 Overview of the stages:
route clockwise from Rome, up to Turin, down to Bari, and up to Rome | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 15 May – 6 June 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,530.3 km (2,194 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 132h 24' 00" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1911 Giro d'Italia was the third edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour set up and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 18 May in Rome with a stage that stretched 394.1 km (245 mi) to Florence. It was composed of twelve stages that covered a total distance of 3,530.3 km (2,194 mi). The race came to a close back in Rome on 6 June after a 266.9 km (166 mi) stage.[1] The race was won by the Italian rider Carlo Galetti of the Bianchi team.[1] Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Giovanni Rossignoli and Giovanni Gerbi.[1]
Returning champion Carlo Galetti won the race's opening stage into Florence and was the first to lead the race. He lost the lead to Giovanni Rossignoli after Galetti finished poorly on the race's second stage. Rossignoli held the lead for four days after Galetti took back the lead after the sixth stage. Frenchman Lucien Petit-Breton became the first non-Italian to lead the Giro d'Italia after the race's ninth stage. Petit-Breton lost the lead the next day to Galetti, who then held it all the way to the race's conclusion in Rome.
- ^ a b c "La Vuelta De Italia" [The Giro d'Italia] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 15 June 1911. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.