Giro d'Italia 1969

The 52nd Giro d'Italia was held in 24 sections and 4037 kilometers from May 16 to June 8, 1969 and won by the Italian Felice Gimondi . Of the 130 drivers who started, 81 reached the finish in Milan .

Due to a positive doping test, the wearer of the Maglia rosa Eddy Merckx was excluded from the tour after the 16th stage and was unable to defend his title from the previous year. Bad weather leads to the cancellation of the 20th stage.

course

stage	from	to	km	winner	Maglia pink
1	Garda	Brescia	140	Giancarlo Polidori	Giancarlo Polidori
2	Brescia	Mirandola	180	Davide Boifava	Davide Boifava
3	Mirandola	Montecatini Terme	188	Eddy Merckx	Giancarlo Polidori
4th	Montecatini Terme	Montecatini Terme	21 ( EZF )	Eddy Merckx
5	Montecatini Terme	Follonica	194	Albert Van Vlierberghe
6th	Follonica	Viterbo	198	Franco Cortinovis
7th	Viterbo	Terracina	206	Eddy Merckx
8th	Terracina	Naples	133	Marino Basso
9	Naples	Potenza	183	Michele Dancelli	Eddy Merckx
10	Potenza	Campitello Matese	254	Carlo Chiappano
11	Campobasso	Scanno	165	Franco Bitossi
12	Scanno	Silvi Marina	180	Ugo Colombo	Silvano Schiavon
13	Silvi Marina	Senigallia	166	Marino Basso
14th	Senigallia	San Marino ( SMR )	185	Franco Bitossi	Eddy Merckx
15th	Cesenatico	San Marino (SMR)	49 (EZF)	Eddy Merckx
16	Parma	Savona	228	Roberto Ballini
17th	Celle Ligure	Pavia	182	Ole Knight	Felice Gimondi
18A	Pavia	Zingonia	115	Marino Basso
18B	Zingonia	San Pellegrino Terme	100	Marino Basso
19th	San Pellegrino Terme	Folgaria	248	Italo Zilioli
20th	Trent	Marmolada	230	Canceled
21st	Rocca Pietore	Cavalese	131	Claudio Michelotto
22nd	Cavalese	Folgarida	150	Vittorio Adorni
23	Folgarida	Milan	257	Attilio Benfatto

Final results

winner	Felice Gimondi	106: 47: 03 h
Second	Claudio Michelotto	+ 3:35 min
Third	Italo Zilioli	+ 4:48 min
Fourth	Silvano Schiavon	+ 7:01 min
fifth	Ugo Colombo	+ 11:54 min
Sixth	Michele Dancelli	+ 14:05 min
seventh	Aldo Moser	+ 20:05 min
Eighth	Primo Mori	+ 20:25 min
Ninth	Rudi Altig	+ 23:45 min
Tenth	Franco Bitossi	+ 31:36 min
Scoring	Franco Bitossi	182 P.
Second	Marino Basso	166 P.
Second	Michele Dancelli	129 P.
Mountain scoring	Claudio Michelotto	330 p.
Second	Italo Zilioli	250 p.
Third	Felice Gimondi	230 p.
Team evaluation	Molteni