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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 18 - June 7, 1970 |
3,292 Km |
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Finishers: 97 |
Average Speed: 36.518 km/h |
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Merckx Returns with a Vengeance
| RECAP (Previous Year): Eddy Merckx dominated the 1969 Giro d’Italia but found controversy on stage 16. While he was leading the race through sixteen stages, Merckx was found positive at doping control (drug test) and expelled from the Giro. Merckx steadfastly denies the charges. The cycling official in charge of administrating the test also believed in his innocence. However, the test was positive, and action had to be taken. Merckx was disqualified. |
The 1970 Giro d'Italia was the 53rd edition of Italy’s Grand Tour.
Eddy Merckx’s Italian team “Faema-Faemino” encouraged the Belgian to race the 1970 Giro d’Italia. Merckx eventually relented and returned to Italy, but with a vengeance.
In 1970 the Points Jersey Maglia Rossa  (Red Points Jersey) changed to the Maglia Ciclamino  (Purple Points Jersey).
Teams:
The thirteen teams that took part in the race were:
- Cosatto
- Faema-Faemino
- Germanvox-Wega
- Ferretti
- Dreher
- G.B.C.-Zimba
- La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
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- Molteni
- Filotex
- Sagit
- Salvarani
- Hertekamp-Magniflex
- SCIC
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Race Summary:
Stage 7:Eddy Merckx had three stage wins and took the Maglia Rosa with a stage 7 breakaway stage win.
Stage 9- The inspired Belgian solidified his race lead with another stage win in the 56 km Individual Time Trial in Treviso.
Stage 21 (Cima Coppi): The 20th and the final stage of the 1970 Giro, 155 km from Dobbiaco to Bolzano, featured the brutal climbs of Campolongo, Passo Pordoi (Cima Coppi), and Sella passes. Luciano Armani was the first rider to cross the Pordoi summit to win the prestigious Cima Coppi.
Eddy Merckx dominated the race and rode across the finish line in Bolzano to gain his second Giro d’Italia victory.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stg 1 San Pellegrino-Biandronno, 115 km |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Stage 2 Comerio-St Vincent, 164 km |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Stage 3 St Vincent-Aosta, 162 km |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Stage 4 St Vincent-Lodi, 205 km |
Marino Basso (Ita) |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Stage 5 Lodi-Zingonia, 155 km |
Patrick Sercu (Bel) |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Stage 6 Zingonia-Malcesine, 212 km |
Enrico Paolini (Ita) |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Stage 7 Malcesine-Brentonico, 130 km |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stg 8 Rovereto-Bassano Grappa, 130 km |
Walter Godefroot (Bel) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stg 9 Bassano Grappa-Treviso, 56 km ITT |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stage 10 Terracina-Rivisondoli, 172 km |
Italo Zilioli (Ita) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stage 11 Rivisondoli-Francavilla, 180 km |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stage 12 Francavilla-Loreto, 175 km |
Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spa) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stage 13 Loreto-Faenza, 188 km |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stg 14 Faenza-Casciana Terme, 218 km |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stg 15 Casciana Terme-Mirandola, 215 km |
