1968 Giro d'Italia

July 2020 1968 Giro d'Italia 20 May - 12 June 1968 22 + Prologue 3917.3 km 108h 42' 27" Eddy Merckx BEL Faema pink Vittorio Adorni ITA Faema Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani Eddy Merckx BEL Faema red Eddy Merckx BEL Faema Faema 1967 1969 The 1968 Giro d'Italia was the 51st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Campione d'Italia, on 20 May, with a 5.7 km 1 on stage and concluded in Naples, on 11 June, with a 235 km 1 on mass-start stage. A total of 130 riders from 13 teams entered the 22-stage race, which was won by Belgian Eddy Merckx of the Faema team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Vittorio Adorni and Felice Gimondi, respectively.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/13/MD19680613-018.pdf Perlas del "Giro" es 13 June 1968 18 El Mundo Deportivo El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 21 April 2013 Giro's Pearls https://web.archive.org/web/20150312212240/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/13/MD19680613-018.pdf 12 March 2015 livehttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1968_06/19680612_0010.pdf La <<grana>> del doping sta per scoppiare? it 12 June 1968 10 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 The <<grain>> of doping is about to burst? https://web.archive.org/web/20150312211949/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1968_06%2F19680612_0010.pdf 2015-03-12 dead http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1968_06/19680617_0008.pdf Gimondi: <<Giuro, non è vero!>> Motta: <<C'è sotto qualcosa?>> it 17 June 1968 8 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 Gimondi: << I swear, is not it! >> Motta: << There is something behind? >> https://web.archive.org/web/20150312211800/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1968_06%2F19680617_0008.pdf 2015-03-12 dead https://soigneur.nl/stories/turning-through-the-clouds/ Part 6: Turning Through the Clouds 25 May 2018 Paul Maunder Soigneur 27 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191024005603/https://soigneur.nl/stories/turning-through-the-clouds/ 24 October 2019 live Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1968 Giro d'Italia At the route's announcement on 21 March, the organizers announced twelve teams of ten would participate;http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/03/22/MD19680322-011.pdf El <<Giro>> de Italia de este Ano es 22 March 1968 11 El Mundo Deportivo Juan Plans Bosch El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 21 April 2019 The <<Tour>> of Italy this year https://web.archive.org/web/20191017044910/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/03/22/MD19680322-011.pdf 17 October 2019 live however, one more team (Peugeot) was later invited.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13521&p=1#page/2/mode/1up Partono in 129 (la Pepsi rinuncia al decimo) Corriere dello Sport 20 May 1968 3 7 July 2013 it Start at 129 (Pepsi waiver to tenth) https://web.archive.org/web/20141228020738/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13521&p=1 28 December 2014 livehttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13522&p=1#page/3/mode/1up Partono in 130, Brand nella Pepsi Corriere dello Sport 21 May 1968 3 7 July 2013 it Starting in 130, in the Pepsi Brand https://web.archive.org/web/20141228020548/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13522&p=1#page/1/mode/1up 28 December 2014 liveGianni Pignata http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,13/articleid,1533_02_1968_0093_0013_21628260/ Un Giro con molte novita e con tanti campioni in lizza it 19 April 1968 13 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 A Tour with many novelties and with so many champions in contention. Each team sent a squad of ten riders so the Giro began with a peloton of 130 cyclists. Out of the 130 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 98 riders made it to the finish in Naples where eight riders were subsequently disqualified for testing positive for drugs leaving the general classification tally at 90 riders.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1968.html 1968 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227170306/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1968.html 2014-02-27 live The starting peloton consisted of 70 Italians, 16 Belgians, 15 Frenchmen, 11 Spanish, 7 Swiss, four Germans, three Dutch, two Danes, one English, and one Luxembourgian rider.