1975 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | 17 May – 7 June | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 21, including two split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,963 km (2,462 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 111h 31' 24" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Fausto Bertoglio (ITA)
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(Jolly Ceramica) |
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| Second |
 Francisco Galdós (ESP)
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(KAS) | |
| Third |
Felice Gimondi (ITA)
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(Bianchi-Campagnolo) | |
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Points |
 Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)
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(Brooklyn) |
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Mountains | Two riders | |
| Team Points | Brooklyn | ||
The 1975 Giro d'Italia was the 59th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Milan, on 17 May, with a set of split stages and concluded with a summit finish to the Passo dello Stelvio, on 7 June, with another split stage, consisting of an individual time trial and a mass-start stage. A total of 90 riders from nine teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Fausto Bertoglio of the Jolly Ceramica team. The second and third places were taken by Spaniard Francisco Galdós and Italian Felice Gimondi, respectively.
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Brooklyn's Roger De Vlaeminck won the points classification and Andrés Oliva and Francisco Galdós of KAS won the mountains classification. Brooklyn finished as the winners of the team points classification.
A total of nine teams were invited to participate in the 1975 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 90 cyclists. From the riders that began this edition, 70 made it to the finish on the Passo dello Stelvio.
The teams entering the race were:
Three different jerseys were worn during the 1975 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.
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