1977 Giro d'Italia

1977 Giro d'Italia 20 May – 12 June 1977 22 + Prologue, including four split stages 3968 km 107h 27' 16" Michel Pollentier BEL Flandria pink Francesco Moser ITA Sanson Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic Francesco Moser ITA Sanson violet Faustino Fernández Ovies ESP 1977 KAS green Mario Beccia ITA Sanson white Wilmo Francioni ITA Magniflex blue Flandria 1976 1978 The 1977 Giro d'Italia was the 60th running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Bacoli, on 20 May, with a 7 km 1 on prologue and concluded in Milan, on 13 June, with a 122 km 1 on mass-start stage. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Belgian Michel Pollentier of the Flandria team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Francesco Moser and Gianbattista Baronchelli, respectively.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1977/06/13/pagina-30/1026802/pdf.html# El vencedor: <<Quise retirarme y ya ven..>> es 13 June 1977 30 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 The winner: << I wanted to retire and you see .. >> https://web.archive.org/web/20140227184634/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1977/06/13/pagina-30/1026802/pdf.html 27 February 2014 live http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,11/articleid,1094_02_1977_0127_0013_24024488/ Maurizio Caravella Giro: C'E' Sempre Qualcuno Davanti Ai Nostri it 13 June 1977 11 Stampa Sera Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Tour: There's Someone Always Ahead Of Ourhttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,17/articleid,1479_02_1977_0127A_0019_23103029/ Milano: nell'ultima "kermesse" ha vinto Borgognoni allo sprint it 13 June 1977 Maurizio Caravella 17 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Milan: the last "event" has won the sprint Borgognoni Freddy Maertens won 7 of the first 11 stages before abandoning due to a crash on Stage 8B. Maertens was one of five riders within 1:00 of the lead at the time of his abandonment. This followed his performance of winning 13 stages along with the General Classification at the Vuelta a month earlier.Giro1977 Bike Race Info 2020 https://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1977.html Moser took the Pink jersey from Maertens in the first week and held it until the high mountains of stage 17 which ended in Cortina d'Ampezzo where Pollentier took a :03 lead by beating Moser by :25. Over the next few stages he built this lead up to about 2:00 before the final time trial where he won the stage by :30 over 2nd place Moser and sealed the Giro victory. Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Sanson's Moser won the points classification, Faustino Fernández Ovies of KAS won the mountains classification, and Sanson's Mario Beccia completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing ninth overall. Flandria finished as the winners of the team points classification. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1977 Giro d'Italia Fourteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1977 edition of the Giro d'Italia.http://doc.rero.ch/record/280923/files/1977-05-20.pdf Aujourd'hui, le prologue du Tour d'Italie a Naples: Baronchelli, le plus serieux rival du favori, F. Maertens Today, the prologue of the Giro d'Italia in Naples: Baronchelli, the most serious rival of the favorite, F. Maertens 11 January 2022 L'Express French 13 20 May 1977 https://web.archive.org/web/20200525163813/http://doc.rero.ch/record/280923/files/1977-05-20.pdf 25 May 2020 dead In total, 90 riders were from Italy, while the remaining 50 riders came from: Spain (20), Belgium (17), Switzerland (4), Denmark (2), West Germany (2), Australia (1), France (1), Great Britain (1), Norway (1), and Sweden (1).Giro d'Italia – 1977 Competitors per Country https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1977/startlist/competitors-per-country ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250523030342/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1977/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 140 cyclists. Of those starting, 52 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.Giro d'Italia – 1977 Debutants https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1977/startlist/debutants ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250523030222/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1977/startlist/debutants 23 May 2025 13 October 2016 The average age of riders was 27.29 years,Giro d'Italia – 1977 Peloton averages https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1977/startlist/peloton-averages ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250523030458/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1977/startlist/peloton-averages 23 May 2025 13 October 2016 ranging from 20–year–old Per Bausager (Zoppas Frag) to 36–year–old Franco Bitossi (Vibor).Giro d'Italia – 1977 Youngest and Oldest competitors https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1977/startlist/youngest-oldest ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250529212615/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1977/startlist/youngest-oldest 29 May 2025 13 October 2016 The team with the youngest average rider age was GBC (24), while the oldest was Brooklyn (30).Giro d'Italia – 1977 Youngest Team https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1977/teams/youngest-team ProCyclingStats https://web.archive.org/web/20250529212545/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1977/teams/youngest-team 29 May 2025 13 October 2016 From those that started, 121 of them finish in Milan.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1977.html 1977 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Dog Ear Publishing Bill and Carol McGann 2012-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227201349/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1977.html 27 February 2014 live The teams entering the race were: 22em Bianchi Brooklyn Fiorella GBC Jolly Ceramica KAS Flandria Magniflex Sanson Scic Selle Royal Teka Vibor Zonca Pre-race favorites The starting peloton did include the 1976 winner, Felice Gimondi. Freddy Maertens, Gianbattista Baronchelli, and Gimondi were seen by many news outlets to be the favorites to win the race.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1977/05/20/page_012.pdf Scatta il 60' <<Giro>> it 20 May 1977 12 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 Snaps the 60th <<Tour>> https://web.archive.org/web/20191010053328/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1977/05/20/page_012.pdf 10 October 2019 live http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1977/05/20/MD19770520-025.pdf Maertens, Baronchelliy Gimondi, Entre Los Favoritos es 20 May 1977 25 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Maertens, Baronchelliy Gimondi, Among Favorites https://web.archive.org/web/20150308194529/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1977/05/20/MD19770520-025.pdf 8 March 2015 livehttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,20/articleid,1478_02_1977_0107_0022_20812649/ Baronchelli ha un alleato: Gimondi it 20 May 1977 20 Stampa Sera Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Baronchelli has an ally: Gimondihttp://doc.rero.ch/record/280923/files/1977-05-20.pdf Archived copy doc.rero.ch 11 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20200525163813/http://doc.rero.ch/record/280923/files/1977-05-20.pdf 25 May 2020 deadhttp://doc.rero.ch/record/107090/files/1977-05-20.pdf Archived copy doc.rero.ch 11 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20200525163839/http://doc.rero.ch/record/107090/files/1977-05-20.pdf 25 May 2020 dead Route and stages The route for the race was revealed on 19 February 1977.https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1977/02/20/page_014.pdf Da Napoli a Milano il Giro d'Italia 1977 it 20 February 1977 14 l'Unità PCI 22 June 2018 Gino Sala From Naples to Milan the 1977 Tour of Italy https://web.archive.org/web/20190429034608/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1977/02/20/page_014.pdf 29 April 2019 dead + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,19/articleid,1093_01_1977_0109_0020_15595217/ Il Giro cerca un "vero" campione it 20 May 1977 19 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 Maurizio Caravella PDF The Giro looking for a "real" sampleStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerP20 MayBacoli to Monte di Procida7 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Freddy Maertens BEL121 MayLago Miseno to Avellino159 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Freddy