1973 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10

Cycling race stages The 1973 Giro d'Italia was the 56th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began with a prologue two-man team time trial in Verviers on 18 May, and Stage 10 occurred on 29 May with a stage to Lanciano. The race finished in Trieste on 9 June. Prologue 18 May 1973 — Verviers, 5.2 km mi on (TTT)http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdi/tdi1973.php 56ème Giro d'Italia 1973 Memoire du cyclisme French https://web.archive.org/web/20050501054038/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdi/tdi1973.php 1 May 2005 Prologue resulthttp://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1973.html 1973 Giro d'Italia BikeRaceInfo 17 January 2019http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/19/MD19730519-019.pdf Clasificacion Spanish Classification El Mundo Deportivo 19 19 May 1973 19 January 2019 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 6' 47" Roger Swerts BEL 2 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 2" Patrick Sercu BEL 3 José Manuel Fuente ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 7" José Pesarrodona ESP 1945 4 Josef Fuchs SUI Filotex 1973 + 8" Francesco Moser ITA 5 Joseph Bruyère BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. Victor Van Schil BEL Stage 1 19 May 1973 — Verviers to Cologne, 137 km mi on Stage 1 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/20/MD19730520-019.pdf Clasificacion Spanish Classification El Mundo Deportivo 19 20 May 1973 19 January 2019 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 3h 09' 20" 2 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 1" 3 Rik Van Linden BEL Rokado 1973 s.t. 4 Michele Dancelli ITA Scic 1973 s.t. 5 Patrick Sercu BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 4" 6 Aldo Parecchini ITA Molteni 1973 + 5" 7 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 8 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 9 Francis Ducreux FRA FLA 1973 s.t. 10 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 3h 08' 50" 2 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 20" 3 Rik Van Linden BEL Rokado 1973 + 25" 4 Michele Dancelli ITA Scic 1973 s.t. 5 Patrick Sercu BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 29" 6 Aldo Parecchini ITA Molteni 1973 + 30" 7 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 8 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 9 Francis Ducreux FRA FLA 1973 s.t. 10 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. Stage 2 20 May 1973 — Cologne to Luxembourg, 227 km mi on Stage 2 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/21/MD19730521-041.pdf Clasificacion Spanish Classification El Mundo Deportivo 41 21 May 1973 19 January 2019 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 6h 28' 33" 2 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 3 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 4 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony s.t. 5 Italo Zilioli ITA Dreherforte (cycling team) Dreherforte ca Dreherforte (equip ciclista) + 42" 6 Patrick Sercu BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 47" 7 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 s.t. 8 Giovanni Cavalcanti ITA BIA 1973 s.t. 9 Marcello Bergamo ITA Filotex 1973 s.t. 10 Ole Ritter DEN BIA 1973 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 9h 37' 53" 2 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 5" 3 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony s.t. 4 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 s.t. 5 Italo Zilioli ITA Dreherforte (cycling team) Dreherforte ca Dreherforte (equip ciclista) + 38" 6 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 s.t. 7 Michele Dancelli ITA Scic 1973 s.t. 8 Patrick Sercu BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 41" 9 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 + 42" 10 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. Stage 3 21 May 1973 — Luxembourg to Strasbourg, 239 km mi on Stage 3 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/23/MD19730523-021.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 23 May 1973 19 January 2019 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gustav Van Roosbroeck BEL Rokado 1973 6h 55' 01" 2 Marino Basso ITA BIA 1973 s.t. 3 Pierino Gavazzi ITA Jollj 1973 s.t. 4 Aldo Parecchini ITA Molteni 1973 s.t. 5 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 s.t. 6 Franco Ongarato ITA Dreherforte (cycling team) Dreherforte ca Dreherforte (equip ciclista) s.t. 7 Marcello Osler ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 8 Daniel Ducreux FRA FLA 1973 s.t. 9 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 10 Arnaldo Caverzasi ITA Filotex 1973 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 16h 32' 54" 2 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 5" 3 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 s.t. 4 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony + 13" 5 Michele Dancelli ITA Scic 1973 + 38" 6 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 s.t. 7 Patrick Sercu BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 41" 8 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 + 42" 9 Ole Ritter DEN BIA 1973 s.t. 10 Hennie Kuiper NED Rokado 1973 s.t. Stage 4 22 May 1973 — Geneva to Aosta, 163 km mi on Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 4h 43' 40" 2 José Manuel Fuente ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 1" 3 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj 1973 s.t. 4 Gonzalo Aja ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. 