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50th Giro d'Italia 1967 (Italy)

 
   
 
By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
 

Gimondi and Anquetil: a Great Rivalry

Felice Gimondi (Ita) start the 50th edition of the Giro d’Italia with bronchitis. He struggled with a fast early pace of the Giro, “I had problems staying with the main challenges early in the race,” said Gimondi.

SPECIAL NOTE: Stage 19 the uphill finish to Tre Cime di Lavaredo was annulled for a irregularities. The controversy stemmed from the high number of riders being pushed up the climb by the Italian tifosi. Stage winner Felice Gimondi was one of those riders. *

Jacques Anquetil (Fra) provided Gimondi the inspiration to excel. Anquetil took the race lead on the four-mountain stage 20, just three stages from the finish in Milan. The Frenchman finished 7th on the stage and gained over 6 minutes on Gimondi. But the Italian fought back the next day on the climb of the Tonale. At the finish in Tirano Gimondi had taken back over 4 minutes and took the Maglia Rosa off Anquetil’s back.

Felice Gimondi held onto the race lead and rode into Milan for the 1967 Giro d’Italia victory.

SPECIAL NOTE: a young Eddy Merckx raced in his first Giro. Merckx scored 2 stage wins, finished 9th overall and 2nd in the Points Competition.

SPECIAL NOTE: Starting in 1967 the Points Classification leader was given a distinctive Red Jersey .

Stage and Distance

Stage Winner

Race Leader

Stage 1 Treviglio-Alessandria, 135 km

Giorgio Zancanaro (Ita)

Giorgio Zancanaro (Ita)

Stage 2 Alessandria-La Spezia, 223 km

Antonio Gomez del Moral (Spa)

Ant. Gomez del Moral (Spa)

Stage 3 La Spezia-Prato, 205 km

Michele Dancelli (Ita)

Ant. Gomez del Moral (Spa)

Stage 4 Firenze-Chianciano Terme, 155 km

Dino Zandegu (Ita)

Ant. Gomez del Moral (Spa)

Stage 5 Rome-Napoli, 220 km

Willy Planckaert (Bel)

Michele Dancelli (Ita)

Stage 6 Circuit de Palermo, 63 km

Rudi Altig (Ger)

Michele Dancelli (Ita)

Stage 7 Catania-Etna, 169 km

Franco Bitossi (Ita)

Michele Dancelli (Ita)

Stage 8 Reggio d'Calabria-Cosenza, 218 km

Jean Stablinski (Fra)

Jose Perez-Frances (Spa)

Stage 9 Cosenza-Tarento, 242 km

Albert Van Vlierberghe (Bel)

Jose Perez-Frances (Spa)

Stage 10 Bari-Potenza, 145 km

Willy Planckaert (Bel)

Jose Perez-Frances (Spa)

Stage 11 Potenza-Salerno, 160 km

Rudi Altig (Ger)

Jose Perez-Frances (Spa)

Stage 12 Caserta-Blck Haus della Majella, 220 km

Eddy Merckx (Bel)

Jose Perez-Frances (Spa)

Stage 13 Chieti-Riccione, 253 km

Georges Vandenberghe (Bel)

Jose Perez-Frances (Spa)

Stage 14 Ricione-Lido degli Estensi, 94 km

Eddy Merckx (Bel)

Jose Perez-Frances (Spa)

Stage 15 Lido degli Estensi-Mantova, 164 km

Michele Dancelli (Ita)

Jose Perez-Frances (Spa)

Stage 16 Mantova-Verona, 45 km ITT

Ole Ritter (Den)

Jacques Anquetil (Fra)

Stage 17 Verona-Vicenza, 140 km

Francisco Gabica (Spa)

Silvano Schiavon (Ita)

Stage 18 Vicenza-Udine, 169 km

Dino Zandegu (Ita)

Silvano Schiavon (Ita)

Stage 19 Udine-Tre Cm Lavaredo, 170 km

Stage time results annulled *

Silvano Schiavon (Ita)

Stage 20 Cortina d'Ampezzo-Trto, 235 km

Vittorio Adorni (Ita)

Jacques Anquetil (Fra)

Stage 21 Trente-Tirano, 153 km

Marcello Mugnaini (Ita)

Felice Gimondi (Ita)

Stage 22a Tirano-Madonna Ghisallo, 137 km

Aurelio Gonzales (Spa)

Felice Gimondi (Ita)

Stage 22b Madonna Ghisallo-Milan, 68 km

Willy Planckaert (Bel)

Felice Gimondi (Ita)

Mountain Classification

Aurelio Gonzales (Spa)

Points Classification

Dino Zandegu (Ita)



GdI May 20 - June 11, 1967

3,572 Km

1. Felice GIMONDI (Ita) 101h05'34"

2. Franco Balmamion (Ita) +3'36"
3. Jacques Anquetil (Fra) +3'45"
Starters: 130

Finishers: 70

Average Speed: 35.339 km/h

GdI 1966

GdI 1968

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