The 1975 Giro d'Italia was the 58th running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Milan, on 17 May, with a set of split stages and concluded with a summit finish to the Passo dello Stelvio, on 7 June, with another split stage, consisting of an individual time trial and a mass-start stage. A total of 90 riders from nine teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Fausto Bertoglio of the Jollj Ceramica team. The second and third places were taken by Spaniard Francisco Galdós and Italian Felice Gimondi, respectively.

Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Brooklyn's Roger De Vlaeminck won the points classification and Andrés Oliva and Francisco Galdós of KAS won the mountains classification. Brooklyn finished as the winners of the team points classification. Roger De Vlaeminck won seven stages.

Teams

Nine teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1975 edition of the Giro d'Italia In total, 58 riders were from Italy, while the remaining 37 riders came from: Belgium (10), Spain (10), the Netherlands (7), Switzerland (2), Colombia (1), New Zealand (1), and Norway (1). Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 90 cyclists.

Of those starting, 21 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time. The average age of riders was 27.2 years, ranging from 21–year–old Gianbattista Baronchelli (Scic) to 34–year–old Franco Bitossi (Scic). The team with the youngest average rider age was Bassi Frisol (24), while the oldest was Bianchi-Campagnolo (28). From those that started, 70 made it to the finish on the Passo dello Stelvio.

The teams entering the race were:

Bianchi-Campagnolo Brooklyn Vibor Bassi Frisol Jollj Ceramica KAS Magniflex Scic Zonca

The winner of the previous edition, Eddy Merckx, was planning to defend his title, but fell ill two days before the start. His team Molteni had been fully prepared to help Merckx win his sixth Giro title, but without their leader they decided it was useless to start.

Route and stages

The route for the race was revealed on 10 April 1975.

+Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner117 MayMilan to Fiorano Modenese Plain stage 218 MayModena to Ancona Plain stage 319 MayAncona to Prati di Tivo Stage with mountain(s) 420 MayTeramo to Campobasso Stage with mountain(s) 521 MayCampobasso to Bari Plain stage 622 MayBari to Castrovillari Plain stage 7a23 MayCastrovillari to Padula Stage with mountain(s) 7bPadula to Potenza Stage with mountain(s) 824 MayPotenza to Sorrento Stage with mountain(s) 925 MaySorrento to Frosinone Plain stage 1026 MayFrosinone to Tivoli Plain stage 1127 MayRome to Orvieto Plain stage 1228 MayChianciano Terme to Forte dei Marmi Plain stage 1329 MayForte dei Marmi to Forte dei MarmiIndividual time trial 30 May Rest day1431 MayIl Ciocco to Il CioccoIndividual time trial 151 JuneIl Ciocco to Arenzano Stage with mountain(s) 162 JuneArenzano to Orta San Giulio Plain stage 17a3 JuneOmegna to Pontoglio Plain stage 17bPontoglio to Monte Maddalena Stage with mountain(s) 184 JuneBrescia to Baselga di Piné Stage with mountain(s) 195 JuneBaselga di Piné to Pordenone Plain stage 206 JunePordenone to Alleghe Stage with mountain(s) 217 JuneAlleghe to Passo dello Stelvio Stage with mountain(s) Total

Classification leadership

There were three main individual classifications contested in the 1975 Giro d'Italia, as well as a team competition. Three 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. The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Giro. The rider leading the classification wore a pink jersey to signify the classification's leadership.

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 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. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo dello Stelvio. The first rider to cross the Stelvio was Spanish rider Francisco Galdós.

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.

There were other minor classifications within the race, including the Campionato delle Regioni classification. This was a replacement for the "traguardi tricolore" classification that was calculated in previous years. The leader wore a blue jersey with colored vertical stripes ("maglia azzurra con banda tricolore verticale"). On every intermediate sprint, the first three riders scored points.

+Classification leadership by stage Stage WinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classification Campionato delle Regioni Team classification 1 Knut Knudsen Knut Knudsen Knut Knudsen not awarded Marcello Osler not awarded 2 Patrick Sercu Rik Van Linden Jollj Ceramica 3 Giovanni Battaglin Giovanni Battaglin Giovanni Battaglin ? 4 Roger De Vlaeminck Francisco Galdós Roger De Vlaeminck & Pierino Gavazzi Andrés Oliva Brooklyn 5 Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden Marcello Osler 6 Roger De Vlaeminck Roger De Vlaeminck 7a Domingo Perurena 7b Roger De Vlaeminck 8 Marcello Osler 9 Enrico Paolini 10 Roger De Vlaeminck 11 Roger De Vlaeminck 12 Patrick Sercu 13 Giovanni Battaglin Giovanni Battaglin 14 Fausto Bertoglio Fausto Bertoglio Fausto Bertoglio & Andrés Oliva 15 Franco Bitossi Andrés Oliva 16 Fabrizio Fabbri ? 17a Patrick Sercu 17b Wladimiro Panizza Fausto Bertoglio 18 Roger De Vlaeminck Andrés Oliva 19 Martín Emilio Rodríguez 20 Roger De Vlaeminck Marcello Osler 21 Francisco Galdós Francisco Galdós & Andrés Oliva Final Fausto Bertoglio Roger De Vlaeminck Francisco Galdós & Andrés Oliva Marcello Osler Brooklyn

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 Campionato delle Regioni classification

General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Jollj Ceramica 2 KAS + 41" 3 Bianchi-Campagnolo + 6' 18" 4 Brooklyn + 7' 39" 5 Magniflex + 8' 00" 6 Brooklyn + 8' 13" 7 Scic + 10' 32" 8 Furzi + 13' 40" 9 KAS + 14' 48" 10 Scic + 14' 48"

Points classification

+Final points classification (1–5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Brooklyn 346 2 Jollj Ceramica 159 3 Bianchi-Campagnolo 154 4 Brooklyn 148 5 Zonca 123

Mountains classification

+Final mountains classification (1–10)RiderTeamPoints 1 KAS 300 KAS 3 Jollj Ceramica 240 4 Furzi 150 5 Brooklyn 130 6 Magniflex 120 7 Brooklyn 110 Bianchi-Campagnolo Brooklyn 10 Jollj Ceramica 80

Campionato delle Regioni classification

+Final Campionato delle Regioni classification (1–5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Brooklyn 43 2 Bianchi-Campagnolo 31 3 Zonca 25 4 Furzi 23 5 Brooklyn 10

Combination classification

+Final Combination classification (1–5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Brooklyn ? 2 Bianchi-Campagnolo ? 3 Bianchi-Campagnolo ? 4 Brooklyn ? 5 KAS ?

Team points classification

+Final team points classification (1–5)TeamPoints 1 Brooklyn 11,270 2 Jollj Ceramica 6,720 3 KAS 6,200 4 Bianchi-Campagnolo 5,895 5 Scic 3,485

Doping There was no positive doping test in the Giro of 1975.

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