1978 Giro d'Italia

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox". 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 Script error: No such module "convert". prologue and concluded in Milan, on 28 May, with a Script error: No such module "convert". 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.

Teams

Script error: No such module "Main list". A total of 13 teams were invited to participate in the 1978 Giro d'Italia.[7] In total, 95 riders were from Italy, while the remaining 37 riders came from: Belgium (13), Spain (9), West Germany (4), Switzerland (3), the Netherlands (2), Great Britain (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), and Sweden (1).[8] Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists.[7]

Of those starting, 45 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.[9] The average age of riders was 26.78 years,[10] ranging from 20–year–old Corrado Donadio (Vibor) to 37–year–old Franco Bitossi (Gis Gelati).[11] The team with the youngest average rider age was Intercontinentale Assicurazioni (22), while the oldest was Bianchi (29).[12] From those that started, a total of 90 riders made it to the finish in Milan.[13]

The teams entering the race were:

  • Magniflex-Torpado
  • Mecap-Selle Italia
  • Sanson
  • Scic
  • Selle Royal-Inoxpran
  • Teka
  • Vibor
  • Zonca

Route and stages

The route for the race was revealed on 8 March 1978.[14][15] The start of the race was moved up one week and three stage were cancelled so the race did not interfere with the World Cup that started on 1 June in Argentina.[16] The fourteenth stage took the race into the Venice for a time trial.[17] As the city was not conducive to the event, four ramps were created to allow for riders to ride up and down on canal crossings, as well as one floating bridge over the Grand Canal.[17] The route will feature 25km of elevation gain.[7]

Stage results[13]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
P 7 May Saint-Vincent Script error: No such module "convert". File:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Template:Flagathlete
1 8 May Saint-Vincent to Novi Ligure Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
2 9 May Novi Ligure to La Spezia Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
3 10 May La Spezia to Càscina Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
4 11 May Larciano to Pistoia Script error: No such module "convert". File:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Template:Flagathlete
5 12 May Prato to Cattolica Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
6 13 May Cattolica to Silvi Marina Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
7 14 May Silvi Marina to Benevento Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
8 15 May Benevento to Ravello Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
9 16 May Amalfi to Latina Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
10 17 May Latina to Lago di Piediluco Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
11a 18 May Terni to Assisi Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
11b Assisi to Siena Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
12 19 May Poggibonsi to Monte Trebbio Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
13 20 May Modigliana to Padua Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
14 21 May Venezia to Venezia Script error: No such module "convert". File:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Template:Flagathlete
22 May Rest day
15 23 May Treviso to Canazei Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
16 24 May Mazzin to Cavalese Script error: No such module "convert". File:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Template:Flagathlete
17 25 May Cavalese to Monte Bondone Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
18 26 May Mezzolombardo to Sarezzo Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
19 27 May Brescia to Inverigo Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
20 28 May Inverigo to Milan Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
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Classification leadership

A picture of a mountain village.
The Passo Valles was the Cima Coppi for the 1978 running of the Giro d'Italia.

There were four main individual classifications contested in the 1978 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.[18] The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Giro.[18] The rider leading the classification wore a pink jersey to signify the classification's leadership.[18]

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.[18] The rider leading this classification wore a purple (or cyclamen) jersey.[18] 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. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs.[18] The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo Valles, which was first summitted by Italian rider Gianbattista Baronchelli. 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).[18] The leader of the classification wore a white jersey.[19]

The final classification, 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.[18]

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").[20] The Fiat Ritmo classification, which was created in honor Juan Manuel Santisteban who died in stage 1A of 1976 edition.[21] In all stages longer than Script error: No such module "convert"., there was a banner at that point in the stage to designate a special sprint.[21] The winner of the sprint in each stage received a Fiat Ritmo.[21]

Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
File:Jersey pink.svg 		Points classification
File:Jersey violet.svg 		Mountains classification
File:Jersey green.svg 		Young rider classification Team classification
P Dietrich Thurau not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded
1 Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden ? ? ?
2 Giuseppe Saronni
3 Johan De Muynck Johan De Muynck
4 Dietrich Thurau Giuseppe Saronni
5 Rik Van Linden Francesco Moser
6 Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden
7 Giuseppe Saronni Roger De Vlaeminck
8 Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni
9 Enrico Paolini Roger De Vlaeminck
10 Giuseppe Martinelli Giuseppe Saronni
11a Bruno Zanoni
11b Francesco Moser Roger De Vlaeminck
12 Giancarlo Bellini Francesco Moser
13 Francesco Moser
14 Francesco Moser
15 Gianbattista Baronchelli
16 Francesco Moser
17 Wladimiro Panizza Ueli Sutter
18 Giuseppe Perletto
19 Vittorio Algeri
20 Pierino Gavazzi Roberto Visentini Bianchi
Final Johan De Muynck Francesco Moser Ueli Sutter Roberto Visentini Bianchi

Final standings

Legend
  Pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   Green jersey   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification
  Purple jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[13][22][23]
Rank Name Team Time
1 Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey Bianchi 101h 31' 22"
2 Template:Flagathlete Scic + 59"
3 Template:Flagathlete Purple jersey Sanson + 2' 19"
4 Template:Flagathlete Vibor + 7' 57"
5 Template:Flagathlete Scic + 8' 19"
6 Template:Flagathlete Sanson + 8' 24"
7 Template:Flagathlete Magniflex + 9' 04"
8 Template:Flagathlete Sanson + 9' 25"
9 Template:Flagathlete Fiorella + 12' 36"
10 Template:Flagathlete Green jersey Zonca + 12' 38"

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Points classification

Final points classification (1-5)[13][22][24]
Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flagathlete Purple jersey Sanson 275
2 Template:Flagathlete Scic 274
3 Template:Flagathlete Scic 260
4 Template:Flagathlete Zonca 130
5 Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey Bianchi 118
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Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1-5)[13][22]
Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flagathlete Green jersey Zonca 830
2 Template:Flagathlete Scic 520
3 Template:Flagathlete Sanson 345
4 Template:Flagathlete Teka
5 Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey Bianchi 290

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Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1-5)[13][22]
Rider Team Time
1 Template:Flagathlete Vibor 101h 50' 17"
2 Template:Flagathlete Intercontinentale Assicurazioni + 41' 33"
3 Template:Flagathlete Zonca + 54' 39"
4 Template:Flagathlete Zonca + 1h 05' 20"
5 Template:Flagathlete Mecap + 1h 19' 15"
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Campionato delle Regioni classification

Final Campionato delle Regioni classification (1-5)[22]
Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flagathlete Intercontinentale Assicurazioni 38
2 Template:Flagathlete Selle Royal-Inoxpran 27
3 Template:Flagathlete Magniflex 19
4 Template:Flagathlete Scic 17
5 Template:Flagathlete Magniflex 13

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Traguardo Fiat Ritmo classification

Final Traguardo Fiat Ritmo classification (1-3)[22][23]
Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flagathlete Fiorella 37
2 Template:Flagathlete Intercontinentale Assicurazioni 16
3 Template:Flagathlete Magniflex 13
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Team points classification

Final team points classification (1-3)[13]
Team Points
1 Bianchi 15,540
2 Sanson 9,420
3 Scic 8,107

References

Citations

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