1975 Giro d'Italia
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The 1975 Giro d'Italia
Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

, the 58th running of the race, was held from 17 May to 7 June 1975. It covered 3,933 km at an average speed of 35.266 km/h, for a total of 21 stages. It was won by the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 Fausto Bertoglio
Fausto Bertoglio
Fausto Bertoglio is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1975 Giro d'Italia with the Jolly Ceramica team. It was the first Giro d'Italia victory on a Pinarello bicycle frameset...

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General classification 

Rank Name Country Time
1 Fausto Bertoglio
Fausto Bertoglio
Fausto Bertoglio is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1975 Giro d'Italia with the Jolly Ceramica team. It was the first Giro d'Italia victory on a Pinarello bicycle frameset...

111h 31' 24s
2 Francisco Galdós
Francisco Galdós
Francisco Galdós Gauna is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He finished second in the 1975 Giro d'Italia and 1979 Vuelta a España, as well as third in 1972 Giro d'Italia.-External links:...

 
 Spain + 41s
3 Felice Gimondi
Felice Gimondi
Felice Gimondi is an Italian former professional racing cyclist.With his 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed "The Phoenix", was the second cyclist to win all three Grand Tours of road cycling: Tour de France , Giro...

 
+ 6' 18s
4 Roger De Vlaeminck
Roger De Vlaeminck
Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as '"The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation"...

 
+ 7' 39s
5 Giuseppe Perletto  + 8' 00s
6 Wladimiro Panizza
Wladimiro Panizza
Wladimiro Panizza was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Panizza came from a communistic family and was named after Lenin. During his long career , he helped Felice Gimondi and Franco Bitossi. His best grand tour was the 1980 Giro d'Italia, where he finished on the second place in the...

 
+ 8' 13s
7 Walter Riccomi
Walter Riccomi
Walter Riccomi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Riccomi finished in the top ten of a grand tour four times, but did not win any stage.- Palmarès :1975...

 
+ 10' 32s
8 Costantino Conti  + 13' 40s
9 Miguel María Lasa
Miguel María Lasa
Miguel María Lasa Urquía is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He won four stages in the Vuelta a España as well as the Points classification in 1975 Vuelta a España. He also finished on the podium of Vuelta a España four times...

 
 Spain + 14 48s
10 Gianbattista Baronchelli
Gianbattista Baronchelli
Gianbattista Baronchelli is an Italian retired professional road racing cyclist . He obtained a total of 94 victories....

 
+ 14' 48s

Maglia rosa holders

Cyclist Country Stages
Knut Knudsen
Knut Knudsen
Knut Knudsen is a retired Norwegian cyclist.He won the 4,000 m individual pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics and at the World Championship in 1973. He won 11 Norwegian championships and cycled professionally in Italy from 1973 to 1981...

 
1st-2nd
Giovanni Battaglin
Giovanni Battaglin
Giovanni Battaglin is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1981 Giro d'Italia. He also won the 1981 Vuelta a España.-Early years:...

 
3rd and 13th
Francisco Galdós
Francisco Galdós
Francisco Galdós Gauna is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He finished second in the 1975 Giro d'Italia and 1979 Vuelta a España, as well as third in 1972 Giro d'Italia.-External links:...

 
 Spain 4th-12th
Fausto Bertoglio
Fausto Bertoglio
Fausto Bertoglio is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1975 Giro d'Italia with the Jolly Ceramica team. It was the first Giro d'Italia victory on a Pinarello bicycle frameset...

 
7th-final

Other jerseys

  • Maglia ciclamino: Roger De Vlaeminck
    Roger De Vlaeminck
    Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as '"The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation"...

     
  • Maglia verde
    Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia
    The mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia is a secondary classification. In this classification, points are awarded to the leading riders over designated climbs. Most climbs are sorted into one of three scales based on difficulty and its position on that day's stage...

    : Andrés Oliva
    Andrés Oliva
    Andrés Oliva was a former Spanish professional cyclist. Oliva was a great climber, so he ended up winning multiple Mountains Classifications. He won the Mountains Classification at the 1975 Giro d'Italia and the 1976 Giro d'Italia. Those were the only two years that Oliva raced the Giro d'Italia...

     and Francisco Galdós
    Francisco Galdós
    Francisco Galdós Gauna is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He finished second in the 1975 Giro d'Italia and 1979 Vuelta a España, as well as third in 1972 Giro d'Italia.-External links:...

     Spain
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