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Information about the Giro d'Italia of 1968

This page has information about the Giro d'Italia of 1968. I also have information about the previous Giro in 1967. I also have information about the next Giro in 1969.

Classification jerseys

General classification:
Points classification:

Classification winners

Classification	Winner	Age (year_day)
General classification	E. Merckx	22₃₆₀
Points classification	E. Merckx	22₃₆₀
Mountains classification	E. Merckx	22₃₆₀
Traguardi tricolori	F. Bitossi	27₂₈₄
Circuits	E. Merckx	22₃₆₀
Surprise	M. Basso	23₁₁
Ramazzotti	Faema

Stage prizes

Date	Nr.	From	To	Distance (km)	Winner	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Most progression	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Source(s)
20 May 1968	P	Campione d'Italia	Campione d'Italia	5	C. Grosskost	24₇₆	FRA	N/A			1
21 May 1968	1	Campione d'Italia	Novara	128	E. Merckx	22₃₃₈	BEL	N/A			1 2
22 May 1968	2	Novara	Saint-Vincent	189	E. Merckx	22₃₃₉	BEL	R. Maurer	30₃₆	SUI	1 2 3
23 May 1968	3	Saint-Vincent	Alba	168	G. Reybrouck	26₁₄₉	BEL	G. Reybrouck	26₁₄₉	BEL	1 2
24 May 1968	4	Alba	Sanremo	162	E. Sels	26₂₇₀	BEL	V. Chiarini	31₉₈	ITA	1 2
25 May 1968	5	Sanremo	Sanremo	137	I. Zilioli	26₂₄₃	ITA	?			1 2 3
26 May 1968	6	Sanremo	Alessandria	223	J. Momene	27₂₈₄	ESP	R. Grenier	24₁₅₅	FRA	1 2
27 May 1968	7	Alessandria	Piacenza	174	G. Tosello	24₂₂₆	ITA	P. Ghisellini	24₂₂₅	FRA	1 2
28 May 1968	8	Piacenza	Brescia	225	E. Merckx	22₃₄₅	BEL	I. Massignan	31₁₄₆	ITA	1 2 3
29 May 1968	9	Brescia	Lido di Caldonazzo	210	J. Jiménez	33₂₁₃	ESP	O. Ritter	26₂₇₃	DEN	1 2
30 May 1968	10	Trento	Monte Grappa	136	E. Casalini	26₂₀₆	ITA	A. Girard	24₂₅₀	SUI	1 2
31 May 1968	11	Bassano del Grappa	Trieste	197	G. Reybrouck	26₁₅₇	BEL	?			1 2
01 Jun 1968	12	Gorizia	Tre Cime di Lavaredo	213	E. Merckx	22₃₄₉	BEL	?			1 2 3
02 Jun 1968	13	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Vittorio Veneto	163	L. Farisato	23₇₉	ITA	W. Planckaert	24₅₈	BEL	1 2 3
03 Jun 1968	14	Vittorio Veneto	Marina Romea	199	L. Sgarbozza	23₃₄₇	ITA	W. Peffgen	25₂₄₅	GER	1 2 3
04 Jun 1968	15	Ravenna	Imola	141	M. Basso	23₃	ITA	M. Basso	23₃	ITA	1 2 3
06 Jun 1968	16	Cesenatico	San Marino	49	F. Gimondi	25₂₅₀	ITA	?			1 2
07 Jun 1968	17	San Marino	Foligno	196	F. Bitossi	27₂₇₉	ITA	R. Poggiali	27₅₂	ITA	1 2
08 Jun 1968	18	Foligno	Abbadia San Salvatore	166	J. Jiménez	33₂₂₃	ESP	?			1 2 3
09 Jun 1968	19	Abbadia San Salvatore	Rome	181	L. Dalla Bona	24₂₇₅	ITA	?			1 2 3 4
10 Jun 1968	20	Rome	Rocca di Cambio	215	L. Santamarina	25₃₅₀	ESP	L. Santamarina	25₃₅₀	ESP	1 2 3
11 Jun 1968	21	Rocca di Cambio	Blockhaus	198	F. Bitossi	27₂₈₃	ITA	?			1 2 3
12 Jun 1968	22	Chieti	Napoli	235	G. Reybrouck	26₁₆₉	BEL	?			1 2 3 4

