1959 Giro d'Italia
Route and stages

1959 Giro d'Italia

Section Title: Route and stages
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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	16 May	Milan to Salsomaggiore Terme	135 km (84 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Looy (BEL)

2	17 May	Salsomaggiore Terme to Salsomaggiore Terme	22 km (14 mi)	Individual time trial	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)

3	18 May	Salsomaggiore Terme to Abetone	180 km (112 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Charly Gaul (LUX)

4	19 May	Abetone to Arezzo	178 km (111 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Armando Pellegrini (ITA)

5	20 May	Arezzo to Rome	243 km (151 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)

6	21 May	Rome to Naples	213 km (132 mi)	Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)

7	22 May	Ercolano to Mount Vesuvius	8 km (5 mi)	Individual time trial	Charly Gaul (LUX)

8	23 May	Ischia to Ischia	31 km (19 mi)	Individual time trial	Antonino Catalano (ITA)

9	24 May	Naples to Vasto	206 km (128 mi)	Plain stage	Gastone Nencini (ITA)

10	25 May	Vasto to Teramo	148 km (92 mi)	Plain stage	Rino Benedettii (ITA)

11	26 May	Ascoli Piceno to Rimini	245 km (152 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Looy (BEL)

12	27 May	Rimini to San Marino (San Marino)	141 km (88 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Nino Defilippis (ITA)

28 May	Rest day

13	29 May	Rimini to Verona	233 km (145 mi)	Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)

14	30 May	Verona to Rovereto	143 km (89 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)

15	31 May	Trento to Bolzano	198 km (123 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Miguel Poblet (ESP)

16	1 June	Bolzano to San Pellegrino Terme	245 km (152 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)

17	2 June	San Pellegrino Terme to Genoa	241 km (150 mi)	Plain stage	Arrigo Paduan (ITA)

18	3 June	Genoa to Turin	180 km (112 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vito Favero (ITA)

19	4 June	Turin to Susa	51 km (32 mi)	Individual time trial	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)

20	5 June	Turin to Saint-Vincent	100 km (62 mi)	Plain stage	Alfredo Sabbadin (ITA)

21	6 June	Aosta to Courmayeur	296 km (184 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Charly Gaul (LUX)

22	7 June	Courmayeur to Milan	220 km (137 mi)	Plain stage	Rolf Graf (SUI)

Total	3,657 km (2,272 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1959 Giro d'Italia race consisted of 22 days of racing and covered 3,657 km (2,272 mi).

final_sentence: The 1959 Giro d'Italia race consisted of 22 days of racing and covered 3,657 km (2,272 mi).