Giro d'Italia 1976

The 59th Giro d'Italia took place from May 21st to June 6th, 1976 and covered a total distance of 4161 kilometers.

course

Overall winner was Felice Gimondi (ITA / Bianchi), who beat Johan De Muynck in the time trial. The points jersey won Francesco Moser (ITA / Sanson). Andrés Oliva (ESP / Kas ) won the mountain classification . As in the previous year, the team championship was won by Brooklyn.

stage	from	to	km	winner	Pink jersey
1.1	Catania	Catania	64	Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Patrick Sercu (BEL)
1.2	Catania	Siracusa	78	Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Patrick Sercu (BEL)
2.	Siracusa	Caltanissetta	210	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)	Patrick Sercu (BEL)
3.	Caltanissetta	Palermo	163	Rik Van Linden (BEL)	Patrick Sercu (BEL)
4th	Cefalù	Messina	192	Francesco Moser (ITA)	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)
5.	Reggio Calabria	Cosenza	220	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)
6th	Cosenza	Matera	207	Johan De Muynck (BEL)	Johan De Muynck (BEL)
7th	Ostuni	Ostuni	37 ( EZF )	Francesco Moser (ITA)	Francesco Moser (ITA)
8th.	Selva di Fassino	Lake Laceno	256	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
9.	Bagnoli Irpino	Roccaraso	204	Fabrizio Fabbri (ITA)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
10.	Roccaraso	Terni	203	Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
11.	Terni	Gabbice Mare	222	Antonio Menendez (ESP)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
12.	Gabbice Mare	Poretta Terme	215	Sigfrido Fontanelli (ITA)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
13.	Poretta Terme	Il Ciocco	146	Ronald De Witte (BEL)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
14th	Il Ciocco	Varazze	227	Francesco Moser (ITA)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
15th	Varazze	Ozegna	216	Rik Van Linden (BEL)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
16.	Castellamonte	Arosio	258	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
17th	Arosio	Verona	196	Ercole Gualazzini (ITA)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
18th	Verona	Longarone	174	Simone Fraccaro (ITA)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
19th	Longarone	Vigio di Fassia	132	Andres Gandarias (ESP)	Johan De Muynck (BEL)
20th	Vigio di Fassia	Terme di Comano	170	Luciano Conati (ITA)	Johan De Muynck (BEL)
21st	Terme di Comano	Bergamo	238	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Johan De Muynck (BEL)
22.2	Arcore	Circuito de la Brianza	28 ( EZF )	Joseph Bruyère (BEL)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
22.2	Milan	Milan	106	Daniele Tinchella (ITA)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)

Final score

Overall ranking

rank	Surname	nationality	team	time
1.	Felice Gimondi	Italy	Bianchi	119h58: 15
2.	Johan De Muynck	Belgium	Brooklyn	+0: ​​19
3.	Fausto Bertoglio	Italy	Jollyceramica	+0: ​​49
4th	Francesco Moser	Italy	Sanson	+1: 07
5.	Gianbattista Baronchelli	Italy	Scic	+1: 35
6th	Wladimiro Panizza	Italy	Scic	+2: 35
7th	Alfio Vandi	Italy	Magniflex	+4: 07
8th.	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	Molteni	+7: 40
9.	Walter Riccomi	Italy	Scic	+8: 49
10.	Juan Pujol Pagès	Spain	Cheese	+8: 50
11.	Giancarlo Bellini	Italy	Brooklyn	+13: 52
12.	Roberto Poggiali	Italy	Sanson	+15: 19
13.	Fabrizio Fabbri	Italy	Bianchi	+17: 28
14th	Julian Andiano	Spain	Texa	+18: 01
15th	Antoine Houbrechts	Belgium	Bianchi	+20: 18
16.	Italo Zilioli	Italy	Furzi vibor	+21: 33
17th	Fernando Mendes	Portugal	Texa	+23: 29
18th	Francisco Galdós	Spain	Cheese	+26: 16
19th	Arnaldo Caverzasi	Italy	Scic	+29: 50
20th	Giuseppe Perletto	Italy	Magniflex	+32: 56
...
58.	Wilhelm Singer	BR Germany	Bianchi	+ 1h55: 17

120 participants, 86 of them classified

Points

rank	Surname	nationality	team	Points
1.	Francesco Moser	Italy	Sanson	272 p.
2.	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	Molteni	149
3.	Felice Gimondi	Italy	Bianchi	143

mountain

rank	Surname	nationality	team	Points
1.	Andrés Oliva	Spain	Cheese	535
1.	Andres Gandarias	Spain	Cheese	390
3.	Francesco Moser	Italy	Sanson	270 p.

source

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