1909 Giro d’Italia Start List
Pre-race rider start list for the first Giro was a total of 166 riders. Only 127 riders came to the start line in Milan at 2:53 AM on May 13, 1909.
The peloton consisted predominately of Italian riders. 19 of the riders who entered were non-Italians: 15 from France, 2 from Germany, 1 from Belgian, and 1 from Argentinian (a transplanted Frenchman). Riders enter the race as a member of a Professional team and Independent riders (Isolati).
The two best-known riders on the start list were Giovanni Gerbi and Luigi Ganna. The most successful of the two was Gerbi, who had won the Giro di Lombardia (1905), the Milano-Torino (1903), as well as 14 major Italian one-day races.
The talented peloton featured two Tour de France winners, Louis Trousselier (TdF 1905) and Lucien Petit-Breton (TdF 1907).
Alcyon-Dunlop |
1 |
Louis Trousselier |
Fra |
DNF |
Atala-Dunlop |
2 |
Eberardo Pavesi |
Ita |
DNF |
3 |
Giovanni Micheletto |
Ita |
DNF |
4 |
Luigi Chiodi |
Ita |
11 |
5 |
Luigi Ganna |
Ita |
1 |
Bianchi-Dunlop |
6 |
Dario Beni |
Ita |
7 |
7 |
Clemente Canepari |
Ita |
4 |
8 |
Enrico Sala |
Ita |
8 |
9 |
Giovanni Gerbi |
Ita |
DNF |
10 |
Giovanni Rossignoli |
Ita |
3 |
11 |
Mario Bruschera |
Ita |
DNF |
12 |
Ottorino Celli |
Ita |
9 |
13 |
Piero Lampaggi |
Ita |
13 |
Felsina |
14 |
Angelo Magagnoli |
Ita |
21 |
15 |
Ezio Corlaita |
Ita |
19 |
16 |
Ildebrando Gamberini |
Ita |
24 |
Labor-Chauvia |
17 |
Giuseppe Jacchino |
Ita |
18 |
18 |
Luigi Azzini |
Ita |
30 |
19 |
Luigi Gatti |
Ita |
27 |
Legnano-Pirelli |
20 |
Carlo Galetti |
Ita |
2 |
21 |
Attilio Zavatti |
Ita |
14 |
22 |
Giovanni Marchese |
Ita |
10 |
Peugeot-Wolber |
23 |
Alberto Petrino |
Ita |
12 |
24 |
Arnolfo Galoppini |
Ita |
17 |
25 |
Cesare Osnaghi |
Ita |
28 |
26 |
Giovanni Colombo |
Ita |
46 |
27 |
Mario Pesce |
Ita |
38 |
28 |
Mario Secchi |
Ita |
DNF |
Rudge Whitworth-Pirelli |
29 |
Azeglio Tomarelli |
Ita |
42 |
30 |
Ernesto Azzini |
Ita |
6 |
31 |
Giovanni Cuniolo |
Ita |
DNF |
32 |
Giuseppe Anzani |
Ita |
35 |
Stucchi-Pirelli |
33 |
Carlo Oriani |
Ita |
5 |
34 |
Eugenio Carati |
Ita |
32 |
35 |
Giovanni Cocchi |
Ita |
23 |
36 |
Mario Fortuna |
Ita |
31 |
Isolati/Independent |
37 |
Alessandro Pazienti |
Ita |
22 |
38 |
Amleto Belloni |
Ita |
33 |
39 |
Angelo Moretti |
Ita |
43 |
40 |
Antonio Rotondi |
Ita |
16 |
41 |
Augusto Rho |
Ita |
39 |
42 |
Domenico Milano |
Ita |
20 |
43 |
Emilio Roscio |
Ita |
47 |
44 |
Giovanni-Battista Carena |
Ita |
37 |
45 |
Giulio Modesti |
Ita |
26 |
46 |
Giuseppe Celerino |
Ita |
15 |
47 |
Giuseppe Galbai |
Ita |
44 |
48 |
Giuseppe Perna |
Ita |
49 |
49 |
Guido Di Marco |
Ita |
34 |
50 |
Guido Magrini |
Ita |
36 |
51 |
Luigi Martano |
Ita |
48 |
52 |
Mario Lonati |
Ita |
40 |
53 |
Ottorino Sabbaini |
Ita |
25 |
54 |
Pasquale Lissoni |
Ita |
41 |
55 |
Romeo Zuliani |
Ita |
29 |
56 |
Senofonte Castellini |
Ita |
45 |
57 |
Andre Pottier |
Fra |
DNF |
58 |
Vincenzo Borgarello |
Ita |
DNF |
59 |
Giuseppe Cellerino |
Ita |
DNF |
60 |
Lucien Petit-Breton |
Fra |
DNS |
61 |
Georges Barroy |
Fra |
DNS |
62 |
Eugene Berthier |
Fra |
DNS |
63 |
Maurice Brocco |
Fra |
DNS |
64 |
Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq |
Fra |
DNS |
65 |
Gusveave Garrigou |
Fra |
DNS |
66 |
Emile Georget |
Fra |
DNS |
67 |
Henri Lignon |
Fra |
DNS |
68 |
Georges Lorgeou |
Fra |
DNS |
69 |
Constant Menager |
Fra |
DNS |
70 |
Francois Faber |
Lux |
DNS |
71 |
Cyrille Van Hauwaert |
Bel |
DNS |
72 |
Eugen Stabe |
Ger |
DNS |
73 |
Otto Pawke |
Ger |
DNS |
74 |
Iwan Nedela |
Rus |
DNS |
75-88 |
14 Unknown Rider |
|
DNS |
89-127 |
39 Other non-starters |
|
DNS |
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