1967 Giro d'Italia

Template:Short description Template:Short description The 1967 Giro d'Italia was the 50th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Treviglio, on 20 May, with a stage and concluded in Milan, on 11 June, with a split leg. A total of 130 riders from 13 teams entered the 22-stage race, which was won by Italian Felice Gimondi of the Salvarani team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Franco Balmamion and Frenchman Jacques Anquetil, respectively.

Teams

Thirteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1967 edition of the Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists. From the riders that began the race, 70 made it to the finish in Milan.

The teams entering the race were:

Template:Cycling data Molteni Template:Cycling data Bic Cynar Template:Cycling data Filotex Germanvox–Wega

Template:Cycling data KAS Template:Cycling data Mainetti Template:Cycling data Max Meyer Template:Cycling data Peugeot

Template:Cycling data Smith's Salamini–Luxor TV Template:Cycling data Salvarani Template:Cycling data Vittadello

Pre-race favorites

File:Eddy Merckx 1967cr.jpg

21 year old Eddy Merckx in his first Grand Tour, before the start of the 22nd stage

The starting peloton did include the 1966 winner, Gianni Motta. l'Unità writer Gino Sala named Felice Gimondi, Jacques Anquetil, Vittorio Adorni, Eddy Merckx, and Motta as the main contenders for the overall crown.

Route and stages

Cyclist wearing a pink jersey while on a bike.

Jacques Anquetil wearing the pink jersey before the start of the 21st stage.

Cyclists wearing a pink jersey.

Felice Gimondi wearing the pink jersey at the start of the final stage.

The race route was revealed to the public on 28 March 1967 by race director Vincenzo Torriani. The route visited all Italian regions except for Sardinia. With the route entering Sicily for the fifth time in race history, the race scaled Mount Etna for the first time.

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	20 May	Treviglio to Alessandria		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
2	21 May	Alessandria to La Spezia		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
3	22 May	La Spezia to Prato		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
4	23 May	Florence to Chianciano Terme		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
5	24 May	Rome to Naples		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
6	25 May	Palermo to Palermo		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
7	26 May	Catania to Etna		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
8	27 May	Reggio Calabria to Cosenza		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
9	28 May	Cosenza to Taranto		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
10	29 May	Bari to Potenza		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
11	30 May	Potenza to Salerno		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
12	31 May	Caserta to Blockhaus		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
13	1 June	Chieti to Riccione		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
14	2 June	Riccione to Lido degli Estensi		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
15	3 June	Lido degli Estensi to Mantua		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
16	4 June	Mantua to Verona		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
	5 June	Rest day
17	6 June	Verona to Vicenza		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
18	7 June	Vicenza to Udine		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
19	8 June	Udine to Tre Cime di Lavaredo		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Stage Cancelled
20	9 June	Cortina d'Ampezzo to Trento		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
21	10 June	Trento to Tirano		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
22a	11 June	Tirano to Madonna del Ghisallo		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
22b		Madonna del Ghisallo to Milan		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
	Total

Race overview

The sixth leg saw an overnight ferry transfer from Palermo on mainland Italy to the island of Sicily for the next two stages. Following the sixth stage's conclusion the race took a five–hour train to Catania where the upcoming stage began. With the seventh stage hosting a summit finish to Mount Etna () it was hoped to be pivotal in the general classification race. However, due to the long transfers forced on the riders by organizer Torriani, the riders rode at a slow pace until the race's final three kilometers.

On the penultimate stage, Frenchman Anquetil was attacked several times. Felice Gimondi finally made the decisive attack, escaping alone and winning by four minutes. Jacques Anquetil considered himself robbed, claiming that Felice Gimondi had escaped by being taken away by the assistant race director's car. He finished third in the Giro, behind Felice Gimondi and Franco Balmamion. Jacques Anquetil's words were corroborated on his deathbed in 2012 by Giovanni Michelotti, the race director at the time.

Classification leadership

Two jerseys were worn during the 1967 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.

For the points classification, which awarded a red jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15. The mountains classification leader. The climbs were ranked in first and second categories. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the riders were awarded points for their performance on the stage and the team with the greatest total points is the leader.

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification A pink jersey	Points classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
1	Giorgio Zancanaro	Giorgio Zancanaro	Giorgio Zancanaro	not awarded	?
2	Antonio Gómez del Moral	Antonio Gómez del Moral		Silvano Schiavon
3	Michele Dancelli		Michele Dancelli	Aurelio González Puente
4	Dino Zandegù		Dino Zandegù
5	Willy Planckaert	Michele Dancelli	Michele Dancelli
6	Rudi Altig
7	Franco Bitossi
8	Jean Stablinski	José Pérez Frances
9	Albert Van Vlierberghe		Dino Zandegù
10	Willy Planckaert
11	Rudi Altig
12	Eddy Merckx
13	Georges Vandenberghe
14	Eddy Merckx
15	Michele Dancelli
16	Ole Ritter	Jacques Anquetil
17	Francisco Gabica	Silvano Schiavon
18	Dino Zandegù
19	Stage Cancelled
20	Vittorio Adorni	Jacques Anquetil
21	Marcello Mugnaini	Felice Gimondi
22a	Aurelio González
22b	Willy Planckaert
Final		Felice Gimondi	Dino Zandegù	Aurelio González Puente	KAS

Final standings

Legend
Pink jersey	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

File:Jacques Anquetil and Felice Gimondi, Giro d'Italia 1967.jpg

Jacques Anquetil, third in his last Giro, shakes the hand of winner Felice Gimondi

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Salvarani	101h 05' 34"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Molteni	+ 3' 36"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Bic	+ 3' 45"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Salamini	+ 4' 33"
5	Template:Flagathlete	KAS	+ 5' 17"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Molteni	+ 6' 21"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Bic	+ 7' 25"
8	Template:Flagathlete	KAS	+ 9' 43"
9	Template:Flagathlete	Peugeot	+ 11' 41"
10	Template:Flagathlete	KAS	+ 15' 00"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

	Name	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete	KAS	460
2	Template:Flagathlete	Bic	90
3	Template:Flagathlete	Salvarani	80
	Template:Flagathlete	Peugeot
	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Salvarani
	Template:Flagathlete	Salvarani
7	Template:Flagathlete	Vittadello	70

Points classification

Final points classification (1–5)

	Name	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete	Salvarani	180
2	Template:Flagathlete	Peugeot	164
3	Template:Flagathlete	Romeo-Smith's	150
4	Template:Flagathlete	Salvarani	102
5	Template:Flagathlete	KAS	89

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)

	Team	Points
1	KAS	4,176
2	Vittadello	3,418
3	Salvarani	3,254
4	Molteni	2,606
5	Romeo-Smith's	2,584
6	Salamini	1,990
7	Bic	1,558
8	Filotex	1,424
9	Peugeot	1,394
10	Max-Meyer	1,048