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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 19 - June 9, 1960 |
3,481 Km |
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Finishers: 97 |
Average Speed: 37.006 km/h |
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Anquetil Nipped Nencini
Frenchman Jacques Anquetil had already established himself as the 'man of the era' and returned to the 1960 Giro d'Italia with unfinished business. For the main contenders, the Giro presented three major stages:
| 1. the Stage 12 climb of the Cervinia, |
| 2. the Stage 14 sixty-eight km time trial near Milan, |
| 3. the long Stage 20 in the Dolomite Mountains with the mighty Passo de Gavia. |
SPECIAL NOTE: 1960 marked the first inclusion of the Passo de Gavia on the Giro schedule.
SPECIAL NOTE: In 1960 most mountain passes in the Giro and Tour were on unmade dirt roads. The Passo de Gavia is the third highest pass in Europe and was rarely used, even for motor traffic due to its dangers. There were reports of incredibly steep inclines, unprotected 2,000 feet cliffs on the descent, and more than one brown bear inhabiting the mountain forests. These facts caused considerable anxiety in the race community. “It is just like a Tour de France 50 years ago in the days of Eugene Christophe,” a news paper reported.
SPECIAL NOTE: The Italian tifosi (enthusiastic Italian cycling fans) were still mourning the premature death of Fausto Coppi earlier that year and wanted to see one of their own heroes honor the memory of the “Campionissimo.” One of the longest lasting tributes would come when the Giro created the Cima Coppi prize in 1965 (first rider over the summit of the highest mountain in that year’s race).
Teams:
The thirteen teams that took part in the race were:
- Atala
- Bianchi-Pirelli
- Legnano
- Ignis
- Carpano
- EMI-Guerra
- Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec-ACBB
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- Ghigi
- Gazzola-Fiorelli
- Molteni
- Faema
- San Pellegrino Sport
- Torpado
- Philco
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Race Route:
The grand depart of the Giro was moved to Rome to honor the Summer Olympics to be held in the City later that year. Before the race began in Rome, the organizers honored the race's first organizer Armando Cougnet, five-time Giro champion Fausto Coppi, and Corriere della Sera journalist Orio Vergan, all of whom passed away before the race started in 1960. Italy’s President Giovanni Gronchi officially opened the race.
Race Summary:
Stage 12: 176 km from Asti to Cervinia, Charly Gaul rode away from the base of the stage’s finishing climb of the 15-mile Cervinia. Unfortunately, Gaul was suffering from a sore throat, which would hinder the “Angel's” climbing wings. A small group, including Anquetil, caught the Luxembourger at the summit of the climb. The GC status quo was maintained and Gaul simply stated that “this hill is not tough enough for me; I will do better in the Dolomites.”
Stage 14: Anquetil was in magnificent form for the 68 km time trial on fourteenth stage. He caught and dropped Gaul, who had started the ITT six minutes ahead of him. Italian Gastone Nencini rode better to claim second place on the day, but he still lost a massive 4'26" to Anquetil. The race leader’s Maglia Rosa moved to Anquetil, 3'40" ahead of Nencini in second and 6'50" ahead of Gaul, who fell to 6th place in the GC.
Stage 20: The Giro was now set for the final act, “drama on the Gavia.” The stage climb of the Passo de Gavia provided the race leader with a scare. Anquetil, wearing the Maglia Rosa, was attacked by Gastone Nencini. However, on the ascent of the Gavia the Italian received pushes up the very steep sections of the climb by the Italian tifosi with race officials turning a “blind eye” to the incident. After the race came back together Nencini did breakaway again on the decent. Gaul won the stage, and Nencini gained 2'34” to close his GC deficit to 28 seconds with one stage remaining.
SPECIAL NOTE: Like all top riders, Nencini did not like getting pushed, but there is little a rider can do when a bunch of crazy fans get behind you. Even so the organizers claimed that had Nencini taken back those 28 seconds on Anquetil, he would have been disqualified for being pushed up the Gavia.
