2nd Giro d'Italia 1910 (Italy)

The Second Giro!

The second edition of the Giro d'Italia left Milan on May 18, 1910. The second stage saw Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq breakaway with Italian Carlo Galetti. Dortignacq earned the stage win and Galetti took the overall race lead. Dortignacq was now considered a danger man to the race leader and an Italian coalition was formed against the Frenchman. On stage 3 Galetti, defending champion Luigi Ganna, and Eberardo Pavesi broke away. The trio rode into Teramo ahead of the charging peloton. Galetti won the stage with Dortignacq in 10th place. The following stage Dortignacq was still high in the General Classification (on points) becomes violently ill, poison was suspected. He did not start stage 5. The Italian police investigated and 20 riders were disqualified.

Through the final six stages Galetti, Ganna and Pavesi waged a titanic battle with Carlo Galetti taking the victory in Milan. However Galetti didn't have an easy time on the final stage. He crashed into a hay wagon mid-way through the stage. With cuts and bruises the race leader quickly remounted. He gallantly finished 5th on the stage to attain the Overall Giro victory.

After being narrowly defeated by Luigi Ganna in 1909, Carlo Galetti dominated the 1910 race. He rode into Milan with an 18 point lead to record the victory.

SPECIAL NOTE: The 1910 Giro was again contested on a point's basis. One minor change to the format: all points were award from 1 for the winner to 50, then all others received 51 points.

GdI 1909

GdI 1911

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