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Information about the Giro d'Italia of 1972

This page has information about the Giro d'Italia of 1972. I also have information about the previous Giro in 1971. I also have information about the next Giro in 1973.

Classification jerseys

General classification:
Points classification:

Classification winners

Classification	Winner	Age (year_day)
General classification	E. Merckx	26₃₅₉
Points classification	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₉₂
Mountains classification	J. Fuente	26₂₆₄
Traguardi tricolori	G. Polidori	28₂₂₅
Combination	E. Merckx	26₃₅₉
Ramazzotti	Molteni

Stage prizes

Date	Nr.	From	To	Distance (km)	Winner	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Combativity	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Most progression	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Source(s)
21 May 1972	1	Mestre	Ravenna	196	M. Basso	26₃₅₄	ITA	D. Zandegù	31₃₅₅	ITA	N/A			1 2
22 May 1972	2	Ravenna	Fermo	212	G. Motta	29₇₀	ITA	?	?		?			1 2
23 May 1972	3	Porto San Giorgio	Francavilla	205	U. Colombo	32₉₁	ITA	?	?		S. Schiavon	29₂₀₀	ITA	1 2
24 May 1972	4A	Francavilla	Blockhaus	48	J. Fuente	26₂₄₆	ESP	—			M. Lanzafame	22₁₆₂	ITA	1
24 May 1972	4B	Blockhaus	Foggia	210	W. Francioni	23₁₉₇	ITA	J. Fuente	26₂₄₆	ESP	M. Simonetti	23₃₁₄	ITA	1 2
25 May 1972	5	Foggia	Montesano	238	F. Fabbri	23₂₃₉	ITA	?	?		C. Michelotto	29₂₀₆	ITA	1 2 3
26 May 1972	6	Montesano	Cosenza	190	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₇₆	BEL	E. Paolini	27₆₁	ITA	A. Caverzasi	24₁₃₅	ITA	1 2
27 May 1972	7	Cosenza	Catanzaro	151	G. Pettersson	31₁₈₅	SWE	?	?		V. Van Schil	32₁₅₈	BEL	1 2
28 May 1972	8	Catanzaro	Reggio Calabria	160	A. Benfatto	29₇₈	ITA	?	?		L. Armani	31₂₂₈	ITA	1 2
29 May 1972	9	Messina	Messina	110	A. Van Vlierberghe	30₇₂	BEL	?	?		P. Spinelli	24₅₈	ITA	1 2
31 May 1972	10	Rome	Monte Argentario	166	I. Zilioli	30₂₄₉	ITA	?	?		A. Van Vlierberghe	30₇₄	BEL	1 2 3
01 Jun 1972	11	Monte Argentario	Forte dei Marmi	242	M. Lasa	24₂₁₃	ESP	?	?		C. Vercelli	25₂₉₅	ITA	1 2 3
02 Jun 1972	12A	Forte dei Marmi	Forte dei Marmi	20	E. Merckx	26₃₅₀	BEL	?	?		?			1
02 Jun 1972	12B	Forte dei Marmi	Forte dei Marmi	20	R. Swerts	29₁₅₆	BEL	?	?		M. Simonetti	23₃₂₃	ITA	1 2
03 Jun 1972	13	Forte dei Marmi	Savona	200	W. Francioni	23₂₀₇	ITA	?	?		?			1
04 Jun 1972	14	Savona	Jafferau	256	E. Merckx	26₃₅₂	BEL	?	?		J. Fuchs	23₃₁₅	SUI	1 2 3
06 Jun 1972	15	Parabiago	Parabiago	168	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₈₇	BEL	?	?		A. Tazzi	26₅₄	ITA	1 2 3
07 Jun 1972	16	Parabiago	Livigno	256	E. Merckx	26₃₅₅	BEL	?	?		M. Van Den Bossche	31₈₉	BEL	1 2 3
08 Jun 1972	17	Livigno	Passo Stelvio	88	J. Fuente	26₂₆₁	ESP	?	?		A. Poppe	28₂₁₇	BEL	1 2 3
09 Jun 1972	18	Solda	Asiago	223	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₉₀	BEL	?	?		P. Vianelli	25₂₃₂	ITA	1 2
10 Jun 1972	19A	Asiago	Arco	163	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₉₁	BEL	?	?		?			1 2
10 Jun 1972	19B	Arco	Arco	18	E. Merckx	26₃₅₈	BEL	?	?		?			1 2
11 Jun 1972	20	Arco	Milan	185	E. Paolini	27₇₇	ITA	?	?		?			1 2

