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Dates | 7-28 May 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 20 + Prologue, including one split stage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 3,610.5 km (2,243 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 101h 31' 22" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Giro d'Italia was the 61st running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Saint-Vincent, on 7 May, with a 2 km (1.2 mi) prologue and concluded in Milan, on 28 May, with a 220 km (136.7 mi) mass-start stage. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 20-stage race, that was won by Belgian Johan de Muynck of the Bianchi team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Gianbattista Baronchelli and Francesco Moser, respectively.[1][2][3][4][5][6] As of the beginning of the 2021 cycling season this was the last time a Belgian rider won a Grand Tour.
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Sanson's Moser won the points classification, Ueli Sutter of Zonca won the mountains classification, and Vibor's Roberto Visentini completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing fifteenth overall. Bianchi finishing as the winners of the team points classification.