1922 Giro d'Italia
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The 1922 Giro d'Italia
Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

of cycling
Cycling
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 was held from 24 May to 11 June 1922, consisting of 10 stages for a total of 3,095 km, ridden at an average speed of 25.856 km/h. It was won by Giovanni Brunero
Giovanni Brunero
Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He ranks 66th on Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, the 18th Italian on the list.-Biography:...

.

Stages

Stage Date Route km Stage Winner Leader of the GC
1 May 24 Milan
Milan
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-Padova 
326   Gaetano Belloni
Gaetano Belloni
Gaetano Belloni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan – San Remo , and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia .Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, and made his...

 
  Gaetano Belloni
Gaetano Belloni
Gaetano Belloni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan – San Remo , and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia .Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, and made his...

2 May 26 Padova-Portorose  268   Costante Girardengo
Costante Girardengo
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  Gaetano Belloni
Gaetano Belloni
Gaetano Belloni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan – San Remo , and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia .Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, and made his...

3 May 28 Portorose-Bologna
Bologna
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375   Gaetano Belloni
Gaetano Belloni
Gaetano Belloni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan – San Remo , and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia .Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, and made his...

 
  Gaetano Belloni
Gaetano Belloni
Gaetano Belloni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan – San Remo , and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia .Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, and made his...

4 May 30 Bologna
Bologna
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-Pescara
Pescara
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367   Alfredo Sivocci   Bartolomeo Aymo
5 June 1 Pescara
Pescara
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-Napoli 
267   Bartolomeo Aymo    Bartolomeo Aymo
6 June 3 Napoli-Rome
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254   Pietro Linari   Bartolomeo Aymo
7 June 5 Rome
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-Firenze
Firenze
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319   Giovanni Brunero
Giovanni Brunero
Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He ranks 66th on Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, the 18th Italian on the list.-Biography:...

 
  Giovanni Brunero
Giovanni Brunero
Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He ranks 66th on Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, the 18th Italian on the list.-Biography:...

8 June 7 Firenze
Firenze
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-Santa Margherita Ligure
Santa Margherita Ligure
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292   Luigi Annoni   Giovanni Brunero
Giovanni Brunero
Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He ranks 66th on Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, the 18th Italian on the list.-Biography:...

9 June 9 Genova
Génova
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-Turin
Turin
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277   Bartolomeo Aymo    Giovanni Brunero
Giovanni Brunero
Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He ranks 66th on Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, the 18th Italian on the list.-Biography:...

10 June 11 Turin
Turin
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-Milan
Milan
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348   Giovanni Brunero
Giovanni Brunero
Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He ranks 66th on Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, the 18th Italian on the list.-Biography:...

 
  Giovanni Brunero
Giovanni Brunero
Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He ranks 66th on Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, the 18th Italian on the list.-Biography:...

Total 3,095

Final GC Standings

Cyclist Country Time
1 Giovanni Brunero
Giovanni Brunero
Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He ranks 66th on Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, the 18th Italian on the list.-Biography:...

 
 Italy 119h 43' 00s
2 Bartolomeo Aymo   Italy
12' 29s
3 Giuseppe Enrici
Giuseppe Enrici
Giuseppe Enrici was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was winning the 1924 Giro d'Italia....

 Italy
1h 35' 33s
4 Alfredo Sivocci  Italy + 1h 52' 13s
5 Domenico Schierano  Italy + 4h 17' 42s
6 Pietro Aymo  Italy
5h 28' 58s
7 Paride Ferrari  Italy
6h 14' 55s
8 Nicola Di Biase  Italy
8h 39' 36s
9 Romolo Lazzaretti  Italy
10h 28' 45s
10 Dino Bertolino  Italy + 10h 59' 00s

Sources

  • http://sports123.com/rcy/results/m-giro-1922.html
  • http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/GdI/GdI_1922.htm
  • http://giro.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=&_ap=&id=3094
  • http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giroindx.html
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