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.	Combination	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Team points	Source(s)
21 May 1972	1	M. Basso	26₃₅₄	ITA	M. Basso	26₃₅₄	ITA	N/A			Multiple riders			?			Salvarani	1 2
22 May 1972	2	M. Basso	26₃₅₅	ITA	M. Basso	26₃₅₅	ITA	G. Motta	29₇₀	ITA	Multiple riders			?			Salvarani	1 2
23 May 1972	3	U. Colombo	32₉₁	ITA	F. Bitossi	31₂₆₄	ITA	G. Motta	29₇₁	ITA	G. Polidori	28₂₀₆	ITA	?			?	1 2
24 May 1972	4A	J. Fuente	26₂₄₆	ESP	G. Motta	29₇₂	ITA	G. Motta	29₇₂	ITA	G. Polidori	28₂₀₇	ITA	?			?	1
24 May 1972	4B	J. Fuente	26₂₄₆	ESP	G. Motta	29₇₂	ITA	G. Motta	29₇₂	ITA	G. Polidori	28₂₀₇	ITA	?			?	1 2
25 May 1972	5	J. Fuente	26₂₄₇	ESP	G. Motta	29₇₃	ITA	G. Motta	29₇₃	ITA	G. Polidori	28₂₀₈	ITA	?			Ferretti	1 2 3
26 May 1972	6	J. Fuente	26₂₄₈	ESP	G. Motta	29₇₄	ITA	G. Motta	29₇₄	ITA	G. Polidori	28₂₀₉	ITA	?			Ferretti	1 2
27 May 1972	7	E. Merckx	26₃₄₄	BEL	F. Bitossi	31₂₆₈	ITA	Multiple riders			G. Polidori	28₂₁₀	ITA	?			Ferretti	1 2
28 May 1972	8	E. Merckx	26₃₄₅	BEL	F. Bitossi	31₂₆₉	ITA	Multiple riders			G. Polidori	28₂₁₁	ITA	?			Ferretti	1 2
29 May 1972	9	E. Merckx	26₃₄₆	BEL	F. Bitossi	31₂₇₀	ITA	Multiple riders			G. Polidori	28₂₁₂	ITA	?			Ferretti	1 2
31 May 1972	10	E. Merckx	26₃₄₈	BEL	F. Bitossi	31₂₇₂	ITA	Multiple riders			G. Polidori	28₂₁₄	ITA	?			Ferretti	1 2 3
01 Jun 1972	11	E. Merckx	26₃₄₉	BEL	F. Bitossi	31₂₇₃	ITA	Multiple riders			G. Polidori	28₂₁₅	ITA	?			Ferretti	1 2 3
02 Jun 1972	12A	E. Merckx	26₃₅₀	BEL	E. Merckx	26₃₅₀	BEL	Multiple riders			G. Polidori	28₂₁₆	ITA	?			Ferretti	1
02 Jun 1972	12B	E. Merckx	26₃₅₀	BEL	E. Merckx	26₃₅₀	BEL	Multiple riders			G. Polidori	28₂₁₆	ITA	?			Ferretti	1 2
03 Jun 1972	13	E. Merckx	26₃₅₁	BEL	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₈₄	BEL	Multiple riders			G. Polidori	28₂₁₇	ITA	?			Ferretti	1
04 Jun 1972	14	E. Merckx	26₃₅₂	BEL	E. Merckx	26₃₅₂	BEL	E. Merckx	26₃₅₂	BEL	G. Polidori	28₂₁₈	ITA	?			Molteni	1 2 3
06 Jun 1972	15	E. Merckx	26₃₅₄	BEL	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₈₇	BEL	E. Merckx	26₃₅₄	BEL	G. Polidori	28₂₂₀	ITA	?			Molteni	1 2 3
07 Jun 1972	16	E. Merckx	26₃₅₅	BEL	E. Merckx	26₃₅₅	BEL	J. Fuente	26₂₆₀	ESP	G. Polidori	28₂₂₁	ITA	?			Molteni	1 2 3
08 Jun 1972	17	E. Merckx	26₃₅₆	BEL	E. Merckx	26₃₅₆	BEL	J. Fuente	26₂₆₁	ESP	G. Polidori	28₂₂₂	ITA	?			Molteni	1 2 3
09 Jun 1972	18	E. Merckx	26₃₅₇	BEL	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₉₀	BEL	J. Fuente	26₂₆₂	ESP	G. Polidori	28₂₂₃	ITA	?			Molteni	1 2
10 Jun 1972	19A	E. Merckx	26₃₅₈	BEL	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₉₁	BEL	J. Fuente	26₂₆₃	ESP	G. Polidori	28₂₂₄	ITA	?			Molteni	1 2
10 Jun 1972	19B	E. Merckx	26₃₅₈	BEL	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₉₁	BEL	J. Fuente	26₂₆₃	ESP	G. Polidori	28₂₂₄	ITA	?			Molteni	1 2
11 Jun 1972	20	E. Merckx	26₃₅₉	BEL	R. De Vlaeminck	24₂₉₂	BEL	J. Fuente	26₂₆₄	ESP	G. Polidori	28₂₂₅	ITA	E. Merckx	26₃₅₉	BEL	Molteni	1 2