Marino Basso (Ita) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stage 16 Mirandola-Lido Jesolo, 195 km |
Dino Zandegu (Ita) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stage 17 Jesolo-Arta Terme, 165 km |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stage 18 Arta Terme-Marmolada, 180 km |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stg 19 Rocca Pietore-Dobbiaco, 120 km |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Stage 20 Dobbiaco-Bolzano, 155 km |
Luciano Armani (Ita) |
 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
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Mountain Classification |
Martin Van Den Bossche (Bel) |
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Points Classification |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Eddy MERCKX (Bel)  |
Faema-Faemino |
90h08'47" |
2 |
Felice Gimondi (Ita) |
Salvarani |
+3'14" |
3 |
Martin van den Bossche (Bel) |
Molteni |
+4'59" |
4 |
Micele Dancelli (Ita) |
Molteni |
+7'07" |
5 |
Italo Zilioli (Ita) |
Faema-Faemino |
+8'14" |
6 |
Gosta Pettersson (Swe) |
Ferretti |
+9'20" |
7 |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Filotex |
+13'10" |
8 |
Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spa) |
La Casera-Pena Bahamontes |
+19'25" |
9 |
Ole Ritter (Sui) |
Germanvox-Wega |
+21'17" |
10 |
Vittorio Adorni (Ita) |
SCIC |
+21'29" |
11 |
Roberto Poggiali (Ita) |
Salvarani |
+25'05" |
12 |
Franco Balmamion (Ita) |
Salvarani |
+31'44" |
13 |
Enrico Maggioni (Ita) |
Ferretti |
+31'59" |
14 |
Silvano Sciavon (Ita) |
Salvarani |
+37'34" |
15 |
Vito Taccone (Ita) |
Cosatto-Marsicano |
+39'24" |
16 |
Attilio Rota (Ita) |
Dreher |
+39'29" |
17 |
Ugo Colombo (Ita) |
Filotex |
+40'18" |
18 |
Giovanni Cavalcanti (Ita) |
Salvarani |
+40'34" |
19 |
Aldo Moser (Ita) |
GBC-Zimba |
+44'25" |
20 |
Antoine Houbrechts (Bel) |
Salvarani |
+45'56" |
21 |
Mauro Simonetti (Ita) |
Ferretti |
+48'10" |
22 |
Pierfranco Vianelli (Ita) |
Molteni |
+48'41" |
23 |
Victor Van Schil (Bel) |
Faema-Faemino |
+48'56" |
24 |
Enrico Paolini (Ita) |
SCIC |
+58'58" |
25 |
Renato Lagi (Ita) |
Sagit |
+1h01'23" |
26 |
Angelo Bassini (Ita) |
Germanvox-Wega |
+1h02'39" |
27 |
Marcello Bergamo (Ita) |
Filotex |
+1h03'30" |
28 |
Jose-Manuel Lasa (Spa) |
La Casera-Pena Bahamontes |
+1h03'41" |
29 |
Giancarlo Polidori (Ita) |
SCIC |
+1h03'44" |
30 |
Franco Mori (Ita) |
Molteni |
+1h06'35" |
31 |
Claudio Micelotto (Ita) |
SCIC |
+1h08'01" |
32 |
Adriano Passuello (Ita) |
Dreher |
+1h10'08" |
33 |
Luciano Armani (Ita) |
SCIC |
+1h10'13" |
34 |
Giacinto Santambrogio (Ita) |
Molteni |
+1h10'45" |
35 |
Josep Huysmans (Bel) |
Faema-Faemino |
+1h13'53" |
36 |
Oliviero Morotti (Ita) |
Sagit |
+1h34'35" |
37 |
Eufronio-Enrique Sahagun (Spa) |
La Casera-Pena Bahamontes |
+1h16'29" |
38 |
Lino Farisato (Ita) |
Faema-Faemino |
+1h18'50" |
39 |
Jose-Antonio Ponton (Spa) |
La Casera-Peña Bahamontes |
+1h19'49" |
40 |
Carlo Ciappano (Ita) |
Molteni |
+1h19'44" |
41 |
Giampaolo Cuccietti (Ita) |
Ferretti |
+1h20'46" |
42 |
Giuseppe De Simone (Ita) |
Cosatto-Marsicano |
+1h21'52" |
43 |
Albert Van Vlierberghe (Bel) |
Ferretti |
+1h21'56" |
44 |
Rudi Altig (Ger) |
GBC-Zimba |
+1h22'09" |
45 |
Sebastian Fernandez-Duenas (Spa) |
La Casera-Peña Bahamontes |
+1h23'48" |
46 |
Dieter Puscel (Ger) |
GBC-Zimba |
+1h24'19" |
47 |
Mauro Vannucci (Ita) |
Hertekamp-Magniflex |
+1h25'10" |
48 |
Vittorio Urbani (Ita) |
Filotex |
+1h28'04" |
49 |
Frans Mintjens (Bel) |
Faema-Faemino |
+1h29'57" |
50 |
Guerrino Tosello (Ita) |
Molteni |
+1h30'09" |
51 |
Sigfrido Fontanelli (Ita) |
Hertekamp-Magniflex |
+1h30'09" |
52 |
Louis Pfenninger (Sui) |
