1978 Giro d'Italia

1978 Giro d'Italia Bruno Zanoni, Giro d'Italia 1978.jpg Bruno Zanoni winning the 11th stage 7–28 May 1978 20 + Prologue, including one split stage 3610.5 km 101h 31' 22" Johan De Muynck BEL Bianchi pink Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic Francesco Moser ITA Sanson Francesco Moser ITA Sanson violet Ueli Sutter SUI Zonca green Roberto Visentini ITA Vibor white Giuseppe Saronni ITA Scic Fiorenzo Favero ITA Intercontinentale Assicurazioni blue Bianchi - Faema 1977 1979 The 1978 Giro d'Italia was the 61st running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Saint-Vincent, on 7 May, with a 2 km 1 on prologue and concluded in Milan, on 28 May, with a 220 km 1 on mass-start stage. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 20-stage race, that was won by Belgian Johan de Muynck of the Bianchi team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Gianbattista Baronchelli and Francesco Moser, respectively.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1978/05/29/MD19780529-031.pdf De Muynck, al libro de oro del "Giro" es 29 May 1978 31 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 De Muynck, the Golden Book "Tour" https://web.archive.org/web/20140227193552/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1978/05/29/pagina-31/1024498/pdf.html 27 February 2014 live http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1978/05/07/MD19780507-028.pdf El "Giro" Comenzia Hoy es 7 May 1978 28 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 The "Tour" Commences Today https://web.archive.org/web/20150308175739/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1978/05/07/MD19780507-028.pdf 8 March 2015 livehttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,17/articleid,0034_01_1978_0103_0018_19931917/ Giro, oggi e domani it 7 May 1978 17 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Giro, today and tomorrowhttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,16/articleid,1467_02_1978_0102_0016_20624766/ <<Traguardo Rito>> al Giro d'Italia it 6 May 1978 16 Stampa Sera Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF <<Target Rite>> the Tour of Italyhttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,15/articleid,0034_01_1978_0102_0015_15655599/ Il Giro d'Italia corre in coppia it 6 May 1978 15 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF The Tour of Italy runs in pairshttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1978_03%2F19780309_0014.pdf&query=giro%20d%27italia%20saint%20vincent Ecco il <Giro> Da St..Vincent a Milano: 20 tappe 9 March 1978 14 l'Unità 24 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083316/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1978_03%2F19780309_0014.pdf&query=giro%20d%27italia%20saint%20vincent 4 March 2016 dead As of the beginning of the 2021 cycling season this was the last time a Belgian rider won a Grand Tour. Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Sanson's Moser won the points classification, Ueli Sutter of Zonca won the mountains classification, and Vibor's Roberto Visentini completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing fifteenth overall. Bianchi finishing as the winners of the team points classification. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1978 Giro d'Italia A total of 13 teams were invited to participate in the 1978 Giro d'Italia.Le Tour d'Italie part lundi de Saint-Vincent: Vers un duel Gimondi-Moser The Giro d'Italia starts Monday from Saint-Vincent: Towards a Gimondi-Moser duel http://doc.rero.ch/record/67156/files/1978-05-06.pdf L'Express French 6 May 1978 https://web.archive.org/web/20200525164514/http://doc.rero.ch/record/67156/files/1978-05-06.pdf 25 May 2020 13 October 2021 In total, 95 riders were from Italy, while the remaining 37 riders came from: Belgium (13), Spain (9), West Germany (4), Switzerland (3), the Netherlands (2), Great Britain (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), and Sweden (1).Giro d'Italia – 1978 Competitors per Country https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1978/startlist/competitors-per-country ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250523020958/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1978/startlist/competitors-per-country 23 May 2025 13 October 2016 Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists. Of those starting, 45 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.Giro d'Italia – 1978 Debutants https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1978/startlist/debutants ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250523020945/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1978/startlist/debutants 23 May 2025 13 October 2016 The average age of riders was 26.78 years,Giro d'Italia – 1978 Peloton averages https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1978/startlist/peloton-averages ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250523021249/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1978/startlist/peloton-averages 23 May 2025 13 October 2016 ranging from 20–year–old Corrado Donadio (Vibor) to 37–year–old Franco Bitossi (Gis Gelati).Giro d'Italia – 1978 Youngest and Oldest competitors https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1978/startlist/youngest-oldest ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250523022505/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1978/startlist/youngest-oldest 23 May 2025 13 October 2016 The team with the youngest average rider age was Intercontinentale Assicurazioni (22), while the oldest was Bianchi (29).Giro d'Italia – 1978 Youngest Team https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1978/teams/youngest-team ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250523022531/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1978/teams/youngest-team 23 May 2025 13 October 2016 From those that started, a total of 90 riders made it to the finish in Milan.