List of teams and cyclists in the 1972 Giro d'Italia

The 1972 Giro d'Italia was the 55th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 100 riders, and 69 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	Gösta Pettersson	Sweden	Ferretti	[1]
2	Mario Anni	Italy	Ferretti	[1]
3	Ottavio Crepaldi	Italy	Ferretti	[1]
4	Lino Farisato	Italy	Ferretti	[1]
5	Giorgio Favaro	Italy	Ferretti	[1]
6	Wilmo Francioni	Italy	Ferretti	[1]
7	Gianni Motta	Italy	Ferretti	[1]
8	Tomas Pettersson	Sweden	Ferretti	[1]
9	Mauro Simonetti	Italy	Ferretti	[1]
10	Albert Van Vlierberghe	Belgium	Ferretti	[1]
11	Roger De Vlaeminck	Belgium	Dreher	[1]
12	Patrick Sercu	Belgium	Dreher	[1]
13	Pierfranco Vianelli	Italy	Dreher	[1]
14	Enrico Maggioni	Italy	Dreher	[1]
15	Romano Tumellero	Italy	Dreher	[1]
16	Ole Ritter	Denmark	Dreher	[1]
17	Adriano Passuello	Italy	Dreher	[1]
18	Attilio Rota	Italy	Dreher	[1]
19	Arturo Pecchielan	Italy	Dreher	[1]
20	Julien Stevens	Belgium	Dreher	[1]
21	Franco Bitossi	Italy	Filotex	[1]
22	Marcello Bergamo	Italy	Filotex	[1]
23	Giovanni Cavalcanti	Italy	Filotex	[1]
24	Arnaldo Caverzasi	Italy	Filotex	[1]
25	Ugo Colombo	Italy	Filotex	[1]
26	Vittorio Cumino	Italy	Filotex	[1]
27	Josef Fuchs	Switzerland	Filotex	[1]
28	Donato Giuliani	Italy	Filotex	[1]
29	Renato Laghi	Italy	Filotex	[1]
30	Piero Spinelli	Italy	Filotex	[1]
31	Aldo Moser	Italy	G.B.C.–Sony	[1]
32	Claudio Michelotto	Italy	G.B.C.–Sony	[1]
33	Dino Zandegù	Italy	G.B.C.–Sony	[1]
34	Silvano Schiavon	Italy	G.B.C.–Sony	[1]
35	Diego Moser  [ nl ]	Italy	G.B.C.–Sony	[1]
36	Silvano Davo	Italy	G.B.C.–Sony	[1]
37	Mario Lanzafame	Italy	G.B.C.–Sony	[1]
38	Erich Spahn	Switzerland	G.B.C.–Sony	[1]
39	Jurg Schneider	Switzerland	G.B.C.–Sony	[1]
40	Edi Schneider	Switzerland	G.B.C.–Sony	[1]
41	José Manuel Fuente	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	[1]
42	José Antonio González	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	[1]
43	Miguel María Lasa	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	[1]
44	Santiago Lazcano	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	[1]
45	Vicente López Carril	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	[1]
46	Jesús Manzaneque	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	[1]
47	Domingo Perurena	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	[1]
48	Francisco Galdós	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	[1]
49	José Pesarrodona	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	[1]
50	Francisco-Javier Galdeano	Spain	Kas–Kaskol	[1]
51	Georges Pintens	Belgium	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy	[1]
52	Fabrizio Fabbri	Italy	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy	[1]
53	Vittorio Urbani	Italy	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy	[1]
54	Pietro Dallai	Italy	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy	[1]
55	Silvano Ravagli	Italy	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy	[1]
56	Mauro Vannucchi  [ it ]	Italy	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy	[1]
57	Alberto Tazzi	Italy	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy	[1]
58	André Poppe	Belgium	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy	[1]
59	Willy De Geest	Belgium	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy	[1]
60	Ludo Van Staeyen	Belgium	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy	[1]
61	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	Molteni	[1]
62	Giancarlo Bellini	Italy	Molteni	[1]
63	Joseph Bruyère	Belgium	Molteni	[1]
64	Jos Deschoenmaecker	Belgium	Molteni	[1]
65	Jos Huysmans	Belgium	Molteni	[1]
66	Frans Mintjens	Belgium	Molteni	[1]
67	Jozef Spruyt	Belgium	Molteni	[1]
68	Roger Swerts	Belgium	Molteni	[1]
69	Martin Van Den Bossche	Belgium	Molteni	[1]
70	Victor Van Schil	Belgium	Molteni	[1]
71	Marino Basso	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
72	Pietro Campagnari	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
73	Emilio Casalini	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
74	Felice Gimondi	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
75	Pietro Guerra	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
76	Antoine Houbrechts	Belgium	Salvarani	[1]
77	Roberto Poggiali	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
78	Giacinto Santambrogio	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
79	Guerrino Tosello	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
80	Italo Zilioli	Italy	Salvarani	[1]
81	Luciano Armani	Italy	Scic	[1]
82	Franco Balmamion	Italy	Scic	[1]
83	Angelo Bassini	Italy	Scic	[1]
84	Attilio Benfatto	Italy	Scic	[1]
85	Carlo Chiappano	Italy	Scic	[1]
86	Michele Dancelli	Italy	Scic	[1]
87	Franco Mori	Italy	Scic	[1]
88	Enrico Paolini	Italy	Scic	[1]
89	Giancarlo Polidori	Italy	Scic	[1]
90	Celestino Vercelli	Italy	Scic	[1]
91	Davide Boifava	Italy	Zonca	[1]
92	Sandro Cammilli	Italy	Zonca	[1]
93	Virginio Levati	Italy	Zonca	[1]
94	Wladimiro Panizza	Italy	Zonca	[1]
95	Giuseppe Perletto	Italy	Zonca	[1]
96	Roberto Sorlini	Italy	Zonca	[1]
97	Pietro Tamiazzo	Italy	Zonca	[1]
98	Giovanni Varini	Italy	Zonca	[1]
99	Louis Pfenninger	Switzerland	Zonca	[1]
100	Kurt Rub	Switzerland	Zonca	[1]

References

1. "55ème Giro d'Italia 1972". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.