 mi) stage and concluded in Milan, on 9 June, with a 225 km (139.8 mi) leg. A total of 140 riders from 14 teams entered the 21-stage race, which was won by Frenchman Jacques Anquetil of the Helyett team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Gastone Nencini and Luxembourgian Charly Gaul, respectively.[1][2][3][4][5]

1960 Giro d'Italia

Race details
Dates	19 May - 9 June
Stages	21, including two split stages
Distance	3,481.2 km (2,163 mi)
Winning time	94h 03' 54"
Results
Winner  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (Fynsec–Helyett)   Second  Gastone Nencini (ITA) (Carpano)   Third  Charly Gaul (LUX) (EMI–Guerra)   Mountains  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (Faema)   Sprints  Rino Benedetti (ITA) (Ghigi)   Team Ignis

Teams

Fourteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1960 edition of the Giro d'Italia.[6] Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 140 cyclists.[6] From the riders that began the race, 97 made it to the finish in Florence.[7][8][9][10][11]

The teams entering the race were:[6][12]

EMI–Guerra Atala Bianchi Carpano Faema

Fynsec–Helyett Gazzola–Fiorelli Ghigi Ignis Legnano

Molteni Philco San Pellegrino Torpado

Route and stages

Jacques Anquetil, Charly Gaul, Gastone Nencini, and Jos Hoevenaers riding together during the race.

The race route was revealed on 13 April 1960.[13][14][15][16] The start of the race was moved to Rome to honor the Summer Olympics to be held in the city later that year.[17] Before the race began in Rome, the organizers honored the race's first organizer Armando Cougnet, five-time Giro champion Fausto Coppi, and journalist Orio Vergani, all of whom died before the race started in 1960.[17] President Giovanni Gronchi officially opened the race.[17]

Stage characteristics and winners[7][18]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	19 May	Rome to Naples	212 km (132 mi)		Plain stage	Dino Bruni (ITA)
2	20 May	Sorrento to Sorrento	25 km (16 mi)		Individual time trial	Romeo Venturelli (ITA)
3	21 May	Sorrento to Campobasso	186 km (116 mi)		Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
4	22 May	Campobasso to Pescara	192 km (119 mi)		Plain stage	Salvador Botella (ESP)
5	23 May	Pescara to Rieti	218 km (135 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Gastone Nencini (ITA)
6	24 May	Terni to Rimini	230 km (143 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Pierino Baffi (ITA)
7a	25 May	Igea Marina	5 km (3 mi)		Individual time trial	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
7b		Bellaria to Forlì	81 km (50 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
8	26 May	Forlì to Livorno	206 km (128 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
9a	27 May	Livorno to Carrara	93 km (58 mi)		Plain stage	Emile Daems (BEL)
9b		Carrara to Cave di Carrara	2.2 km (1 mi)		Individual time trial	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)  Miguel Poblet (ESP)
10	28 May	Carrara to Sestri Levante	171 km (106 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Gastone Nencini (ITA)
11	29 May	Sestri Levante to Asti	180 km (112 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
12	30 May	Asti to Cervinia	176 km (109 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Addo Kazianka (ITA)
13	31 May	Saint-Vincent to Milan	225 km (140 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Jean Stablinski (FRA)
	1 June	Rest day
14	2 June	Seregno to Lecco	68 km (42 mi)		Individual time trial	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)
15	3 June	Lecco to Verona	150 km (93 mi)		Plain stage	André Darrigade (FRA)
16	4 June	Verona to Treviso	110 km (68 mi)		Plain stage	Roberto Falaschi (ITA)
17	5 June	Treviso to Trieste	147 km (91 mi)		Plain stage	Dino Bruni (ITA)
18	6 June	Trieste to Belluno	240 km (149 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Seamus Elliott (IRL)
19	7 June	Belluno to Trento	110 km (68 mi)		Plain stage	Emile Daems (BEL)
20	8 June	Trento to Bormio	229 km (142 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Charly Gaul (LUX)
21	9 June	Bormio to Milan	225 km (140 mi)		Plain stage	Arrigo Paduan (ITA)
	Total		3,481.2 km (2,163 mi)

