List of teams and cyclists in the 1968 Giro d'Italia

The 1968 Giro d'Italia was the 51st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 130 riders, and 90 riders finished the race.

By rider

Legend
No.	Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro
Pos.	Position in the general classification
DNF	Denotes a rider who did not finish

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Ref
1	Felice Gimondi	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
2	Antonio Paolo Albonetti	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
3	Rudi Altig	West Germany	Salvarani	[1]
4	Lino Carletto	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
5	Carlo Chiappano	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
6	Luciano Dalla Bona	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
7	Tomasso Da Pra	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
8	Giancarlo Ferretti	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
9	Roberto Poggiali	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
10	Wilfried Peffgen	West Germany	Salvarani	[1]
11	Julio Jiminez	Spain	Bic	[1]
12	Gilles Locatelli	France	Bic	[1]
13	Willy Van Neste	Belgium	Bic	[1]
14	Cees Haast	Netherlands	Bic	[1]
15	Edouard Sels	Belgium	Bic	[1]
16	Charly Grosskost	France	Bic	[1]
17	Jean-Claude Theillière	France	Bic	[1]
18	Jean Ghisellini	France	Bic	[1]
19	Roland Berland	France	Bic	[1]
20	Serge Bolley	France	Bic	[1]
21	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	Faema	[1]
22	Vittorio Adorni	Italy	Faema	[1]
23	Luciano Armani	Italy	Faema	[1]
24	Luigi Casalini	Italy	Faema	[1]
25	Lino Farisato	Italy	Faema	[1]
26	Guido Reybrouck	Belgium	Faema	[1]
27	Joseph Spruyt	Belgium	Faema	[1]
28	Roger Swerts	Belgium	Faema	[1]
29	Martin Van Den Bossche	Belgium	Faema	[1]
30	Victor Van Schil	Belgium	Faema	[1]
31	Francisco García	Spain	Fagor–Fargas	[1]
32	Eusebio Vélez	Portugal	Fagor–Fargas	[1]
33	José Antonio Momeñe	Spain	Fagor–Fargas	[1]
34	José Luis Santamaría	Spain	Fagor–Fargas	[1]
35	Ginés García Perán	Spain	Fagor–Fargas	[1]
36	José Manuel López Rodríguez	Spain	Fagor–Fargas	[1]
37	Mariano Díaz	Spain	Fagor–Fargas	[1]
38	Joaquim Galera	Spain	Fagor–Fargas	[1]
39	José María Errandonea	Spain	Fagor–Fargas	[1]
40	Luis Ocaña	Spain	Fagor–Fargas	[1]
41	Franco Bitossi	Italy	Filotex	[1]
42	Italo Zilioli	Italy	Filotex	[1]
43	Vittorio Chiarini	Italy	Filotex	[1]
44	Ugo Colombo	Italy	Filotex	[1]
45	Alberto Della Torre  [ it ]	Italy	Filotex	[1]
46	Giorgio Favaro	Italy	Filotex	[1]
47	Giuseppe Grassi	Italy	Filotex	[1]
48	Adriano Passuello	Italy	Filotex	[1]
49	Alfio Poli	Italy	Filotex	[1]
50	Flaviano Vicentini	Italy	Filotex	[1]
51	Damiano Capodivento	Italy	G.B.C.	[1]
52	Giorgio Destro	Italy	G.B.C.	[1]
53	Domenico Mazzanti	Italy	G.B.C.	[1]
54	Giuseppe Poli	Italy	G.B.C.	[1]
55	Peter Abt	Switzerland	G.B.C.	[1]
56	René Binggeli	Switzerland	G.B.C.	[1]
57	Auguste Girard	Switzerland	G.B.C.	[1]
58	Rolf Maurer	Switzerland	G.B.C.	[1]
59	Louis Pfenninger	Switzerland	G.B.C.	[1]
60	Bernard Vifian	Switzerland	G.B.C.	[1]
61	Vito Taccone	Italy	Germanvox–Wega	[1]
62	Ole Ritter	Denmark	Germanvox–Wega	[1]
63	Eraldo Bocci	Italy	Germanvox–Wega	[1]
64	Lorenzo Carminati	Italy	Germanvox–Wega	[1]
65	Renato Laghi	Italy	Germanvox–Wega	[1]
66	Giovanni Mantovani	Italy	Germanvox–Wega	[1]
