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

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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.

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By rider

Legend
No.Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro
Pos.Position in the general classification
DNFDenotes a rider who did not finish
No.NameNationalityTeamRef
1 Felice Gimondi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
2 Antonio Paolo Albonetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
3 Rudi Altig Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Salvarani [1]
4 Lino Carletto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
5 Carlo Chiappano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
6 Luciano Dalla Bona Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
7 Tomasso Da Pra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
8 Giancarlo Ferretti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
9 Roberto Poggiali Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
10 Wilfried Peffgen Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Salvarani [1]
11 Julio Jiminez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Bic [1]
12 Gilles Locatelli Flag of France.svg  France Bic [1]
13 Willy Van Neste Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Bic [1]
14 Cees Haast Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bic [1]
15 Edouard Sels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Bic [1]
16 Charly Grosskost Flag of France.svg  France Bic [1]
17 Jean-Claude Theillière Flag of France.svg  France Bic [1]
18 Jean Ghisellini Flag of France.svg  France Bic [1]
19 Roland Berland Flag of France.svg  France Bic [1]
20 Serge Bolley Flag of France.svg  France Bic [1]
21 Eddy Merckx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Faema [1]
22 Vittorio Adorni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Faema [1]
23 Luciano Armani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Faema [1]
24 Luigi Casalini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Faema [1]
25 Lino Farisato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Faema [1]
26 Guido Reybrouck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Faema [1]
27 Joseph Spruyt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Faema [1]
28 Roger Swerts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Faema [1]
29 Martin Van Den Bossche Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Faema [1]
30 Victor Van Schil Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Faema [1]
31 Francisco García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
32 Eusebio Vélez Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Fagor–Fargas [1]
33 José Antonio Momeñe Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
34 José Luis Santamaría Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
35 Ginés García Perán Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
36 José Manuel López Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
37 Mariano Díaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
38 Joaquim Galera Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
39 José María Errandonea Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
40 Luis Ocaña Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
41 Franco Bitossi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
42 Italo Zilioli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
43 Vittorio Chiarini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
44 Ugo Colombo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
45 Alberto Della Torre  [ it ]Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
46 Giorgio Favaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
47 Giuseppe Grassi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
48 Adriano Passuello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
49 Alfio Poli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
50 Flaviano Vicentini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
51 Damiano Capodivento Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C. [1]
52 Giorgio Destro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C. [1]
53 Domenico Mazzanti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C. [1]
54 Guiseppe Poli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C. [1]
55 Peter Abt Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
56 René Binggeli Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
57 Auguste Girard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
58 Rolf Maurer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
59 Louis Pfenninger Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
60 Bernard Vifian Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
61 Vito Taccone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
62 Ole Ritter Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Germanvox–Wega [1]
63 Eraldo Bocci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
64 Lorenzo Carminati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
65 Renato Laghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
66 Giovanni Mantovani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
67 Giuseppe Milioli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
68 Henning Petersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Germanvox–Wega [1]
69 Primo Franchini  [ it ]Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
70 Bruno Vittiglio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
71 Ottorino Benedetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Kelvinator [1]
72 Attilio Benfatto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Kelvinator [1]
73 Carlo Brunetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Kelvinator [1]
74 Vin Denson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Kelvinator [1]
75 Mario Di Torro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Kelvinator [1]
76 Karl-Heinz Kunde Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Kelvinator [1]
77 Luciano Lievore  [ it ]Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Kelvinator [1]
78 Mario Mancini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Kelvinator [1]
79 Albano Negro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Kelvinator [1]
80 Mario Zanin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Kelvinator [1]
81 Roberto Ballini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Meyer [1]
82 Giampaolo Cucchieti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Meyer [1]
83 Adriano Durante Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Meyer [1]
84 Bruno Fantinato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Meyer [1]
85 Luciano Galbo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Meyer [1]
86 Claudio Michelotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Meyer [1]
87 Guido Neri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Meyer [1]
88 Luigi Sgarbozza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Meyer [1]
89 Reino Stefanoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Meyer [1]
90 Giorgio Zancanaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Meyer [1]
91 Mario Anni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Molteni [1]
92 Franco Balmamion Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Molteni [1]
93 Marino Basso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Molteni [1]
94 Francis Blanc Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Molteni [1]
95 Franco Bodrero Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Molteni [1]
96 Pietro Campagnari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Molteni [1]
97 Giuseppe Fezzardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Molteni [1]
98 Gianni Motta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Molteni [1]
99 Edy Schütz Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Molteni [1]
100 Guerrino Tosello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Molteni [1]
101 Renzo Baldan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
102 Graziano Battistini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
103 Renato Bongioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
104 Michele Dancelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
105 Giovanni De Franceschi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
106 Imerio Massignan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
107 Aldo Pifferi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
108 Giancarlo Polidori Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
109 Silvano Schiavon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
110 Karl Brand Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Pepsi-Cola [1]
111 André Bayssière Flag of France.svg  France Peugeot [1]
112 Raymond Delisle Flag of France.svg  France Peugeot [1]
113 Jean-Claude Daunat Flag of France.svg  France Peugeot [1]
114 Jean Dumont Flag of France.svg  France Peugeot [1]
115 René Grenier Flag of France.svg  France Peugeot [1]
116 Désiré Letort Flag of France.svg  France Peugeot [1]
117 Roger Pingeon Flag of France.svg  France Peugeot [1]
118 Henri Rabaute Flag of France.svg  France Peugeot [1]
119 Daniel Samy Flag of France.svg  France Peugeot [1]
120 André Zimmermann Flag of France.svg  France Peugeot [1]
121 Willy Planckaert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Smith's [1]
122 Georges Vandenberghe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Smith's [1]
123 Frans Brands Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Smith's [1]
124 Jaak De Boever Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Smith's [1]
125 Jean-Baptiste Claes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Smith's [1]
126 Albert Van Vlierberghe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Smith's [1]
127 René Corthout Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Smith's [1]
128 Roger Kindt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Smith's [1]
129 Roland Van De Rijse Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Smith's [1]
130 Bart Zoet Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Smith's [1]

By nationality

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

CountryNo. of ridersFinishersStage wins
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1778 (Eddy Merckx x4, Guido Reybrouck x3, Ward Sels)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 21
Flag of France.svg  France 1691 (Charly Grosskost x2)
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 32
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 11
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 695710 (Italo Zilioli, Guerrino Tosello, Emilio Casalini, Lino Farisato, Luigi Sgarbozza, Marino Basso, Felice Gimondi, Franco Bitossi x2, Luciano Dalla Bona)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 10
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1064 (José Antonio Momeñe, Julio Jiménez x2, Luis Pedro Santamarina)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 85
Total13090


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