Giro d'Italia 1973
The 56th Giro d'Italia was held in 21 sections and 3801 kilometers from May 18 to June 9, 1973 and won by Belgian Eddy Merckx . Merckx had secured the Maglia rosa in the prologue and did not give it up until the end of the tour. Of the 140 riders who started, 113 reached the finish in Trieste . After starting abroad in Belgium, the tour led via Germany , Luxembourg , France and Switzerland to Italy . Apart from the start in Vatican City the following year , this was the last real international start of the Giro for the next 23 years until 1996 .
course
stage | from | to | km | winner | Maglia pink |
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prolog | Verviers ( BEL ) | Verviers | 5 ( PZF ) | Eddy Merckx , Roger Swerts | Eddy Merckx |
1 | Verviers | Cologne ( GER ) | 137 | Eddy Merckx | |
2 | Cologne | Luxembourg ( LUX ) | 227 | Roger De Vlaeminck | |
3 | Luxembourg | Strasbourg ( FRA ) | 239 | Gustave van Roosbroeck | |
4th | Geneva ( SUI ) | Aosta | 163 | Eddy Merckx | |
5 | Saint Vincent | Milan | 173 | Karstens tanning | |
6th | Milan | Iseo | 144 | Gianni Motta | |
7th | Iseo | Lido delle Nazioni | 248 | Rik Van Linden | |
8th | Lido delle Nazioni | Monte Carpegna | 156 | Eddy Merckx | |
9 | Carpegna | Alba Adriatica | 243 | Patrick Sercu | |
10 | Alba Adriatica | Lanciano | 174 | Eddy Merckx | |
11 | Lanciano | Benevento | 230 | Roger De Vlaeminck | |
12 | Benevento | Fiuggi | 236 | Tullio Rossi (cyclist) | |
13 | Fiuggi | Bolsena | 215 | Roger De Vlaeminck | |
14th | Bolsena | Florence | 202 | Francesco Moser | |
15th | Florence | Forte dei Marmi | 150 | Martín Emilio Rodríguez | |
16 | Forte dei Marmi | Forte dei Marmi | 37 ( EZF ) | Felice Gimondi | |
17th | Forte dei Marmi | Verona | 244 | Rik Van Linden | |
18th | Verona | Andalo | 173 | Eddy Merckx | |
19th | Andalo | Auronzo di Cadore | 208 | José Manuel Fuente | |
20th | Auronzo di Cadore | Trieste | 197 | Marino Basso |
Final results
winner | Eddy Merckx | 106: 54: 41 h |
Second | Felice Gimondi | + 7:42 min |
Third | Giovanni Battaglin | + 10:20 min |
Fourth | José Pesarrodona | + 15:51 min |
fifth | Santiago Lazcano | + 19:11 min |
Sixth | Wladimiro Panizza | + 19:45 min |
seventh | Ole Knight | + 24:24 min |
Eighth | José Manuel Fuente | + 26:06 min |
Ninth | Francisco Galdós | + 26:35 min |
Tenth | Gianni Motta | + 26:49 min |
Scoring | Eddy Merckx | 237 P. |
Second | Roger De Vlaeminck | 216 P. |
Third | Felice Gimondi | 146 P. |
Mountain scoring | José Manuel Fuente | 550 p. |
Second | Eddy Merckx | 510 p. |
Third | Giovanni Battaglin | 180 p. |
Team evaluation | Molteni |