1952 Giro d'Italia

1952 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates17 May - 8 June 1952
Stages20
Distance3,964 km (2,463 mi)
Winning time114h 36' 43"
Results
Winner  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (Bianchi)
  Second  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (Ganna)
  Third  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) (Fiorelli)

  Mountains  Raphaël Géminiani (FRA) (Bianchi)
  Team Bianchi
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The 1952 Giro d'Italia was the 35th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Milan on 17 May with a 217 km (134.8 mi) flat stage and concluded back in Milan with a 147 km (91.3 mi) relatively flat mass-start stage on 8 June. Sixteen teams entered the race, which was won by Italian Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi team. Second and third respectively were Italian Fiorenzo Magni and Swiss rider Ferdinand Kübler.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Coppi Vencedor De La Vuelta A Italia" [Coppi the Winner of the Tour of Italy] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 9 June 1952. p. 6. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Trionfo di Coppi nel Giro" [Triumph of Coppi in the Giro] (PDF). La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. 9 June 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Per la quarta volta Coppi trionfa nel "Giro d'Italia"" [For the fourth time Coppi triumphs in the "Giro d'Italia"]. l'Unità (in Italian). 9 June 1952. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

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