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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Binda Time 4!
Campionissimo Alfredo Binda won 8 of the first 9 stages (8 in a row) to dominate the Giro d'Italia in 1929. The victory was Binda's 4th Giro d'Italia championship and 3rd in a row.
SPECIAL NOTE: The Giro in 1929 began in Rome for only the second time. This Giro would finish in Milan after 14 stages around Italy.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Rome-Napoli, 235 km |
Gaetano Belloni (Ita) |
Gaetano Belloni (Ita) |
Stage 2 Napoli-Foggia, 185 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Gaetano Belloni (Ita) |
Stage 3 Foggia-Lecce, 282 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Gaetano Belloni (Ita) |
Stage 4 Lecce-Potenza, 270 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 5 Potenza-Cosenza, 264 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 6 Cosenza-Salerno, 295 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 7 Salerno-Formia, 220 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 8 Formia-Rome, 198 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 9 Rome-Orvieto, 120 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage10 Orvieto-Siena, 150 km |
Mario Bianchi (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 11 Siena-La Spezia, 192 km |
Alfredo Dinale (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 12 La Spezia-Parma, 135 km |
Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 13 Parma-Alessandria, 152 km |
Mario Bianchi (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 14 Alessandria-Milan, 216 km |
Alfredo Dinale (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
GdI May 19-June 9, 1929 |
| 2,920 Km |
1. Alfredo BINDA (Ita) 107h18'24" |
| 2.
Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) +3'44" |
| 3.
Leonida Frascarelli (Ita) +5'04" |
Starters: 166 |
| Finishers: 99 |
Average Speed: 27.292 km/h |
GdI 1930
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