1960 Giro d'Italia

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1960 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates 19 May - 9 June
Stages 21, including two split stages
Distance 3,481.2 km (2,163 mi)
Winning time 94h 03' 54" (37.006 km/h or 22.994 mph)
Palmares
Winner  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (Helyett)
Second  Gastone Nencini (ITA) (Carpano)
Third  Charly Gaul (LUX) (Emi)

Mountains  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (Faema)
Team Ignis
1959
1961

The 1960 Giro d'Italia of cycling was held from 19 May to 9 June 1960, consisting of 21 stages. This 43rd edition was won by the French Jacques Anquetil.[1]

Teams

A total of 14 teams were invited to participate in the 1960 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 140 cyclists. Out of the 140 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 97 riders made it to the finish in Florence.

The 14 teams that took part in the race were:

  • Emi
  • Atala
  • Bianchi
  • Carpano
  • Faema
  • Saint-Raphael
  • Gazzoli-Fiorelli
  • Ghigi
  • Ignis
  • Legnano
  • Molteni
  • Philco
  • San Pellegrino
  • Torpado

Final classment

CyclistCountryTime
1Jacques Anquetil  France94 h 03' 54s
2 Gastone Nencini  Italy + 28s
3 Charly Gaul  Luxembourg + 3' 51s
4Imerio Massignan  Italy+ 4' 06s
5Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium + 5' 53s
6Guido Carlesi  Italy + 6' 28s
7Arnaldo Pambianco  Italy + 8' 32s
8Diego Ronchini  Italy + 9' 28s
9Edouard Delberghe  France + 12' 29s
10Agostino Coletto  Italy + 13' 10s

Maglia rosa holders

CyclistCountryStages
Dino Bruni  Italy 1st
Romeo Venturelli  Italy2nd
Jacques Anquetil  France 3rd-5th, 14th-final
Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium6th-13th

Other classifications

References

  1. "Jacques Anquetil, hizo frente al peligro de Nencini y fué el vencedor del Giro" [Jacques Anquetil, Faced Nencini's Danger and was the Winner of the Giro] (in Spanish). Milan, Italy: El Mundo Deportivo. 10 June 1960. p. 6. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 27 May 2012. 
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