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| Dates | 16 May – 9 June 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22, including one split stage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,001 km (2,486 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 113h 09 '13" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1974 Giro d'Italia was the 57th running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Vatican City, on 16 May, with a 164 km (102 mi) stage and concluded in Milan, on 8 June, with 257 km (160 mi) leg. A total of 140 riders from fourteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Belgian Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Gianbattista Baronchelli (Scic) and Felice Gimondi (Bianchi), respectively.[1][2]
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Roger De Vlaeminck (Brooklyn) won the points classification and José Manuel Fuente of KAS won the mountains classification. KAS finished as the winners of the team points classification. Merckx's victory in the 1974 Giro was his first step in completing the Triple Crown of Cycling–winning the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the World Championship road race in one calendar year–becoming the first rider ever to do so.
- ^ "Quinto Triunfo de Merckx En El "Giro"" [Merck’s Fifth win in the "Tour"] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 9 June 1974. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ Gino Sala (9 June 1974). "Con Merckx ha vinto anche Baronchelli" [With Merckx also won Baronchelli] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-13. Retrieved 27 May 2012.