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:

Cynar

Germanvox–Wega

Salamini–Luxor TV

Pre-race favorites

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

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.

There were plans to hold a prelude the night before the first stage. This would have been 15 km, and would not have counted for the general classification, but the winner would have been allowed to wear the pink jersey on the first stage. The Italian Communist Party took the opportunity to protest against the bombing of Hanoi during the Vietnam War, and the prelude was cancelled.

+ Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner120 MayTreviglio to Alessandria Plain stage 221 MayAlessandria to La Spezia Stage with mountain(s) 322 MayLa Spezia to Prato Stage with mountain(s) 423 MayFlorence to Chianciano Terme Plain stage 524 MayRome to Naples Plain stage 625 MayPalermo to Palermo Plain stage 726 MayCatania to Etna Stage with mountain(s) 827 MayReggio Calabria to Cosenza Stage with mountain(s) 928 MayCosenza to Taranto Plain stage 1029 MayBari to Potenza Plain stage 1130 MayPotenza to Salerno Stage with mountain(s) 1231 MayCaserta to Blockhaus Stage with mountain(s) 131 JuneChieti to Riccione Plain stage 142 JuneRiccione to Lido degli Estensi Plain stage 153 JuneLido degli Estensi to Mantua Plain stage 164 JuneMantua to Verona Individual time trial 5 June Rest day176 JuneVerona to Vicenza Stage with mountain(s) 187 JuneVicenza to Udine Plain stage 198 JuneUdine to Tre Cime di Lavaredo Stage with mountain(s) Stage Cancelled209 JuneCortina d'Ampezzo to Trento Stage with mountain(s) 2110 JuneTrento to Tirano Stage with mountain(s) 22a11 JuneTirano to Madonna del Ghisallo Stage with mountain(s) 22bMadonna del Ghisallo to Milan Plain stage 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 leader's 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. There were no time bonuses in 1967.

For the points classification, which awarded a red jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15.

A major secondary classification was the mountains classification. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. There were three categories of mountains. The first category awarded 50, 40, 30, 20, and 10 points, the second distributed 40, 30, 20, and 10 points, and the third category gave 30, 20, and 10 points. The highest climb of the Giro was designated as Cima Coppi, and gave 200, 100, 80, 70 and 50 points.

There was also an intermediate sprints classification.

Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams. Here riders scored points for their teams for a high stage finish, leading the general classification, or beging amongst the first riders at a mountain pass or intermediate sprint.

+Classification leadership by stage Stage WinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationTeam classification 1 Giorgio Zancanaro Giorgio Zancanaro Giorgio Zancanaro not awarded Max Meyer 2 Antonio Gómez del Moral Antonio Gómez del Moral Silvano Schiavon KAS-Kaskol 3 Michele Dancelli Michele Dancelli Aurelio González Puente Vitadello 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 KAS-Kaskol 13 Georges Vandenberghe 14 Eddy Merckx 15 Michele Dancelli Vitadello 16 Ole Ritter Jacques Anquetil KAS-Kaskol 17 Francisco Gabica Silvano Schiavon 18 Dino Zandegù Vitadello 19 Stage Cancelled 20 Vittorio Adorni Jacques Anquetil KAS-Kaskol 21 Marcello Mugnaini Felice Gimondi 22a Aurelio González 22b Willy Planckaert Final Felice GimondiDino Zandegù Aurelio González Puente KAS-Kaskol

Final standings

Legend      Denotes the winner of the General classification      Denotes the winner of the Points classification

General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Salvarani 2 Molteni + 3' 36" 3 Bic + 3' 45" 4 Salamini + 4' 33" 5 KAS + 5' 17" 6 Molteni + 6' 21" 7 Bic + 7' 25" 8 KAS + 9' 43" 9 Peugeot + 11' 41" 10 KAS + 15' 00"

Mountains classification

+ Final mountains classification (1–7)NameTeamPoints 1 KAS 460 2 Bic 90 3 Salvarani 80 Peugeot Salvarani Salvarani 7 Vittadello 70

Points classification

+ Final points classification (1–5)NameTeamPoints 1 Salvarani 180 2 Peugeot 164 3 Romeo-Smith's 150 4 Salvarani 102 5 KAS 89

Team classification

+ Final team classification (1–10)TeamPoints 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

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