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1978.html 1978 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Dog Ear Publishing Bill and Carol McGann 6 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227212333/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1978.html 27 February 2014 live The teams entering the race were: 22em Bianchi Fiorella Gis Gelati Ijsboerke-Gios Intercontinentale Assicurazioni Magniflex-Torpado Mecap-Selle Italia Sanson Scic Selle Royal-Inoxpran Teka Vibor Zonca Route and stages The route for the race was revealed on 8 March 1978.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1978/03/09/page_014.pdf Ecco il <<Giro>> it 9 March 1978 14 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 Gino Sala Here is the <<Giro>> https://web.archive.org/web/20190429034915/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1978/03/09/page_014.pdf 29 April 2019 dead http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1978/03/10/MD19780310-025.pdf Moser: <<Este <<Giro>> No Es Para Mi>> es 10 March 1978 25 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Moser: This <<Giro>> is not for me https://web.archive.org/web/20191010052815/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1978/03/10/MD19780310-025.pdf 10 October 2019 live The start of the race was moved up one week and three stage were cancelled so the race did not interfere with the World Cup that started on 1 June in Argentina.http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1978-1987/ 1978 2017 Giro d'Italia La Gazzetta dello Sport 13 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170701125223/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1978-1987/ 1 July 2017 live The fourteenth stage took the race into the Venice for a time trial.http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/giro-ditalia/the-seven-oddest-giro-ditalia-stages-168850 The seven oddest Giro d'Italia stages Gregor Brown 29 April 2015 Cycling Weekly Time Inc 13 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170704145745/http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/giro-ditalia/the-seven-oddest-giro-ditalia-stages-168850 4 July 2017 live As the city was not conducive to the event, four ramps were created to allow for riders to ride up and down on canal crossings, as well as one floating bridge over the Grand Canal. The route will feature 25 km of elevation gain. + Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerP7 MaySaint-Vincent2 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Dietrich Thurau GER18 MaySaint-Vincent to Novi Ligure175 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rik Van Linden BEL29 MayNovi Ligure to La Spezia195 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Saronni ITA310 MayLa Spezia to Càscina183 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Johan De Muynck BEL411 MayLarciano to Pistoia25 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Dietrich Thurau GER512 MayPrato to Cattolica200 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Rik Van Linden BEL613 MayCattolica to Silvi Marina218 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rik Van Linden BEL714 MaySilvi Marina to Benevento242 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Saronni ITA815 MayBenevento to Ravello175 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Saronni ITA916 MayAmalfi to Latina248 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Enrico Paolini ITA1017 MayLatina to Lago di Piediluco220 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Martinelli ITA11a18 MayTerni to Assisi74 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Bruno Zanoni ITA11bAssisi to Siena145 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Francesco Moser ITA1219 MayPoggibonsi to Monte Trebbio204 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giancarlo Bellini ITA1320 MayModigliana to Padua183 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Francesco Moser ITA1421 MayVenezia to Venezia12 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Francesco Moser ITA22 May Rest day1523 MayTreviso to Canazei234 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA1624 MayMazzin to Cavalese48 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Francesco Moser ITA1725 MayCavalese to Monte Bondone205 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Wladimiro Panizza ITA1826 MayMezzolombardo to Sarezzo245 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Perletto ITA1927 MayBrescia to Inverigo175 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Vittorio Algeri ITA2028 MayInverigo to Milan220 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Pierino Gavazzi ITA Total 3610 km 0 on Classification leadership right|thumb|alt=A picture of a mountain village.|The Passo Valles was the Cima Coppi for the 1978 running of the Giro d'Italia. There were four main individual classifications contested in the 1978 Giro d'Italia, as well as a team competition. Four 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.van den Akker 2023 89 The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo Valles, which was first summited by Italian rider Gianbattista Baronchelli. The fourth classification, the young rider classification, was decided the same way as the general classification, but exclusive to neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing). The leader of the classification wore a white jersey.http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ 1977 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 Another classification was 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 80 There were other minor classifications within the race, including the Campionato delle Regioni classification. The leader wore a blue jersey with colored vertical stripes ("maglia azzurra con banda tricolore verticale").