GBC-Zimba |
+1h31'21" |
53 |
Roger Swerts (Bel) |
Faema-Faemino |
+1h31'39" |
54 |
Joseph Spruyt (Bel) |
Faema-Faemino |
+1h32'47" |
55 |
Walter Godefroot (Bel) |
Salvarani |
+1h32'47" |
56 |
Diego Moser (Ita) |
GBC-Zimba |
+1h40'20" |
57 |
Attilio Benfatto (Ita) |
SCIC |
+1h40'37" |
58 |
Pietro Campagnari (Ita) |
Faema-Faemino |
+1h40'56" |
59 |
Giuseppe Rosolen (Ita) |
Filotex |
+1h42'06" |
60 |
Dino Zandegu (Ita) |
Salvarani |
+1h43'41" |
61 |
Luciano Soave (Ita) |
Dreher |
+1h44'24" |
62 |
Alberto Della Torre (Ita) |
Filotex |
+1h45'08" |
63 |
Fabrizio Fabbri (Ita) |
Filotex |
+1h49'38" |
64 |
Celestino Vercelli (Ita) |
Germanvox-Wega |
+1h50'00" |
65 |
Auguste Girard (Sui) |
GBC-Zimba |
+1h51'18" |
66 |
Luigi Sgarbozza (Ita) |
Dreher |
+1h51'21" |
67 |
Kurt Rub (Sui) |
GBC-Zimba |
+1h58'23" |
68 |
Roberto Sorlini (Ita) |
Sagit |
+1h59'38" |
69 |
Aldo Balasso (Ita) |
Sagit |
+2h00'13" |
70 |
Georges Vandenberge (Bel) |
Faema-Faemino |
+2h01'29" |
71 |
Julien Van Lint (Bel) |
Germanvox-Wega |
+2h03'40" |
72 |
Alfio Poli (Ita) |
Filotex |
+2h04'13" |
73 |
Paul Int Ven (Bel) |
Germanvox-Wega |
+2h03'40" |
74 |
Wilmo Francioni (Ita) |
Ferretti |
+2h09'24" |
75 |
Stefanino Mezzetti (Ita) |
Cosatto-Marsicano |
+2h09'44" |
76 |
Arnaldo Caverzasi (Ita) |
Filotex |
+2h10'01" |
77 |
Sture Pettersson (Sue) |
Ferretti |
+2h10'06" |
78 |
Herman Flabat (Bel) |
Hertekamp-Magniflex |
+2h12'04" |
79 |
Erwin Talmann (Sui) |
GBC-Zimba |
+2h14'01" |
80 |
Giuseppe Fezzardi (Ita) |
Dreher |
+2h20'07" |
81 |
Ernesto Dongi (Ita) |
Sagit |
+2h21'13" |
82 |
Jean Ronsmans (Bel) |
Hertekamp-Magniflex |
+2h23'40" |
83 |
Renato Rota (Ita) |
Dreher |
+2h24'19" |
84 |
Ambrogio Portalupi (Ita) |
SCIC |
+2h24'57" |
85 |
Gianfranco Biancin (Ita) |
Molteni |
+2h25'23" |
86 |
Giuseppe Grassi (Ita) |
Filotex |
+2h26'35" |
87 |
Guido Neri (Ita) |
SCIC |
+2h29'04" |
88 |
Roberto Ballini (Ita) |
Dreher |
+2h29'46" |
89 |
Piero Dallai (Ita) |
Cosatto-Marsicano |
+2h35'15" |
90 |
Patrick Sercu (Bel) |
Dreher |
+2h36'52" |
91 |
Sandro Quintarelli (Ita) |
Cosatto-Marsicano |
+2h37'03" |
92 |
Bruno Lana (Ita) |
Germanvox-Wega |
+2h37'55" |
93 |
Luigi Castelletti (Ita) |
Molteni |
+2h39'10" |
94 |
Primo Franchini (Ita) |
Cosatto-Marsicano |
+2hr41’49” |
95 |
Renzo Baldan (Ita) |
Dreher |
+2hr45’35” |
96 |
Adriano Durante (Ita) |
SCIC |
+2hr59’04” |
97 |
Virginio Levati (Ita) |
Sagit |
+3hr26’17” |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Martin van den Bossche (Bel) |
Molteni |
460 |
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Italo Zilioli (Ita) |
Faema-Faemino |
420 |
3 |
Luciano Armani (Ita) |
SCIC |
300 |
4 |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Faema-Faemino |
210 |
5 |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Molteni |
190 |
6 |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Filotex |
100 |
7t |
Felice Gimondi (Ita) |
Salvarani |
70 |
Enrico Maggioni (Ita) |
Feretti |
9 |
Giancarlo Polidori (Ita) |
SCIC |
60 |
10 |
Miguel María Lasa (Spa) |
La Casera-Pena Bahamontes |
50 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Franco BITOSSI (Ita)  |
Filotex |
252 |
2 |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Molteni |
241 |
3 |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Faema-Faemino |
193 |
4 |
Martin van den Bossche (Bel) |
Molteni |
185 |
5 |
Felice Gimondi (Ita) |
Salvarani |
112 |
6t |
Italo Zilioli (Ita) |
Faema-Faemino |
97 |
Walter Godefroot (Bel) |
Salvarani |
Ole Ritter (Den) |
Germanvox-Wega |
9 |
Patrick Sercu (Bel) |
Dreher |
95 |
10 |
Miguel Maria Lasa (Spa) |
La Casera-Pena Bahamontes |
94 |
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