1980 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | 15 May – 7 June | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,025 km (2,501 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 112h 08' 20" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Bernard Hinault (FRA)
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(Renault-Gitane-Campagnolo) |
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| Second |
 Wladimiro Panizza (ITA)
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(Gis Gelati) | |
| Third |
Giovanni Battaglin (ITA)
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(Inoxpran) | |
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Points |
Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)
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(Gis Gelati) |
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Mountains |
Claudio Bortolotto (ITA)
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(Mobilifico San Giacomo-Benotto) |
| Youth |
 Tommy Prim (SWE)
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(Bianchi-Piaggio) | |
| Combination |
Bernard Hinault (FRA)
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(Renault-Gitane-Campagnolo) | |
| Team | Bianchi-Piaggio | ||
The 1980 Giro d'Italia was the 63rd running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Genoa, on 15 May, with a 7 km (4.3 mi) prologue and concluded in Milan, on 8 June, with a 114 km (70.8 mi) mass-start stage. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Frenchman Bernard Hinault of the Renault-Gitane-Campagnolo team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Wladimiro Panizza and Giovanni Battaglin, respectively.
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Gis Gelati's Giuseppe Saronni won the points classification, Claudio Bortolotto of Mobilifico San Giacomo-Benotto won the mountains classification, and Bianchi-Piaggio's Tommy Prim completed the Giro as the best rider aged 24 or under in the general classification, finishing fourth overall. Bianchi-Piaggio finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.
A total of thirteen teams were invited to participate in the 1980 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists. From the riders that began this edition, 89 made it to the finish in Milan.
The teams entering the race were:
The route for the 1980 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 31 January 1980. Covering a total of 4,025 km (2,501 mi), it included three individual time trials, and ten stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points. Four of these ten stages had summit finishes: stage 8, to Fiuggi; stage 11, to Campotenese; stage 14, to Roccaraso; and stage 18, to Zoldo Alto. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 724 km (450 mi) longer and contained two less time trials. In addition, this race contained three more stages.
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