Classification leadership

One jersey was worn during the 1960 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.[19]

The mountains classification leader. The climbs were ranked in first and second categories. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. There were three categories of mountains. The first category awarded 80, 60, 40, 30, and 20 points,[20] while the second distributed 60, 40, and 20 points.[21] Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the teams were awarded points for their rider's performance during the stages.[22]

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
1	Dino Bruni	Dino Bruni	not awarded	Ignis
2	Romeo Venturelli	Romeo Venturelli
3	Miguel Poblet	Jacques Anquetil
4	Salvador Botella
5	Gastone Nencini		Charly Gaul
6	Pierino Baffi	Jos Hoevenaers
7a	Miguel Poblet
7b	Rik Van Looy		Gastone Nencini
8	Rik Van Looy
9a	Emile Daems
9b	Jacques Anquetil & Miguel Poblet		Gastone Nencini & Charly Gaul
10	Gastone Nencini		Michele Gismondi
11	Rik Van Looy
12	Addo Kazianka
13	Jean Stablinski
14	Jacques Anquetil	Jacques Anquetil
15	André Darrigade
16	Roberto Falaschi
17	Dino Bruni
18	Seamus Elliott
19	Emile Daems
20	Charly Gaul		Rik Van Looy
21	Arrigo Paduan
Final		Jacques Anquetil	Rik Van Looy	Ignis

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[7][23]

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)	Fynsec–Helyett	94h 03' 54"
2	Gastone Nencini (ITA)	Carpano	+ 28"
3	Charly Gaul (LUX)	EMI–Guerra	+ 3' 51"
4	Imerio Massignan (ITA)	Legnano	+ 4' 06"
5	Jos Hoevenaers (BEL)	Ghigi	+ 5' 53"
6	Guido Carlesi (ITA)	Philco	+ 6' 28"
7	Arnaldo Pambianco (ITA)	Legnano	+ 8' 32"
8	Diego Ronchini (ITA)	Bianchi	+ 9' 28"
9	Edouard Delberghe (FRA)	Fynsec–Helyett	+ 12' 29"
10	Agostino Coletto (ITA)	Ghigi	+ 13' 10"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)[7][24]

	Name	Team	Points
1	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Faema	250
2	Imerio Massignan (ITA)	Legnano	210
3	Gastone Nencini (ITA)	Carpano	190
4	Michele Gismondi (ITA)	Gazzola–Fiorelli	180
5	Charly Gaul (LUX)	EMI–Guerra	160
6	Jean Stablinski (FRA)	Fynsec–Helyett	140
	Aldo Kazianka (ITA)	EMI–Guerra
8	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)	Fynsec–Helyett	130
9	Aurelio Cestari (ITA)	Ignis	120
	Graziano Battistini (ITA)	Legnano

Intermediate sprints classification

Final intermediate sprints classification (1–9)[23][25]

	Name	Team	Points
1	Rino Benedetti (ITA)	Ghigi	240
2	Jos Hoevenaers (BEL)	Ghigi	140
3	Miguel Poblet (ESP)	Ignis	120
	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Faema
5	Giuseppe Sartore (ITA)	Bianchi	100
	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)	Gazzola–Fiorelli
	Emile Daems (BEL)	Philco
	Dini Liviero (ITA)	Torpado
9	Aldo Kazianka (ITA)	EMI–Guerra	80
	Armando Pellegrini (ITA)	EMI–Guerra
	Pierino Baffi (ITA)	Ignis
	Guido Bodi (ITA)	Ghigi

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)[22]

	Team	Points
1	Ignis	4336.5
2	Faema	3512.5
3	Fynsec–Helyett	2842.5
4	Ghigi	2735
5	Philco	2128
6	Gazzola–Fiorelli	2125
7	Legnano	1829
8	Carpano	1772.5
9	San Pellegrino	1595
10	EMI–Guerra	1405

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