# 1947 Giro d'Italia

The 1947 Giro d'Italia was the 30th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 24 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 190 km (118 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 15 June after a 278 km (173 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,843 km (2,388 mi).
The Giro was won by Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi team, with fellow Italians Gino Bartali and Giulio Bresci coming in second and third respectively.

## Teams

A total of twelve teams entered the 1947 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of seven riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 84 cyclists. Out of the 84 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 50 riders made it to the finish in Milan.
The teams entering the race were:
* Arbos–Talbot
* Benotto
* Bianchi
* Cozzi-Silger
* Legnano
* Lygie
* Olmo
* Monterosa
* Viscontea
* Wally
* Welter
* Wilier Triestina

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and results :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 24 May | Milan to Turin | 190 km (118 mi) | | Plain stage | Renzo Zanazzi (ITA) |
| 2 | 25 May | Turin to Genoa | 206 km (128 mi) | | Plain stage | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
| 3 | 26 May | Genoa to Reggio Emilia | 220 km (137 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Luciano Maggini (ITA) |
| 4 | 27 May | Reggio Emilia to Prato | 190 km (118 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Fausto Coppi (ITA) |
| | 28 May | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day |
| 5a | 29 May | Prato to Bagni di Casciana Terme | 84 km (52 mi) | | Plain stage | Luciano Maggini (ITA) |
| 5b | 29 May | Bagni di Casciana Terme to Florence | 141 km (88 mi) | | Plain stage | Renzo Zanazzi (ITA) |
| 6 | 30 May | Florence to Perugia | 161 km (100 mi) | | Plain stage | Giordano Cottur (ITA) |
| 7 | 31 May | Perugia to Rome | 240 km (149 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Oreste Conte (ITA) |
| 8 | 1 June | Rome to Naples | 231 km (144 mi) | | Plain stage | Fausto Coppi (ITA) |
| | 2 June | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day |
| 9 | 3 June | Naples to Bari | 288 km (179 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Elio Bertocchi (ITA) |
| 10 | 4 June | Bari to Foggia | 129 km (80 mi) | | Plain stage | Mario Ricci (ITA) |
| 11 | 5 June | Foggia to Pescara | 223 km (139 mi) | | Plain stage | Oreste Conte (ITA) |
| | 6 June | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day |
| 12 | 7 June | Pescara to Cesenatico | 267 km (166 mi) | | Plain stage | Giovanni Corrieri (ITA) |
| 13 | 8 June | Cesenatico to Padua | 175 km (109 mi) | | Plain stage | Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) |
| 14 | 9 June | Padua to Vittorio Veneto | 132 km (82 mi) | | Plain stage | Adolfo Leoni (ITA) |
| 15 | 10 June | Vittorio Veneto to Pieve di Cadore | 200 km (124 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
| | 11 June | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day |
| 16 | 12 June | Pieve di Cadore to Trento | 194 km (121 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Fausto Coppi (ITA) |
| 17 | 13 June | Trento to Brescia Sant'Eufemia | 114 km (71 mi) | | Plain stage | Adolfo Leoni (ITA) |
| 18 | 14 June | Brescia Sant'Eufemia to Lugano (Switzerland) | 180 km (112 mi) | | Plain stage | Giulio Bresci (ITA) |
| 19 | 15 June | Lugano (Switzerland) to Milan | 278 km (173 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Adolfo Leoni (ITA) |
| | Total | Total | 3,843 km (2,388 mi) | 3,843 km (2,388 mi) | 3,843 km (2,388 mi) | 3,843 km (2,388 mi) | 3,843 km (2,388 mi) |

## Race overview

In the fifteenth stage, Bartali dismounted his bike to punch a spectator who shouted an anti-Catholic slur at him. He then continued to win the stage.

