1976 Giro d'Italia

1976 Giro d'Italia 21 May – 12 June 1976 22 4161 km 119h 58' 15" Felice Gimondi ITA Bianchi-Campagnolo pink Johan De Muynck BEL Brooklyn Fausto Bertoglio ITA Jolly Ceramica Francesco Moser ITA Sanson violet Andrés Oliva ESP 1945 KAS green Alfio Vandi ITA Magniflex Francesco Moser ITA Sanson Brooklyn 1975 1977 The 1976 Giro d'Italia was the 59th running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Catania, on 21 May, with a set of split stages and concluded in Milan, on 12 June, with another split stage, consisting of an individual time trial and a mass-start stage. A total of 120 riders from twelve teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Felice Gimondi of the Bianchi-Campagnolo team. The second and third places were taken by Belgian Johan De Muynck and Italian Fausto Bertoglio, respectively.Javier Dalmases http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1976/06/13/MD19760613-012.pdf Gimondi (34 Años) Se Impuso Por Tercera Vez es 13 June 1976 12 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Gimondi (34 years) was Imposed for Third Time https://web.archive.org/web/20150309160632/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1976/06/13/MD19760613-012.pdf 9 March 2015 livehttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,16/articleid,0004_01_1976_0138_0016_15911725/anews,true/ Gimondi ha vinto il Giro del cuore Maurizio Caravella it 13 June 1976 16 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Gimondi won the Tour of the hearthttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1976_06/19760613_0013.pdf Gimondi: uno splendido <<tris>> Gino Sala it 13 June 1976 13 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 Gimondi: a beautiful <<trio>> https://web.archive.org/web/20150309162029/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1976_06%2F19760613_0013.pdf 2015-03-09 dead Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Sanson's Francesco Moser won the points classification, Andrés Oliva of KAS won the mountains classification, and Magniflex's Alfio Vandi completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing seventh overall. Brooklyn finishing as the winners of the team points classification.https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue/pzc/1976-06-14/edition/0/page/13?query=Ronde%20van%20Itali%C3%AB Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant | 14 juni 1976 | pagina 13 The race was marred by the death of Spanish rider Juan Manuel Santisteban during the first stage. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1976 Giro d'Italia A total of twelve teams were invited to participate in the 1976 Giro d'Italia.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1976/05/21/MD19760521-019.pdf Lista de inscritos es 21 May 1976 19 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Entry List https://web.archive.org/web/20150309161000/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1976/05/21/MD19760521-019.pdf 9 March 2015 live In total, 70 riders were from Italy, while the remaining 50 riders came from: Spain (20), Belgium (17), the Netherlands (3), Denmark (2), Portugal (2), Switzerland (2), Australia (1), Germany (1), Great Britain (1), and Norway (1).Giro d'Italia – 1976 Competitors per Country https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1976/startlist/competitors-per-country ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250524120434/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1976/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 120 cyclists.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1976.html 1976 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Dog Ear Publishing Bill and Carol McGann 2012-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227181526/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1976.html 27 February 2014 live Of those starting, 30 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.Giro d'Italia – 19 Debutants https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1976/startlist/debutants ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250524120452/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1976/startlist/debutants 24 May 2025 13 October 2016 The average age of riders was 27.75 years,Giro d'Italia – 1976 Peloton averages https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1976/startlist/peloton-averages ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250524120747/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1976/startlist/peloton-averages 24 May 2025 13 October 2016 ranging from 20–year–old Alfio Vandi (Magniflex) to 38–year–old Ventura Díaz (Teka).Giro d'Italia – 1976 Youngest and Oldest competitors https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1976/startlist/youngest-oldest ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250524120813/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1976/startlist/youngest-oldest 24 May 2025 13 October 2016 The team with the youngest average rider age was Magniflex (25), while the oldest was Brooklyn (29).Giro d'Italia – 1976 Youngest Team https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1976/teams/youngest-team ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250524121034/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1976/teams/youngest-team 24 May 2025 13 October 2016 From those that started, 86 made it to the finish in Milan. The teams entering the race were: 22em Jolly Ceramica Bianchi-Campagnolo Brooklyn Furzi-Vibor G.B.C. TV-Color KAS Magniflex Molteni Sanson Scic Teka Zonca-Santini Route and stages The route for the race was revealed on 30 January 1976,https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1976/01/31/page_012.pdf Vartao il <<Giro>> '76 it 31 January 1976 12 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 Gino Sala The <<Giro>> '76 Launched https://web.archive.org/web/20191022015151/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1976/01/31/page_012.pdf 22 October 2019 live while a final draft of the race was released on 13 April 1976.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1976/04/14/page_016.pdf È un <<Giro>> davvero terribile (e 12 giorni dopo c'e il Tour) it 14 April 1976 16 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 Gino Sala It's a <<Giro>> really terrible (and 12 days later there's the Tour) https://web.archive.org/web/20190429034206/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1976/04/14/page_016.pdf 29 April 2019 live http://doc.rero.ch/record/265337/files/1976-05-20.pdf Moser et Baronchelli: des candidats serieux mais Merckx voudra obtenir sa 6e victoire Moser and Baronchelli: serious candidates but Merckx will want to achieve his 6th victory fr La Liberté 20 May 1975 28 https://web.archive.org/web/20200415023259/http://doc.rero.ch/record/265337/files/1976-05-20.pdf 15 April 2020 REROhttp://doc.rero.ch/record/66560/files/1976-05-21.pdf Merckx : un record de victoires au Giro? Merckx: A record of victories at the Giro? fr L'Express 21 May 1976 22 https://web.archive.org/web/20200415023315/http://doc.rero.ch/record/66560/files/1976-05-21.pdf 15 April 2020 RERO + Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner1a21 MayCatania to Catania64 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Patrick Sercu BEL1bCatania to Siracusa78 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Patrick Sercu BEL222 MaySiracusa to Caltanissetta210 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Roger De Vlaeminck BEL323 MayCaltanissetta to Palermo163 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Rik Van Linden BEL424 MayCefalù to Messina192 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Francesco Moser ITA525 MayReggio Calabria to Cosenza220 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Roger De Vlaeminck BEL 626 MayCosenza to Matera207 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Johan De Muynck BEL727 MayOstuni to Ostuni37 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Francesco Moser ITA828 MaySelva di Fasano it to Lago Laceno256 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Roger De Vlaeminck BEL929 MayBagnoli Irpino to Roccaraso204 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Fabrizio Fabbri ITA1030 MayRoccaraso to Terni203 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Patrick Sercu BEL1131 MayTerni to Gabicce Mare222 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Antonio Menéndez ESP 1945121 JuneGabicce Mare to Porretta Terme215 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Sigfrido Fontanelli ITA132 JunePorretta Terme to Il Ciocco146 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Ronny De Witte BEL143 JuneIl Ciocco to Varazze227 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Francesco Moser ITA4 June Rest day155 JuneVarazze to Ozegna216 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Rik Van Linden BEL166 JuneCastellamonte to Arosio258 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Roger De Vlaeminck BEL 177 JuneArosio to Verona196 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Ercole Gualazzini ITA188 JuneVerona to Longarone174 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Simone Fraccaro ITA199 JuneLongarone to Vajolet Towers132 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Andrés Gandarias ESP 19452010 JuneVigo di Fassa to Terme di Comano170 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Luciano Conati ITA2111 JuneTerme di Comano to Bergamo238 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Felice Gimondi ITA22a12 JuneArcore to Arcore28 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Joseph Bruyère BEL22bMilan to Milan106 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Daniele Tinchella ITA Total 4161 km km 0 on Race overview During the stage 1A on 21 May, Juan Manuel Santisteban crashed and hit his head, ultimately dying from his injuries.