The race was won by the Atala-Dunlop team that finished with Carlo Galetti, Eberardo Pavesi, and Giovanni Micheletto.

The calculation of the general classification changed from the previous editions of the race, shifting to a team-based event, with each team only allowed four riders.

[1] The organizers chose to make the general classification centered on teams rather than individuals as the race was contested in the first three years of its existence.

[3] In response to the confusion surrounding the general classification format, the race organizers released a supplement to help better explain how the new points system operated.

[3] A La Stampa writer claimed that the supplement provided several lengthy example calculations and stated that they would know after the first stage how successful this new system would be.

[1] This edition of the Giro d'Italia saw the first teams enter the race that were not sponsored by a bicycle related industry.

[1] The race also featured future Giro d'Italia winner Carlo Oriani who competed for the Stucchi team.

[7] The group further thinned to sixteen by the time it reached Verona, and to eleven when it arrived at the checkpoint in Vicenza.

[7] From the group, the sprint to the finish line was mainly contested by Giovanni Micheletto and Giuseppe Santhià, of which the former managed to win the leg.

[8] A group of seven was first to reach the stage's finish in Bologna, where Bianchi's Vincenzo Borgarello won the sprint to the line.

[11] The thirty riders that began the stage took the wrong turn onto Sabina rode for over 50 km (31 mi), once they had reached Civita Castellana, before realizing their errors.

[12] This, when combined with the weather and road conditions, caused the riders to protest to the race jury and get the stage cancelled.

[5][13] When news broke of the stage's cancelling, the spectators grew angry and the organizers refunded their tickets they had purchased to view the race.

[17] Lauro Bordin of the Gerbi team attacked and went on to ride solo, reaching the checkpoint in Spezia fifteen minutes quicker than Azzini, Cocchi, and Agostoni.

[18] In the final sprint, Micheletto felt that Durando encroached him and moved ahead; this action caused the Italian fans to rush on to the track in anger.