The 1980 Giro d'Italia was the 63rd running of the Giro. It started in Genoa, on 15 May, with a prologue and concluded in Milan, on 8 June, with a mass-start stage. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Frenchman Bernard Hinault of the Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Wladimiro Panizza and Giovanni Battaglin, respectively.

Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Gis Gelati's Giuseppe Saronni won the points classification, Claudio Bortolotto of Mobilifico San Giacomo–Benotto won the mountains classification, and Bianchi–Piaggio's Tommy Prim completed the Giro as the best rider aged 24 or under in the general classification, finishing fourth overall. Bianchi–Piaggio finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.

Teams

A total of thirteen teams were invited to participate in the 1980 Giro d'Italia. The starting riders came from a total of 12 different countries; 73 riders were from Italy, while the remaining 57 riders came from: Switzerland (13), Spain (10), France (9), Belgium (8), Germany (6), the Netherlands (5), Sweden (2), Denmark (1), Great Britain (1), Luxembourg (1), and Norway (1). Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists.

Of those starting, 46 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time. The average age of riders was 26.4 years, ranging from 21–year–old Guillermo de Le (Selle Italia–Zor–Vereco–Campagnolo) to 35–year–old Attilio Rota (Sanson–Campagnolo). The team with the youngest average rider age was Hoonved–Bottecchia (24), while the oldest was Sanson–Campagnolo (28). From the riders that began this edition, 89 made it to the finish in Milan.

The teams entering the race were:

Gis Gelati Bianchi–Piaggio Cilo–Aufina Famcucine–Campagnolo Hoonved–Bottecchia Inoxpran Kondor Magniflex–Olmo Mobilifico San Giacomo–Benotto Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo Sanson–Campagnolo Selle Italia–Zor–Vereco–Campagnolo Studio Casa–Fin–Italcasa–Colnago

Route and stages

The route for the 1980 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 31 January 1980. Covering a total of , it included three individual time trials, and ten stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points. Four of these ten stages had summit finishes: stage 8, to Fiuggi; stage 11, to Campotenese; stage 14, to Roccaraso; and stage 18, to Zoldo Alto. In the case the Stelvio was not passable by bike, the nineteenth and twentieth stages had a back-up plan where that took an alternate route through the Pordoi Pass in stage nineteen and would be the new Cima Coppi. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was longer and contained two less time trials. In addition, this race contained three more stages.

+Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerP15 MayGenoa Individual time trial Francesco Moser116 MayGenova to Imperia Plain stage 217 MayImperia to Turin Stage with mountain(s) 318 MayTurin to Parma Plain stage 419 MayParma to Marina di Pisa Stage with mountain(s) 520 MayPontedera to Pisa Individual time trial 21 May Rest day622 MayRio Marina to Portoferraio Plain stage 723 MayCastiglione della Pescaia to Orvieto Stage with mountain(s) 824 MayOrvieto to Fiuggi Stage with mountain(s) 925 MayFiuggi to Sorrento Plain stage 1026 MaySorrento to Palinuro Plain stage 1127 MayPalinuro to Campotenese Stage with mountain(s) 1228 MayVillapiana Lido to Campi Salentina Plain stage 1329 MayCampi Salentina to Barletta Plain stage 1430 MayFoggia to Roccaraso Stage with mountain(s) 1531 MayRoccaraso to Teramo Stage with mountain(s) 161 JuneGiulianova to Gatteo a Mare Plain stage 172 JuneGatteo a Mare to Sirmione Plain stage 183 JuneSirmione to Zoldo Alto Stage with mountain(s) 194 JuneLongarone to Cles Stage with mountain(s) 205 JuneCles to Sondrio Stage with mountain(s) 216 JuneSaronno to Turbigo Individual time trial 227 JuneMilan to Milan Plain stage Total

Classification leadership

Three different jerseys were worn during the 1980 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro. There were no time bonuses in 1980.

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. The rider leading this classification wore a purple (or cyclamen) jersey.

The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. 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. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Stelvio Pass. The first rider to cross the Stelvio was French rider Jean-René Bernaudeau.

