The 1935 Giro d'Italia was the 23rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the

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'' La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The race began on 18 May in

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with a stage that stretched to Cremona, finishing back in Milan on 9 June after a stage and a total distance covered of . The race was won by the Italian rider Vasco Bergamaschi of the Maino team, with fellow Italians

Giuseppe Martano Giuseppe Martano ( Savona, 10 October 1910 — Turin, 2 September 1994) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Martano was twice world amateur champion. He reached the podium of the Tour de France twice, in 1933 (3rd place) and 1934 ( ...

and

Giuseppe Olmo Giuseppe Olmo (22 November 1911 – 5 March 1992) was an Italian road bicycle racer. He competed at the 1932 Olympics and won a gold medal in the team road race, placing fourth individually. In October 1935 he set a new hour record at 45.090 ...

coming in second and third respectively. This Giro saw the last participation of

Alfredo Binda Alfredo Binda (11 August 1902 – 19 July 1986) was an Italian road cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s. He was the first to win five editions of the Giro d'Italia, and a three-time world champion. In addition he won Milan–San Remo twice, and the ...

and the first of

Gino Bartali Gino Bartali (; 18 July 1914 – 5 May 2000), nicknamed Gino the Pious and (in Italy) Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice, in 19 ...

, then 20 years old, who won the

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Participants

Of the 101 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 18 May, 62 of them made it to the finish in

on 9 June. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team; 55 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 46 competed independently. There were eight teams that competed in the race: Bianchi, Dei, Fréjus, Gloria, Helyett, Legnano, and Maino. The peloton was primarily composed of Italians. The field featured seven former Giro d'Italia champions in five-time winner

, two-time champion

Costante Girardengo Costante Girardengo (; 18 March 1893 – 9 February 1978) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or " ...

, and single race winners,

Francesco Camusso Francesco Camusso (9 March 1908 – 23 June 1995) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Camusso was born in Cumiana, Piedmont, and is ranked among the best Italian climbers ever. In his second year as professional, he won the 1931 ...

, Luigi Marchisio, Antonio Pesenti,

Learco Guerra Learco Guerra (14 October 1902 - 7 February 1963) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1934 Giro d'Italia. He was born in San Nicolò Po, a ''frazione'' of Bagnolo San Vito in L ...

, and Vasco Bergamaschi. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included

, Raffaele Di Paco,

Remo Bertoni Remo Bertoni (21 June 1909 – 18 September 1973) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Bertoni was born in Borgomanero. He is best known for his silver medal in the Elite race of the 1932 UCI Road World Championships. He d ...

, and

Domenico Piemontesi Domenico Piemontesi (11 January 1903 – 1 June 1987) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his 12-stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and a bronze medal at the 1927 World Championships. French cyclist and two-time

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champion

André Leducq André Leducq (; 27 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tours de France. He also won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the team road race event and the 1928 Paris–Roubaix. Career Le ...

entered the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career. Other notable non-Italian riders included:

Maurice Archambaud Maurice Archambaud (30 August 1908 in Paris – 3 December 1955 in Le Raincy) was a French professional cyclist from 1932 to 1944. His short stature earned him the nickname of ''le nabot'', or "the dwarf", but his colossal thighs made him an exce ...

, Jef Demuysere, and René Vietto.

Route and stages

Classification leadership

The leader of the

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– calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro. The highest ranked non-Italian cyclist in the general classification and the highest ranked isolati cyclist in the general classification were tracked. In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first. The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner. If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification. The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

Final standings

General classification

Foreign rider classification

Isolati rider classification

Mountains classification

Team classification

References

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