Graphs

Distance of final winner in general classification

Average speed winner of stage (km/h)

Participants

Participants Giro d'Italia 1972
Number	Name			Nat	Final	Stages won before this Giro
1	Gösta Pettersson (31₂₂₀)			SWE	Ferretti	6	0
2	Mario Anni (28₂₂₂)			ITA	Ferretti	56	0
3	Ottavio Crepaldi (27₄₁)			ITA	Ferretti	AB19A	0
4	Lino Farisato (27₁₀₈)			ITA	Ferretti	36	2
5	Giorgio Favaro (28₁₇₈)	†		ITA	Ferretti	AB18	0
6	Wilmo Francioni (23₂₃₅)			ITA	Ferretti	66	0
7	Gianni Motta (29₁₁₀)		D	ITA	Ferretti	DSQ15	3
8	Tomas Pettersson (25₁₆)			SWE	Ferretti	41	0
9	Mauro Simonetti (23₃₅₂)			ITA	Ferretti	65	0
10	Albert Van Vlierberghe (30₁₀₅)	†		BEL	Ferretti	57	2
11	Roger De Vlaeminck (24₃₁₂)			BEL	Dreher	7	0
12	Patrick Sercu (28₄)	†		BEL	Dreher	HD4A	3
13	Pierfranco Vianelli (25₂₅₄)		D	ITA	Dreher	49	1
14	Enrico Maggioni (25₂₄₂)			ITA	Dreher	AB5	0
15	Romano Tumellero (24₁₅₀)			ITA	Dreher	HD4A	1
16	Ole Ritter (30₃₀₆)			DEN	Dreher	11	3
17	Adriano Passuello (29₂₄₀)			ITA	Dreher	64	0
18	Attilio Rota (27₆₃)			ITA	Dreher	54	0
19	Arturo Pecchielan (28₈₁)			ITA	Dreher	32	0
20	Julien Stevens (29₁₂₆)		D	BEL	Dreher	HD4A	0
21	Franco Bitossi (31₃₀₃)			ITA	Filotex	DSQ15	17
22	Marcello Bergamo (25₁₉₇)			ITA	Filotex	13	0
23	Giovanni Cavalcanti (28₂₂₇)		D	ITA	Filotex	17	0
24	Arnaldo Caverzasi (24₁₇₁)			ITA	Filotex	51	0
25	Ugo Colombo (32₁₃₀)	†		ITA	Filotex	23	1
26	Vittorio Cumino (29₄₁)			ITA	Filotex	59	0
27	Josef Fuchs (23₃₄₂)			SUI	Filotex	30	0
28	Donato Giuliani (25₂₇₀)	†		ITA	Filotex	18	0
29	Renato Laghi (27₂₀₅)			ITA	Filotex	50	0
30	Piero Spinelli (24₉₁)			ITA	Filotex	69	0
31	Aldo Moser (38₁₄₄)	†		ITA	GBC-Sony	AB19A	0
32	Claudio Michelotto (29₂₄₃)	†		ITA	GBC-Sony	62	1
33	Dino Zandegù (32₃₁)			ITA	GBC-Sony	HD4A	6
34	Silvano Schiavon (29₂₃₉)	†		ITA	GBC-Sony	12	0