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,9/articleid,0120_02_1968_0118_0009_8086232/ Tredici squadre it 20 March 1968 9 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 Thirteen Teams The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager were introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place on 20 May, in the Campione d'Italia at 9:30 AM local time.Gigi Boccacini http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,9/articleid,0120_02_1968_0118_0009_8086232/ Sarà una corsa dura it 20 March 1968 9 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 It will be a tough race The teams entering the race were: 22em Bic 1968 Faema Fagor 1968 Filotex 1968 GBC 1968 Germanvox–Wega Kelvinator Max Meyer 1968 Molteni 1968 Vittadello 1968 Peugeot 1968 Salvarani 1968 Smith's 1968 Pre-race favorites The starting peloton did include the previous year's winner Felice Gimondi. Eddy Merckx was confirmed to participate with his Faema team. Eight-time Grand Tour winner Jacques Anquetil did not participate in the race because of a dispute over pay.http://doc.rero.ch/record/64146/files/1968-05-20.pdf Gimondi fait figure de grand favori mais attention au Belge Eddy Merckx Gimondi is a big favorite, but beware of Belgian Eddy Merckx fr Feuille d'Avis de Neuchatel 20 May 1968 16 https://web.archive.org/web/20191023004358/http://doc.rero.ch/record/64146/files/1968-05-20.pdf 23 October 2019 REROhttp://doc.rero.ch/record/194646/files/1968-05-20.pdf Le duel Gimondi-Merckx The Gimondi-Merckx duel fr Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais 20 May 1968 13 https://web.archive.org/web/20191023004526/http://doc.rero.ch/record/194646/files/1968-05-20.pdf 23 October 2019 RERO Route and stages The race route was revealed to the public on 21 March 1968 by race director Vincenzo Torriani.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1968/03/22/page_010.pdf Questo il <<Giro>> del '68 it 22 March 1968 10 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 Gino Sala This is the <<Giro>> of '68 https://web.archive.org/web/20190428212239/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1968/03/22/page_010.pdf 28 April 2019 dead http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13474&p=1#page/14/mode/1up Ecco il Giro! Corriere dello Sport 20 May 1968 1, 5, & 10 7 July 2019 it A ride at high altitude https://web.archive.org/web/20191017044649/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13474&p=1#page/5/mode/1up 17 October 2019 live The starting date of the event was moved from 18 or 19 May to the 20th because of the general election taking place within Italy that ended on 19 May.Gianni Pignata http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,11/articleid,1533_02_1968_0061_0011_21622420/ Il Giro d'Italia partira il 20 (o il 21) maggio it 12 March 1968 11 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 The Tour of Italy will start the 20 (or 21) in May The race was broadcast by RAI throughout Italy. l'Unita writer Gino Sala's felt the route was geared towards climbers, referencing the inclusion of Tre Cime di Lavaredo which had been the previous year and eliminated several riders. Former racer Cino Cinelli felt the Tre Cime di Lavaredo would be the decisive stage, while three-time champion Gino Bartali felt the Spanish would benefit from the route. The average length of the stages was 178 km 0 on. The second individual time trial, in San Marino, was seen as an important stage as it featured inclines of 5-6%. Gianni Motta commented that "I've never seen so many mountains in a row one after another." Four mountains approached or exceeded 2000 m 0 on: Monte Grappa, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Rocca di Cambio, and Blockhaus. Following the route's unveil, El Mundo Deportivo author Juan Plans Bosch wrote that the Giro would always be second to the Tour de France as it was the first premier bike race, while he felt the Giro had better "historical and geographical illustrations." To begin race festivities there was a parade through the streets of Campione d'Italia before the prologue started during the night. The race started with a 5.7 km 0 on prologue, which consisted of a 2.875 km 0 on circuit being crossed twice. The times from this stage were not included in the final times for the general classification, but were just done to determine the first person to wear the race leader's maglia rosa (en pink jersey). This was the first Giro d'Italia to have a prologue to open the race. The 130 starting riders were divided into thirteen groups of ten, with each group of ten contesting the course at the same time. The times of the fastest riders from each group were put together and the fastest of those times was the rider that would wear the first pink jersey. The route finished for the first time in Naples near Mount Vesuvius along the Mediterranean Ocean. + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13521&p=1#page/2/mode/1up Un Giro ad alta quota Corriere dello Sport 20 May 1968 3 7 July 2013 it A ride at high altitude https://web.archive.org/web/20141228020738/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13521&p=1 28 December 2014 livehttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1968_03/19680322_0010.pdf Questo il <<Giro>> del '68 it 22 March 1968 10 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 This is the <<Tour>> of '68 https://web.archive.org/web/20160513193441/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1968_03%2F19680322_0010.pdf 2016-05-13 dead StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner P 20 May Campione d'Italia 5.7 km 0 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Charly Grosskost FRAProl N The times from the prologue did not count towards the general classification, but were used to determine what rider would wear the race leader's maglia rosa on the first stage of the race. 1 21 May Campione d'Italia to Novara 128 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Eddy Merckx BEL 2 22 May Novara to Saint-Vincent 189 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Eddy Merckx BELMotta N The original stage winner, Gianna Motta, was found to have used performance enhancing drugs and his results were subsequently voided. 