Giro d'Italia 1974

The 57th Giro d'Italia was held in 23 sections and 4001 kilometers from May 16 to June 9, 1974 and was won by Belgian Eddy Merckx . Of the 140 riders who started, 96 reached the finish in Milan . In this edition of the Giro , the green jersey was awarded for the first time as a sign of leadership in the mountain classification.

course

stage	from	to	km	winner	Maglia Rosa
1	Vatican City ( VAT )	Formia	164	Wilfried Reybrouck	Wilfried Reybrouck
2	Formia	Pompei	121	Patrick Sercu
3	Pompei	Sorrento	137	José Manuel Fuente	José Manuel Fuente
4th	Sorrento	Sapri	208	Roger De Vlaeminck
5	Sapri	Tarent	215	Pierino Gavazzi
6th	Tarent	Foggia	206	Franco Bitossi
7th	Foggia	Chieti	257	Ugo Colombo
8th	Chieti	Macerata	150	Franco Bitossi
9	Macerata	Monte Carpegna	191	José Manuel Fuente
10	Carpegna	Modena	205	Patrick Sercu
11A	Modena	Il Ciocco	153	José Manuel Fuente
11B	Il Ciocco	Forte dei Marmi	166	Patrick Sercu
12	Forte dei Marmi	Forte dei Marmi	40 ( EZF )	Eddy Merckx
13	Forte dei Marmi	Pietra Ligure	231	Enrico Paolini	Eddy Merckx
14th	Pietra Ligure	San Remo	189	Giuseppe Perletto
15th	San Remo	Valenza	206	Ercole Gualazzini
16	Valenza	Monte Generoso	158	José Manuel Fuente
17th	Como	Iseo	158	Santiago Lazcano
18th	Iseo	Sella Valsugana	190	Franco Bitossi
19th	Borgo Valsugana	Pordenone	146	Enrico Paolini
20th	Pordenone	Three Peaks	163	José Manuel Fuente
21st	Misurina lake	Bassano del Grappa	194	Eddy Merckx
22nd	Bassano del Grappa	Milan	257	Marino Basso

Final results

winner	Eddy Merckx	113: 08: 13 h
Second	Gianbattista Baronchelli	+ 0:12 min
Third	Felice Gimondi	+ 0:33 min
Fourth	Costantino Conti	+ 2:14 min
fifth	José Manuel Fuente	+ 3:22 min
Sixth	Giovanni Battaglin	+ 4:22 min
seventh	Francesco Moser	+ 6:17 min
Eighth	Vicente López-Carril	+ 10:28 min
Ninth	Franco Bitossi	+ 16:05 min
Tenth	Gosta Pettersson	+ 17:08 min
Scoring	Roger De Vlaeminck	265 p.
Second	Franco Bitossi	209 P.
Second	José Manuel Fuente	171 P.
Mountain scoring	José Manuel Fuente	510 p.
Second	Eddy Merckx	330 p.
Third	Santiago Lazcano	230 p.
Team evaluation	KAS-Kaskol