5 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 24" 6 Domingo Perurena ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. 7 Felice Gimondi ITA BIA 1973 s.t. 8 Enrico Paolini ITA Scic 1973 s.t. 9 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 10 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 21h 16' 34" 2 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 29" 3 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 s.t. 4 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony + 37" 5 José Manuel Fuente ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 51" 6 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj 1973 s.t. 7 Ole Ritter DEN BIA 1973 + 1' 06" 8 Hennie Kuiper NED Rokado 1973 s.t. 9 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 1' 14" 10 Josef Fuchs SUI Filotex 1973 s.t. Rest day 23 May 1973 Following Stage 4, the riders remained in Aosta, Italy, for the first of the race's two scheduled rest days before embarking on Stage 5 toward Milan.1973 Giro d'Italia by BikeRaceInfo https://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1973.html 2026-04-06 bikeraceinfo.com Stage 5 24 May 1973 — St. Vincent to Milan, 173 km mi on Stage 5 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/25/MD19730525-019.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 19 25 May 1973 19 January 2019 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 4h 17' 45" 2 Marino Basso ITA BIA 1973 s.t. 3 Patrick Sercu BEL Brooklyn 1973 s.t. 4 Rik Van Linden BEL Rokado 1973 s.t. 5 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 s.t. 6 Aldo Parecchini ITA Molteni 1973 s.t. 7 Franco Ongarato ITA Dreherforte (cycling team) Dreherforte ca Dreherforte (equip ciclista) s.t. 8 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 9 Michele Dancelli ITA Scic 1973 s.t. 10 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 25h 34' 19" 2 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 29" 3 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 s.t. 4 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony + 37" 5 José Manuel Fuente ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 51" 6 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj 1973 s.t. 7 Hennie Kuiper NED Rokado 1973 + 1' 06" 8 Ole Ritter DEN BIA 1973 s.t. 9 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 1' 14" 10 Santiago Lazcano ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. Stage 6 25 May 1973 — Milan to Iseo, 144 km mi on Stage 6 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/26/MD19730526-018.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 18 26 May 1973 19 January 2019 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca 3h 49' 58" 2 Felice Gimondi ITA BIA 1973 s.t. 3 Ole Ritter DEN BIA 1973 s.t. 4 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 5 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony s.t. 6 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 7 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj 1973 s.t. 8 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 1' 23" 9 José Pesarrodona ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. 10 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 29h 24' 17" 2 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 29" 3 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony + 37" 4 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj 1973 + 51" 5 Ole Ritter DEN BIA 1973 + 1' 06" 6 Felice Gimondi ITA BIA 1973 + 1' 14" 7 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca + 1' 43" 8 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 1' 52" 9 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 2' 37" 10 Santiago Lazcano ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. Stage 7 26 May 1973 — Iseo to Lido delle Nazioni it, 248 km mi on Stage 7 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/27/MD19730527-020.