The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but considering only riders aged 24 and younger.

Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.

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"). This classification was the most important intermediate sprint classification in the Giro; the first three riders that crossed the intermediate sprint scored points.

The FIAT classification, created in the 1976 edition, was used again, but this year the winner received a Fiat Panda. For this classification, there was one intermediate sprint per stage, and the first three riders scored points.

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

+Classification leadership by stage Stage WinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationYoung rider classification Campionato delle Regioni FIATTeam classification P Francesco Moser Francesco Moser Francesco Moser not awarded Tommy Prim not awarded not awarded not awarded 1 Giuseppe Saronni ? ? Hoonved–Bottecchia 2 Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni Claudio Bortolotto 3 Giuseppe Saronni 4 Dante Morandi 5 Jørgen Marcussen Bernard Hinault Faustino Rupérez Bianchi–Piaggio 6 Carmelo Barone 7 Silvano Contini Roberto Visentini Fiorenzo Favero ? 8 Juan Fernández Martín ? 9 Giovanni Mantovani 10 Giovanni Mantovani Giovanni Mantovani Bianchi–Piaggio 11 Gianbattista Baronchelli Fiorenzo Favero 12 Yvon Bertin 13 Giuseppe Saronni 14 Bernard Hinault Wladimiro Panizza Giuseppe Saronni 15 Tommy Prim 16 Giuseppe Martinelli 17 Giuseppe Saronni 18 Giovanni Battaglin Tommy Prim Gis Gelati 19 Giuseppe Saronni 20 Jean-René Bernaudeau Bernard Hinault Bianchi–Piaggio 21 Giuseppe Saronni 22 Pierino Gavazzi Pierre-Raymond Villemiane Final Bernard Hinault Giuseppe Saronni Claudio Bortolotto Tommy Prim Fiorenzo Favero Pierre-Raymond Villemiane Bianchi–Piaggio

Final standings

Legend      Denotes the winner of the General classification      Denotes the winner of the Points classification      Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification      Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification      Denotes the winner of the Campionato delle Regioni classification General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 2 Gis Gelati + 5' 43" 3 Inoxpran + 6' 30" 4 Bianchi–Piaggio + 7' 53" 5 Bianchi–Piaggio + 11' 49" 6 Hoonved–Bottecchia + 12' 47" 7 Gis Gelati + 12' 53" 8 Gis Gelati + 20' 26" 9 Mobilifico San Giacomo–Benotto + 20' 37" 10 Magniflex–Olmo + 21' 30"

Points classification

+Final points classification (1–5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Gis Gelati 301 2 Hoonved–Bottecchia 215 3 Bianchi–Piaggio 179 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 160 5 Mobilifico San Giacomo–Benotto 151

Mountains classification

+Final mountains classification (1–8)RiderTeamPoints 1 Mobilifico San Giacomo–Benotto 670 2 Gis Gelati 400 3 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 350 4 Inoxpran 280 5 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 265 6 Bianchi–Piaggio 255 7 Selle Italia–Zor–Vereco–Campagnolo 170 8 Selle Italia–Zor–Vereco–Campagnolo 155

Young rider classification

+Final young rider classification (1–5)RiderTeamTime 1 Bianchi–Piaggio 2 Mobilifico San Giacomo–Benotto + 12' 44" 3 Magniflex–Olmo + 13' 37" 4 Selle Italia–Zor–Vereco–Campagnolo + 13' 40" 5 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 20' 25"

Combination classification

+Final combination classification (1–3)RiderTeamPoints 1 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 8 2 Gis Gelati 11 3 Bianchi–Piaggio 12

Team classification

+Final team classification (1–5)TeamTime 1 Bianchi–Piaggio 2 Gis Gelati + 5' 21" 3 Inoxpran + 46' 59" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 52' 18" 5 Selle Italia–Zor–Vereco–Campagnolo + 1h 17' 40"

Doping

There were no positive doping tests in the Giro of 1980. There was almost one: Hinault arrived too late at the doping test after stage 21, because he was held up by reporters. According to the rules, the jury could penalize this as if he had tested positive, but decided not to do so.

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