Stage 21: An aggressive Nencini finished 3rd on the final stage in Milan, but with no time gain. Anquetil claimed the Giro d’Italia victory. He became the first French champion of the Giro.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Rome-Napoli, 212 km |
Dino Bruni (Ita) |
Dino Bruni (Ita) |
Stage 2 Sorrento, 25 km ITT |
Romeo Venturelli (Ita) |
Romeo Venturelli (Ita) |
Stage 3 Sorrento-Campobasso, 186 km |
Miguel Poblet (Spa) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 4 Campobasso-Pescara, 192 km |
Salvador Botella (Spa) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 5 Pescara-Rieti, 218 km |
Gastone Nencini (Ita) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 6 Terni-Rimini, 230 km |
Pierino Baffi (Ita) |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Stg 7a Igea Marina-Bellaria, 5 km ITT |
Miguel Poblet (Spa) |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Stage 7b Bellaria-Forli, 81 km |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Stage 8 Forli-Livorno, 206 km |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Stage 9a Livorno-Carrara, 93 km |
Emile Daems (Bel) |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Stage 9b Cave di Carrara, 2.2 km ITT |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Stage 10 Carrara-Sestri Levante, 171 km |
Gastone Nencini (Ita) |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Stage 11 Sestri Levante-Asti, 180 km |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Stage 12 Asti-Cervinia, 176 km |
Aldo Kazianka (Ita) |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Stage 13 St Vincent d'Aoste- Milan, 225 km |
Jean Stablinski (Fra) |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Stage 14 Seregno-Lecco, 68 km ITT |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 15 Lecco-Verona, 150 km |
Andre Darrigade (Fra) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 16 Verona-Treviso, 110 km |
Roberto Falaschi (Ita) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 17 Treviso-Trieste, 147 km |
Dino Bruni (Ita) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 18 Trieste-Belluno, 240 km |
Seamus Elliott (Ire) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 19 Belluno-Trento, 110 km |
Emile Daems (Bel) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 20 Trento-Bormio, 229 km |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 21 Bormio-Milan, 225 km |
Arrigo Padovan (Ita) |
 Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
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Mountain Classification |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Jacques ANQUETIL (Fra)  |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
94h03'54" |
2 |
Gastone Nencini (Ita) |
Carpano |
+28" |
3 |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
EMI-Guerra |
+3'51" |
4 |
Imerio Massignan (Ita) |
Legnano |
+4'06" |
5 |
Joseph Hoevenaers (Bel) |
Ghigi |
+5'53" |
6 |
Guido Carlesi (Ita) |
Philco |
+6'28" |
7 |
Arnaldo Pambianco (Ita) |
Legnano |
+8'32" |
8 |
Diego Ronchini (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+9'28" |
9 |
Edouard Delberghe (Bel) |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
+12'29" |
10 |
Agostino Coletto (Ita) |
Ghigi |
+13'10" |
11 |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
Faema |
+14'53" |
12 |
Jan Adriaenssens (Bel) |
Philco |
+19'32" |
13 |
Adriano Zamboni (Ita) |
Torpado |
+28'15" |
14 |
Hans Junkermann (Ger) |
Gazzola-Fiorelli |
+30'01" |
15 |
Carlo Brugnami (Ita) |
Torpado |
+30'22" |
16 |
Ezio Pizzoglio (Ita) |
Carpano |
+31'41" |
17 |
Hilaire Couvreur (Bel) |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
+31'44" |
18 |
Rino Benedetti (Ita) |
Ghigi |
+37'50" |
19 |
Giuseppe Sartore (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+38'02" |
20 |
Graziano Battistini (Ita) |
Legnano |
+41'13" |
21 |
Angelo Conterno (Ita) |
Carpano |
+42'16" |
22 |
Nino Defilippis (Ita) |
Carpano |
+42'44" |
23 |
Aurelio Cestari (Ita) |
Ignis |
+43'42" |
24 |
Michele Gismondi (Ita) |
Gazzola-Fiorelli |
+48'57" |
25 |
Miguel Poblet (Spa) |
Ignis |
+53'57" |
26 |
Antonio Bertran (Spa) |
Faema |
+57'42" |
27 |
Aldo Kazianka (Ita) |
EMI-Guerra |
+58'06" |
28 |
Giancarlo Manzoni (Ita) |
San Pellegrino Sport |
+58'46" |
29 |
Salvador Botella (Ita) |
Faema |
+59'56" |
30 |
Pasquale Fornara (Ita) |
EMI-Guerra |
+1h00'56" |
31 |
Tristano Tiranelli (Ita) |
Torpado |
+1h01'25" |
