The 1978 Giro d'Italia was the 61st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began with a prologue individual time trial in Saint-Vincent on 7 May, and Stage 10 occurred on 17 May with a mountainous stage to Lago di Piediluco. The race finished in Milan on 28 May.
Prologue 7 May 1978 — Saint-Vincent, (ITT)
Prologue result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 3" 4 Vibor + 4" 5 Intercontinentale Assicurazioni s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 5" 8 + 6" 9 s.t. 10 Fiorella–Citroen + 7"
Stage 1 8 May 1978 — Saint-Vincent to Novi Ligure,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Vibor s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Zonca–Santini s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Selle Royal–Inoxpran s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1
Stage 2 9 May 1978 — Novi Ligure to La Spezia,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Fiorella–Citroen s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Selle Royal–Inoxpran s.t. 10 Vibor s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Fiorella–Citroen s.t. 8 Vibor s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Selle Royal–Inoxpran s.t.
Stage 3 10 May 1978 — La Spezia to Càscina,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 52" 3 Selle Royal–Inoxpran s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Selle Royal–Inoxpran s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Zonca–Santini s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 52" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Selle Royal–Inoxpran s.t. 7 Intercontinentale Assicurazioni s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 4 11 May 1978 — Larciano to Pistoia, (ITT)
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7" 3 + 10" 4 + 25" 5 + 37" 6 + 44" 7 Vibor + 49" 8 Selle Royal–Inoxpran + 58" 9 + 1' 08" 10 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 13"General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 8" 3 + 15" 4 + 18" 5 + 20" 6 + 45" 7 Vibor + 57" 8 Selle Royal–Inoxpran + 1' 17" 9 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 21" 10 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 26"
Stage 5 12 May 1978 — Prato to Cattolica,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Zonca–Santini s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 8" 3 + 15" 4 + 18" 5 + 33" 6 + 41" 7 Vibor + 53" 8 Selle Royal–Inoxpran + 1' 03" 9 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 17" 10 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 22"
Stage 6 13 May 1978 — Cattolica to Silvi Marina,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Intercontinentale Assicurazioni s.t. 6 Zonca–Santini s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Selle Royal–Inoxpran s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 8" 3 + 15" 4 + 18" 5 + 33" 6 + 45" 7 Vibor + 57" 8 Selle Royal–Inoxpran + 1' 07" 9 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 21" 10 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 26"
Stage 7 14 May 1978 — Silvi Marina to Benevento,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Fiorella–Citroen s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Vibor s.t. 10 Fiorella–Citroen s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 15" 3 + 18" 4 + 33" 5 + 45" 6 Vibor + 57" 7 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 21" 8 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 26" 9 + 1' 30" 10 Zonca–Santini s.t.
Stage 8 15 May 1978 — Benevento to Ravello,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Vibor s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Fiorella–Citroen s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Selle Royal–Inoxpran s.t. 10 + 26"General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 15" 3 + 26" 4 Vibor + 1' 08" 5 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 30" 6 s.t. 7 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 37" 8 + 1' 38" 9 Vibor + 1' 45" 10 + 1' 49"
Stage 9 16 May 1978 — Amalfi to Latina,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 Vibor s.t. 4 Fiorella–Citroen s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 5" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 15" 3 + 26" 4 Vibor + 34" 5 + 51" 6 + 56" 7 Vibor + 1' 08" 8 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 21" 9 + 1' 30" 10 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 37"
Stage 10 17 May 1978 — Latina to Lago di Piediluco,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 Selle Royal–Inoxpran + 3" 4 Intercontinentale Assicurazioni + 1' 34" 5 Selle Royal–Inoxpran s.t. 6 Vibor + 2' 37" 7 Fiorella–Citroen + 5" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 + 4' 22"General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Vibor + 34" 3 Fiorella–Citroen + 1' 21" 4 + 1' 30" 5 + 2' 05" 6 + 2' 16" 7 + 2' 41" 8 Vibor + 2' 58" 9 Fiorella–Citroen + 3' 27" 10 + 3' 28"
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