The 1947 Giro d'Italia was the 30th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 24 May in Milan with a stage that stretched to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 15 June after a stage and a total distance covered of .

The Giro was won by Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi team, with fellow Italians Gino Bartali and Giulio Bresci coming in second and third respectively.

Teams

While in previous years, the Giro peloton was a mix of teams and groups, from 1947 on only professional teams could join. A total of twelve teams entered the 1947 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of seven riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 84 cyclists. Out of the 84 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 50 riders made it to the finish in Milan.

The teams entering the race were:

Cozzi-Silger Legnano Lygie Olmo Monterosa

Wally

Route and stages

+ Stage characteristics and resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner124 MayMilan to Turin Plain stage 225 MayTurin to Genoa Plain stage 326 MayGenoa to Reggio Emilia Stage with mountain(s) 427 MayReggio Emilia to Prato Stage with mountain(s) 28 May Rest day5a29 MayPrato to Bagni di Casciana Terme Plain stage 5bBagni di Casciana Terme to Florence Plain stage 630 MayFlorence to Perugia Plain stage 731 MayPerugia to Rome Stage with mountain(s) 81 JuneRome to Naples Plain stage 2 June Rest day93 JuneNaples to Bari Stage with mountain(s) 104 JuneBari to Foggia Plain stage 115 JuneFoggia to Pescara Plain stage 6 June Rest day127 JunePescara to Cesenatico Plain stage 138 JuneCesenatico to Padua Plain stage 149 JunePadua to Vittorio Veneto Plain stage 1510 JuneVittorio Veneto to Pieve di Cadore Stage with mountain(s) 11 June Rest day1612 JunePieve di Cadore to Trento Stage with mountain(s) 1713 JuneTrento to Brescia Sant'Eufemia Plain stage 1814 JuneBrescia Sant'Eufemia to Lugano (Switzerland) Plain stage 1915 JuneLugano (Switzerland) to Milan Stage with mountain(s) Total

Race overview

In the fifteenth stage, Bartali dismounted his bike to punch a spectator who shouted an anti-Catholic slur at him. He then continued to win the stage.

Classification leadership

The leader of the general classification – 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. There were no time bonuses in 1947.

In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the five riders who crossed them first.

There was a black jersey (maglia nera) awarded to the rider placed last in the general classification. The classification was calculated in the same manner as the general classification.

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.

+ Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral classificationMountains classificationLast in General classificationTeam classification 1 Renzo Zanazzi Renzo Zanazzi not awarded Ernesto Ciardossino Legnano 2 Gino Bartali Armando Peverelli 3 Luciano Maggini Giovanni Corrieri ? 4 Fausto Coppi Gino Bartali Gino Bartali Antonio Ausenda Benotto 5a Luciano Maggini ? 5b Renzo Zanazzi 6 Giordano Cottur Antonio Ausenda 7 Oreste Conte 8 Fausto Coppi 9 Elio Bertocchi Luigi Malabrocca Welter 10 Mario Ricci 11 Oreste Conte 12 Giovanni Corrieri 13 Antonio Bevilacqua Riccardo Sarti 14 Adolfo Leoni Luigi Malabrocca 15 Gino Bartali Riccardo Sarti 16 Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi ? 17 Adolfo Leoni 18 Giulio Bresci 19 Adolfo Leoni Luigi Malabrocca Final Fausto Coppi Gino Bartali Luigi Malabrocca Welter

Final standings

Legend      Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Bianchi 2 Legnano + 1' 43" 3 Welter + 5' 54" 4 Welter + 15' 01" 5 Olmo + 15' 06" 6 Welter + 19' 00" 7 Bianchi + 30' 46" 8 Lygie + 31' 05" 9 Viscontea + 34' 07" 10 Lygie + 35' 49"

Mountains classification

+ Final mountains classification (1–10)NameTeamPoints 1 Legnano 24 2 Bianchi 21 3 Welter 13 4 Viscontea 7 Olmo 6 Benotto 5 Welter Welter Bianchi 10 Cozzi-Silger 4 Bianchi Lygie

Team classification

+ Final team classification (1-9)TeamTime 1 Welter 2 Bianchi + 1h 10' 35" 3 Legnano + 1h 15' 14" 4 Viscontea + 1h 28' 23" 5 Lygie + 2h 15' 17" 6 Wally + 3h 38' 13" 7 Benotto + 3h 44' 28" 8 Arbos-Talbot + 4h 00' 41" 9 Wilier-Triestina + 5h 14' 43"

Minor awards

Coppi won the blue bracelet for winning the stage with the greatest time between the second placed rider. He managed to achieve a gap of 4' 24" during the stage from Pieve di Cadore to Trento, where he won by a margin of 4' 24". Coppi and Adolfo Leoni split the "premato veloce" classification which was given to the rider with the most stage wins. Leoni and Coppi both won three stages, while four riders won two stages.

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