35	Diego Moser (25₁₃₉)			ITA	GBC-Sony	HD4A	0
36	Silvano Davo (27₁₂₅)	†		ITA	GBC-Sony	HD4A	0
37	Mario Lanzafame (22₂₀₀)			ITA	GBC-Sony	42	0
38	Erich Spahn (23₂₈₇)	†		SUI	GBC-Sony	NP15	0
39	Jürg Schneider (22₁₉₄)			SUI	GBC-Sony	AB13	0
40	Eduard Schneider (23₂₄₇)			SUI	GBC-Sony	HD4A	0
41	José Manuel Fuente (26₂₈₄)	†	D	ESP	Kas-Kaskol	2	1
42	José Antonio González (26₆₇)		D	ESP	Kas-Kaskol	NP18	0
43	Miguel María Lasa (24₂₄₃)		D	ESP	Kas-Kaskol	9	1
44	Santiago Lazcano (25₁₁₅)	†		ESP	Kas-Kaskol	10	0
45	Vicente López (29₂₁₁)	†		ESP	Kas-Kaskol	4	1
46	Jesús Manzaneque (29₁₈₁)		D	ESP	Kas-Kaskol	21	0
47	Domingo Perurena (28₁₉₉)	†	D	ESP	Kas-Kaskol	NP8	1
48	Francisco Galdos (25₅₆)			ESP	Kas-Kaskol	3	0
49	José Pesarrodona (26₁₅₀)			ESP	Kas-Kaskol	14	0
50	Francisco Xavier Galdeano (22₂₀₆)			ESP	Kas-Kaskol	AB5	0
51	Georges Pintens (25₂₅₉)			BEL	Magniflex	37	0
52	Fabrizio Fabbri (23₂₇₆)	†		ITA	Magniflex	34	0
53	Vittorio Urbani (24₁₄₁)			ITA	Magniflex	28	0
54	Pietro Dallai (25₈₉)			ITA	Magniflex	44	0
55	Silvano Ravagli (26₉₀)			ITA	Magniflex	24	0
56	Mauro Vannucchi (24₁₂₂)	†		ITA	Magniflex	61	0
57	Alberto Tazzi (26₇₉)			ITA	Magniflex	68	0
58	André Poppe (28₂₄₀)			BEL	Magniflex	40	0
59	Willy De Geest (25₁₇₄)			BEL	Magniflex	DSQ15	0
60	Ludo Van Staeyen (23₂₀₂)			BEL	Magniflex	45	0
61	Eddy Merckx (27₁₄)		D	BEL	Molteni	1	13
62	Giancarlo Bellini (26₂₈₉)			ITA	Molteni	33	0
63	Joseph Bruyère (23₂₆₉)			BEL	Molteni	53	0
64	Jos De Schoenmaecker (24₂₇₃)			BEL	Molteni	26	0
65	Jos Huysmans (30₁₉₅)	†		BEL	Molteni	25	0
66	Frans Mintjens (25₂₂₀)			BEL	Molteni	20	0
67	Joseph Spruyt (29₁₂₆)			BEL	Molteni	46	0
68	Roger Swerts (29₁₈₅)			BEL	Molteni	16	0
69	Martin Van Den Bossche (31₁₁₃)			BEL	Molteni	29	0
70	Victor Van Schil (32₁₉₃)	†	D	BEL	Molteni	27	0
