Giro d'Italia 1970

The 53rd Giro d'Italia was held in 20 sections and 3293 kilometers from May 18 to June 7, 1970 and won by Belgian Eddy Merckx . Of the 130 riders who started, 97 reached the finish in Bolzano .

course

stage	from	to	km	winner	Maglia pink
1	San Pellegrino Terme	Biandronno	115	Franco Bitossi	Franco Bitossi
2	Comerio	Saint Vincent	164	Eddy Merckx
3	Saint Vincent	Aosta	162	Franco Bitossi
4th	Saint Vincent	Lodi	205	Marino Basso
5	Lodi	Zingonia	155	Patrick Sercu
6th	Zingonia	Malcesine	212	Enrico Paolini
7th	Malcesine	Brentonico	130	Eddy Merckx	Eddy Merckx
8th	Rovereto	Bassano del Grappa	130	Walter Godefroot
9	Bassano del Grappa	Treviso	56 ( EZF )	Eddy Merckx
10	Terracina	Rivisondoli	172	Italo Zilioli
11	Rivisondoli	Francavilla al Mare	180	Michele Dancelli
12	Francavilla al Mare	Loreto	175	Miguel María Lasa
13	Loreto	Faenza	188	Michele Dancelli
14th	Faenza	Casciana Terme	218	Michele Dancelli
15th	Casciana Terme	Mirandola	215	Marino Basso
16	Mirandola	Lido di Jesolo	195	Dino Zandegù
17th	Lido di Jesolo	Arta Terme	165	Franco Bitossi
18th	Arta Terme	Marmolada	180	Michele Dancelli
19th	Rocca Pietore	Toblach	120	Franco Bitossi
20th	Toblach	Bolzano	155	Luciano Armani

Final results

winner	Eddy Merckx	90:08:47 h
Second	Felice Gimondi	+ 3:14 min
Third	Martin Van Den Bossche	+ 4:59 min
Fourth	Michele Dancelli	+ 7:07 min
fifth	Italo Zilioli	+ 8:14 min
Sixth	Gosta Pettersson	+ 9:20 min
seventh	Franco Bitossi	+ 13:10 min
Eighth	Miguel María Lasa	+ 19:25 min
Ninth	Ole Knight	+ 21:17 min
Tenth	Vittorio Adorni	+ 21:29 min
Scoring	Franco Bitossi	252 P.
Second	Michele Dancelli	241 P.
Second	Eddy Merckx	193 P.
Mountain scoring	Martin Van Den Bossche	460 p.
Second	Italo Zilioli	420 p.
Third	Luciano Armani	300 p.
Team evaluation	Faemino-Faema