Giro d'Italia 1972

The 55th Giro d'Italia was held in 23 sections and 3790 kilometers from May 21 to June 11, 1972 and won by Belgian Eddy Merckx . Of the 100 riders who started, 69 reached the finish in Milan .

course

stage	from	to	km	winner	Maglia pink
1	Venice	Ravenna	196	Marino Basso	Marino Basso
2	Ravenna	Fermo	212	Gianni Motta
3	Porto San Giorgio	Francavilla al Mare	205	Ugo Colombo	Ugo Colombo
4A	Francavilla al Mare	Block house - Majella	48	José Manuel Fuente	José Manuel Fuente
4B	Block house	Foggia	210	Wilmo Francioni
5	Foggia	Montesano sulla Marcellana	238	Fabrizio Fabbri
6th	Montesano sulla Marcellana	Cosenza	190	Roger De Vlaeminck
7th	Cosenza	Catanzaro	151	Gosta Pettersson	Eddy Merckx
8th	Catanzaro	Reggio Calabria	160	Attilio Benfatto
9	Messina	Messina	110	Albert Van Vlierberghe
10	Rome	Monte Argentario	166	Italo Zilioli
11	Monte Argentario	Forte dei Marmi	242	Miguel María Lasa
12A	Forte dei Marmi	Forte dei Marmi	20 ( EZF )	Eddy Merckx
12B	Forte dei Marmi	Forte dei Marmi	20th	Roger Swerts
13	Forte dei Marmi	Savona	200	Wilmo Francioni
14th	Savona	Monte Jafferau	256	Eddy Merckx
15th	Parabiago	Parabiago	168	Roger De Vlaeminck
16	Parabiago	Livigno	256	Eddy Merckx
17th	Livigno	Stilfser Joch	88	José Manuel Fuente
18th	Sulden	Asiago	223	Roger De Vlaeminck
19A	Asiago	Arco	163	Roger De Vlaeminck
19B	Arco	Arco	18 (EZF)	Eddy Merckx
20th	Arco	Milan	185	Enrico Paolini

Final results

winner	Eddy Merckx	103: 04: 04 h
Second	José Manuel Fuente	+ 5:30 min
Third	Francisco Galdós	+ 10:39 min
Fourth	Vicente López-Carril	+ 11:17 min
fifth	Wladimiro Panizza	+ 13:00 min
Sixth	Gosta Pettersson	+ 13:09 min
seventh	Roger De Vlaeminck	+ 13:52 min
Eighth	Felice Gimondi	+ 14:05 min
Ninth	Miguel María Lasa	+ 14:19 min
Tenth	Santiago Lazcano	+ 17:42 min
Scoring	Roger De Vlaeminck
Second	Eddy Merckx
Second	Miguel María Lasa
Mountain scoring	José Manuel Fuente	490 P.
Second	Eddy Merckx	350 p.
Third	Francisco Galdos	270 p.
Team evaluation	Molteni