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 Fiat Ritmo classification, created in the 1976 edition,http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ 1976 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 was used again, but this year the winner received a Fiat Ritmo. For this classification, there was one intermediate sprint per stage, and the first three riders scored points.van den Akker 2023 105 +Classification leadership by stagehttps://www.grandtourstatistics.nl/giro.php?jaar=1978 grandtourstatistics.nl Information about the Giro d'Italia of 1978 18 December 2025 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt= Campionato delle Regioni 25px|link=|alt= FIATTeam classification P Dietrich Thurau not awardedRiders were not obliged to start the prologue, and the prologue times did not count for the general classification not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded 1 Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden ? Alessio Antonini Piero Falorni ? 2 Giuseppe Saronni multiple riders ? Luciano Rossignoli 3 Johan De Muynck Johan De Muynck Arnaldo Caverzasi 4 Dietrich Thurau Giuseppe Saronni Roberto Visentini 5 Rik Van Linden Francesco Moser Ueli Sutter 6 Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden ? 7 Giuseppe Saronni Roger De Vlaeminck 8 Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni Alessio Antonini 9 Enrico Paolini Roger De Vlaeminck ? 10 Giuseppe Martinelli Giuseppe Saronni 11a Bruno Zanoni 11b Francesco Moser Roger De Vlaeminck Alessio Antonini 12 Giancarlo Bellini Francesco Moser ? 13 Francesco Moser 14 Francesco Moser 15 Gianbattista Baronchelli Gianbattista Baronchelli 16 Francesco Moser 17 Wladimiro Panizza Ueli Sutter 18 Giuseppe Perletto 19 Vittorio Algeri 20 Pierino Gavazzi Fiorenzo Favero Bianchi Final Johan De Muynck Francesco Moser Ueli Sutter Roberto Visentini Fiorenzo Favero Luciano Rossignoli Bianchi 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 white   Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification   20px|alt=Blue jersey   Denotes the winner of the Campionato delle Regioni classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1978_05/19780529_0012.pdf Classifica finale it 29 May 1978 12 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 Final classification https://web.archive.org/web/20150308180514/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1978_05%2F19780529_0012.pdf 8 March 2015 dead http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,17/articleid,0034_02_1978_0121_0019_24078442/ le classfiche finali it 29 May 1978 17 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF The final classificationsRankNameTeamTime 1 Johan De Muynck BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey Bianchi 101h 31' 22" 2 Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic + 59" 3 Francesco Moser ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey Sanson + 2' 19" 4 Wladimiro Panizza ITA Vibor + 7' 57" 5 Giuseppe Saronni ITA Scic + 8' 19" 6 Ronald De Witte BEL Sanson + 8' 24" 7 Alfio Vandi ITA Magniflex + 9' 04" 8 Claudio Bortolotto ITA Sanson + 9' 25" 9 Bernt Johansson SWE Fiorella + 12' 36" 10 Ueli Sutter SUI 20px|alt=Green jersey Zonca + 12' 38" Points classification +Final points classification (1–5)http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1979_05%2F19790514_0016.pdf Il Giro di ieri e di oggi 16 14 March 1979 19 February 2019 l'Unità https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082730/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1979_05%2F19790514_0016.pdf 4 March 2016 dead RiderTeamPoints 1 Francesco Moser ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey Sanson 275 2 Giuseppe Saronni ITA Scic 274 3 Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic 260 4 Pierino Gavazzi ITA Zonca 130 5 Johan De Muynck BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey Bianchi 118 Mountains classification +Final mountains classification (1–5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Ueli Sutter SUI 20px|alt=Green jersey Zonca 830 2 Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic 520 3 Claudio Bortolotto ITA Sanson 345 4 Pedro Torres ESP Teka 5 Johan De Muynck BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey Bianchi 290 Young rider classification +Final young rider classification (1–5)RiderTeamTime 1 Roberto Visentini ITA 20px|alt=White jersey Vibor 101h 50' 17" 2 Giancarlo Casiraghi ITA Intercontinentale Assicurazioni + 41' 33" 3 Ennio Vanotti ITA Zonca + 54' 39" 4 Claudio Corti ITA Zonca + 1h 05' 20" 5 Vincenzo De Caro ITA Mecap + 1h 19' 15" Campionato delle Regioni classification +Final Campionato delle Regioni classification (1–5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Fiorenzo Favero ITA Intercontinentale Assicurazioni 38 2 Alessio Antonini ITA Selle Royal-Inoxpran 27 3 Giuseppe Martinelli ITA Magniflex 19 4 Giuseppe Saronni ITA Scic 17 5 Giancarlo Tartoni ITA Magniflex 13 Traguardo Fiat Ritmo classification +Final Traguardo Fiat Ritmo classification (1–3)RiderTeamPoints 1 Luciano Rossignoli ITA Fiorella 37 2 Walter Dusi ITA Intercontinentale Assicurazioni 16 3 Ottavio Crepaldi ITA Magniflex 13 Team points classification +Final team points classification (1–3)TeamPoints 1 Bianchi 15,540 2 Sanson 9,420 3 Scic 8,107 Doping There were no positive doping tests in the Giro of 1978.van den Akker 2023 54 References Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1978 Giro d'Italia P 10 11a 20 Giro Giro d'Italia Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro d'Italia Category:1978 Super Prestige Pernod