1978 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | 7 May - 28 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 20 + Prologue, including one split stage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,610.5 km (2,243 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 101h 31' 22" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Johan De Muynck (BEL)
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(Bianchi) |
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| Second |
 Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA)
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(Scic) | |
| Third |
Francesco Moser (ITA)
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(Sanson) | |
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Points |
Francesco Moser (ITA)
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(Sanson) |
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Mountains |
 Ueli Sutter (SUI)
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(Zonca) |
| Youth |
Roberto Visentini (ITA)
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(Vibor) | |
| Combination |
Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)
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(Scic) | |
| Team | Bianchi - Faema | ||
The 1978 Giro d'Italia was the 61st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Saint-Vincent, on 7 May, with a 2 km (1.2 mi) prologue and concluded in Milan, on 28 May, with a 220 km (136.7 mi) mass-start stage. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 20-stage race, that was won by Belgian Johan de Muynck of the Bianchi team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Gianbattista Baronchelli and Francesco Moser, respectively.
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Sanson's Moser won the points classification, Ueli Sutter of Zonca won the mountains classification, and Vibor's Roberto Visentini completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing fifteenth overall. Bianchi finishing as the winners of the team points classification.
A total of 13 teams were invited to participate in the 1978 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 130 cyclists. Out of the 130 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 90 riders made it to the finish in Milan.
The teams entering the race were:
Three different jerseys were worn during the 1978 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.
For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo Valles. The first rider to cross the Passo Valles was Italian rider Gianbattista Baronchelli. The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but considering only neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).
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