Maertens BEL2a22 MayAvellino to Foggia118 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Rik Van Linden BEL2bFoggia to Foggia65 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luciano Borgognoni ITA323 MayFoggia to Isernia166 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Simone Fraccaro ITA424 MayIsernia to Pescara228 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Freddy Maertens BEL525 MayPescara to Monteluco di Spoleto215 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Mario Beccia ITA6a26 MaySpoleto to Gabicce Mare185 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Freddy Maertens BEL6bGabicce Mare to Gabicce Mare70 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Freddy Maertens BEL727 MayGabicce Mare to Forlì163 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Freddy Maertens BEL8a28 MayForlì to Circuito del Mugello 103 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Freddy Maertens BEL8bCircuito del Mugello to Circuito del Mugello 79 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Marino Basso ITA929 MayLucca to Pisa25 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Knut Knudsen NOR1030 MayPisa to Salsomaggiore Terme205 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giacinto Santambrogio ITA1131 MaySalsomaggiore Terme to Santa Margherita Ligure198 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Claudio Bortolotto ITA1 June Rest day122 JuneSanta Margherita Ligure-San Giacomo di Roburent160 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Wilmo Francioni ITA133 JuneMondovì to Varzi192 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giancarlo Tartoni ITA144 JuneVoghera to Vicenza247 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Marc Demeyer BEL155 JuneVicenza to Trieste223 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Ercole Gualazzini ITA16a6 JuneTrieste to Gemona del Friuli107 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Marc Demeyer BEL16bGemona del Friuli to Conegliano116 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Pierino Gavazzi ITA177 JuneConegliano to Cortina d'Ampezzo220 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giuseppe Perletto ITA188 JuneCortina d'Ampezzo to Pinzolo223 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA199 JunePinzolo to San Pellegrino Terme205 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Renato Laghi ITA2010 JuneSan Pellegrino Terme to Varese138 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Wilmo Francioni ITA2111 JuneBinago to Binago29 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Michel Pollentier BEL2212 JuneMilan to Milan122 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Luciano Borgognoni ITA Total 3968 km km 0 on Classification leadership right|thumb|alt=A picture of a mountain.|The Valparola Pass was the Cima Coppi for the 1977 running of the Giro d'Italia. There were four main individual classifications contested in the 1977 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 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.van den Akker 2023 89 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 Valparola Pass. The first rider to cross the Valparola Pass was Spanish rider Faustino Fernández Ovies. 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 van den Akker 2023 99 The Fiat classification, created the year before, was repeated againhttp://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 In all stages longer than 127 km 0 on, there was a banner at that point in the stage to designate a special sprint. The winner of the sprint in each stage received a Fiat 127 in this edition, as opposed to a Fiat 131 in its inaugural year.van den Akker 2023 105 +Classification leadership by stagehttps://www.grandtourstatistics.nl/giro.php?jaar=1977 grandtourstatistics.nl Information about the Giro d'Italia of 1977 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 Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens not awarded José Enrique Cima not awarded not awarded Flandria 1 Freddy Maertens ? Jesús Suárez Cueva 2a Rik Van Linden Faustino Fernández Ovies 2b Luciano Borgognoni 3 Simone Fraccaro Francesco Moser Ercole Gualazzini 4 Freddy Maertens 5 Mario Beccia Francesco Moser Faustino Fernández Ovies Mario Beccia 6a Freddy Maertens 6b Freddy Maertens 