The 1982 Giro d'Italia was the 65th running of the Giro. It started in Brescia, on 13 May, with a team time trial and concluded in Turin, on 6 June, with a individual time trial. A total of 162 riders from eighteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Frenchman Bernard Hinault of the Renault–Elf team. The second and third places were taken by Swede Tommy Prim and Italian Silvano Contini, respectively.

Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Famcucine's Francesco Moser won the points classification, Lucien Van Impe of Metauro Mobili won the mountains classification, and Metauro Mobili's Marco Groppo completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing ninth overall. Bianchi finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. In addition, Bianchi won the team points classification.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams were invited to participate in the 1982 Giro d'Italia. The starting riders came from a total of 15 different countries; Italy (99) and Spain (17) were the only countries with more than 10 riders represented. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 162 cyclists.

Of those starting, 70 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time. The average age of riders was 25.46 years, ranging from 19–year–old Giorgio Aiardi (Inoxpran) to 36–year–old Wladimiro Panizza (Del Tongo). The team with the youngest average rider age was Alfa Lum (23), while the oldest was Del Tongo (28). From the riders that began this edition, 110 made it to the finish in Turin.

The teams entering the race were:

Inoxpran Alfa Lum Atala–Campagnolo Bianchi Ovest Campagnolo Del Tongo Famcucine–Campagnolo Zor Gis Gelati Hoonved–Bottecchia Kelme Metauro Mobili Renault–Elf Royal–Wrangler Sammontana Selle Italia–Chinol Selle San Marco–Wilier Triestina Termolan–Galli

Route and stages

The route for the 1982 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 20 February 1982. Covering a total of , it included three time trials (two individual and one for teams), and eleven stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points. Four of these eleven stages had summit finishes: stage 11, to Camigliatello Silano; stage 12, to Campitello Matese; stage 16, to San Martino di Castrozza; and stage 19, to Colli di San Fermo. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was longer and contained one less time trial. In addition, this race contained one less set of split stages.

+Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerP13 MayMilan Team time trialRenault–Elf114 MayParma to Viareggio Stage with mountain(s) 215 MayViareggio to Cortona Plain stage 316 MayPerugia to Assisi Individual time trial 417 MayAssisi to Rome Plain stage 518 MayRome to Caserta Plain stage 619 MayCaserta to Castellammare di Stabia Stage with mountain(s) 720 MayCastellammare di Stabia to Diamante Plain stage 21 May Rest day822 MayTaormina to Agrigento Stage with mountain(s) 923 MayAgrigento to Palermo Stage with mountain(s) 1024 MayCefalù to Messina Plain stage 1125 MayPalmi to Camigliatello Silano Stage with mountain(s) 26 May Rest day1227 MayCava de' Tirreni to Campitello Matese Stage with mountain(s) 1328 MayCampitello Matese to Pescara Stage with mountain(s) 1429 MayPescara to Urbino Plain stage 1530 MayUrbino to Comacchio Plain stage 1631 MayComacchio to San Martino di Castrozza Stage with mountain(s) 171 JuneFiera di Primiero to Boario Terme Stage with mountain(s) 182 JunePiancogno to Montecampione Stage with mountain(s) 193 JuneBoario Terme to Vigevano Plain stage 204 JuneVigevano to Cuneo Plain stage 215 JuneCuneo to Pinerolo Stage with mountain(s) 226 JunePinerolo to Turin Individual time trial Total

Classification leadership

Four different jerseys were worn during the 1982 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.

For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15.

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 Col d'Izoard. The first rider to cross the Col d'Izoard was Belgian rider Lucien Van Impe.

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 neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).

A minor classification was the FIAT classification, where points were earned at intermediate sprints.

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 was another team classification that awarded points to each team based on their riding's finishing position in every stage. The team with the highest total of points was the leader of the classification.