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 The Giro organisation allowed his team to let another rider take his place, but the team had no rider available so this was not done.van den Akker 2023 9 Patrick Sercu would win both stage 1A and 1B, Roger de Vlaeminck would win stage 2 and the two of them would alternate between wearing the leader's jersey depending on the tie-breakers following the first few stages. De Muynck took over the lead after winning stage 6 by 0:21 over the main field following a crash which left him alone at the front as a group of eight riders were now tied for 2nd in the overall standings :05 behind. The time trial in Stage 7 was won by Francesco Moser with Gimondi placing 2nd seven seconds behind putting Moser into the Maglia Rosa as the overall leader and Gimondi in 2nd seven seconds behindhttps://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1976.html 1976 Giro d'Italia by BikeRaceInfo www.bikeraceinfo.com 2019-08-27 Stage 8 was won by de Vlaeminck as Eddy Merckx crossed the line in 2nd which would be his highest stage placing in this final Giro of his remarkable career. Gimondi crossed in 3rd and while he was by no means a favorite for overall victory, because Moser lost nearly a minute Gimondi would wear the Pink Jersey for the first time since the 1969 Giro. Over the next ten stages Gimondi maintained his overall lead but on stage 19 Johan de Muynck was able to get away from him and he took over the lead by 0:16. Stage 21 was the final day in the mountains where Merckx took 2nd and Gimondi won the stage. De Muynck finished 9th, but finished in the same time so the overall situation remained the same. Stage 22a was the final ITT and it was here that Gimondi won the Giro. He finished in 6th place 0:43 behind stage winner Joseph Bruyere but 0:44 ahead of de Muynck effectively making him the winner by 0:19.https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1976.html 1976 Giro d'Italia BikeRaceInfo Classification leadership right|thumb|alt=A picture of a mountain.|The Vajolet Towers was the finish of stage 19 for the 1976 running of the Giro d'Italia. There were four main individual classifications contested in the 1976 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.van den Akker 2023 89 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 Sella Pass, which was crossed first by Spanish rider Andrés Gandarias during stage 19.Diego Nart http://altoadige.gelocal.it/sport/2011/05/20/news/quel-9-giugno-del-1976-gimondi-sul-gardeccia-costruisce-la-sua-rosa-1.4241004 Quel 9 giugno del 1976 Gimondi sul Gardeccia costruisce la sua rosa 20 May 2011 Alto Adige Elemedia S.p.A 20 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170720043809/http://altoadige.gelocal.it/sport/2011/05/20/news/quel-9-giugno-del-1976-gimondi-sul-gardeccia-costruisce-la-sua-rosa-1.4241004 2017-07-20 dead The fourth classification, the young rider classification, was a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but only considered neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).van den Akker 2023 65 The final important 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 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 On every intermediate sprint, the first three riders scored points.van den Akker 2023 100–101 New to the race for the 1976 edition was the Fiat 131 classification. In all stages longer than 131 km 0 on, there would be a banner in the stage 131 km after the start or 131 km before the finish to designate a special sprint.van den Akker 2023 105 The winner of the sprint in each stage received a Fiat 131. +Classification leadership by stagehttps://www.grandtourstatistics.nl/giro.php?jaar=1976 grandtourstatistics.nl Information about the Giro d'Italia of 1976 18 December 2025 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification Campionato delle Regioni 25px|link=|alt= FIATTeam classification 1a Patrick Sercu Patrick Sercu not awarded not awarded ? ? not awarded not awarded 1b Patrick Sercu Patrick Sercu Brooklyn 2 Roger De Vlaeminck Roger De Vlaeminck Giacinto Santambrogio 3 Rik Van Linden Patrick Sercu Eddy Merckx 4 Francesco Moser Roger De Vlaeminck Roger De Vlaeminck Giacinto Santambrogio 5 Roger De Vlaeminck 6 Johan De Muynck Johan De Muynck ? 