1974 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | 16 May – 9 June | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22, including one split stage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,001 km (2,486 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 113h 09 '13" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Eddy Merckx (BEL)
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(Molteni) |
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| Second |
 Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA)
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(Scic) | |
| Third |
Felice Gimondi (ITA)
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(Bianchi) | |
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Points |
Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)
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(Brooklyn) |
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Mountains |
 José Manuel Fuente (ESP)
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(Kas) |
| Team | Kas | ||
The 1974 Giro d'Italia was the 58th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Vatican City, on 16 May, with a 164 km (102 mi) stage and concluded in Milan, on 8 June, with 257 km (160 mi) leg. A total of 140 riders from fourteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Belgian Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Gianbattista Baronchelli and Felice Gimondi, respectively. Merckx's victory in the 1974 Giro was his first step in completing the Triple Crown of Cycling – winning the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the World Championship road race in one calendar year – becoming the first rider ever to do so.
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Brooklyn's Roger De Vlaeminck won the points classification and José Manuel Fuente of KAS won the mountains classification. KAS finished as the winners of the team points classification.
A total of fourteen teams were invited to participate in the 1974 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 140 cyclists. Three riders from Rokado did not start the race after enrolling, which reduced the starting field to 137. From the riders that began this edition, 96 made it to the finish Milan.
The teams entering the race were:
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