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 20 27 May 1973 19 January 2019 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rik Van Linden BEL Rokado 1973 7h 07' 57" 2 Patrick Sercu BEL Brooklyn 1973 s.t. 3 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 s.t. 4 Marino Basso ITA BIA 1973 s.t. 5 Daniel Ducreux FRA FLA 1973 s.t. 6 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 s.t. 7 Marcello Osler ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 8 Franco Ongarato ITA Dreherforte (cycling team) Dreherforte ca Dreherforte (equip ciclista) s.t. 9 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 10 Ole Ritter DEN BIA 1973 s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 36h 32' 14" 2 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 29" 3 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony + 37" 4 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj 1973 + 51" 5 Ole Ritter DEN BIA 1973 + 1' 06" 6 Felice Gimondi ITA BIA 1973 + 1' 14" 7 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca + 1' 43" 8 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 1' 52" 9 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 2' 37" 10 Santiago Lazcano ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. Stage 8 27 May 1973 — Lido delle Nazioni it to Monte Carpegna, 156 km mi on Stage 8 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/28/MD19730528-039.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 39 28 May 1973 19 January 2019 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 4h 40' 36" 2 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj 1973 + 45" 3 Italo Zilioli ITA Dreherforte (cycling team) Dreherforte ca Dreherforte (equip ciclista) + 4' 16" 4 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca + 4' 19" 5 Felice Gimondi ITA BIA 1973 s.t. 6 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 7 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony + 4' 34" 8 José Pesarrodona ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. 9 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 4' 52" 10 Gösta Pettersson SWE Scic 1973 s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 41h 12' 50" 2 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj 1973 + 1' 36" 3 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 4' 48" 4 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony + 5' 33" 5 Felice Gimondi ITA BIA 1973 s.t. 6 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca + 6' 02" 7 José Pesarrodona ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 7' 11" 8 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 7' 29" 9 Santiago Lazcano ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. 10 Francisco Galdós ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 9' 16" Stage 9 28 May 1973 — Carpegna to Alba Adriatica, 243 km mi on Stage 9 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/30/MD19730530-021.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 30 May 1973 19 January 2019 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Patrick Sercu BEL Brooklyn 1973 5h 56' 39" 2 Rik Van Linden BEL Rokado 1973 s.t. 3 Franco Ongarato ITA Dreherforte (cycling team) Dreherforte ca Dreherforte (equip ciclista) s.t. 4 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 s.t. 5 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca s.t. 6 Daniel Ducreux FRA FLA 1973 s.t. 7 Pierino Gavazzi ITA Jollj 1973 s.t. 8 Mauro Simonetti ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 9 Giovanni Dalla Bona ITA Dreherforte (cycling team) Dreherforte ca Dreherforte (equip ciclista) s.t. 10 Aldo Parecchini ITA Molteni 1973 s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 47h 09' 23" 2 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj 1973 + 1' 36" 3 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 4' 48" 4 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony + 5' 11" 5 Felice Gimondi ITA BIA 1973 + 5' 33" 6 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca + 6' 02" 7 José Pesarrodona ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 7' 11" 8 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 7' 29" 9 Santiago Lazcano ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. 10 Francisco Galdós ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 9' 16" Stage 10 29 May 1973 — Alba Adriatica to Lanciano, 174 km mi on Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 5h 17' 34" 2 José Manuel Fuente ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. 3 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony + 6" 4 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Brooklyn 1973 + 1' 54" 5 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca s.t. 6 Felice Gimondi ITA BIA 1973 s.t. 7 José Pesarrodona ESP 1945 KAS 1973 s.t. 8 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) s.t. 9 Ole Ritter DEN BIA 1973 s.t. 10 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 1' 57"General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 52h 27' 03" 2 Giovanni Battaglin ITA Jollj 1973 + 3' 33" 3 Wladimiro Panizza ITA G.B.C.–Sony + 5' 47" 4 Franco Bitossi ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 6' 42" 5 Felice Gimondi ITA BIA 1973 + 7' 27" 6 Gianni Motta ITA Zonca + 7' 56" 7 José Pesarrodona ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 9' 03" 8 Roberto Poggiali ITA Sammontana (cycling team 1973-1974) Sammontana ca Sammontana (equip ciclista 1973-1974) + 9' 26" 9 Santiago Lazcano ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 9' 28" 10 Francisco Galdós ESP 1945 KAS 1973 + 11' 13" References 30em 1973 Giro d'Italia P 10 11 20 Category:1973 Giro d'Italia Category:Giro d'Italia stages