3 23 May Saint-Vincent to Alba 168 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Guido Reybrouck BEL 4 24 May Alba to Sanremo 162 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Ward Sels BEL 5 25 May Sanremo to Sanremo 149 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Italo Zilioli ITA 6 26 May Sanremo to Alessandria 223 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) José Antonio Momeñe ESP 1945 7 27 May Alessandria to Piacenza 174 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Guerrino Tosello ITA 8 28 May San Giorgio Piacentino to Brescia 225 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Eddy Merckx BEL 9 29 May Brescia to Lido di Caldonazzo 210 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 10 30 May Trento to Monte Grappa 136 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Emilio Casalini ITA 11 31 May Bassano del Grappa to Trieste 197 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Guido Reybrouck BEL 12 1 June Gorizia to Tre Cime di Lavaredo 213 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Eddy Merckx BEL 13 2 June Cortina d'Ampezzo to Vittorio Veneto 163 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Lino Farisato ITA 14 3 June Vittorio Veneto to Marina Romea 199 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luigi Sgarbozza ITA 15 4 June Ravenna to Imola 141 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Marino Basso ITA5 June Rest day 16 6 June Cesenatico to City of San Marino (San Marino) 49.3 km 0 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Felice Gimondi ITA 17 7 June City of San Marino (San Marino) to Foligno 196 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Franco Bitossi ITA 18 8 June Foligno to Abbadia San Salvatore 166 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 19 9 June Abbadia San Salvatore to Rome 181 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luciano Dalla Bona ITA 20 10 June Rome to Rocca di Cambio 215 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Luis Pedro Santamarina ESP 1945 21 11 June Rocca di Cambio to Blockhaus 198 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Franco Bitossi ITABodrero N The original stage winner, Franco Bodrero, was found to have used performance enhancing drugs and his results were subsequently voided. 22 12 June Chieti to Naples 235 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Guido Reybrouck BEL Total 3917.3 km 0 on Race overview The race's twelfth stage saw heavy rain from the start of the stage in Gorizia, which turned to snow as the race began to elevate into the Dolomites.Fotheringham 2013 55 Police lined the sides of the roads of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo as the riders passed through due to incidents that had occurred on the slopes the previous year.Fotheringham 2013 55 The leading group on the road had a ten-minute advantage on Eddy Merckx.Fotheringham 2013 55 Merckx was able to traverse the ten-minute gap, win the stage, and take the lead of the race.Fotheringham 2013 55Fotheringham 2013 74 Doping At a presentation in Campione d'Italia, Torriani announced the measures for doping controls. This was the first Giro d'Italia to administer tests in attempt to catch riders doping,Foot 2011 247 To determine whether a not tests would be administered, a set of twenty-two envelopes were made with each envelope having a slip of paper inside that read either "Yes" or "No". Following the finish of each stage one envelope was opened, if it read "No," then all riders could leave immediately. If it read "Yes," then riders with high placings on the stage and in the overall classification were tested. The results from these tests, however, would be available fifteen days after the conclusion of the race. On 15 June, the Italian Cycling Federation announced that nine riders had tested positive during the race. The riders were Gimondi, Motta, Franco Balmamion, Franco Bodrero, Raymond Delise, Peter Abt, Victor van Schil, Mariano Diaz, Joaquin Galera.Foot 2011 248Negen renners gebruikten in Giro doping Nine riders used doping in Giro nl Delpher https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010691035:mpeg21:p007 Friese koerier 17 June 1968 ANP 7http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/16/MD19680616-022.pdf Gimondi, Motta y Balmamion, entre otros, dopados en el <<Giro>> es 16 June 1968 22 El Mundo Deportivo El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 21 April 2013 Gimondi, Motta and Balmamion, among others, doped in the << Giro >> https://web.archive.org/web/20190410193420/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/16/MD19680616-022.pdf 