1973 Giro d'Italia

December 2015 1973 Giro d'Italia 18 May – 9 June 1973 20 + Prologue 3801 km 106h 54' 41" Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni pink Felice Gimondi ITA Bianchi Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jolly Ceramica Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni violet José Manuel Fuente ESP 1945 KAS Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni Domingo Perurena ESP 1945 KAS Molteni 1972 1974 The 1973 Giro d'Italia was the 56th running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Verviers, Belgium, on 18 May, with a 5.2 km on prologue and concluded with a 197 km on mass-start stage, on 9 June. A total of 140 riders from fourteen teams entered the 20-stage race, that was won by Belgian Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Felice Gimondi and Giovanni Battaglin, respectively.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/06/10/MD19730610-019.pdf Merckx, <<Maglia Rosa>> De Principio A Fin es 10 June 1973 19 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Merckx, <<Pink Jersey>> From Beginning to End https://web.archive.org/web/20150309225441/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/06/10/MD19730610-019.pdf 9 March 2015 livehttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,22/articleid,0149_01_1973_0135_0022_5722835/ Giro-record per Merckx, sempre in rosa Gianni Pignata it 10 June 1973 22 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Lap-record for Merckx, always in pink In addition to the general classification, Merckx won the points classification (taking six stages). Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, José Manuel Fuente of KAS won the mountains classification. Molteni finished as the winners of the team points classification. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1973 Giro d'Italia Fourteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1973 edition of the Giro d'Italia.Merckx ook favoriet in Ronde van Italie Merckx also Favorite in Tour of Italy nl Delpher https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:003357016:mpeg21:p00027 Tubantia 18 May 1973 27 In total, 90 riders were from Italy, while the remaining 50 riders came from: Belgium (23), Spain (10), France (5), Switzerland (4), Germany (2), the Netherlands (2), Columbia (1), Denmark (1), Luxembourg (1), and Sweden (1).Giro d'Italia – 1973 Competitors per Country https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1973/startlist/competitors-per-country ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250529204322/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1973/startlist/competitors-per-country 29 May 2025 13 October 2016 Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 140 cyclists. Of those starting, 58 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.Giro d'Italia – 1973 Debutants https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1973/startlist/debutants ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250529204400/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1973/startlist/debutants 29 May 2025 13 October 2016 The average age of riders was 26.87 years,Giro d'Italia – 1973 Peloton averages https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1973/startlist/peloton-averages ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250529204418/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1973/startlist/peloton-averages 29 May 2025 13 October 2016 ranging from 21–year–old Luciano Borgognoni (Dreher) to 39–year–old Aldo Moser (Filotex).Giro d'Italia – 1973 Youngest and Oldest competitors https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1973/startlist/youngest-oldest ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250529204807/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1973/startlist/youngest-oldest 29 May 2025 13 October 2016 The team with the youngest average rider age was Jollj Ceramica (24), while the oldest was Bianchi (29).Giro d'Italia – 1973 Youngest Team https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1973/teams/youngest-team ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250529204800/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1973/teams/youngest-team 29 May 2025 13 October 2016 113 made it to the finish on Trieste.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1973.html 1973 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Dog Ear Publishing Bill and Carol McGann 6 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102081424/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1973.html 2 January 2015 livehttp://doc.rero.ch/record/105880/files/1973-05-18.pdf Merckx et une très forte équipe contre tous! Merckx and a very strong team against all! fr L'Impartial 18 May 1973 14 https://web.archive.org/web/20191022030223/http://doc.rero.ch/record/105880/files/1973-05-18.pdf 22 October 2019 RERO The teams entering the race were: 22em Molteni Bianchi Brooklyn Dreher Filotex Flandria G.B.C. Jollj Ceramica KAS Magniflex Ovest Rokado Sammontana Scic Zonca Pre-race favorites Reigning and three-time champion Eddy Merckx (Molteni) announced he would race both the Vuelta a España and Giro.