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By Barry Boyce CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 15-June 6, 1927 |
3,758 Km |
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Finishers: 80 |
Average Speed: 25.847 km/h |
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Binda from Start to Finish!
The Giro d'Italia organizers instituted several changes to the 1927 Giro d'Italia.
- GC rules change: a stage winner would now gain a one-minute time bonus.
- Another change had stages scheduled on consecutive days. Prior Giro schedules had at least one rest day between stages. Also, the stages became shorter (only one was more than 300 km).
An untouchable Alfredo Binda won the first 3 stages and demonstrated great superiority to dominate the entire race. Binda led the Giro from start to finish. This was his second Giro d'Italia victory.
Binda dominating the Giro
SPECIAL NOTE: Binda’s 12 stage wins in one year is still a Giro record. And he led the general classification from the first to the last stage (only Girardengo had already done it, in the 1919 Giro).
SPECIAL NOTE: Giovanni Rossignoli, a stage winner in the first Giro edition in 1909, participated for the last time. He was 45 years old and finished the race in 44th place, about 7 hours behind Binda.
Teams:
There were six trade teams that competed in the race:
- Aliprandi-Pirelli
- Bianchi-Pirelli
- Berrettini-Hutchinson
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- Ganna-Dunlop
- Legnano-Pirelli
- Wolsit-Pirelli
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There were four independent teams that competed in the race:
- Baggi-Samyn (I)
- Gloria (I)
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- Maino (I)
- Nicolo Biondo (I)
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Race Summary:
Stage 1: Superstar Alfredo Binda started in great form. He scored the stage 1 win and started a 3-stage win rampage gaining time bonuses all the way.
Stage 4: Domenico Piemontesi sprinted past Binda on stage 4 to win. The results broke Binda’s stage winning streak. Starting on stage 5, Binda began to win again. He went on another 6-stage rampage.
Stage 11 & 13: Only Arturo Bresciani on stage 11 and Giovanni Brunero on stage 13 disrupted Binda’s stage win run.
In Milan Alfredo Binda rolled across the finish line to claim his 2nd Giro victory.
SPECIAL NOTE: A huge cycling fan Prime Minister Benito Mussolini enhanced the prize list by donating 25,000 lire. The additional money was allocated: 10,000 lire to the GC winner, the rest was divided up among the winners of the various categories such as Mountain Classification, Independents/Isolati and members of the military.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Milan-Torino, 288 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 2 Torino-Reggio Emilia, 321 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 3 Reggio Emilia-Lucca, 207 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 4 Lucca-Grosseto, 240 km |
Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 5 Grosseto-Rome, 258 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 6 Rome-Napoli, 257 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 7 Napoli-Avellino, 153 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 8 Avellino-Bari, 271 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 9 Bari-Campobasso, 244 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stg 10 Campobasso-Pescara, 220 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 11 Pescara-Pesaro, 218 km |
Arturo Bresciani (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 12 Pesaro-Treviso, 306 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 13 Treviso-Trieste, 208 km |