32 |
Wim Van Est (Ned) |
Philco |
+1h01'36" |
33 |
Noe Conti (Ita) |
Ghigi |
+1h02'21" |
34 |
Bruno Costalunga (Ita) |
Molteni |
+1h02'22" |
35 |
Carlo Azzini (Ita) |
Legnano |
+1h02'43" |
36 |
Giuseppe Fallarini (Ita) |
Ignis |
+1h07'43" |
37 |
Pierino Baffi (Ita) |
Ignis |
+1h08'33" |
38 |
Giovanni Pettinati (Ita) |
Gazzola-Fiorelli |
+1h10'23" |
39 |
Federico Galeaz (Ita) |
Torpado |
+1h11'27" |
40 |
Raymond Impanis (Bel) |
Faema |
+1h12'41" |
41 |
Ercole Baldini (Ita) |
Ignis |
+1h12'50" |
42 |
Idrio Bui (Ita) |
Ghigi |
+1h14'54" |
43 |
Vittorio Casati (Ita) |
Legnano |
+1h15'55" |
44 |
Antonio Dal Col (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+1h17'05" |
45 |
Raymond Hoorelbeke (Fra) |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
+1h18'41" |
46 |
Ernesto Bono (Ita) |
San Pellegrino Sport |
+1h19'13" |
47 |
Giovanni Metra (Ita) |
EMI-Guerra |
+1h19'44" |
48 |
Guido Boni (Ita) |
Ghigi |
+1h20'47" |
49 |
Alfred Ruegg (Sui) |
Gazzola-Fiorelli |
+1h23'21" |
50 |
Germano Barale (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+1h24'26" |
51 |
Gabriel Mas (Spa) |
Faema |
+1h26'15" |
52 |
Armando Casodi (Ita) |
Atala |
+1h29'18" |
53 |
Mies Stolker (Ned) |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
+1h31'44" |
54 |
Edgard Sorgeloos (Bel) |
Faema |
+1h31'49" |
55 |
Nino Catalano (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+1h34'02" |
56 |
Roberto Falaschi (Ita) |
Ignis |
+1h34'18" |
57 |
Marcel Ernzer (Lux) |
EMI-Guerra |
+1h35'33" |
58 |
Alessandro Fantini (Ita) |
Gazzola-Fiorelli |
+1h36'56" |
59 |
Jean Stablinski (Fra) |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
+1h38'02" |
60 |
Louis Rostollan (Fra) |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
+1h40'04" |
61 |
Nino Assirelli (Ita) |
Legnano |
+1h45'15" |
62 |
Nunzio Pelliciari (Ita) |
San Pellegrino Sport |
+1h47'28" |
63 |
Renzo Accordi (Ita) |
Torpado |
+1h47'54" |
64 |
Andre Darrigade (Fra) |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
+1h49'10" |
65 |
Giuseppe Pintarelli (Ita) |
EMI-Guerra |
+1h49'49" |
66 |
Italo Mazzacurati (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+1h54'57" |
67 |
Rene Van Meenen (Bel) |
Faema |
+1h58'05" |
68 |
Seamus Elliott (Irl) |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
+2h01'43" |
69 |
Mario Bampi (Ita) |
Molteni |
+2h03'20" |
70 |
Armando Pellegrini (Ita) |
EMI-Guerra |
+2h10'05" |
71 |
Gino Vignolo (Ita) |
Torpado |
+2h11'07" |
72 |
Mario Tosato (Ita) |
Torpado |
+2h12'17" |
73 |
Giancarlo Gentina (Ita) |
San Pellegrino Sport |
+2h12'28" |
74 |
Dini Liviero (Ita) |
Torpado |
+2h16'02" |
75 |
Nello Velucchi (Ita) |
Atala |
+2h16'57" |
76 |
Guglielmo Garello (Ita) |
Gazzola-Fiorelli |
+2h18'38" |
77 |
Giovanni Bettinelli (Ita) |
Legnano |
+2h19'26" |
78 |
Ugo Massocco (Ita) |
Gazzola-Fiorelli |
+2h19'32" |
79 |
Amico Ippoliti (Ita) |
Philco |
+2h21'45" |
80 |
Jesus Galdeano (Ita) |
Faema |
+2h21'58" |
81 |
Mario Minieri (Ita) |
Ghigi |
+2h24'24" |
82 |
Piero Gattoni (Ita) |
Ghigi |
+2h25'37" |
83 |
Arrigo Padovan (Ita) |
Gazzola-Fiorelli |
+2h29'47" |
84 |
Emile Daems (Bel) |
Philco |
+2h31'50" |
85 |
Angiolino Piscaglia (Ita) |
Ghigi |
+2h37'16" |
86 |
Sergio Braga (Ita) |
San Pellegrino Sport |
+2h40'13" |
87 |
Giuseppe Vanzella (Ita) |
Atala |
+2h51'23" |
88 |
Cleto Maule (Ita) |
Philco |
+2h53'13" |
89 |
Vinicio Marsili (Ita) |
Philco |
+2h54'21" |
90 |
Remo Tamagni (Ita) |
Legnano |
+2h55'44" |
91 |
Dino Bruni (Ita) |
Ignis |
+2h55'51" |
92 |
Luciano Ciancola (Ita) |
Ignis |
+3h00'21" |
93 |
Waldemaro Bartolozzi (Ita) |
Ignis |
+3h00'49" |
93 |
Stefano Gaggero (Ita) |
Carpano |
+3h02'34" |
95 |
Giacomo Fini (Ita) |
Philco |
+3h20'49" |
96 |
Antonio Uliana (Ita) |
Atala |
+3h36'02" |
97 |
Tonino Domenicali (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+4h30'51" |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
Faema |
250 |
2 |
Imerio Massignan (Ita) |
Legnano |
210 |
3 |
Gastone Nencini (Ita) |
Carpano |
190 |
4 |
Michele Gismondi (Ita) |
Gazzola-Fiorelli |
180 |
5 |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
EMI |
160 |
6t |
Jean Stablinski (Fra) |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
140 |
Aldo Kazianka (Ita) |
EMI |
8 |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec |
130 |
9t |
Aurelio Cestari (Ita) |
Ignis |
120 |
Graziano Battistini (Ita) |
Legnano |
GdI 1961
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