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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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“Human Locomotive” Time Trials to Victory
Learco “the Human Locomotive” Guerra won 10 of the 17 stages including both individual time trials to narrowly defeat Francesco Camusso. Guerra struggled in the mountains on stages 8 and 13 losing the Maglia Rosa after both stages. With the style of a champion he regained the race lead on stages 9 and 14. The powerful Italian dominated the stage 14, 59 km ITT to secure the General Classification.
Guerra and Camusso battled all the way to Milan with Guerra winning by a slim 51 seconds. At the finish in Milan Learco “the Human Locomotive” Guerra celebrated his first and only Giro d'Italia victory.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Milan-Torino, 169 km |
Francesco Camusso (Ita) |
Francesco Camusso (Ita) |
Stage 2 Torino-Genova, 206 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Francesco Camusso (Ita) |
Stage 3 Genova-Livorno, 220 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Francesco Camusso (Ita) |
Stage 4 Livorno-Pisa, 45 km ITT |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 5 Pisa-Rome, 333 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 6 Rome-Napoli, 228 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 7 Napoli-Bari, 339 km |
Adriano Vignoli (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 8 Bari-Campobasso, 243 km |
Felicien Vervaecke (Bel) |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Stage 9 Campobasso-Teramo, 283 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 10 Teramo-Ancona, 214 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 11 Ancona-Rimini, 213 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 12 Rimini-Firenze, 176 km |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 13 Firenze-Bologna, 120 km |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Francesco Camusso (Ita) |
Stage 14 Bologna-Ferrara, 59 km ITT |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 15 Ferrara-Trieste, 273 km |
Fabio Battesini (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Stage 16 Trieste-Bassano, 273 km |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
| Stage 17 Bassano-Milan, 315 km |
Giuseppe Olmo (Ita) |
 Learco Guerra (Ita) |
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Mountain Prize |
Remo Bertoni (Ita) |
GdI May 19-June 10, 1934 |
| 3,711 Km |
1. Learco GUERRA (Ita) 121h17'17" |
| 2. Francesco Camusso (Ita) +51" |
| 3.
Giovanni Cazzulani (Ita) +4'59" |
Starters: 105 |
Finishers: 52 |
Average Speed: 30.548 km/h |
GdI 1935
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