10 April 2019 livehttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/17/MD19680617-031.pdf De confirmarse los analisis, se esperan descalificaciones automaticas de los culpables es 17 June 1968 31 El Mundo Deportivo El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 21 April 2013 If the analyzes are confirmed, automatic disqualifications of the culprits are expected https://web.archive.org/web/20190410193352/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/17/MD19680617-031.pdf 10 April 2019 livehttp://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13544&p=1#page/19/mode/1up Controllo-si anche per Balmamion Corriere dello Sport 20 May 1968 1, 10 7 July 2013 it Control-yes also for Balmamion https://web.archive.org/web/20190410195454/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13544&p=1#page/1/mode/1up 10 April 2019 live Balmamion was cleared of the charges as the substance found in his urine had not been officially banned.Foot 2011 250 Gimondi's ban was overturned on 13 July as he persuaded the authorities he had used Reactivan.Foot 2011 250 Years later, author John Foot wrote "Doubts remain about how much the influence of Gimondi's fame and his ability to employ expensive lawyers and experts had on his case," casting further doubt on the legitimacy of Gimondi's claims of innocence.Foot 2011 250 The Tour de France organizers adopted the Giro's doping control scheme for their 1968 race.Geoffrey Nicholson https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37481715/ The Observer 18 23 June 1968 Who will win the Tour this year? Have the British team a chance? Will drugs be an important factor? 18 October 2019 Newspapers.com Classification Leadership Two different leader's jerseys were worn during the 1968 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.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 There were no time bonuses in 1968.van den Akker 2023 68 For the points classification, which awarded a red jersey to its leader,http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=14022&p=1#page/4/mode/1up Trofeo Dreher Forte Corriere dello Sport 20 May 1969 4 7 July 2013 it Dreher Forte Trophy https://web.archive.org/web/20141228233039/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=14022&p=1 28 December 2014 live cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=12319&p=1#page/9/mode/1up Regolamento Corriere dello Sport 19 May 1966 9 7 July 2013 it Regulation https://web.archive.org/web/20141223155321/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=12337&p=1#page/9/mode/1up 23 December 2014 deadvan den Akker 2023 85 A major secondary classification was the mountains classification. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. There were a total of nineteen categorized climbs, of which the highest one, the Cima Coppi, was the Tre Cime di Lavaredo.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,9/articleid,0120_02_1968_0118_0009_8086232/ Scatta il <<Giro>>: si decidera in salita it 20 March 1968 9 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 Take the <<Tour>>: you decide uphill? There was also an intermediate sprints classification. Stages had one or two sprints, and the first two riders to reach these sprints scored 30 and 10 points.van den Akker 2023 100–101 Another secondary classification was the secret sprint (or surprise sprint) classification. Each stage (excluding time trials) had a midway sprint, whose location was not shared.van den Akker 2023 106 Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams. Here riders scored points for their teams for a high stage finish, leading the general classification, or begin amongst the first riders at a mountain pass or intermediate sprint.van den Akker 2023 81 +Classification leadership by stagehttps://web.archive.org/web/20230922153858/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1966 22 September 2023 https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1966 tourdefrancestatistieken.nl Informatie over de Giro d'Italia van 1966 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|alt=A red jerseyMountains classificationIntermediate sprints classificationSecret sprints classificationTeam classification P Charly Grosskost (Charly Grosskost)Prol N not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded 1 Eddy Merckx Eddy Merckx Eddy Merckx Adriano Durante Italo Zilioli Faema 2 Eddy MerckxMotta N Julio Jiménez multiple riders multiple riders 3 Guido Reybrouck Michele Dancelli 4 Ward Sels Guido Reybrouck Pietro Campagnari 5 Italo Zilioli Julio Jiménez & Eddy Merckx 6 José Antonio Momeñe Eddy Merckx 7 Guerrino Tosello Mariano Díaz 8 Eddy Merckx Claudio Michelotto 9 Julio Jiménez Julio Jiménez 10 Emilio Casalini 11 Guido Reybrouck 12 Eddy Merckx Eddy MerckxEddy Merckx Mario Anni 13 Lino Farisato 14 Luigi Sgarbozza 15 Marino Basso multiple riders multiple riders 16 Felice Gimondi 17 Franco Bitossi Marino Basso 18 Julio Jiménez 19 Luciano Dalla Bona 20 Luis Pedro Santamarina 21 Franco BitossiBodrero N Franco Bitossi 22 Guido Reybrouck Final Eddy