Giovanni Brunero (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 14 Trieste-Verona, 276 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Stage 15 Verona-Milan, 291 km |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
Alfredo Binda (Ita) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Alfredo BINDA (Ita) |
Legnano-Pirelli |
144h 15' 35" |
2 |
Giovanni Brunero (Ita) |
Legnano-Pirelli |
+ 27' 24" |
3 |
Antonio Negrini (Ita) |
Wolsit-Pirelli |
+ 36' 06" |
4 |
Ermanno Valazza (Ita) |
Legnano-Pirelli |
+ 51' 20" |
5 |
Giuseppe Pancera (Ita) |
Berrettini-Hutchinson |
+ 54' 29" |
6 |
Arturo Bresciani (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+ 1h 10' 03" |
7 |
Egidio Picchiottino (Ita) |
Bianchi-Pirelli |
+ 1h 11' 54" |
8 |
Aleardo Simoni (Ita) |
Ganna-Dunlop |
+ 1h 32' 14" |
9 |
Luigi Giacobbe (Ita) |
Wolsit-Pirelli |
+ 1h 57' 49" |
10 |
Aristide Cavallini (Ita) |
Isolati/Independent |
+ 2h 05' 44" |
11 |
Oreste Cignoli (Ita) |
+2h23'48" |
46 |
Gaetano Vezzosi (Ita) |
+7h21'16" |
12 |
Settimo Innocenti (Ita) |
+2h27'31" |
47 |
Michele Robotti (Ita) |
+7h22'57" |
13 |
Giovanni Trentarossi (Ita) |
+2h29'50" |
48 |
Carlo Cristiani (Ita) |
+7h28'52" |
14 |
Paolo Zanetti (Ita) |
+2h55'47" |
49 |
Antonio Liguori (Ita) |
+7h59'22" |
15 |
Guido Messeri (Ita) |
+2h56'15" |
50 |
Lauro Venditti (Ita) |
+8h03'23" |
16 |
Mario Pomposi (Ita) |
+3h01'21" |
51 |
Baptiste Berardi (Ita) |
+9h12'21" |
17 |
Sergio Ferrato (Ita) |
+3h05'19" |
52 |
Giuseppe Tartara (Ita) |
+9h18'34" |
18 |
Michele Gordini (Ita) |
+3h14'45" |
53 |
Giuliano Maggioni (Ita) |
+9h26'42" |
19 |
Italiano Lugli (Ita) |
+3h17'09" |
54 |
Pietro Barbati (Ita) |
+9h44'14" |
20 |
Angelo De Franceschi (Ita) |
+3h17'56" |
55 |
Giovanni Massetto (Ita) |
+9h49'56" |
21 |
Arturo Serena (Ita) |
+3h19'11" |
56 |
Primo Guasco (Ita) |
+9h57'18" |
22 |
Livio Cattel (Ita) |
+3h20'21" |
57 |
Umberto Brivio (Ita) |
+10h03'53" |
23 |
Giovanni Pizzarelli (Ita) |
+3h28'35" |
58 |
Alessandro Catteano (Ita) |
+10h04'32" |
24 |
Albino Binda (Ita) |
+3h36'05" |
59 |
Ernesto Bonino (Ita) |
+10h15'14" |
25 |
Alberto Cattaneo (Ita) |
+3h39'27" |
60 |
Giovanni Lupario (Ita) |
+10h23'39" |
26 |
Giovanni "Afro" Petruio (Ita) |
+3h57'56" |
61 |
Domenico Bonomo (Ita) |
+10h50'12" |
27 |
Umberto Berni (Ita) |
+4h28'33" |
62 |
Evasio Della Rolle (Ita) |
+11h17'56" |
28 |
Ambrogio Perego (Ita) |
+4h42'25" |
63 |
Vindicio Tucci (Ita) |
+11h46'01" |
29 |
Anselmo Del Mastro (Ita) |
+4h47'00" |
64 |
Antonio Di Venosa (Ita) |
+11h47'35" |
30 |
Riccardo Gagliardi (Ita) |
+4h53'24" |
65 |
Carlo Medolago (Ita) |
+12h03'33" |
31 |
Giovanni Del Taglio (Ita) |
+4h56'26" |
66 |
Adolfo Quaglino (Ita) |
+12h54'15" |
32 |
Lorenzo Leoni (Ita) |
+4h58'43" |
67 |
Armando Maggiori (Ita) |
+13h31'14" |
33 |
Luciano Bergami (Ita) |
+4h58'58" |
68 |
Carlo Principato (Ita) |
+13h39'02" |
34 |
Alessandro Catalani (Ita) |
+5h22'32" |
69 |
Silvio Baretto (Ita) |
+13h52'38" |
35 |
Vittorio Binetti (Ita) |
+5h30'22" |
70 |
Giovanni Legnani (Ita) |
+14h10'10" |
36 |
Raffaele Perna (Ita) |
+5h31'20" |
71 |
Gino Busi (Ita) |
+15h23'40" |
37 |
Alessandro Orioli (Ita) |
+5h43'11" |
72 |
Antonio Giovinale (Ita) |
+15h51'07" |
38 |
Giovanni Samore (Ita) |
+5h48'40" |
73 |
Ottavio Dominici (Ita) |
+17h02'22" |
39 |
Alberto Temponi (Ita) |
+6h12'23" |
74 |
Augusto Rho (Ita) |
+17h24'31" |
40 |
Francesco Lagosteno (Ita) |
+6h22'03" |
75 |
Domenico Cingolani (Ita) |
+17h51'54" |
41 |
Giuseppe Nicolini (Ita) |
+6h40'37" |
76 |
Primo Franchini (Ita) |
+18h12'36" |
42 |
Alessandro Bogliolo (Ita) |
+6h41'07" |
77 |
Bartolomeo Gagliardini (Ita) |
+18h20'06" |
43 |
Virgilio Beolchi (Ita) |
+6h47'39" |
78 |
Dante Fontana (Ita) |
+19h19'30" |
44 |
Giovanni Rossignoli (Ita) |
+7h03'41" |
79 |
Aldo Bertolotti (Ita) |
+19h52'15" |
45 |
Giuseppe Casadio (Ita) |
+7h12'44" |
80 |
Paolo Baldieri (Ita) |
+21h21'10" |
GdI 1928
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