The 1958 Giro d'Italia was the 41st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Milan, on 18 May, with a stage and concluded back in Milan, on 8 June, with a leg. A total of 120 riders from 15 teams entered the 20-stage race, which was won by Italian Ercole Baldini of the Legnano team. The second and third places were taken by Belgian Jean Brankart and Luxembourgian Charly Gaul, respectively.

Teams

A total of 15 teams were invited to participate in the 1958 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of eight riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 120 cyclists. Out of the 120 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 77 riders made it to the finish in Milan.

The Giro abandoned the idea of having national teams mixed with Italian teams, but instead imposed a rule that each foreign team should include at least four Italian riders. The foreign teams were not willing to do this, and considered skipping the Giro, at which point the rule was removed, and all teams were free to select riders however they wanted.

The 15 teams that took part in the race were:

Asborno Atala Bianchi Cali' Broni-Girardengo Chlorodont Faema Carpano Geminiani-Saint Raphaël Ghigi Ignis Legnano Mercier B.P.-St. Vincent Molteni San Pelligrino Sport Torpado

Route and stages

The route was released on 27 March 1958 in Saint Vincent.

The photofinish was introduced to the race, which allowed the rider's times to be determined to the hundredth of a second.

+ Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner118 MayMilan to Varese Plain stage 219 MayVarese to ComerioIndividual time trial 320 MayVarese to Saint-Vincent Plain stage 421 MaySaint-Vincent to Collina di Superga Stage with mountain(s) 522 MayTurin to Mondovì Stage with mountain(s) 623 MayMondovì to Chiavari Stage with mountain(s) 724 MayChiavari to Forte dei Marmi Stage with mountain(s) 25 May Rest day826 MayViareggio to ViareggioIndividual time trial 927 MayFlorence to Viterbo Stage with mountain(s) 1028 MayViterbo to Rome Plain stage 1129 MayRome to Scanno Stage with mountain(s) 1230 MayScanno to San Benedetto del Tronto Plain stage 1331 MaySan Benedetto del Tronto to Cattolica Stage with mountain(s) 141 JuneCity of San Marino (San Marino)Individual time trial 152 JuneCesena to Bosco Chiesanuova Stage with mountain(s) 163 JuneVerona to Levico Terme Plain stage 4 June Rest day175 JuneLevico Terme to Bolzano Stage with mountain(s) 186 JuneBolzano to Trento Stage with mountain(s) 197 JuneTrento to Gardone Riviera Stage with mountain(s) 208 JuneSalò to Milan Plain stage Total

Classification leadership

One different jersey was worn during the 1958 Giro d'Italia. 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 1958.

For the first time, there was a points classification in the Giro. It was a continuation of the previous year's piste classification, but now extended to all stage, not only stages ending on a velodrome. There was no jersey given to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15. This classification was also known as the Trofeo A. Carli.

A secondary classification was the mountains classification. 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 was an intermediate sprints classification. The first three riders at each intermediate sprint received points, 5 for the winner down to 1 for the third.

Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.

+Classification leadership by stage Stage WinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationIntermediate sprints classificationTeam classification 1 Willy Vannitsen Willy Vannitsen Willy Vannitsen not awarded Carlo Zorzoli Ghigi 2 Ercole Baldini Ercole Baldini Miguel Poblet Legnano 3 Salvador Botella Arnaldo Pambianco Vito Favero Faema 4 Federico Bahamontes Aldo Moser Federico Bahamontes Carlo Zorzoli 5 Alfredo Sabbadin Salvador Botella 6 Silvano Ciampi Giovanni Pettinati 7 Guido Boni 8 Ercole Baldini Vito Favero 9 Nino Defilippis 10 Gastone Nencini 11 Nino Defilippis 12 Pierino Baffi Agostino Coletto Alessandro Fantini 13 Guido Carlesi Carpano 14 Charly Gaul 15 Ercole Baldini Ercole Baldini 16 Miguel Poblet 17 Ercole Baldini Jean Brankart 18 Gastone Nencini Vito Favero 19 Miguel Poblet Alessandro Fantini 20 Miguel Poblet Final Ercole BaldiniMiguel Poblet Jean Brankart Alessandro Fantini Carpano

Final standings

Legend      Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Legnano 2 St. Raphaël + 4' 17" 3 Faema + 6' 07" 4 Mercier + 9' 27" 5 Chlorodant + 10' 36" 6 Ignis + 11' 07" 7 Faema + 12' 12" 8 St. Raphaël + 13' 12" 9 Ignis + 14' 13" 10 Cali + 15' 00"

Mountains classification

+ Final mountains classification (1–5)NameTeamPoints 1 St. Raphaël 56 2 Legnano 39 3 Faema 38 4 Faema 37 5 Carpano 19

Points classification

+ Final points classification (1–5)NameTeamPoints 1 Ignis 182 2 Legnano 144 3 St. Raphaël 111 4 Chlorodant 96 5 Carpano 82.5 6 Asborno 81 7 Mercier 80 8 Faema 77 9 Carpano 70 Cali

Intermediate sprints classification

+ Final intermediate sprints classification (1–9)NameTeamPoints 1 Atala 35 2 Atala 28 3 Chlorodont 21 4 Ignis 18 5 San Pellegrino 13 6 Torpado 10 7 Cali 8 8 Chlorodont 6 9 Legnano 5 Bianchi Faema Torpado Faema Ignis Cali Faema

Team classification

+ Final team classification (1–7)TeamTime 1 Carpano 2 Faema + 6' 13" 3 St. Raphaël + 41' 23" 4 San Pellegrino + 53' 08" 5 Atala + 1h 04' 32" 6 Legnano + 1h 15' 56" 7 Ignis + 1h 21' 48"

Minor awards

The race jury and the director established a classification for awards "on merit", which Giorgio Menini (San Pellegrino) won with six points. With this classification victory, Menini won 300,000 lire. Guido Boni (Bianchi), Guido Carlesi (Chlorodont), Alfredo Zagano (Asborno), Jesús Galdeano (Faema), and Gianni Ferlenghi (Bianchi) placed second in the classification and split 300,000 lire.

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