1950 Giro d'Italia

1950 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates24 May - 13 June 1950
Stages18
Distance3,981 km (2,474 mi)
Winning time117h 28' 03"
Results
Winner  Hugo Koblet (SUI) (Guerra–Ursus)
  Second  Gino Bartali (ITA) (Bartali)
  Third  Alfredo Martini (ITA) (Taurea)
  Mountains  Hugo Koblet (SUI) (Guerra–Ursus)
  Sprints  Annibale Brasola (ITA) (Benotto)
  Team Fréjus–Superga
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The 1950 Giro d'Italia was the 33rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started in Milan on 24 May with a 225 km (139.8 mi) individual time trial and concluded in Salsomaggiore Terme with a 230 km (142.9 mi) relatively flat mass-start stage on 13 June. Fifteen teams entered the race, which was won by Swiss Hugo Koblet of the Guerra team. Second and third respectively were Italians Gino Bartali and Alfredo Martini.[1]

  1. ^ "El suizo Koblet" [The Swiss Koblet] (in Spanish). Rome, Italy: El Mundo Deportivo. 14 June 1950. p. 1. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2012.