1975 Giro d'Italia

December 2015 1975 Giro d'Italia 17 May – 7 June 1975 21, including two split stages 3963 km 111h 31' 24" Fausto Bertoglio ITA Jollj Ceramica pink Francisco Galdós ESP KAS 1945 Felice Gimondi ITA Bianchi-Campagnolo Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn violet Two ridersTie N Francisco Galdós & Andrés Oliva, both Spanish riders from the KAS team, finished the race with the same number of points in the mountains classification and were both winners. green Brooklyn 1974 1976 The 1975 Giro d'Italia was the 58th running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Milan, on 17 May, with a set of split stages and concluded with a summit finish to the Passo dello Stelvio, on 7 June, with another split stage, consisting of an individual time trial and a mass-start stage. A total of 90 riders from nine teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Fausto Bertoglio of the Jollj Ceramica team. The second and third places were taken by Spaniard Francisco Galdós and Italian Felice Gimondi, respectively.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1975/06/08/MD19750608-019.pdf Bertoglio Se Adjudico El "Giro" es 8 June 1975 19 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Bertoglio was awarded the "Tour" https://web.archive.org/web/20150309193230/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1975/06/08/MD19750608-019.pdf 9 March 2015 livehttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,19/articleid,1107_01_1975_0130_0019_21225454/ Bertoglio resiste, Il Giro è suo Maurizio Caravella it 8 June 1975 19 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Bertoglio resists, The Giro is hishttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1975_06/19750608_0015.pdf Emozionante duello tra una muraglia di neve di folla Gino Sala it 8 June 1975 15 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 PDF Exciting duel between a wall of snow crowd https://web.archive.org/web/20150309193707/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1975_06%2F19750608_0015.pdf 9 March 2015 dead dmy-all Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Brooklyn's Roger De Vlaeminck won the points classification and Andrés Oliva and Francisco Galdós of KAS won the mountains classification. Brooklyn finished as the winners of the team points classification. Roger De Vlaeminck won seven stages. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1975 Giro d'Italia Nine teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1975 edition of the Giro d'Italia In total, 58 riders were from Italy, while the remaining 37 riders came from: Belgium (10), Spain (10), the Netherlands (7), Switzerland (2), Colombia (1), New Zealand (1), and Norway (1).Giro d'Italia – 1975 Competitors per Country https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/competitors-per-country ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250524121519/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/competitors-per-country 24 May 2025 13 October 2016 Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 90 cyclists.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1975.html 1975 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Dog Ear Publishing Bill and Carol McGann 6 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140306050857/http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1975.html 6 March 2014 live Of those starting, 21 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.Giro d'Italia – 1975 Debutants https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/debutants ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250524121448/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/debutants 24 May 2025 13 October 2016 The average age of riders was 27.2 years,Giro d'Italia – 1975 Peloton averages https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/peloton-averages ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250524121822/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/peloton-averages 24 May 2025 13 October 2016 ranging from 21–year–old Gianbattista Baronchelli (Scic) to 34–year–old Franco Bitossi (Scic).Giro d'Italia – 1975 Youngest and Oldest competitors https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/youngest-oldest ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250524121847/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/youngest-oldest 24 May 2025 13 October 2016 The team with the youngest average rider age was Bassi Frisol (24), while the oldest was Bianchi-Campagnolo (28).Giro d'Italia – 1975 Youngest Team https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/teams/youngest-team ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250524122150/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/teams/youngest-team 24 May 2025 13 October 2016 From those that started, 70 made it to the finish on the Passo dello Stelvio. The teams entering the race were: 22em Bianchi-Campagnolo Brooklyn Vibor Bassi Frisol Jollj Ceramica KAS Magniflex Scic Zonca The winner of the previous edition, Eddy Merckx, was planning to defend his title, but fell ill two days before the start. His team Molteni had been fully prepared to help Merckx win his sixth Giro title, but without their leader they decided it was useless to start.van den Akker 2023 24 Route and stages The route for the race was revealed on 10 April 1975.