1976 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | 21 May – 12 June | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,161 km (2,586 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 119h 58' 15" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Felice Gimondi (ITA)
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(Bianchi-Campagnolo) |
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| Second |
 Johan De Muynck (BEL)
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(Brooklyn) | |
| Third |
Fausto Bertoglio (ITA)
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(Jolly Ceramica) | |
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Points |
Francesco Moser (ITA)
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(Sanson) |
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Mountains |
 Andrés Oliva (ESP)
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(KAS) |
| Youth |
Alfio Vandi (ITA)
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(Magniflex) | |
| Combination |
Francesco Moser (ITA)
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(Sanson) | |
| Team | Brooklyn | ||
The 1976 Giro d'Italia was the 59th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Catania, on 21 May, with a set of split stages and concluded in Milan, on 12 June, with another split stage, consisting of an individual time trial and a mass-start stage. A total of 120 riders from twelve teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Felice Gimondi of the Bianchi-Campagnolo team. The second and third places were taken by Belgian Johan De Muynck and Italian Fausto Bertoglio, respectively.
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Sanson's Francesco Moser won the points classification, Andrés Oliva of KAS won the mountains classification, and Magniflex's Alfio Vandi completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing seventh overall. Brooklyn finishing as the winners of the team points classification.
A total of twelve teams were invited to participate in the 1976 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 120 cyclists. From the riders that began this edition, 86 made it to the finish in Milan.
The teams entering the race were:
Four different jerseys were worn during the 1976 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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