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/03/06/page_010.pdf Così il Giro d'Italia 1973 it 6 March 1971 10 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 Gino Sala PDF Thus the Giro d'Italia 1973 https://web.archive.org/web/20190429005858/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/03/06/page_010.pdf 29 April 2019 The break between these two races was only five days.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1973.html 1973 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Dog Ear Publishing Bill and Carol McGann 6 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102081424/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1973.html 2 January 2015 live Despite this, and coming off a victory at the Vuelta, Merckx entered the race favorite.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/18/MD19730518-021.pdf Salvo accidentes, ya conocemos el nombre del vencedor es 18 May 1973 21 El Mundo Deportivo Juan Del Bosque 27 May 2012 Except for accidents, we already know the name of the winner https://web.archive.org/web/20200604155839/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/18/MD19730518-021.pdf 4 June 2020 live Juan Del Bosque of El Mundo Deportivo stated that with the easy route, it won't make Merckx exert much effort to win for a fourth time. Merckx was believed to have a very strong team supporting him at the race, including the likes of Roger Swerts, Victor Van Schil, and Jos Deschoenmaecker, among others.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/18/page_010.pdf Comincia il 56 Giro d'Italia: oggi il <<prologo>> di Verviers it 18 May 1973 10 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 Gino Sala PDF The 56 Giro d'Italia begins: today the <<prologue>> of Verviers https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162223/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/18/page_010.pdf 4 June 2020https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_007.pdf Il Pronostico Dice Merckx La Quarta Volta it 16 May 1973 7 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 PDF The Prediction Says Merckx The Fourth Time https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162221/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_007.pdf 4 June 2020https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_008.pdf Here are their signed predictions it 16 May 1973 8 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 PDF Ecco I Loro Pronostici Firmati https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162246/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_008.pdf 4 June 2020https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_010.pdf Eddy Merckx non aspetterà le Dolomiti it 16 May 1973 10 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 PDF Eddy Merckx will not wait for the Dolomites https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162253/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_010.pdf 4 June 2020https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_011.pdf Un Percorso Per Boifava it 16 May 1973 11 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 PDF A Course for Boifava https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162410/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_011.pdf 4 June 2020https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_012.pdf Roger De Vlaeminck propone un nuovo e affaccinante tema it 16 May 1973 12 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 PDF Roger De Vlaeminck proposes a new and fascinating theme https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162413/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_012.pdf 4 June 2020https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_013.pdf L'estroso Bitossi e due speranze che si chiamano Riccomi e Osler it 16 May 1973 13 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 PDF The whimsical Bitossi and two hopes called Riccomi and Osler https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162417/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_013.pdf 4 June 2020https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_014.pdf L'orgoglio e le doti di Gimondi piu Basso, Ritter e Rodriguez... it 16 May 1973 14 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 PDF The pride and skills of Gimondi Basso, Ritter and Rodriguez ... https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162420/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_014.pdf 4 June 2020https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_015.pdf Francesco Moser a briglie sciolte per la grande avventura it 16 May 1973 15 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 PDF Francesco Moser at full speed for the great adventure https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162433/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_015.pdf 4 June 2020https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_016.pdf Gosta Pettersson nel pronostico per la maglia rosa it 16 May 1973 16 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 PDF Gosta Pettersson in the prediction for the pink jersey