The 1936 Giro d'Italia was the 24th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 16 May in Milan with a stage that stretched to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 7 June after a stage and a total distance covered of . The race was won by Gino Bartali of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Giuseppe Olmo and Severino Canavesi coming in second and third respectively.

Participants

Of the 89 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 16 May, 45 of them made it to the finish in Rome on 7 June. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team; 46 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 44 competed independently. The seven teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Dei, Fréjus, Ganna, Gloria, Legnano, and Maino.

The peloton was composed of only Italian riders due to the political situation involving Italy at the time. The field featured two former Giro d'Italia winners with Costante Girardengo who won the race in 1919 and 1923 and the returning champion Vasco Bergamaschi. Other notable Italian riders included Gino Bartali, Giovanni Valetti, and Giuseppe Olmo.

Race summary The first eight stages all ended in sprints. With the absence of time bonuses, this meant that multiple riders were leading the general classification in the same time, with the pink jersey given to the rider with the best positions in these stages. After the sixth stage, not even these position could decide which rider should get the pink jersey, so Olmo and Bini were both given the pink jersey. The eighth stage was won by Olimpio Bizzi, who was nineteen years old at the time. He is the youngest winner of a Giro d'Italia stage as of 2025, and the only teenager.

In the ninth stage, Bartali took the lead with an escape over the Passo Rionero. Bartali won six minutes, and took a firm lead in the general classification.

In the remaining stages, Bartali won almost every major climb. Olmo was able to win back a few minutes, mostly in the two individual time trials, but this was not enough, and Bartali became the winner of the 1936 Giro d'Italia.

Route and stages

+ Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner 1 16 May Milan to Turin Plain stage 2 17 May Turin to Genoa Stage with mountain(s) 3 18 May Genoa to Montecatini Terme Stage with mountain(s) 19 May Rest day 4 20 May Montecatini Terme to Grosseto Stage with mountain(s) 5 21 May Grosseto to Rome Stage with mountain(s) 22 May Rest day 6 23 May Rome to Naples Plain stage 7 24 May Naples to Bari Stage with mountain(s) 25 May Rest day 8 26 May Bari to Campobasso Stage with mountain(s) 9 27 May Campobasso to L'Aquila Stage with mountain(s) 10 28 May L'Aquila to Rieti Plain stage 11 29 May Rieti to Monte Terminillo Individual time trial 12 30 May Rieti to Florence Plain stage 13 31 May Florence to Cesenatico Stage with mountain(s) 14 1 June Cesenatico to Ferrara Plain stage 15a2 June Ferrara to Padua Plain stage 15b Padua to Venice Individual time trial 3 June Rest day 16 4 June Venice to Legnago Plain stage 17a 5 June Legnago to Riva del Garda Stage with mountain(s) 17b Riva del Garda to Gardone Riviera Stage with mountain(s) 18 6 June Gardone Riviera to Salsomaggiore Terme Stage with mountain(s) 19 7 June Salsomaggiore Terme to Milan Stage with mountain(s) Total

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.

The highest ranked isolati cyclist in the general classification were tracked, and the best isolati rider wore the white jersey.

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 rider from a team abandoned the race, he could be replaced by a rider who started the 1936 Giro as isolated rider.

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

+Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral classificationBest isolati riderMountains classificationTeam classification 1 Giuseppe Olmo Giuseppe Olmo Remo Bertoni not awarded Maino 2 Aldo Bini Aldo Bini 3 Raffaele Di Paco Isidoro Piubellini 4 Fabio Battesini Gino Bartali 5 Giuseppe Olmo 6 Giuseppe Olmo Aldo Bini & Giuseppe Olmo 7 Raffaele Di Paco Giuseppe Olmo Legnano 8 Olimpio Bizzi 9 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali Edoardo Molinar 10 Raffaele Di Paco 11 Giuseppe Olmo 12 Giuseppe Olmo 13 Giuseppe Olmo Bianchi 14 Raffaele Di Paco 15a Raffaele Di Paco 15b Giuseppe Olmo 16 Giuseppe Olmo 17a Giuseppe Olmo Legnano 17b Gino Bartali 18 Gino Bartali 19 Giuseppe Olmo Final Gino Bartali! Edoardo Molinar Gino Bartali Legnano

Final standings

Legend      Denotes the winner of the General classification      Denotes the winner of the isolated rider classification

General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Legnano 2 Bianchi + 2' 36" 3 Ganna + 7' 49" 4 Legnano + 14' 04" 5 Fréjus + 14' 15" 6 Bianchi + 16' 31" 7 Ganna + 17' 44" 8 Maino + 18' 35" 9 Gloria + 19' 27" 10 — + 20' 48"

Isolati classification

+ Final isolati rider classification (1–10)RankNameTime 1 2 + 17' 13" 3 + 24' 25" 4 + 26' 16" 5 + 41' 18" 6 + 50' 48" 7 + 56' 56" 8 + 1h 01' 31" 9 + 1h 21' 18" 10 + 2h 35' 12"

Mountains classification

+ Final mountains classification (1–10)NameTeamPoints 1 Legnano 38.5 2 Ganna 25 3 — 11 4 Gloria 10 5 Legnano 6 6 Bianchi 5 7 — 4 — 9 Fréjus 2.5 10 — 2 Gloria — Gloria — Ganna

Team classification

+ Final team classification (1–7)TeamTime 1 Legnano 2 Ganna + 4' 59" 3 Bianchi + 6' 59" 4 Frèjus + 22' 02" 5 Gloria + 29' 39" 6 Maino + 1h 01' 07" 7 Dei + 3h 15' 09"

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