Classification leaders

Date	Nr.	General classification	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Points	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Mountain	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Traguardi tricolori	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Surprise	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Piste	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Team points	Source(s)
20 May 1968	P	C. Grosskost	24₇₆	FRA	N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			Does not exist	1
21 May 1968	1	E. Merckx	22₃₃₈	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₃₈	BEL	N/A			A. Durante	27₃₀₁	ITA	I. Zilioli	26₂₃₉	ITA	N/A			Faema	1 2
22 May 1968	2	E. Merckx	22₃₃₉	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₃₉	BEL	J. Jiménez	33₂₀₆	ESP	Multiple riders			Multiple riders			G. Motta	25₇₀	ITA	Faema	1 2 3
23 May 1968	3	M. Dancelli	26₁₅	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₀	BEL	J. Jiménez	33₂₀₇	ESP	Multiple riders			Multiple riders			G. Motta	25₇₁	ITA	Faema	1 2
24 May 1968	4	M. Dancelli	26₁₆	ITA	E. Sels	26₂₇₀	BEL	J. Jiménez	33₂₀₈	ESP	Multiple riders			P. Campagnari	27₉	ITA	G. Motta	25₇₂	ITA	Faema	1 2
25 May 1968	5	M. Dancelli	26₁₇	ITA	E. Sels	26₂₇₁	BEL	Multiple riders			Multiple riders			P. Campagnari	27₁₀	ITA	G. Motta	25₇₃	ITA	Faema	1 2 3
26 May 1968	6	M. Dancelli	26₁₈	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₃	BEL	Multiple riders			Multiple riders			P. Campagnari	27₁₁	ITA	G. Motta	25₇₄	ITA	Faema	1 2
27 May 1968	7	M. Dancelli	26₁₉	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₄	BEL	M. Díaz	28₂₅₃	ESP	Multiple riders			P. Campagnari	27₁₂	ITA	G. Motta	25₇₅	ITA	Faema	1 2
28 May 1968	8	M. Dancelli	26₂₀	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₅	BEL	M. Díaz	28₂₅₄	ESP	C. Michelotto	25₂₀₉	ITA	P. Campagnari	27₁₃	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₅	BEL	Faema	1 2 3
29 May 1968	9	M. Dancelli	26₂₁	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₆	BEL	J. Jiménez	33₂₁₃	ESP	C. Michelotto	25₂₁₀	ITA	P. Campagnari	27₁₄	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₆	BEL	Faema	1 2
30 May 1968	10	M. Dancelli	26₂₂	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₇	BEL	J. Jiménez	33₂₁₄	ESP	C. Michelotto	25₂₁₁	ITA	P. Campagnari	27₁₅	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₇	BEL	Faema	1 2
31 May 1968	11	M. Dancelli	26₂₃	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₈	BEL	J. Jiménez	33₂₁₅	ESP	C. Michelotto	25₂₁₂	ITA	P. Campagnari	27₁₆	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₈	BEL	Faema	1 2
01 Jun 1968	12	E. Merckx	22₃₄₉	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₄₉	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₄₉	BEL	M. Anni	24₁₉₂	ITA	P. Campagnari	27₁₇	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₄₉	BEL	Faema	1 2 3
02 Jun 1968	13	E. Merckx	22₃₅₀	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₀	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₀	BEL	M. Anni	24₁₉₃	ITA	P. Campagnari	27₁₈	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₅₀	BEL	Faema	1 2 3
03 Jun 1968	14	E. Merckx	22₃₅₁	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₁	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₁	BEL	M. Anni	24₁₉₄	ITA	P. Campagnari	27₁₉	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₅₁	BEL	Faema	1 2 3
04 Jun 1968	15	E. Merckx	22₃₅₂	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₂	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₂	BEL	Multiple riders			Multiple riders			E. Merckx	22₃₅₂	BEL	Faema	1 2 3
06 Jun 1968	16	E. Merckx	22₃₅₄	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₄	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₄	BEL	Multiple riders			Multiple riders			E. Merckx	22₃₅₄	BEL	Faema	1 2
07 Jun 1968	17	E. Merckx	22₃₅₅	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₅	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₅	BEL	Multiple riders			M. Basso	23₆	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₅₅	BEL	Faema	1 2
08 Jun 1968	18	E. Merckx	22₃₅₆	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₆	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₆	BEL	Multiple riders			M. Basso	23₇	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₅₆	BEL	Faema	1 2 3
09 Jun 1968	19	E. Merckx	22₃₅₇	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₇	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₇	BEL	Multiple riders			M. Basso	23₈	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₅₇	BEL	Faema	1 2 3 4
10 Jun 1968	20	E. Merckx	22₃₅₈	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₈	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₈	BEL	Multiple riders			M. Basso	23₉	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₅₈	BEL	Faema	1 2 3
11 Jun 1968	21	E. Merckx	22₃₅₉	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₉	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₅₉	BEL	F. Bitossi	27₂₈₃	ITA	M. Basso	23₁₀	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₅₉	BEL	Faema	1 2 3
12 Jun 1968	22	E. Merckx	22₃₆₀	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₆₀	BEL	E. Merckx	22₃₆₀	BEL	F. Bitossi	27₂₈₄	ITA	M. Basso	23₁₁	ITA	E. Merckx	22₃₆₀	BEL	Faema	1 2 3 4

