List of teams and cyclists in the 1979 Giro d'Italia

The 1979 Giro d'Italia was the 62nd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 130 riders, and 111 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	Johan De Muynck	Belgium	Bianchi–Faema	[1]
2	Alex Van Linden	Belgium	Bianchi–Faema	[1]
3	Silvano Contini	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	[1]
4	Aldo Donadello	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	[1]
5	Knut Knudsen	Norway	Bianchi–Faema	[1]
6	Salvatore Maccali  [ it ]	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	[1]
7	Valerio Lualdi	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	[1]
8	Serge Parsani	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	[1]
9	Aldo Parecchini	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	[1]
10	Rik Van Linden	Belgium	Bianchi–Faema	[1]
11	Fulvio Bertacco	Italy	CBM Fast–Gaggia	[1]
12	Maurizio Bertini	Italy	CBM Fast–Gaggia	[1]
13	Luciano Borgognoni	Italy	CBM Fast–Gaggia	[1]
14	Annunzio Colombo	Italy	CBM Fast–Gaggia	[1]
15	Corrado Donadio  [ fr ]	Italy	CBM Fast–Gaggia	[1]
16	Renato Laghi	Italy	CBM Fast–Gaggia	[1]
17	Alfonso Dal Pian	Italy	CBM Fast–Gaggia	[1]
18	Angelo Tosoni	Italy	CBM Fast–Gaggia	[1]
19	Roberto Visentini	Italy	CBM Fast–Gaggia	[1]
20	Bruno Zanoni	Italy	CBM Fast–Gaggia	[1]
21	Dirk Baert	Belgium	Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC	[1]
22	Bruno Vicino	Italy	Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC	[1]
23	Shane Bartley	Australia	Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC	[1]
24	Finn Clausen	Denmark	Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC	[1]
25	Louis Luyten	Belgium	Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC	[1]
26	Eugène Plet	France	Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC	[1]
27	Willem Thomas	Belgium	Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC	[1]
28	Urbain Van Der Flaas	Belgium	Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC	[1]
29	René Van Der Gilst	Belgium	Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC	[1]
30	Dirk Vermeersch	Belgium	Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC	[1]
31	Roger De Vlaeminck	Belgium	Gis Gelati	[1]
32	Carmelo Barone	Italy	Gis Gelati	[1]
33	Leonardo Bevilacqua	Italy	Gis Gelati	[1]
34	Ronny Bossant	Belgium	Gis Gelati	[1]
35	Silvano Cervato	Italy	Gis Gelati	[1]
36	Willy De Geest	Belgium	Gis Gelati	[1]
37	Ronan De Meyer	Belgium	Gis Gelati	[1]
38	Piero Falorni	Italy	Gis Gelati	[1]
39	Giuseppe Passuello	Italy	Gis Gelati	[1]
40	Antonio D'alonzo	Italy	Gis Gelati	[1]
51	Bernt Johansson	Sweden	Magniflex–Famcucine	[1]
52	Per Bausager	Denmark	Magniflex–Famcucine	[1]
53	Roberto Ceruti	Italy	Magniflex–Famcucine	[1]
54	Jean-Claude Fabbri  [ it ]	Italy	Magniflex–Famcucine	[1]
55	Jørgen Marcussen	Denmark	Magniflex–Famcucine	[1]
56	Ignazio Paleari	Italy	Magniflex–Famcucine	[1]
57	Graziano Rossi	Italy	Magniflex–Famcucine	[1]
58	Amilcare Sgalbazzi	Italy	Magniflex–Famcucine	[1]
59	Giancarlo Tartoni	Italy	Magniflex–Famcucine	[1]
60	Gino Tigli	Italy	Magniflex–Famcucine	[1]
61	Mario Beccia	Italy	Mecap–Hoonved	[1]
62	Giuliano Cazzolato  [ it ]	Italy	Mecap–Hoonved	[1]
63	Vincenzo De Caro  [ it ]	Italy	Mecap–Hoonved	[1]
64	Mario Fraccaro	Italy	Mecap–Hoonved	[1]
65	Luciano Loro	Italy	Mecap–Hoonved	[1]
66	Dante Morandi	Italy	Mecap–Hoonved	[1]
67	Dino Porrini	Italy	Mecap–Hoonved	[1]
68	Luciano Rossignoli	Italy	Mecap–Hoonved	[1]
69	Sergio Santimaria	Italy	Mecap–Hoonved	[1]
70	Roberto Sorlini	Italy	Mecap–Hoonved	[1]
71	Alessio Antonini	Italy	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	[1]
72	Fausto Bertoglio	Italy	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	[1]
73	Cesare Cipollini	Italy	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	[1]
74	Franco Conti	Italy	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	[1]
75	Giuseppe Fatato	Italy	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	[1]
76	Giuseppe Martinelli	Italy	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	[1]
77	Francesco Masi	Italy	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	[1]
78	Giuseppe Perletto	Italy	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	[1]