67	Giuseppe Milioli	Italy	Germanvox–Wega	[1]
68	Henning Petersen	Denmark	Germanvox–Wega	[1]
69	Primo Franchini  [ it ]	Italy	Germanvox–Wega	[1]
70	Bruno Vittiglio	Italy	Germanvox–Wega	[1]
71	Ottorino Benedetti	Italy	Kelvinator	[1]
72	Attilio Benfatto	Italy	Kelvinator	[1]
73	Carlo Brunetti	Italy	Kelvinator	[1]
74	Vin Denson	Great Britain	Kelvinator	[1]
75	Mario Di Torro	Italy	Kelvinator	[1]
76	Karl-Heinz Kunde	West Germany	Kelvinator	[1]
77	Luciano Lievore  [ it ]	Italy	Kelvinator	[1]
78	Mario Mancini	Italy	Kelvinator	[1]
79	Albano Negro	Italy	Kelvinator	[1]
80	Mario Zanin	Italy	Kelvinator	[1]
81	Roberto Ballini	Italy	Max Meyer	[1]
82	Giampaolo Cucchieti	Italy	Max Meyer	[1]
83	Adriano Durante	Italy	Max Meyer	[1]
84	Bruno Fantinato	Italy	Max Meyer	[1]
85	Luciano Galbo	Italy	Max Meyer	[1]
86	Claudio Michelotto	Italy	Max Meyer	[1]
87	Guido Neri	Italy	Max Meyer	[1]
88	Luigi Sgarbozza	Italy	Max Meyer	[1]
89	Reino Stefanoni	Italy	Max Meyer	[1]
90	Giorgio Zancanaro	Italy	Max Meyer	[1]
91	Mario Anni	Italy	Molteni	[1]
92	Franco Balmamion	Italy	Molteni	[1]
93	Marino Basso	Italy	Molteni	[1]
94	Francis Blanc	Switzerland	Molteni	[1]
95	Franco Bodrero	Italy	Molteni	[1]
96	Pietro Campagnari	Italy	Molteni	[1]
97	Giuseppe Fezzardi	Italy	Molteni	[1]
98	Gianni Motta	Italy	Molteni	[1]
99	Edy Schütz	Luxembourg	Molteni	[1]
100	Guerrino Tosello	Italy	Molteni	[1]
101	Renzo Baldan	Italy	Pepsi-Cola	[1]
102	Graziano Battistini	Italy	Pepsi-Cola	[1]
103	Renato Bongioni	Italy	Pepsi-Cola	[1]
104	Michele Dancelli	Italy	Pepsi-Cola	[1]
105	Giovanni De Franceschi	Italy	Pepsi-Cola	[1]
106	Imerio Massignan	Italy	Pepsi-Cola	[1]
107	Aldo Pifferi	Italy	Pepsi-Cola	[1]
108	Giancarlo Polidori	Italy	Pepsi-Cola	[1]
109	Silvano Schiavon	Italy	Pepsi-Cola	[1]
110	Karl Brand	Switzerland	Pepsi-Cola	[1]
111	André Bayssière	France	Peugeot	[1]
112	Raymond Delisle	France	Peugeot	[1]
113	Jean-Claude Daunat	France	Peugeot	[1]
114	Jean Dumont	France	Peugeot	[1]
115	René Grenier	France	Peugeot	[1]
116	Désiré Letort	France	Peugeot	[1]
117	Roger Pingeon	France	Peugeot	[1]
118	Henri Rabaute	France	Peugeot	[1]
119	Daniel Samy	France	Peugeot	[1]
120	André Zimmermann	France	Peugeot	[1]
121	Willy Planckaert	Belgium	Smith's	[1]
122	Georges Vandenberghe	Belgium	Smith's	[1]
123	Frans Brands	Belgium	Smith's	[1]
124	Jaak De Boever	Belgium	Smith's	[1]
125	Jean-Baptiste Claes	Belgium	Smith's	[1]
126	Albert Van Vlierberghe	Belgium	Smith's	[1]
127	René Corthout	Belgium	Smith's	[1]
128	Roger Kindt	Belgium	Smith's	[1]
129	Roland Van De Rijse	Belgium	Smith's	[1]
130	Bart Zoet	Netherlands	Smith's	[1]

By nationality

The 130 riders that competed in the 1968 Giro d'Italia represented 11 different countries.

Country	No. of riders	Finishers	Stage wins
Belgium	17	7	8 (Eddy Merckx x4, Guido Reybrouck x3, Ward Sels)
Denmark	2	1
France	16	9	1 (Charly Grosskost x2)
West Germany	3	2
United Kingdom	1	1
Italy	69	57	10 (Italo Zilioli, Guerrino Tosello, Emilio Casalini, Lino Farisato, Luigi Sgarbozza, Marino Basso, Felice Gimondi, Franco Bitossi x2, Luciano Dalla Bona)
Luxembourg	1	1
Netherlands	2	1
Portugal	1	0
Spain	10	6	4 (José Antonio Momeñe, Julio Jiménez x2, Luis Pedro Santamarina)
Switzerland	8	5
Total	130	90

References

1. "51ème Giro d'Italia 1968". Mémoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.