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

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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.

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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 Gösta Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Ferretti [1]
2 Mario Anni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ferretti [1]
3 Ottavio Crepaldi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ferretti [1]
4 Lino Farisato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ferretti [1]
5 Giorgio Favaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ferretti [1]
6 Wilmo Francioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ferretti [1]
7 Gianni Motta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ferretti [1]
8 Tomas Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Ferretti [1]
9 Mauro Simonetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ferretti [1]
10 Albert Van Vlierberghe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ferretti [1]
11 Roger De Vlaeminck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Dreher [1]
12 Patrick Sercu Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Dreher [1]
13 Pierfranco Vianelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Dreher [1]
14 Enrico Maggioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Dreher [1]
15 Romano Tumellero Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Dreher [1]
16 Ole Ritter Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Dreher [1]
17 Adriano Passuello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Dreher [1]
18 Attilio Rota Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Dreher [1]
19 Arturo Pecchielan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Dreher [1]
20 Julien Stevens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Dreher [1]
21 Franco Bitossi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
22 Marcello Bergamo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
23 Giovanni Cavalcanti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
24 Arnaldo Caverzasi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
25 Ugo Colombo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
26 Vittorio Cumino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
27 Josef Fuchs Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Filotex [1]
28 Donato Giuliani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
29 Renato Laghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
30 Piero Spinelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Filotex [1]
31 Aldo Moser Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C.–Sony [1]
32 Claudio Michelotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C.–Sony [1]
33 Dino Zandegù Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C.–Sony [1]
34 Silvano Schiavon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C.–Sony [1]
35 Diego Moser  [ nl ]Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C.–Sony [1]
36 Silvano Davo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C.–Sony [1]
37 Mario Lanzafame Flag of Italy.svg  Italy G.B.C.–Sony [1]
38 Erich Spahn Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland G.B.C.–Sony [1]
39 Jurg Schneider Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland G.B.C.–Sony [1]
40 Edi Schneider Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland G.B.C.–Sony [1]
41 José Manuel Fuente Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Kas–Kaskol [1]
42 José Antonio González Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Kas–Kaskol [1]
43 Miguel María Lasa Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Kas–Kaskol [1]
44 Santiago Lazcano Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Kas–Kaskol [1]
45 Vicente López Carril Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Kas–Kaskol [1]
46 Jesús Manzaneque Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Kas–Kaskol [1]
47 Domingo Perurena Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Kas–Kaskol [1]
48 Francisco Galdós Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Kas–Kaskol [1]
49 José Pesarrodona Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Kas–Kaskol [1]
50 Francisco-Javier Galdeano Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Kas–Kaskol [1]
51 Georges Pintens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy [1]
52 Fabrizio Fabbri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy [1]
53 Vittorio Urbani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy [1]
54 Pietro Dallai Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy [1]
55 Silvano Ravagli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy [1]
56 Mauro Vannucchi  [ it ]Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy [1]
57 Alberto Tazzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy [1]
58 André Poppe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy [1]
59 Willy De Geest Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy [1]
60 Ludo Van Staeyen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy [1]
61 Eddy Merckx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Molteni [1]
62 Giancarlo Bellini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Molteni [1]
63 Joseph Bruyère Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Molteni [1]
64 Jos Deschoenmaecker Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Molteni [1]
65 Jos Huysmans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Molteni [1]
66 Frans Mintjens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Molteni [1]
67 Jozef Spruyt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Molteni [1]
68 Roger Swerts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Molteni [1]
69 Martin Van Den Bossche Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Molteni [1]
70 Victor Van Schil Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Molteni [1]
71 Marino Basso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
72 Pietro Campagnari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
73 Emilio Casalini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
74 Felice Gimondi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
75 Pietro Guerra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
76 Antoine Houbrechts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Salvarani [1]
77 Roberto Poggiali Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
78 Giacinto Santambrogio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
79 Guerrino Tosello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
80 Italo Zilioli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Salvarani [1]
81 Luciano Armani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scic [1]
82 Franco Balmamion Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scic [1]
83 Angelo Bassini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scic [1]
84 Attilio Benfatto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scic [1]
85 Carlo Chiappano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scic [1]
86 Michele Dancelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scic [1]
87 Franco Mori Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scic [1]
88 Enrico Paolini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scic [1]
89 Giancarlo Polidori Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scic [1]
90 Celestino Vercelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scic [1]
91 Davide Boifava Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Zonca [1]
92 Sandro Cammilli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Zonca [1]
93 Virginio Levati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Zonca [1]
94 Wladimiro Panizza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Zonca [1]
95 Giuseppe Perletto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Zonca [1]
96 Roberto Sorlini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Zonca [1]
97 Pietro Tamiazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Zonca [1]
98 Giovanni Varini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Zonca [1]
99 Louis Pfenninger Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Zonca [1]
100 Kurt Rub Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Zonca [1]

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