7 Francesco Moser Francesco Moser 8 Roger De Vlaeminck Felice Gimondi Tullio Rossi 9 Fabrizio Fabbri Fabrizio Fabbri 10 Patrick Sercu 11 Antonio Menéndez 12 Sigfrido Fontanelli 13 Ronny De Witte 14 Francesco Moser Andrés Oliva 15 Rik Van Linden Giacinto Santambrogio 16 Roger De Vlaeminck 17 Ercole Gualazzini 18 Simone Fraccaro 19 Andrés Gandarias Johan De Muynck Alfio Vandi 20 Luciano Conati Francesco Moser 21 Felice Gimondi 22a Joseph Bruyère Felice Gimondi 22b Daniele Tinchella Final Felice Gimondi Francesco Moser Andrés Oliva Alfio Vandi Giacinto Santambrogio Tullio Rossi 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/1976/06/13/MD19760613-012.pdf Clasificaciones Officiales es 13 June 1976 12 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Official Classifications https://web.archive.org/web/20150309160632/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1976/06/13/MD19760613-012.pdf 9 March 2015 livehttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,16/articleid,0004_01_1976_0138_0016_15911725/anews,true/ Giro-cifre it 13 June 1976 16 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Tour-digitshttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1976_06/19760613_0013.pdf La classifica finale it 13 June 1976 13 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 The final classification https://web.archive.org/web/20150309162029/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1976_06%2F19760613_0013.pdf 2015-03-09 dead RankNameTeamTime 1 Felice Gimondi ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey Bianchi-Campagnolo 119 h 58' 16" 2 Johan de Muynck BEL Brooklyn + 19" 3 Fausto Bertoglio ITA Jolly Ceramica + 49" 4 Francesco Moser ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey Sanson + 1' 07" 5 Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic + 1' 35" 6 Wladimiro Panizza ITA Scic + 2' 35" 7 Alfio Vandi ITA Magniflex + 4' 07" 8 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni + 7' 40" 9 Walter Riccomi ITA Scic + 8' 49" 10 Juan Pujol Pagés ESP 1945 KAS + 8' 50" Points classification +Final points classification (1-5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Francesco Moser ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey Sanson 272 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 149 3 Felice Gimondi ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey Bianchi-Campagnolo 143 4 Pierino Gavazzi ITA Jolly Ceramica 122 5 Enrico Paolini ITA Scic 110 Mountains classification +Final mountains classification (1-5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Andrés Oliva ESP 1945 20px|alt=Green jersey Zonca 535 2 Andrés Gandarias ESP 1945 Teka 390 3 Francesco Moser ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey Sanson 270 4 Fabrizio Fabbri ITA Bianchi-Campagnolo 210 5 Wladimiro Panizza ITA Scic 195 Young rider classification +Final young rider classification (1-3)RiderTeamTime 1 Alfio Vandi ITA Magniflex 120h 02' 22" 2 Juan Pujol Pagés ESP 1945 KAS + 4' 43" 3 Ruggero Gialdini ITA Magniflex + 32' 32" Combination classification +Final combination classification (1-3)RiderTeamPoints 1 Francesco Moser ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey Sanson 12 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 31 3 Arnaldo Caverzasi ITA Scic 52 Campionato delle Regioni classification +Final Campionato delle Regioni classification (1-3)RiderTeamPoints 1 Giacinto Santambrogio ITA 20px|alt=Blue jersey Bianchi-Campagnolo 35 2 Arnaldo Caverzasi ITA Scic 33 3 Frans Van Looy BEL Molteni 28 Premio 131 Fiat classification +Final Premio 131 Fiat classification (1-3)RiderTeamPoints 1 Tullio Rossi ITA Furzi-Vibor 39 2 Fabrizio Fabbri ITA Bianchi-Campagnolo 23 3 Giacinto Santambrogio ITA 20px|alt=Blue jersey Bianchi-Campagnolo 12 Team points classification +Final team points classification (1-3)TeamPoints 1 Brooklyn 11,035 2 Bianchi-Campagnolo 7,315 3 Sanson 5,915 Doping There was one positive doping test in the Giro of 1976: Cees Bal tested positive for strychnin after the sixth stage,van den Akker 2023 53 and got a penalty of ten minutes in the general classification.https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1976/06/01/bal-doping-vianen-ritzege-kb_000025370-a3132397 Bal doping Vianen ritzege Dutch Bal doping Vianen stage victory NRC Handelsblad 1 June 1976 References Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1976 Giro d'Italia 1a 11 12 22b 1976 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Category:1976 Super Prestige Pernod