79	Leone Pizzini  [ it ]	Italy	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	[1]
80	Orlando Maini	Italy	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	[1]
81	Gregor Braun	West Germany	Peugeot–Esso–Michelin	[1]
82	Alan Van Heerden	South Africa	Peugeot–Esso–Michelin	[1]
83	Yves Hézard	France	Peugeot–Esso–Michelin	[1]
84	Michel Laurent	France	Peugeot–Esso–Michelin	[1]
85	Roger Legeay	France	Peugeot–Esso–Michelin	[1]
86	Patrick Perret	France	Peugeot–Esso–Michelin	[1]
87	Guy Sibille	France	Peugeot–Esso–Michelin	[1]
88	Bernard Thévenet	France	Peugeot–Esso–Michelin	[1]
89	Marcel Tinazzi	France	Peugeot–Esso–Michelin	[1]
90	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke	Belgium	Peugeot–Esso–Michelin	[1]
91	Francesco Moser	Italy	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	[1]
92	Claudio Bortolotto	Italy	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	[1]
93	Ronald De Witte	Belgium	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	[1]
94	Phil Edwards	Great Britain	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	[1]
95	Simone Fraccaro	Italy	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	[1]
96	Renato Marchetti	Italy	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	[1]
97	Palmiro Masciarelli	Italy	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	[1]
98	Marcello Osler	Italy	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	[1]
99	Wladimiro Panizza	Italy	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	[1]
100	Attilio Rota	Italy	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	[1]
101	Vittorio Algeri	Italy	Sapa Assicurazioni	[1]
102	Marino Amadori	Italy	Sapa Assicurazioni	[1]
103	Alessandro Bettoni	Italy	Sapa Assicurazioni	[1]
104	Giancarlo Casiraghi  [ it ]	Italy	Sapa Assicurazioni	[1]
105	Stefano D'arcangelo	Italy	Sapa Assicurazioni	[1]
106	Walter Dusi	Italy	Sapa Assicurazioni	[1]
107	Fiorenzo Favero	Italy	Sapa Assicurazioni	[1]
108	Leonardo Natale	Italy	Sapa Assicurazioni	[1]
109	Mario Noris	Italy	Sapa Assicurazioni	[1]
110	Paolo Rosola	Italy	Sapa Assicurazioni	[1]
111	Giuseppe Saronni	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	[1]
112	Arnaldo Caverzasi	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	[1]
113	Luciano Conati	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	[1]
114	Joseph Fuchs	Switzerland	Scic–Bottecchia	[1]
115	Walter Riccomi	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	[1]
116	Enrico Paolini	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	[1]
117	Gabriele Landoni	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	[1]
118	Alfredo Chinetti	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	[1]
119	Armando Lora  [ it ]	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	[1]
120	Roy Schuiten	Netherlands	Scic–Bottecchia	[1]
121	Gottfried Schmutz	Switzerland	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza	[1]
122	Guido Amrhein	Switzerland	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza	[1]
123	Hansjörg Aemisegger	Switzerland	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza	[1]
124	Thierry Bolle	Switzerland	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza	[1]
125	Beat Breu	Switzerland	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza	[1]
126	Alex Frei	Switzerland	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza	[1]
127	Guido Frei	Switzerland	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza	[1]
128	Fridolin Keller	Switzerland	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza	[1]
129	Erwin Lienhard	Switzerland	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza	[1]
130	Josef Wehrli	Switzerland	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza	[1]
141	Pierino Gavazzi	Italy	Zonca–Santini	[1]
142	Giancarlo Bellini	Italy	Zonca–Santini	[1]
143	Claudio Corti	Italy	Zonca–Santini	[1]
144	Enrico Guadrini	Italy	Zonca–Santini	[1]
145	Leonardo Mazzantini	Italy	Zonca–Santini	[1]
146	Clyde Sefton	Australia	Zonca–Santini	[1]
147	Piero Spinelli	Italy	Zonca–Santini	[1]
148	Giancarlo Torelli	Italy	Zonca–Santini	[1]
149	Ennio Vanotti	Italy	Zonca–Santini	[1]
150	Bruno Wolfer	Switzerland	Zonca–Santini	[1]

References

1. "62ème Giro d'Italia 1979". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.