Graphs

Distance of final winner in general classification

Average speed winner of stage (km/h)

Participants

Participants Giro d'Italia 1968
Number	Name			Nat	Final	Stages won before this Giro
1	Felice Gimondi (25₂₇₅)	†	D	ITA	Salvarani	3	1
2	Antonio-Paolo Albonetti (26₉₅)	†		ITA	Salvarani	62	0
3	Rudi Altig (31₁₀₅)	†	D	GER	Salvarani	AB21	4
4	Lino Carletto (24₃₄₇)	†		ITA	Salvarani	46	0
5	Carlo Chiappano (27₁₀₇)	†		ITA	Salvarani	66	0
6	Luciano Dalla Bona (24₂₉₇)			ITA	Salvarani	82	0
7	Tommaso De Pra (29₁₉₇)			ITA	Salvarani	53	0
8	Giancarlo Ferretti (26₃₂₆)			ITA	Salvarani	43	0
9	Roberto Poggiali (27₇₆)			ITA	Salvarani	NP18	0
10	Wilfried Peffgen (25₂₇₃)	†	D	GER	Salvarani	50	0
11	Julio Jiménez (33₂₄₆)	†		ESP	Bic	10	2
12	Gilles Locatelli (24₂₁₀)	†		FRA	Bic	89	0
13	Willy Van Neste (24₁₁₃)		D	BEL	Bic	5	0
14	Cees Haast (29₁₉₁)	†		NED	Bic	17	0
15	Edward Sels (26₃₀₈)			BEL	Bic	AB22	0
16	Charly Grosskost (24₁₁₈)	†	D	FRA	Bic	63	0
17	Jean-Claude Theillière (24₃₉)			FRA	Bic	34	0
18	Pierre Ghisellini (24₂₆₀)			FRA	Bic	70	0
19	Roland Berland (23₁₂₅)			FRA	Bic	64	0
20	Serge Bolley (23₂₁₀)			FRA	Bic	23	0
21	Eddy Merckx (23₁₄)		D	BEL	Faema	1	2
22	Vittorio Adorni (30₂₂₉)	†	D	ITA	Faema	2	10
23	Luciano Armani (27₂₆₂)	†	D	ITA	Faema	22	1
24	Emilio Casalini (26₂₃₈)	†		ITA	Faema	58	0
25	Lino Farisato (23₁₀₈)			ITA	Faema	18	0
26	Guido Reybrouck (26₁₈₈)		D	BEL	Faema	52	0
27	Joseph Spruyt (25₁₂₆)			BEL	Faema	42	0
28	Roger Swerts (25₁₈₅)			BEL	Faema	25	0
29	Martin Van Den Bossche (27₁₁₃)			BEL	Faema	AB20	0
30	Victor Van Schil (28₁₉₃)	†	D	BEL	Faema	DSQA	0
31	Francisco Gabica (30₁₈₂)	†		ESP	Fagor	8	1
32	Eusebio Vélez (33₉₅)	†		ESP	Fagor	11	0
33	José Antonio Momene (27₃₂₀)	†		ESP	Fagor	AB8	0
34	Luis Pedro Santamarina (26₆)	†	D	ESP	Fagor	16	0
35	Gines García (27₁₂₃)			ESP	Fagor	39	0
36	José Manuel López (28₁₃₁)			ESP	Fagor	AB6	0
37	Mariano Díaz (28₂₈₈)	†	D	ESP	Fagor	DSQA	0
38	Joaquín Galera (28₉₈)	†	D	ESP	Fagor	DSQA	0
39	José-Maria Errandonea (27₂₀₁)			ESP	Fagor	40	0
40	Luis Ocaña (23₂₂)	†	D	ESP	Fagor	32	0
41	Franco Bitossi (27₃₀₃)			ITA	Filotex	9	8
42	Italo Zilioli (26₂₈₀)		D	ITA	Filotex	4	1
43	Vittorio Chiarini (31₁₃₆)			ITA	Filotex	78	0
44	Ugo Colombo (28₁₃₀)	†		ITA	Filotex	33	0
45	Alberto Della Torre (22₂₉₆)			ITA	Filotex	56	0
46	Giorgio Favaro (24₁₇₈)	†		ITA	Filotex	AB13	0
47	Giuseppe Grassi (25₂₆₉)			ITA	Filotex	81	0
48	Adriano Passuello (25₂₄₀)			ITA	Filotex	12	0
49	Alfio Poli (23₃₀₆)			ITA	Filotex	AB10	0
50	Flaviano Vicentini (26₁₀)	†		ITA	Filotex	26	0
51	Daminiano Capodivento (25₁₁₃)	†		ITA	GBC	65	0
52	Giorgio Destro (23₁₆₈)			ITA	GBC	83	0
53	Domenico Mazzanti (27₁₉₃)			ITA	GBC	88	0
54	Giuseppe Poli (26₅₇)			ITA	GBC	90	0
55	Peter Abt (23₂₃₇)			SUI	GBC	DSQA	0
56	René Binggeli (27₁₆₅)	†		SUI	GBC	AB15	1
57	Auguste Girard (24₂₈₂)			SUI	GBC	45	0
58	Rolf Maurer (30₇₆)	†		SUI	GBC	35	1
59	Louis Pfenninger (23₂₄₂)			SUI	GBC	14	0
60	Bernard Vifian (23₁₉₇)	†		SUI	GBC	75	0
61	Vito Taccone (28₅₆)	†		ITA	Germanvox-Wega	15	8
62	Ole Ritter (26₃₀₆)			DEN	Germanvox-Wega	49	1
63	Eraldo Bocci (25₃₁₁)			ITA	Germanvox-Wega	67	0
64	Lorenzo Carminati (28₀)			ITA	Germanvox-Wega	48	0
65	Renato Laghi (23₂₀₅)			ITA	Germanvox-Wega	19	0
