Giro d'Italia 1968

The 51st Giro d'Italia was held in 23 sections and 3919.7 kilometers from May 20 to June 12, 1968 and won by Belgian Eddy Merckx . Of the 130 riders who started, 90 reached the finish in Naples .

course

stage	from	to	km	winner	Maglia pink
prolog	Campione d'Italia	Campione d'Italia	5.7 ( EZF )	Charly Grosskost	Charly Grosskost
1	Campione d'Italia	Novara	128	Eddy Merckx	Eddy Merckx
2	Novara	Saint Vincent	189	Eddy Merckx
3	Saint Vincent	Alba	168	Guido Reybrouck	Michele Dancelli
4th	Alba	San Remo	162	Edward Sels
5	San Remo	San Remo	137	Italo Zilioli
6th	San Remo	Alessandria	223	José Antonio Momeñe
7th	Alessandria	Piacenza	170	Guerrino Tosello
8th	San Giorgio Piacentino	Brescia	225	Eddy Merckx
9	Brescia	Lido di Caldonazzo	210	Julio Jiménez
10	Trent	Monte Grappa	136	Emilio Casalini
11	Bassano del Grappa	Trieste	197	Guido Reybrouck
12	Gorizia	Three Peaks	213	Eddy Merckx	Eddy Merckx
13	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Vittorio Veneto	163	Lino Farisato
14th	Vittorio Veneto	Marina Romea	194	Luigi Sgarbozza
15th	Ravenna	Imola	141	Marino Basso
16	Cesenatico	San Marino ( SMR )	49 (EZF)	Felice Gimondi
17th	San Marino (SMR)	Foligno	196	Franco Bitossi
18th	Foligno	Abbadia San Salvatore	166	Julio Jiménez
19th	Abbadia San Salvatore	Rome	181	Luciano Dalla Bona
20th	Rome	Rocca di Cambio	215	Luis Pedro Santamarina
21st	Rocca di Cambio	Block House ( Majella National Park )	198	Franco Bitossi
22nd	Chieti	Naples	235	Guido Reybrouck

Final results

winner	Eddy Merckx	108: 42: 27 h
Second	Vittorio Adorni	+ 5:01 min
Third	Felice Gimondi	+ 9:05 min
Fourth	Italo Zilioli	+ 9:17 min
fifth	Willy Van Neste	+ 10:43 min
Sixth	Gianni Motta	+ 12:23 min
seventh	Michele Dancelli	+ 12:33 min
Eighth	Franco Balmamion	+ 15:43 min
Ninth	Francisco Gabica	+ 16:59 min
Tenth	Franco Bitossi	+ 19:02 min
Scoring	Eddy Merckx	198 P.
Second	Franco Bitossi	138 P.
Second	Michele Dancelli	134 P.
Mountain scoring	Eddy Merckx	340 p.
Second	Julio Jiménez	180 p.
Third	Giancarlo Polidori	140 p.
Team evaluation	Faema