The 1963 Giro d'Italia was the 46th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's

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races. The Giro started in

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, on 19 May, with a stage and concluded back in

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, on 9 June, with a leg. A total of 120 riders from 12 teams entered the 21-stage race, which was won by Italian

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of the Carpano team. The second and third places were taken by Italian riders

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and

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, respectively.

Teams

Twelve teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1963 edition of the Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 120 cyclists. From the riders that began the race, 86 made it to the finish in

. The teams entering the race were:

Route and stages

The race route was revealed to the public on 25 March 1963 by race director Vincenzo Torriani.

Classification leadership

One jersey was worn during the 1963 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the

general classification The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulat ...

– 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

mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a femal ...

leader. The climbs were ranked in first and second categories. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. There were three categories of mountains. The first category awarded 50, 40, 30, 20, and 10 points, the second distributed 40, 30, 20, and 10 points, and the third category gave 30, 20, and 10 points. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the teams were awarded points for their rider's performance during the stages.

Final standings

General classification

Mountains classification

Traguardi tricolori classification

Team classification

References

Citations

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