66	Vincenzo Mantovani (25₂₅₇)	†		ITA	Germanvox-Wega	71	0
67	Giuseppe Milioli (23₁₀₄)			ITA	Germanvox-Wega	41	0
68	Henning Petersen (28₃₀₂)			DEN	Germanvox-Wega	AB5	0
69	Primo Franchini (27₆₂)	†		ITA	Germanvox-Wega	AB4	0
70	Bruno Vittiglio (26₂₉₇)			ITA	Germanvox-Wega	AB5	0
71	Rino Benedetti (39₂₂₅)	†		ITA	Kelvinator	AB4	4
72	Attilio Benfatto (25₁₁₂)	†		ITA	Kelvinator	38	0
73	Carlo Brunetti (24₃₆₄)			ITA	Kelvinator	AB20	0
74	Vin Denson (32₂₂₀)			GBR	Kelvinator	87	1
75	Mario Di Toro (24₂₉₇)	†		ITA	Kelvinator	DSQA	0
76	Karl Heinz Kunde (29₃₂₉)	†		GER	Kelvinator	24	0
77	Lucillo Lievore (27₃₅₂)		D	ITA	Kelvinator	86	0
78	Mario Mancini (24₁₈₉)			ITA	Kelvinator	61	0
79	Albano Negro (26₉₂)	†		ITA	Kelvinator	37	0
80	Mario Zanin (27₃₆₃)			ITA	Kelvinator	AB20	0
81	Roberto Ballini (24₁₀₉)			ITA	Max Meyer	27	0
82	Gianpaolo Cucchietti (26₆)	†		ITA	Max Meyer	44	0
83	Adriano Durante (27₃₄₂)	†		ITA	Max Meyer	72	3
84	Bruno Fantinato (26₂₃₆)			ITA	Max Meyer	59	0
85	Luciano Galbo (25₈₀)	†		ITA	Max Meyer	80	1
86	Claudio Michelotto (25₂₄₃)	†		ITA	Max Meyer	20	0
87	Guido Neri (29₁₅₅)		D	ITA	Max Meyer	51	0
88	Luigi Sgarbozza (24₁₀)			ITA	Max Meyer	31	0
89	Remo Stefanoni (27₂₉₄)			ITA	Max Meyer	68	0
90	Giorgo Zancanaro (28₇₇)			ITA	Max Meyer	HD9	3
91	Mario Anni (24₂₂₂)			ITA	Molteni	69	0
92	Franco Balmamion (28₁₇₂)			ITA	Molteni	7	0
93	Marino Basso (23₃₀)			ITA	Molteni	54	1
94	Francis Blanc (29₂₇₈)			SUI	Molteni	79	0
95	Franco Bodrero (25₁₄₄)	†	D	ITA	Molteni	DSQA	0
96	Pietro Campagnari (27₄₇)			ITA	Molteni	73	0
97	Giuseppe Fezzardi (28₁₈₆)			ITA	Molteni	55	0
98	Gianni Motta (25₁₁₀)		D	ITA	Molteni	DSQA	3
99	Edy Schutz (27₄₇)			LUX	Molteni	21	0
100	Guerrino Tosello (24₂₆₁)			ITA	Molteni	NP8	0
101	Renzo Baldan (25₂₃₄)			ITA	Pepsi Cola	60	0
102	Graziano Battistini (32₅₀)	†		ITA	Pepsi Cola	AB6	2
103	Renato Bongioni (26₂₆₀)			ITA	Pepsi Cola	AB10	0
104	Michele Dancelli (26₅₄)	†	D	ITA	Pepsi Cola	6	6
105	Giovanni De Franceschi (27₁₄₆)			ITA	Pepsi Cola	30	0
106	Imerio Massignan (31₁₈₀)	†		ITA	Pepsi Cola	29	0
107	Aldo Pifferi (29₂₄₈)	†		ITA	Pepsi Cola	74	1
108	Giancarlo Polidori (24₂₄₅)			ITA	Pepsi Cola	36	0
109	Silvano Schiavon (25₂₃₉)	†		ITA	Pepsi Cola	13	0
110	Karl Brand (27₁₅₂)			SUI	Pepsi Cola	77	0
111	André Bayssiere (24₃₀₈)			FRA	Peugeot	AB21	0
112	Raymond Delisle (25₁₁₂)	†	D	FRA	Peugeot	DSQA	0
113	Jean-Claude Daunat (22₂₉₀)	†	D	FRA	Peugeot	AB9	0
114	Jean Dumont (24₃₂₂)		D	FRA	Peugeot	28	0
115	René Grenier (24₁₉₁)	†		FRA	Peugeot	84	0
116	Désiré Letort (25₁₅₃)	†	D	FRA	Peugeot	AB21	0
117	Roger Pingeon (27₃₀₇)	†	D	FRA	Peugeot	AB1	0
118	Henri Rabaute (25₃₆)	†		FRA	Peugeot	57	0
119	Daniel Samy (24₂₃₆)			FRA	Peugeot	76	0
120	André Zimmermann (29₁₃₁)	†		FRA	Peugeot	AB9	0
121	Willy Planckaert (24₈₇)			BEL	Smith's	AB19	3
122	Georges Van Den Berghe (26₁₈₅)	†		BEL	Smith's	47	1
123	Frans Brands (28₃₁)	†		BEL	Smith's	AB10	1
124	Jacques De Boever (30₃₀₆)			BEL	Smith's	AB19	0
125	Jean-Baptiste Claes (31₁₄₂)			BEL	Smith's	AB6	0
126	Albert Van Vlierberghe (26₁₀₅)	†		BEL	Smith's	AB9	1
127	René Corthout (26₁₂₅)			BEL	Smith's	AB5	0
128	Roger Kindt (22₂₈₆)	†	D	BEL	Smith's	AB17	0
129	Roland Van de Ryse (25₃₃₃)			BEL	Smith's	85	0
130	Bart Zoet (25₂₅₄)	†		NED	Smith's	AB5	0

