1977 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | 20 May – 12 June | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue, including four split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,968 km (2,466 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 107h 27' 16" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Michel Pollentier (BEL)
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(Flandria) |
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| Second |
 Francesco Moser (ITA)
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(Sanson) | |
| Third |
Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA)
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(Scic) | |
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Points |
Francesco Moser (ITA)
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(Sanson) |
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Mountains |
 Faustino Fernandez Ovies (ESP)
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(KAS) |
| Youth |
Mario Beccia (ITA)
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(Sanson) | |
| Combination |
Wilmo Francioni (ITA)
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(Magniflex) | |
| Team | Flandria | ||
The 1977 Giro d'Italia was the 60th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Bacoli, on 20 May, with a 7 km (4.3 mi) prologue and concluded in Milan, on 13 June, with a 122 km (75.8 mi) mass-start stage. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Belgian Michel Pollentier of the Flandria team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Francesco Moser and Gianbattista Baronchelli, respectively.
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Sanson's Moser won the points classification, Faustino Fernandez Ovies of KAS won the mountains classification, and Sanson's Mario Beccia completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing ninth overall. Flandria finishing as the winners of the team points classification.
A total of 14 teams were invited to participate in the 1977 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 140 cyclists. Out of the 140 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 121 riders made it to the finish in Milan.
The teams entering the race were:
The starting peloton did include the 1976 winner, Felice Gimondi. Freddy Maertens, Gianbattista Baronchelli, and Gimondi were seen by many news outlets to be the favorites to win the race.
Four different jerseys were worn during the 1977 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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