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1975/04/11/page_010.pdf Questo il <<Giro>> 1975 it 11 April 1975 10 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 Gino Sala PDF This the Giro d'Italia 1975 https://web.archive.org/web/20190429033756/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1975/04/11/page_010.pdf 29 April 2019 dead http://doc.rero.ch/record/106482/files/1975-05-17.pdf Merckx ne sera pas au départ Merckx will not be at the Start fr L'Impartial 17 May 1975 22 https://web.archive.org/web/20191022033446/http://doc.rero.ch/record/106482/files/1975-05-17.pdf 22 October 2019 REROhttp://doc.rero.ch/record/207165/files/1975-05-17.pdf Merckx malade renonce au Giro Merckx sick renounces at the Giro fr Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais 17 May 1975 16 https://web.archive.org/web/20191022034014/http://doc.rero.ch/record/207165/files/1975-05-17.pdf 22 October 2019 RERO +Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner117 MayMilan to Fiorano Modenese177 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Knut Knudsen NOR218 MayModena to Ancona249 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Patrick Sercu BEL319 MayAncona to Prati di Tivo175 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giovanni Battaglin ITA420 MayTeramo to Campobasso258 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Roger De Vlaeminck BEL521 MayCampobasso to Bari224 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rik Van Linden BEL622 MayBari to Castrovillari213 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Roger De Vlaeminck BEL7a23 MayCastrovillari to Padula123 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Domingo Perurena ESP 19457bPadula to Potenza80 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Roger De Vlaeminck BEL824 MayPotenza to Sorrento220 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Marcello Osler ITA925 MaySorrento to Frosinone222 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Enrico Paolini ITA1026 MayFrosinone to Tivoli176 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Roger De Vlaeminck BEL1127 MayRome to Orvieto158 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Roger De Vlaeminck BEL1228 MayChianciano Terme to Forte dei Marmi232 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Patrick Sercu BEL1329 MayForte dei Marmi to Forte dei Marmi38 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Giovanni Battaglin ITA30 May Rest day1431 MayIl Ciocco to Il Ciocco13 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Fausto Bertoglio ITA151 JuneIl Ciocco to Arenzano203 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Franco Bitossi ITA162 JuneArenzano to Orta San Giulio193 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Fabrizio Fabbri ITA17a3 JuneOmegna to Pontoglio167 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Patrick Sercu BEL17bPontoglio to Monte Maddalena46 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Wladimiro Panizza ITA184 JuneBrescia to Baselga di Piné223 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Roger De Vlaeminck BEL195 JuneBaselga di Piné to Pordenone175 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Martín Emilio Rodríguez COL206 JunePordenone to Alleghe197 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Roger De Vlaeminck BEL217 JuneAlleghe to Passo dello Stelvio186 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Francisco Galdós ESP 1945 Total 3963 km 0 on Classification leadership thumb|alt=A winding road on the slopes of a mountain.|A sample of the 48 hairpin turns near the top of the eastern ramp of the Stelvio Pass, the Cima Coppi (highest elevation point) of the 1975 Giro. There were three main individual classifications contested in the 1975 Giro d'Italia, as well as a team competition. Three of them awarded jerseys to their leaders. The general classification was the most important and was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 13 May 2008 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 13 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 8 May 2013 live The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Giro. The rider leading the classification wore a pink jersey to signify the classification's leadership. The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the top positions in a stage finish, with first place getting the most points, and lower placings getting successively fewer points. The rider leading this classification wore a purple (or cyclamen) jersey. The mountains classification was the third classification and its leader was denoted by the green jersey. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. Most stages of the race included one or more categorized climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo dello Stelvio. The first rider to cross the Stelvio was Spanish rider Francisco Galdós. The team classification awarded no jersey to its leaders. This was calculated by adding together points earned by each rider on the team during each stage through the intermediate sprints, the categorized climbs, stage finishes, etc. The team with the most points led the classification.van den Akker 2023 81 There were other minor classifications within the race, including the Campionato delle Regioni classification. This was a replacement for the "traguardi tricolore" classification that was calculated in previous years.http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ 1975 2017 Giro d'Italia La Gazzetta dello Sport 13 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170701114308/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ 1 July 2017 live The leader wore a blue jersey with colored vertical stripes ("maglia azzurra con banda tricolore verticale"). On every intermediate sprint, the first three riders scored points.van den Akker 2023 100–101 +Classification leadership by stagehttps://www.grandtourstatistics.nl/giro.php?jaar=1975 grandtourstatistics.nl Information about the Giro d'Italia of 1975 8 December 2025 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains classification25px|link=|alt= Campionato delle Regioni 25px|link=|alt=Team classification 1 Knut Knudsen Knut Knudsen Knut Knudsen not awarded Marcello Osler not awarded 2 Patrick Sercu Rik Van Linden Jollj Ceramica 3 Giovanni Battaglin Giovanni Battaglin Giovanni Battaglin ? 