The 1972 Giro d'Italia was the 55th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 100 riders, and 69 riders finished the race.

By rider Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro Pos. Position in the general classification DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish

No. Name Nationality Team 1 Gösta Pettersson 2 Mario Anni 3 Ottavio Crepaldi 4 Lino Farisato 5 Giorgio Favaro 6 Wilmo Francioni 7 Gianni Motta 8 Tomas Pettersson 9 Mauro Simonetti 10 Albert Van Vlierberghe 11 Roger De Vlaeminck 12 Patrick Sercu 13 Pierfranco Vianelli 14 Enrico Maggioni 15 Romano Tumellero 16 Ole Ritter 17 Adriano Passuello 18 Attilio Rota 19 Arturo Pecchielan 20 Julien Stevens 21 Franco Bitossi 22 Marcello Bergamo 23 Giovanni Cavalcanti 24 Arnaldo Caverzasi 25 Ugo Colombo 26 Vittorio Cumino 27 Josef Fuchs 28 Donato Giuliani 29 Renato Laghi 30 Piero Spinelli 31 Aldo Moser G.B.C.–Sony 32 Claudio Michelotto G.B.C.–Sony 33 Dino Zandegù G.B.C.–Sony 34 Silvano Schiavon G.B.C.–Sony 35 G.B.C.–Sony 36 Silvano Davo G.B.C.–Sony 37 Mario Lanzafame G.B.C.–Sony 38 Erich Spahn G.B.C.–Sony 39 Jurg Schneider G.B.C.–Sony 40 Edi Schneider G.B.C.–Sony 41 José Manuel Fuente 42 José Antonio González 43 Miguel María Lasa 44 Santiago Lazcano 45 Vicente López Carril 46 Jesús Manzaneque 47 Domingo Perurena 48 Francisco Galdós 49 José Pesarrodona 50 Francisco-Javier Galdeano 51 Georges Pintens Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 52 Fabrizio Fabbri Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 53 Vittorio Urbani Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 54 Pietro Dallai Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 55 Silvano Ravagli Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 56 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 57 Alberto Tazzi Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 58 André Poppe Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 59 Willy De Geest Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 60 Ludo Van Staeyen Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 61 Eddy Merckx 62 Giancarlo Bellini 63 Joseph Bruyère 64 Jos Deschoenmaecker 65 Jos Huysmans 66 Frans Mintjens 67 Jozef Spruyt 68 Roger Swerts 69 Martin Van Den Bossche 70 Victor Van Schil 71 Marino Basso 72 Pietro Campagnari 73 Emilio Casalini 74 Felice Gimondi 75 Pietro Guerra 76 Antoine Houbrechts 77 Roberto Poggiali 78 Giacinto Santambrogio 79 Guerrino Tosello 80 Italo Zilioli 81 Luciano Armani 82 Franco Balmamion 83 Angelo Bassini 84 Attilio Benfatto 85 Carlo Chiappano 86 Michele Dancelli 87 Franco Mori 88 Enrico Paolini 89 Giancarlo Polidori 90 Celestino Vercelli 91 Davide Boifava Zonca 92 Sandro Cammilli Zonca 93 Virginio Levati Zonca 94 Wladimiro Panizza Zonca 95 Giuseppe Perletto Zonca 96 Roberto Sorlini Zonca 97 Pietro Tamiazzo Zonca 98 Giovanni Varini Zonca 99 Louis Pfenninger Zonca 100 Kurt Rub Zonca

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