1913 Giro d'Italia
Introduction The '''1913 Giro d'Italia''' was the fifth edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour organized and sponsored by the newspaper ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The race began on 6 May in Milan with a stage that stretched  to Genoa, finishing back in Milan on 22 May after a  stage and a total distance covered of . The race was won by the Italian rider Carlo Oriani of the Maino team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Eberardo Pavesi and Giuseppe Azzini.It was the last Giro with a final classification in points and the first one in which the final winner of the race did not win a single stage. The Giro saw the debut of the twenty-year-old Costante Girardengo, who won the 6th stage. The 1913 Giro was the last concluded by Luigi Ganna, winner of the first edition.
Changes from the 1912 Giro d'Italia Outside the yearly changes in the route, race length, and number of stages, the biggest change to how the general classification was to be calculated. The race organizers decided to change back to the way the general classification had been calculated in the earlier editions, by the individual and the awarding of points based on how high the rider placed in each stage rather than doing a team points based system like the previous edition.
Participants Of the 99 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 6 May, 35 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 22 May. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were eight teams that competed in the race: Ganna-Dunlop, Gerbi-Dunlop, Globo-Dunlop, Legnano-Dunlop, Maino-Pirelli, Otav-Pirelli, Peugeot Italy-Tedeschi, and Stucchi-Dunlop.The peloton was composed completely of Italians. The field featured three former Giro d'Italia champions in the 1909 winner Luigi Ganna, three-time winner and returning champion Carlo Galetti, and returning champion Eberardo Pavesi. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Giovanni Rossignoli, Alfredo Sivocci, Carlo Oriani, and Giuseppe Azzini.Among the riders was Edoardo Bardelli, who had recently turned seventeen. Bardelli is the youngest rider to have started the Giro d'Italia.
Final standings ===Stage results===+ Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerRace Leader1  6 May  Milan to Genoa    alt=Stage with mountain(s)      2  8 May  Genoa to Siena    alt=Stage with mountain(s)     3  10 May Siena to Rome   alt=Stage with mountain(s)     4  12 May  Rome to Salerno    alt=Stage with mountain(s)    5  14 May  Salerno to Bari    alt=Stage with mountain(s)    6  16 May  Bari to Campobasso    alt=Stage with mountain(s)     7  18 May  Campobasso to Ascoli Piceno    alt=Stage with mountain(s)    8  20 May  Ascoli Piceno to Rovigo    alt=Plain stage     9  22 May  Rovigo to Milan    alt=Stage with mountain(s)     Total ===General classification===alt=A man looking at a camera while posing.There were 35 cyclists who had completed all nine stages. For these cyclists, the points they received from each of their stage placing's were added up for the general classification. The cyclist with the least accumulated points was the winner.+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamPoint 1  Maino 37 2  Legnano 43 3   Otav 48 4  Legnano 61 5  Ganna 64 6   Maino 74  Maino 8  Globo-Dunlop 81 9  Gerbi-Dunlop 82 10  Globo-Dunlop 89Final general classification (11–34)RankNameTeamPoint  11    —  93  12    Legnano  97  13    Ganna  99  14    Ganna  103  15    —  116  16    —  120  17    —  123  18    Otav  127  19    Otav  130  20    Goericke  131  21    Globo-Dunlop  132  22    —  134   —   24    —  135   —   26    —  138   —   28    —  139  29    —  143  30    —  147  31    —  149   —   33    —  157  34    —  158   — ===Isolati rider classification===There was a classification for only the ''isolati'' riders that was called the "Premio Momo," it was calculated in the same manner as the general classification.+ Final isolati classification (1–5)RankNameTeamPoint 1   Ganna  99 2   Ganna 103 3   — 116 4   — 120 5   Goericke 131===Team classification===To be eligible for the team classification, known in Italian as the ''Premio dell'Industria'', the team must have three riders complete the course.> For each team that had at least the necessary three riders complete the race, the three riders with the lowest point totals from the team would be added together to give each team its score. The team with the lowest total of points was the winner of the classification.+ Final team classification (1–4) RankTeamPoints 1  Maino 185 2  Legnano 201 3 Globo 302 4  Otav 305
Aftermath Upon winning the race, Carlo Oriani enlisted in the Corps of the Bersaglieri, the Italian infantry, and got commissioned into World War I. Oriani died in a military hospital in Casserta.
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