4 Roger De Vlaeminck Francisco Galdós Roger De Vlaeminck & Pierino Gavazzi Andrés Oliva Brooklyn 5 Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden Marcello Osler 6 Roger De Vlaeminck Roger De Vlaeminck 7a Domingo Perurena 7b Roger De Vlaeminck 8 Marcello Osler 9 Enrico Paolini 10 Roger De Vlaeminck 11 Roger De Vlaeminck 12 Patrick Sercu 13 Giovanni Battaglin Giovanni Battaglin 14 Fausto Bertoglio Fausto Bertoglio Fausto Bertoglio & Andrés Oliva 15 Franco Bitossi Andrés Oliva 16 Fabrizio Fabbri ? 17a Patrick Sercu 17b Wladimiro Panizza Fausto Bertoglio 18 Roger De Vlaeminck Andrés Oliva 19 Martín Emilio Rodríguez 20 Roger De Vlaeminck Marcello Osler 21 Francisco Galdós Francisco Galdós & Andrés Oliva Final Fausto Bertoglio Roger De Vlaeminck Francisco Galdós & Andrés Oliva Marcello Osler Brooklyn Final standings Legendvan den Akker 2023 109   20px|alt=Pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|alt=Purple jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification   20px|alt=Green jersey   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification   20px|alt=Blue jersey   Denotes the winner of the Campionato delle Regioni classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1975/06/08/MD19750608-019.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales es 8 June 1975 19 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Official classifications https://web.archive.org/web/20150309193230/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1975/06/08/MD19750608-019.pdf 9 March 2015 livehttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1975_06/19750608_0015.pdf La classifica finale it 8 June 1975 15 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 PDF The final classification https://web.archive.org/web/20150309193707/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1975_06%2F19750608_0015.pdf 9 March 2015 dead dmy-all RankNameTeamTime 1 Fausto Bertoglio ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey Jollj Ceramica 111h 31' 24" 2 Francisco Galdós ESP 1945 20px|alt=Green jersey KAS + 41" 3 Felice Gimondi ITA Bianchi-Campagnolo + 6' 18" 4 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL 20px|alt=Purple jersey Brooklyn + 7' 39" 5 Giuseppe Perletto ITA Magniflex + 8' 00" 6 Wladimiro Panizza ITA Brooklyn + 8' 13" 7 Walter Riccomi ITA Scic + 10' 32" 8 Costantino Conti ITA Furzi + 13' 40" 9 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1945 KAS + 14' 48" 10 Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic + 14' 48" Points classification +Final points classification (1–5)Cosi nel '75 sul traguardo dello Stelvio So in 1975 on the Stelvio finish line http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1976_05%2F19760518_0019.pdf it 18 May 1976 19 l'Unità PCI 18 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143616/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1976_05%2F19760518_0019.pdf 2 April 2015 dead dmy-all RiderTeamPoints 1 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL 20px|alt=Purple jersey Brooklyn 346 2 Fausto Bertoglio ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey Jollj Ceramica 159 3 Felice Gimondi ITA Bianchi-Campagnolo 154 4 Patrick Sercu BEL Brooklyn 148 5 Luciano Borgognoni ITA Zonca 123 Mountains classification +Final mountains classification (1–10)RiderTeamPoints 1 Francisco Galdós ESP 1945 20px|alt=Green jersey KAS 300 Andrés Oliva ESP 1945 20px|alt=Green jersey KAS 3 Fausto Bertoglio ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey Jollj Ceramica 240 4 Giancarlo Polidori ITA Furzi 150 5 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL 20px|alt=Purple jersey Brooklyn 130 6 Giuseppe Perletto ITA Magniflex 120 7 Marcello Osler ITA 20px|alt=Blue jersey Brooklyn 110 Giacinto Santambrogio ITA Bianchi-Campagnolo Wladimiro Panizza ITA Brooklyn 10 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj Ceramica 80 Campionato delle Regioni classification +Final Campionato delle Regioni classification (1–5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Marcello Osler ITA 20px|alt=Blue jersey Brooklyn 43 2 Giacinto Santambrogio ITA Bianchi-Campagnolo 31 3 Adriano Pella ITA Zonca 25 4 Giancarlo Polidori ITA Furzi 23 5 Patrick Sercu BEL Brooklyn 10 Combination classification +Final Combination classification (1–5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL 20px|alt=Purple jersey Brooklyn ? 2 Fabrizio Fabbri ITA Bianchi-Campagnolo ? 3 Giacinto Santambrogio ITA Bianchi-Campagnolo ? 4 Marcello Osler ITA 20px|alt=Blue jersey Brooklyn ? 5 Andrés Oliva ESP 1945 20px|alt=Green jersey KAS ? Team points classification +Final team points classification (1–5)TeamPoints 1 Brooklyn 11,270 2 Jollj Ceramica 6,720 3 KAS 6,200 4 Bianchi-Campagnolo 5,895 5 Scic 3,485 Doping There was no positive doping test in the Giro of 1975.van den Akker 2023 53 References Footnotes N Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1975 Giro d'Italia 1 11 12 21 G Giro d'Italia Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Category:1975 Super Prestige Pernod