1968 Giro d'Italia

1968 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates20 May - 12 June 1968
Stages22 + Prologue
Distance3,917.3 km (2,434 mi)
Winning time108h 42' 27"
Results
Winner  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (Faema)
  Second  Vittorio Adorni (ITA) (Faema)
  Third  Felice Gimondi (ITA) (Salvarani)

Points  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (Faema)
  Mountains  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (Faema)
  Team Faema
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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 (3.5 mi) stage and concluded in Naples, on 11 June, with a 235 km (146.0 mi) 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.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Perlas del "Giro"" [Giro's Pearls] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 13 June 1968. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. ^ "La <<grana>> del doping sta per scoppiare?" [The <<grain>> of doping is about to burst?] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 12 June 1968. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Gimondi: <<Giuro, non è vero!>> Motta: <<C'è sotto qualcosa?>>" [Gimondi: << I swear, is not it! >> Motta: << There is something behind? >>] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 17 June 1968. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  4. ^ Paul Maunder (25 May 2018). "Part 6: Turning Through the Clouds". Soigneur. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.