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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Coppi Starts His Giro/Tour Double
Adolfo Leoni was the race leader with one final mountain stage remaining. The tough stage 17 featured an excursion through the French Alps and a finishing climb to the ski station at Sestriere. Coppi attacked on the first climb, the Col du Vars, and broke away. His relentless pressure over the brutal Col du Izoard, Col du Madelaine, and Montgenevre gained major time on his chasing rivals.
Coppi flew up the climb to Sestriere to the cheers of Italian fans. He finished the stage 11'52” ahead of Gino Bartali and 23'37” in front of race leader Leoni. The Maglia Rosa was his as he rode the final two stages into Milan with over a 23 minute margin on the second placed Gino Bartali.
SPECIAL NOTE: In July Fausto Coppi completed his Giro/Tour Double in grand style by winning the 1949 Tour de France. Tour de France 1949
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Palermo-Catania, 261 km |
Mario Fazio (Ita) |
Mario Fazio (Ita) |
Stage 2 Catania-Messina, 263 km |
Sergio Maggini (Ita) |
Giordano Cottur (Ita) |
Stage 3 Villa San Giovanni-Cos, 214 km |
Guido De Santi (Ita) |
Giordano Cottur (Ita) |
Stage 4 Cosenza-Salerno, 292 km |
Fausto Coppi (Ita) |
Giordano Cottur (Ita) |
Stage 5 Salerno-Napoli, 161 km |
Serafino Biagioni (Ita) |
Giordano Cottur (Ita) |
Stage 6 Napoli-Rome, 233 km |
Mario Ricci (Ita) |
Giordano Cottur (Ita) |
Stage 7 Rome-Pesaro, 298 km |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Mario Fazio (Ita) |
Stage 8 Pesaro-Venezia, 273 km |
Luigi Casola (Ita) |
Mario Fazio (Ita) |
Stage 9 Venezia-Udine, 249 km |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Stage 10 Udine-Bassano, 154 km |
Giovanni Corrieri (Ita) |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Stage 11 Bassano-Bolzano, 237 km |
Fausto Coppi (Ita) |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Stage 12 Bolzano-Modena, 253 km |
Oreste Conte (Ita) |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Stage 13 Modena-Montecatini, 160 km |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Stage 14 Montecatini-Genova, 228 km |
Vincenzo Rossello (Ita) |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Stage 15 Genova-San Remo, 136 km |
Luciano Maggini (Ita) |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Stage 16 San Remo-Cuneo, 190 km |
Oreste Conte (Ita) |
Adolfo Leoni (Ita) |
Stage 17 Cuneo-Pinerolo, 254 km |
Fausto Coppi (Ita) |
Fausto Coppi (Ita) |
Stage 18 Pinerolo-Torino, 65 km ITT |
Antonio Bevilacqua (Ita) |
Fausto Coppi (Ita) |
Stage 19 Torino-Monza, 267 km |
Giovanni Corrieri (Ita) |
 Fausto Coppi (Ita)
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Mountain Classification |
Fausto Coppi (Ita) |
GdI May 21 - June 12, 1949 |
| 4,088 Km |
1. Fausto COPPI (Ita) 125h25'50" |
| 2. Gino Bartali (Ita) +23'47" |
| 3.
Giordano Cottur (Ita) +38'27" |
Starters: 102 |
Finishers: 65 |
Average Speed: 32.566 km/h |
GdI 1950
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