https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162528/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_016.pdf 4 June 2020 Felice Gimondi (Bianchi), who won the race in 1967 and 1969, was not viewed to be in good condition entering the race. Despite this he was still viewed as a contender for the overall crown. Molteni director Giorgio Albani felt Merckx's strongest competitor would be Gimondi. Albani elaborated that the Spaniards José Manuel Fuente, Francisco Galdós, and Santiago Lazcano were all dangerous riders in the mountains, but not threats for the overall crown. The KAS team was regarded as a strong opponent to the Molteni squad because of their climbing prowess. Specifically, the writer felt Fuente had performed very little during the 1973 campaign. One writer found Roger De Vlaeminck (Brooklyn) to be a dark horse for the general classification, while another source felt he would be Merckx's biggest threat. Fuente ordered a bike from Faliero Maso (who made bikes for Fausto Coppi) which was said to be a very light bike which should give him more stability.De vraag luidt: Wie kan Merckx in Du Giro verslaan? Nino Tamadesso The Question is: Who Can Beat Merckx in the Giro nl Delpher https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010561050:mpeg21:p019 Limburgs Dagblad 18 May 1973 1 Former winner Gianni Motta (Zonca) also competed in the race and was viewed as a capable rider, but noted that his performances were irregular and his season had been lackluster up to that point. 1971 winner Gösta Pettersson (Ferretti), was viewed as a challenger for the general classification, but one writer felt he lost his "punch." Italo Zilioli (Dreher), Franco Bitossi (Sammontana), and Michele Dancelli (Scic) were other Italian riders that had chances to place high in the general classification. Marino Basso (Bianchi), Gerben Karstens (Ovest Rokado), Rik Van Linden (Ovest Rokado), Patrick Sercu (Brooklyn), and Bitossi were thought to be the riders that would contend for the stages that finished in bunch sprints. Van Linden and Sercu had beaten the reigning world champion Basso several times during the season so far and one writer stated that he "will have a lot to do if he wants to be worthy of his rainbow jersey." French filmmaker Claude Lelouch announced he would be making a film that centered around Merckx, which would incorporate footage from the Vuelta a España earlier in the year, along with this Giro d'Italia.Film Over Eddie Merckx Move About Eddy Merckx nl Delpher https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010958114:mpeg21:p023 Het Vrije Volk 18 May 1973 23 Route and stages Prior to 1973, there were rumors that the race would be starting in Belgium. Race director Vincenzo Torriani revealed the race route on 5 March 1973. The route was announced to be 3777 km on over the course of twenty stages that included one individual time trial, while it began with a prologue around Verviers, Wallonia. The race was regarded to have six flat stages and eight "wavy" stages.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_009.pdf Il Giro di ieri e di Oggi it 16 May 1973 10 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 PDF The Tour of Yesterday and Today https://web.archive.org/web/20200604155839/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_009.pdf 4 June 2020 There were eleven stages containing twenty categorized climbs that awarded points for the mountains classification, with no summit finishes in the race. In total, the race climbed 22.3 km on, 2.4 km on less than the previous year. The average length of each stage was 188.85 km on. The route did feature two rest days, on 23 May in Aosta and 4 June in Forte dei Marmi. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 52 km 0 on longer, included a prologue, two less individual time trails, four less summit finishes, and had the same number of rest days. The route was announced to start in Verviers, before heading towards Italy, passing through The Netherlands, West Germany, Luxembourg, France, and Switzerland. It was branded the "Tour of Europe." It was reported that roughly 50 million liras were paid to the Giro d'Italia from Verviers, Cologne, and the European Economic Community. The transfer from Strasbourg to Geneva was over 400 km on. The route notably finished in Trieste, rather than in Milan, the normal finish for the race.http://doc.rero.ch/record/105880/files/1973-05-18.pdf Le premier des "gros morceaux " ! The first of the "big pieces"! fr Squibbs L'Impartial 18 May 1973 25 https://web.archive.org/web/20191022030223/http://doc.rero.ch/record/105880/files/1973-05-18.pdf 22 October 2019 RERO In addition, the route did not visit the Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily, to which Squibbs from L'Impartial stated that "no one will complain" with regards to Sardinia, while Sicily he felt made the tifosi in various areas of the region "scream." The route as a whole does not venture into the southern half of Italy. It was believed to be that the reason for the avoidance of Milan and other larger cities in the 1973 route came from their large unruly crowds and recent social unrest. The Dolomites were featured in the last two stages of the race. Upon release of the route