## Classification leadership

The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.
In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.
There was a black jersey (maglia nera) awarded to the rider placed last in the general classification. The classification was calculated in the same manner as the general classification.
The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner. If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification.
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Mountains classification | Last in General classification | Team classification |
| 1 | Renzo Zanazzi | Renzo Zanazzi | not awarded | Ernesto Ciardossino | ? |
| 2 | Gino Bartali | Renzo Zanazzi | not awarded | Armando Peverelli | ? |
| 3 | Luciano Maggini | Renzo Zanazzi | Giovanni Corrieri | ? | ? |
| 4 | Fausto Coppi | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Antonio Ausenda | Benotto |
| 5a | Luciano Maggini | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | ? | Benotto |
| 5b | Renzo Zanazzi | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | ? | Benotto |
| 6 | Giordano Cottur | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Antonio Ausenda | Benotto |
| 7 | Oreste Conte | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Antonio Ausenda | Benotto |
| 8 | Fausto Coppi | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Antonio Ausenda | Benotto |
| 9 | Elio Bertocchi | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Luigi Malabrocca | Welter |
| 10 | Mario Ricci | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Luigi Malabrocca |
| 11 | Oreste Conte | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Luigi Malabrocca |
| 12 | Giovanni Corrieri | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Luigi Malabrocca |
| 13 | Antonio Bevilacqua | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Riccardo Sarti |
| 14 | Adolfo Leoni | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Luigi Malabrocca |
| 15 | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Gino Bartali | Riccardo Sarti | Welter |
| 16 | Fausto Coppi | Fausto Coppi | Gino Bartali | ? | Welter |
| 17 | Adolfo Leoni | Fausto Coppi | Gino Bartali | ? | Welter |
| 18 | Giulio Bresci | Fausto Coppi | Gino Bartali | ? | Welter |
| 19 | Adolfo Leoni | Fausto Coppi | Gino Bartali | Luigi Malabrocca | Welter |
| Final | Final | Fausto Coppi | Gino Bartali | Luigi Malabrocca | Welter |

## Final standings

Legend :
* Denotes the winner of the General classification

### General classification

Final general classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | Bianchi | 115h 55' 07" |
| 2 | Gino Bartali (ITA) | Legnano | + 1' 43" |
| 3 | Giulio Bresci (ITA) | Welter | + 5' 54" |
| 4 | Ezio Cecchi (ITA) | Welter | + 15' 01" |
| 5 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Olmo | + 15' 06" |
| 6 | Alfredo Martini (ITA) | Welter | + 19' 00" |
| 7 | Mario Vicini (ITA) | Bianchi | + 30' 46" |
| 8 | Salvatore Crippa (ITA) | Lygie | + 31' 05" |
| 9 | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | Viscontea | + 34' 07" |
| 10 | Angelo Menon (ITA) | Lygie | + 35' 49" |

### Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10) :
| | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | Gino Bartali (ITA) | Legnano | 24 |
| 2 | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | Bianchi | 21 |
| 3 | Giulio Bresci (ITA) | Welter | 13 |
| 4 | Giovanni Corrieri (ITA) | Viscontea | 7 |
| 4 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Olmo | 7 |
| 6 | Oreste Conte (ITA) | Benotto | 5 |
| 6 | Alfredo Martini (ITA) | Welter | 5 |
| 6 | Ezio Cecchi (ITA) | Welter | 5 |
| 6 | Luigi Casola (ITA) | Bianchi | 5 |
| 10 | Sergio Pagliazzi (ITA) | Cozzi-Silger | 4 |
| 10 | Adolfo Leoni (ITA) | Bianchi | 4 |
| 10 | Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) | Lygie | 4 |

### Team classification

Final team classification (1-9) :
| | Team | Time |
| 1 | Welter | 348h 25' 36" |
| 2 | Bianchi | + 1h 10' 35" |
| 3 | Legnano | + 1h 15' 14" |
| 4 | Viscontea | + 1h 28' 23" |
| 5 | Lygie | + 2h 15' 17" |
| 6 | Wally | + 3h 38' 13" |
| 7 | Benotto | + 3h 44' 28" |
| 8 | Arbos-Talbot | + 4h 00' 41" |
| 9 | Wilier-Triestina | + 5h 14' 43" |

### Minor awards

Coppi won the blue bracelet for winning the stage with the greatest time between the second placed rider. He managed to achieve a gap of 4' 24" during the stage from Pieve di Cadore to Trento, where he won by a margin of 4' 24". Coppi and Adolfo Leoni split the "premato veloce" classification which was given to the rider with the most stage wins. Leoni and Coppi both won three stages, while four riders won two stages.