Results per team

The "StProb" column indicates the probability that an equally sized team would win the same number of stages, assuming each participating rider had an equal chance of winning a stage. A probability of 0.50 indicates that the team won exactly as expected, a probability close to 0 indicates that the team won fewer stages than expected, and a probability close to 1 indicates that the team won more stages than expected.

The "GCProb" and "Lexico" columns indicate how well the team performed in the overall ranking. For both, a higher number is better; GCProb ranges from minus infinity to plus infinity, with an average of 0; Lexico ranges from 0 to 1, with an average of 0.5.

Team	Riders	Stages won	StProb	GCProb	Lexico
Faema	10	9	1.00	1.87	0.88
Bic	10	4	0.94	1.48	0.77
Filotex	10	3	0.82	1.18	0.73
Salvarani	10	2	0.60	0.25	0.74
Fagor	10	2	0.60	0.59	0.44
Molteni	10	2	0.60	-0.30	0.52
Max Meyer	10	1	0.31	0.81	0.29
Peugeot	10	0	0.08	-2.21	0.08
Smith's	10	0	0.08	-3.15	0.01
Pepsi Cola	10	0	0.08	0.95	0.64
GBC	10	0	0.08	-0.53	0.37
Kelvinator	10	0	0.08	-1.05	0.15
Germanvox-Wega	10	0	0.08	0.12	0.32

Information about the Giro d'Italia of 1968

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