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The 1912 Giro d'Italia was the 4th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race set up and sponsored by the newspaper ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The race began on 19 May in Milan with a stage that stretched to Padua. The race was composed of nine stages that covered a total distance of . The race came to a close in Bergamo on 4 June after a stage. The race was won by the Atala-Dunlop team that finished with Carlo Galetti, Eberardo Pavesi, and Giovanni Micheletto. Second and third respectively were Peugeot and Gerbi. Of 54 starting cyclists only 26 completed the race. The fourth stage Pescara-Rome was canceled because the cyclists refused to continue the race due to the overflow of a small river. The drawback extended the route of the stage of 15 km and the riders arrived in Rome by train. The onlookers, that were waiting for the arrival at the stadium, claimed back the price of the ticket. The stage was then "replaced" adding a ninth stage from Milan to Bergamo. ==Changes from the 1911 Giro d'Italia== Outside the yearly changes in the route, race length, and number of stages, the biggest change to the how the general classification was to be calculated. The organizers chose to make the general classification centered around teams rather than individuals like the race was contested in the first three years of its existence.〔 They chose to only allow teams of four riders to compete in the race, making this the first Giro d'Italia to not contain any independent riders.〔 Each team was required to have three riders finish each stage in order to remain in the race.〔 The general classification was still determined by a point system: four points went to the team that the stage winner came from, if a team got two riders in the top four placings on a stage they got two points, and if a team completed the stage with the minimum three riders, they earned one point.〔 The new point system for the general classification was met with some resistance as many people were very confused by how the new system operated or simply preferred the original system the organizers had used in years past. In response to the, the race organizers released a supplement to help better explain how the new points system operates.〔 A ''La Stampa'' writer claimed that the supplement provided several lengthy example calculations and stated that only after the first state will they know how successful this new system will be.〔 The team that won general classification won a grand prize of 4000 lire. The runner up of the race received 2000 lire, third was rewarded with 1000 lire, fourth got 600 lire, and fifth place received 400 lire.〔 Each stage winner received 600 lire and second place on the day got 300 lire.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1912 Giro d'Italia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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