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 FIATTeam classification P Renault–Elf Bernard Hinault not awarded not awarded Marc Madiot not awarded Renault–Elf 1 Giuseppe Saronni Patrick Bonnet Giuseppe Saronni Faustino Rupérez Rincón Palmiro Masciarelli 2 Michael Wilson Laurent Fignon Laurent Fignon multiple riders 3 Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault Michael Wilson Bianchi 4 Urs Freuler 5 Urs Freuler Urs Freuler ? 6 Silvano Contini Giuseppe Saronni Lucien Van Impe Fabrizio Verza Palmiro Masciarelli 7 Francesco Moser Francesco Moser Francesco Moser 8 Moreno Argentin 9 Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni 10 Urs Freuler Francesco Moser 11 Bernard Becaas 12 Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault 13 Silvano Contini 14 Guido Bontempi 15 Silvestro Milani 16 Vicente Belda 17 Silvano Contini Silvano Contini Marco Groppo 18 Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault 19 Robert Dill-Bundi 20 Francesco Moser 21 Giuseppe Saronni 22 Bernard Hinault Final Bernard Hinault Francesco Moser Lucien Van Impe Marco Groppo Palmiro Masciarelli Bianchi

Final standings

Legend      Denotes the winner of the General classification      Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification      Denotes the winner of the Points classification      Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification

General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Renault–Elf 2 Bianchi + 2' 35" 3 Bianchi + 2' 47" 4 Metauro Mobili + 4' 31" 5 Bianchi + 6' 09" 6 Del Tongo + 10' 52" 7 Hoonved–Bottecchia + 11' 06" 8 Famcucine + 11' 57" 9 Metauro Mobili + 14' 43" 10 Zor + 14' 57"

Points classification

+Final points classification (1–10)RiderTeamPoints 1 Famcucine 247 2 Del Tongo 207 3 Renault–Elf 171 4 Bianchi 153 5 Bianchi 126 6 Atala–Campagnolo 115 7 Metauro Mobili 96 8 Hoonved–Bottecchia 94 9 Bianchi 80 10 Gis Gelati 78

Mountains classification

+Final mountains classification (1–9)RiderTeamPoints 1 Metauro Mobili 860 2 Renault–Elf 380 3 Bianchi 290 4 Bianchi 260 5 Zor 200 6 Hoonved–Bottecchia 165 7 Atala–Campagnolo 150 8 Gis Gelati 125 9 Termolan–Galli 120 Bibione-Stern TV

Young rider classification

+Final young rider classification (1–10)RiderTeamTime 1 Metauro Mobili 2 Renault–Elf + 26' 16" 3 Gis Gelati + 28' 20" 4 Gis Gelati + 31' 52" 5 Selle San Marco–Wilier Triestina + 49' 14" 6 Selle Italia–Chinol + 56' 56" 7 Zor + 1h 02' 17" 8 Gis Gelati + 1h 09' 06" 9 Atala–Campagnolo + 1h 17' 19" 10 Renault–Elf + 1h 17' 45"

Traguardi Fiat classification

+Final traguardi fiat classification (1–10)RiderTeamPoints 1 Metauro Mobili 45 2 Renault–Elf 36 3 Famcucine 18 4 Bianchi 12 5 Sammontana 8 Bianchi 7 Atala–Campagnolo 7 Del Tongo 9 Zor 6 10 Famcucine 5

Team classification

+Final team classification (1–10)TeamTime 1 Bianchi 2 Del Tongo + 49' 43" 3 Famcucine + 1h 30' 03" 4 Renault–Elf + 1h 32' 03" 5 Gis Gelati + 1h 35' 53" 6 Zor + 1h 49' 54" 7 Metauro Mobili + 2h 10' 06" 8 Selle San Marco–Wilier Triestina + 2h 25' 30" 9 Inoxpran + 2h 56' 47" 10 Hoonved–Bottecchia + 3h 00' 42"

Team points classification

+Final team points classification (1–10)TeamPoints 1 Bianchi 381 2 Famcucine 316 3 Del Tongo 238 4 Hoonved–Bottecchia 221 5 Metauro Mobili 218 6 Atala–Campagnolo 217 7 Gis Gelati 169 8 Selle San Marco–Wilier Triestina 141 9 Inoxpran 107 10 Termolan–Galli 98

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