1954 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | 21 May - 13 June | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,337 km (2,695 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 129h 13' 07" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Carlo Clerici (SUI)
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(Welter) |
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| Second |
Hugo Koblet (SUI)
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(Cilo) | |
| Third |
 Nino Assirelli (ITA)
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(Arbos) | |
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| Mountains |
Fausto Coppi (ITA)
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(Bianchi) | |
| Team | Girardengo | ||
The 1954 Giro d'Italia was the 37th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Palermo on 21 May with a 36 km (22.4 mi) team time trial and concluded in Milan with a 222 km (137.9 mi) relatively flat mass-start stage on 13 June. Fifteen teams entered the race, which was won by Swiss Carlo Clerici of the Welter team. Second and third respectively were Swiss rider Hugo Koblet and Italian Nino Assirelli.
Fifteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1954 edition of the Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of seven riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 105 cyclists. From the riders that began the race, 67 made it to the finish in Milan.
The teams entering the race were:
In the sixth stage, Carlo Clerici escaped and took the lead with a big margin.
In the twentieth stage, Fausto Coppi won and took some time back. His fans were hoping that he would show more action on the twenty-first stage which included the Bernina Pass, but cyclists rode slowly as a form of protest against the racing conditions, taking almost ten hours to cover the 222 km stage; this event became known as the Bernina strike. When the race ended in Milan the next day, angry supporters whistled at the cyclists. For his leading role in the strike, Coppi was given a two-months suspension, although this was later revoked.
One jersey was worn during the 1954 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.
The mountains classification leader. The climbs all awarded three points to the first rider and one point to the second rider to cross the summit. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also a classification for the teams, in which the teams were awarded points for their rider's performance during the stages in the intermediate sprints.
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