in March, some thought it was not a difficult route and Torriani did not want to give Merckx an advantage. Gino Sala of l'Unita wrote following the route's initial reveal that Torriani may throw in some obstacles before the race started that were not in the presented route in March. With the announcement of the route that traveled through so many European nations, Sala speculated that Tour de France organizer Félix Lévitan would try to one-up the Giro for their 1974 race. Squibbs felt the route was well balanced and intelligently designed and thought the harder portions reserved for the very end would make the race garner more interest. + Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner P 18 May Verviers (Belgium) 5.2 km on 20px|link=Individual time trial Two-man Time TrialTwoman N The prologue for the 1973 Giro d'Italia was not a typical prologue as it was a two-man time trial, not the normal individual time trial. The results from the stage did not count towards the general classification, but were used to determine the first wearers of the maglia rosa (en pink jersey) and maglia ciclamino (en mauve, or purple, jersey).https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/19/page_012.pdf Eddy Parte In Rosa it 19 May 1973 12 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 Gino Sala PDF Eddy Starts in Pink https://web.archive.org/web/20200604154309/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/19/page_012.pdf 4 June 2020 The rider with the quickest time of the two would wear the pink jersey, while the second placed rider wore the purple jersey. Merckx finished the fastest, which allowed him to wear the pink jersey the following day, while Swerts earned the purple jersey. Eddy Merckx BELRoger Swerts BEL 119 May Verviers to Cologne (West Germany) 137 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Eddy Merckx BEL 2 20 May Cologne to Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) 227 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Roger De Vlaeminck BEL 3 21 May Luxembourg City to Strasbourg (France) 239 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Gustave Van Roosbroeck BEL 4 22 May Geneva (Switzerland) to Aosta 163 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Eddy Merckx BEL 23 May Rest day 5 24 May St. Vincent to Milan 173 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Gerben Karstens NED 6 25 May Milan to Iseo 144 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gianni Motta ITA 7 26 May Iseo to Lido delle Nazioni it 248 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rik Van Linden BEL 8 27 May Lido delle Nazioni to Monte Carpegna 156 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Eddy Merckx BEL 9 28 May Carpegna to Alba Adriatica 243 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Patrick Sercu BEL 10 29 May Alba Adriatica to Lanciano 174 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Eddy Merckx BEL 11 30 May Lanciano to Benevento 230 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Roger De Vlaeminck BEL 12 31 May Benevento to Fiuggi 236 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Tullio Rossi ITA 13 1 June Fiuggi to Bolsena 215 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Roger De Vlaeminck BEL 14 2 June Bolsena to Florence 202 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Francesco Moser ITA 15 3 June Florence to Forte dei Marmi 150 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Martín Emilio Rodríguez COL 4 June Rest day 16 5 June Forte dei Marmi to Forte dei Marmi 37 km 0 on 20px|link=Individual time trial Individual Time Trial Felice Gimondi ITA 17 6 June Forte dei Marmi to Verona 244 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Rik Van Linden BEL 18 7 June Verona to Andalo 173 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Eddy Merckx BEL 19 8 June Andalo to Auronzo di Cadore 208 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) José Manuel Fuente ESP 1945 20 9 June Auronzo di Cadore to Trieste 197 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Marino Basso ITA Total 3801 km 0 on Classification leadership right|thumb|alt=A picture of a mountain.|The Passo di Giau was the Cima Coppi for the 1973 running of the Giro d'Italia. There were three main individual classifications contested in the 1973 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 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, but did not give a special jersey to its leader. 