MerckxEddy MerckxEddy Merckx Franco Bitossi Marino Basso Faema Final standings Legendvan den Akker 2023 109   20px|alt=Pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|alt=Red jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/13/MD19680613-018.pdf Clasificaciones es 13 June 1968 18 El Mundo Deportivo El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 21 April 2013 Classifications https://web.archive.org/web/20150312212240/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/13/MD19680613-018.pdf 12 March 2015 livehttp://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1968_06/19680613_0006.pdf Adorni punito per aver ingannato l'antidoping? it 12 June 1968 6 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 Adorni punished for having deceived the doping? https://web.archive.org/web/20141228022542/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1968_06%2F19680613_0006.pdf 2014-12-28 dead http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13542&p=1#page/6/mode/1up Il Giro in cifre Corriere dello Sport 12 June 1968 6 7 July 2013 it The Tour in figures https://web.archive.org/web/20141223155831/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13542&p=1 23 December 2014 liveRankNameTeamTime 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey 20px|alt=green jersey Faema 108h 42' 27" 2 Vittorio Adorni ITA Faema + 5' 01" 3 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani + 9' 05" 4 Italo Zilioli ITA Filotex + 9' 17" 5 Willy Van Neste BEL Bic + 10' 43" DSQ Gianni Motta ITAMotta N Molteni + 12' 23" 6 Michele Dancelli ITA Pepsi Cola + 12' 33" 7 Franco Balmamion ITA Molteni + 15' 43" 8 Francisco Gabica ESP 1945 Fagor + 16' 59" 9 Franco Bitossi ITA Filotex + 19' 02" 10 Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 Bic + 19' 51" Points classification + Final points classification (1–5)NameTeamPoints 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|alt=green jersey 20px|alt=Pink jersey Faema 198 2 Franco Bitossi ITA Filotex 138 3 Michele Dancelli ITA Pepsi Cola 132 DSQ Gianni Motta ITAMotta N Molteni 122 4 Marino Basso ITA Molteni 122 5 Guido Reybrouck BEL Faema 115 6 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 96 7 Vittorio Adorni ITA Faema 88 8 Italo Zilioli ITA Filotex 73 9 Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 Bic 10 Vito Taccone ITA Germanvox 60 Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–6)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13541&p=1#page/8/mode/1up Il Giro in cifre Corriere dello Sport 11 June 1968 8 7 July 2013 it The Tour in figures https://web.archive.org/web/20141228023144/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13541&p=1 28 December 2014 liveNameTeamPoints 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey 20px|alt=green jersey Faema 340 DSQ Mariano Díaz ESP 1945 Fagor 210 3 Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 Bic 180 4 Giancarlo Polidori ITA Pepsi Cola 140 Joaquín Galera ESP 1945 Fagor 6 Franco Bitossi ITA Filotex 90 Traguardi a sorpresa classification + Final traguardia a sorpresa classification (1–10)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13542&p=1#page/6/mode/1up TV a Sorpresa Corriere dello Sport 12 June 1968 6 7 July 2013 it Surprise TV https://web.archive.org/web/20141223155831/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13542&p=1 23 December 2014 liveNameTeamPoints 1 Marino Basso ITA Molteni 22 2 Roberto Ballini ITA Max Meyer 15 3 Pietro Campagnari ITA Molteni 14 4 Luciano Armani ITA Faema 13 5 Giancarlo Polidori ITA Pepsi Cola 10 6 Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 Bic 8 Luis Santamarina ESP 1945 Fagor Franco Bitossi ITA Filotex 9 Giuseppe Milioli ITA Germanvox-Vega 6 10 Italo Zilioli ITA Filotex 5 Rem Stefanoni ITA Max Meyer Mariano Díaz ESP 1945 Fagor Lino Farisato ITA Faema Raymond Delisle FRA Claudio Michelotto ITA Max Meyer Daminiano Capodivento ITA G.B.C. Georges Vandenberghe BEL Smith's Team classification + Final team classification (1–10)TeamPoints 1 Faema ? 2 Molteni ? 3 Fagor-Fargas ? 4 Pepsi Cola ? 5 Filotex ? 6 Bic ? 7 Salvarani ? 8 Max Meyer ? 9 Germanvox-Vega ? 10 Smith's ? Minor classifications Franco Bitossi (Filotex) won the traguardi tricolori classification and Merckx won the Trofeo dei Circuiti.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13542&p=1#page/6/mode/1up Quattro vittorie per Merckx Corriere dello Sport 12 June 1968 6 7 July 2013 it Four Victories for Merckx https://web.archive.org/web/20141223155831/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13542&p=1 23 December 2014 live References Footnotes N Citations Bibliography Foot John Pedalare! Pedalare! The Heroic Age Bloomsbury Publishing 2011 https://books.google.com/books?id=eGBRfzR_onUC 978-1-4088-1755-1 Fotheringham William Half Man, Half Bike: The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion Chicago Review Press Chicago, Illinois 2013 https://books.google.com/books?id=nrQBk6ZTv8YC 978-1-6137-4726-1 van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1968 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Category:1968 Super Prestige Pernod