71	Marino Basso (27₃₀)			ITA	Salvarani	HD4A	11
72	Pietro Campagnari (31₄₇)			ITA	Salvarani	HD4A	0
73	Emilio Casalini (30₂₃₈)	†		ITA	Salvarani	47	1
74	Felice Gimondi (29₂₇₅)	†	D	ITA	Salvarani	8	4
75	Pietro Guerra (29₃)			ITA	Salvarani	HD4A	0
76	Tony Houbrechts (28₂₉₉)			BEL	Salvarani	15	0
77	Roberto Poggiali (31₇₆)			ITA	Salvarani	31	0
78	Giacinto Santambrogio (27₆₇)	†		ITA	Salvarani	48	1
79	Guerrino Tosello (28₂₆₁)			ITA	Salvarani	60	2
80	Italo Zilioli (30₂₈₀)		D	ITA	Salvarani	DSQ15	4
81	Luciano Armani (31₂₆₂)	†	D	ITA	Scic	AB18	2
82	Franco Balmamion (32₁₇₂)			ITA	Scic	38	0
83	Angelo Bassini (25₃₃₈)			ITA	Scic	67	0
84	Attilio Benfatto (29₁₁₂)	†		ITA	Scic	55	1
85	Carlo Chiappano (31₁₀₇)	†		ITA	Scic	AB7	1
86	Michele Dancelli (30₅₄)	†	D	ITA	Scic	35	11
87	Franco Mori (27₃₂₁)			ITA	Scic	63	0
88	Enrico Paolini (27₉₇)	†		ITA	Scic	39	2
89	Giancarlo Polidori (28₂₄₅)			ITA	Scic	58	1
90	Celestino Vercelli (25₃₂₅)	†		ITA	Scic	52	0
91	Davide Boifava (25₂₂₉)			ITA	Zonca	NP12A	2
92	Sandro Cammilli (27₁₉₇)			ITA	Zonca	AB9	0
93	Virginio Levati (27₂₂₆)			ITA	Zonca	HD4A	0
94	Wladimiro Panizza (27₂₆)	†		ITA	Zonca	5	0
95	Giuseppe Perletto (24₆₀)			ITA	Zonca	22	0
96	Roberto Sorlini (24₃₀₅)			ITA	Zonca	AB7	0
97	Pietro Tamiazzo (27₈₇)			ITA	Zonca	HD4A	0
98	Giovanni Varini (24₂₉₅)			ITA	Zonca	DSQ15	0
99	Louis Pfenninger (27₂₄₂)			SUI	Zonca	19	0
100	Kurt Rub (26₁₂₃)			SUI	Zonca	43	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
Ferretti	10	5	0.95	-0.88	0.48
Molteni	10	5	0.95	2.63	0.95
Dreher	10	4	0.87	-0.60	0.41
Kas-Kaskol	10	3	0.70	2.15	0.72
Salvarani	10	2	0.45	-0.51	0.38
Scic	10	2	0.45	-0.83	0.04
Filotex	10	1	0.20	1.03	0.36
Magniflex	10	1	0.20	0.45	0.13
Zonca	10	0	0.04	-1.08	0.37
GBC-Sony	10	0	0.04	-2.37	0.17

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