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 di Giau. The first rider to cross the Passo di Giau was Spanish rider José Manuel Fuente. The final classification, 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 neo-professional competition. The classification was determined in the same way as the general classification, but considering only neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).van den Akker 2023 65 Another minor classification was the intermediate sprints classification, called the traguardi tricolori. On intermediate sprints, the first rider received 30 points for this classification, and the second rider 10 points. No jersey was used to indicate the leader. There was no time bonus at these intermediate sprints, and no points for the points classification.van den Akker 2023 100 There was also the combination classification, calculated by adding the positions in the four most important classifications (general, points, mountains and intermediate sprints).van den Akker 2023 104 +Classification leadership by stagehttps://www.grandtourstatistics.nl/giro.php?jaar=1973 grandtourstatistics.nl Information about the Giro d'Italia of 1973 8 December 2025 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Tour.Giro.Vuelta http://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net/results/giro-1973-~podiums/points_after 2024-05-16 www.tour-giro-vuelta.netMountains classificationIntermediate sprints classificationTeam classification P Eddy Merckx & Roger Swerts (Eddy Merckx)Twoman N (Roger Swerts)Twoman N not awarded not awarded not awarded 1 Eddy Merckx Eddy MerckxEddy Merckx Ercole Gualazzini ? 2 Roger De Vlaeminck ? 3 Gustave Van Roosbroeck 4 Eddy Merckx José Manuel Fuente 5 Gerben Karstens 6 Gianni Motta Eddy Merckx 7 Rik Van Linden 8 Eddy Merckx 9 Patrick Sercu 10 Eddy Merckx 11 Roger De Vlaeminck 12 Tullio Rossi 13 Roger De Vlaeminck 14 Francesco Moser 15 Martín Emilio RodríguezRoger De Vlaeminck 16 Felice Gimondi 17 Rik Van Linden 18 Eddy MerckxEddy Merckx Domingo Perurena 19 José Manuel Fuente José Manuel Fuente 20 Marino Basso Molteni Final Eddy Merckx Eddy Merckx José Manuel Fuente Domingo Perurena Molteni 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 General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/06/10/MD19730610-019.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales es 10 June 1973 19 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Official classifications https://web.archive.org/web/20150309225441/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/06/10/MD19730610-019.pdf 9 March 2015 livehttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1974_05/19740516_0009.pdf I primi venti del 1973 it 9 June 1974 9 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 PDF The first twenty of 1973 https://web.archive.org/web/20150313015731/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1974_05%2F19740516_0009.pdf 13 March 2015 dead dmy-all Rank NameTeamTime 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey 20px|alt=Purple jersey Molteni 106h 54' 41" 2 Felice Gimondi ITA Bianchi + 7' 42" 3 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj Ceramica + 10' 20" 4 José Pesarrodona ESP 1945 KAS + 15' 51" 5 Santiago Lazcano ESP 1945 KAS + 19' 11" 6 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C. + 19' 45" 7 Ole Ritter DEN Bianchi + 24' 24" 8 José Manuel Fuente ESP 1945 KAS + 26' 06" 9 Francisco Galdós ESP 1945 KAS + 26' 35" 10 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca + 26' 49" Points classification +Final points classification (1–5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|alt=Purple jersey 20px|alt=Pink jersey Molteni 237 2 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 216 3 Felice Gimondi ITA Bianchi 146 4 Rik Van Linden BEL Ovest Rokado 141 5 Gerben Karstens NED Ovest Rokado 132 Mountains classification +Final mountains classification (1–10)RiderTeamPoints 1 José Manuel Fuente ESP 1945 KAS 550 2 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey 20px|alt=Purple jersey Molteni 510 3 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj Ceramica 180 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Bianchi 110 5 Lino Farisato ITA Scic 100 6 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C. 70 Ole Ritter DEN Bianchi 8 Italo Zilioli ITA Dreher 30 Ottavio Crepaldi ITA Zonca Santiago Lazcano ESP 1945 KAS Combination classification +Final combination classification (1–4)RiderTeamPoints 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey 20px|alt=Purple jersey Molteni 4 2 Felice Gimondi ITA Bianchi 9 3 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj Ceramica 17 4 José Manuel Fuente ESP 1945 KAS 18 Intermediate sprints classification +Final intermediate sprints classification (1–5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Domingo Perurena ESP 1945 KAS 170 2 Ercole Gualazzini ITA Bianchi 110 3 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca 70 4 Joseph Bruyère BEL Molteni 60 5 Enrico Paolini ITA Scic 40 Piero Dallai ITA Magniflex Neo-professional classification +Final neo-professional classification (1–5)RiderTeamTime 1 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj Ceramica 107h 05' 01" 2 Francesco Moser ITA Filotex + 28' 22" 3 Hennie Kuiper NED Rokado + 28' 30" 4 Walter Riccomi ITA Sammontana + 1h 01' 34" 5 Luciano Conati ITA Scic + 1h 06' 27" Team classification +Final team classification (1–5)TeamPoints 1 Molteni 7,731 2 Bianchi 4,434 3 Brooklyn 4,114 4 Rokado 3,534 5 KAS 3,534 Doping There was no positive doping test in the Giro of 1973.van den Akker 2023 53 Aftermath The race is documented in Jørgen Leth's 1974 film Stars and Watercarriers (Stjernerne og Vandbærerne). References Footnotes N Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1973 Giro d'Italia P 10 11 20 G Giro d'Italia Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Category:1973 Super Prestige Pernod