7 Freddy Maertens 8a Freddy Maertens 8b Marino Basso 9 Knut Knudsen Francesco Moser 10 Giacinto Santambrogio 11 Claudio Bortolotto 12 Wilmo Francioni 13 Giancarlo Tartoni 14 Marc Demeyer 15 Ercole Gualazzini 16a Marc Demeyer 16b Pierino Gavazzi 17 Giuseppe Perletto Michel Pollentier Wilmo Francioni 18 Gianbattista Baronchelli 19 Renato Laghi 20 Wilmo Francioni 21 Michel Pollentier 22 Luciano Borgognoni Final Michel Pollentier Francesco Moser Faustino Fernández Ovies Mario Beccia Giacinto Santambrogio Jesús Suárez Cueva Flandria 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)https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1977/06/13/page_007.pdf Tutte le classifiche della gara it 13 June 1977 7 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 All the rankings of the race https://web.archive.org/web/20191010053741/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1977/06/13/page_007.pdf 10 October 2019 live RankNameTeamTime 1 Michel Pollentier BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey Flandria 107h 27' 16" 2 Francesco Moser ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey Sanson + 2' 32" 3 Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic + 4' 02" 4 Alfio Vandi ITA Magniflex + 7' 50" 5 Wladimiro Panizza ITA Scic + 7' 56" 6 Ronald De Witte BEL Brooklyn + 10' 04" 7 Walter Riccomi ITA Scic + 12' 28" 8 Claudio Bortolotto ITA Sanson + 13' 41" 9 Mario Beccia ITA 20px|alt=White jersey Sanson + 13' 48" 10 Wilmo Francioni ITA 20px|alt=Blue jersey Magniflex + 16' 11" Points classification +Final points classification (1-9)RiderTeamPoints 1 Francesco Moser ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey Sanson 225 2 Pierino Gavazzi ITA Scic 183 3 Luciano Borgognoni ITA Scic 4 Michel Pollentier BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey Flandria 153 5 Wilmo Francioni ITA Magniflex 143 6 Marc Demeyer BEL Flandria 141 7 Enrico Paolini ITA Scic 133 8 Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic 123 9 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1945 Teka 105 Aldo Parecchini ITA Brooklyn Mountains classification +Final mountains classification (1-10)RiderTeamPoints 1 Faustino Fernández Ovies ESP 1945 20px|alt=Green jersey Kas–Campagnolo 675 2 Ueli Sutter SUI Zonca–Santini 490 3 Michel Pollentier BEL 20px|alt=Pink jersey Flandria 340 4 Mario Beccia ITA 20px|alt=White jersey Sanson 220 5 Renato Laghi ITA Vibor 195 6 Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic 175 7 Alfio Vandi ITA Magniflex 120 8 Giuseppe Perletto ITA Perletto 110 José-Luis Viejo ESP 1945 KAS 10 Wladimiro Panizza ITA Scic 100 Young rider classification +Final young rider classification (1-5)RiderTeamTime 1 Mario Beccia ITA 20px|alt=White jersey Sanson 107h 41' 04" 2 Vittorio Algeri ITA G.B.C. + 7' 34" 3 Amilcare Sgalbazzi ITA Jolly Ceramica + 11' 27" 4 Bernt Johansson SWE Fiorella + 14' 13" 5 Carmelo Barone ITA Fiorella + 21' 28" Campionato delle Regioni classification +Final Campionato delle Regioni classification (1-8)RiderTeamPoints 1 Wilmo Francioni ITA 20px|alt=Blue jersey Magniflex 37 2 Gianfranco Foresti ITA Scic 12 3 Giacinto Santambrogio ITA Bianchi 10 4 Aldo Parecchini ITA Brooklyn5 Pietro Algeri ITA G.B.C. 8 Claudio Bortolotto ITA Sanson Marcello Osler ITA Brooklyn 8 Bruno Zanoni ITA G.B.C. 6 Traguardo Fiat 127 classification +Final Traguardo Fiat 127 classification (1-4)RiderTeamPoints 1 Jesús Suárez Cueva ESP 1945 Teka 33 2 Domingo Perurena ESP 1945 KAS 26 3 Adriano Pella ITA Selle Royal 18 4 Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Scic 3 Aldo Donadello ITA Sanson Miguel María Lasa ESP 1945 Teka Wladimiro Panizza ITA Scic Aldo Parecchini ITA Brooklyn Alfio Vandi ITA Magniflex Team points classification +Final team points classification (1-10)TeamPoints 1 Flandria 11,886 2 Sanson 11,078 3 Scic 7,154 4 Flandria 5,633 5 Jolly Ceramica 4558? 6 Vibor 3443 7 Bianchi 3362 8 Brooklyn 3209 9 Selle Royal 3184 10 KAS 3070 Doping There was one positive doping test in the Giro of 1977: Annunzio Colombo received a time penalty of ten minutes following the 12th stage.van den Akker 2023 54 References Citations 30em Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1977 Giro d'Italia P 10 11 22 Giro D'Italia Giro d'Italia Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Category:1977 Super Prestige Pernod