1953 Giro d'Italia

1953 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates	12 May - 2 June 1953
Stages	21
Distance	4,035.5 km (2,508 mi)
Winning time	118h 37' 26"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Mountains
	Team
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The 1953 Giro d'Italia was the 36th edition of the Giro d'Italia. The Giro started off in Milan on 12 May with a 263 km (163.4 mi) flat stage and concluded back in Milan with a 220 km (136.7 mi) relatively flat mass-start stage on 2 June. Sixteen teams entered the race, which was won by Italian Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi team. Second and third respectively were Swiss rider Hugo Koblet and Italian Pasquale Fornara.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] ^[5]

Hugo Koblet held the pink jersey up until the penultimate stage, when Coppi attacked and left him behind on the climb up the Stelvio Pass (included in the Giro for the first time), taking the lead and securing the final victory. Since then the Stelvio Pas is par excellence the Cima Coppi of the competition.

^ "Coppi, en la penúltima etapa se impuso, y ha ganado de nuevo la Vuelta Ciclista a Italia :: Koblet, segundo" [Coppi, Won the Penultimate Stage, and Won the Tour of Italy Again :: Koblet, Second] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 3 June 1953. p. 1. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "Coppi ha vinto il Giro d'Italia e Magni l'ultima volata a Milano" [Coppi won the Tour of Italy and Magni the last sprint in Milan] (PDF). La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 3 June 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "Primi interrogativi per il Tour" [A Tour of mountains and countryside] (PDF). La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 3 June 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "Al Vigorelli apoteosi di Fausto Coppi superbo vincitore del "Giro d'Italia"" [At Vigorelli apotheosis of Fausto Coppi proud winner of the "Tour of Italy"] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 3 June 1953. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ Paul Maunder (19 May 2018). "Part 5: Staring at the Ceiling". Soigneur. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[1953p1_elm_final-1] "Coppi, en la penúltima etapa se impuso, y ha ganado de nuevo la Vuelta Ciclista a Italia :: Koblet, segundo" [Coppi, Won the Penultimate Stage, and Won the Tour of Italy Again :: Koblet, Second] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 3 June 1953. p. 1. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[LS_Final1-2] "Coppi ha vinto il Giro d'Italia e Magni l'ultima volata a Milano" [Coppi won the Tour of Italy and Magni the last sprint in Milan] (PDF). La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 3 June 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[LS_Final2-3] "Primi interrogativi per il Tour" [A Tour of mountains and countryside] (PDF). La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 3 June 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[LU_Final-4] "Al Vigorelli apoteosi di Fausto Coppi superbo vincitore del "Giro d'Italia"" [At Vigorelli apotheosis of Fausto Coppi proud winner of the "Tour of Italy"] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 3 June 1953. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[Soigneur-5] Paul Maunder (19 May 2018). "Part 5: Staring at the Ceiling". Soigneur. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

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