due to italy's political stance at the time, the 1936 giro d'italia saw no foreign participation. the organizers of the race included the first uphill individual time trial in the giro's history, which traveled up to the summit of monte terminillo. gino bartali took the lead of the race by attacking on the final climb of the hilly ninth stage and held that lead to the event's conclusion. in addition to the general classification, bartali won his second consecutive mountains classification title. for the 1937 giro d'italia the organizers decided to include the dolomites and a team time trial for the first time. the team time trial lasted and was won by legnano, the team of the eventual winner gino bartali. bartali displayed his dominance in the mountains and gained the lead after the uphill stage 8a time trial. bartali carried the pink jersey all the way to milan and won his second consecutive giro d'italia.