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The 1977 Giro d'Italia
Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

of cycling

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, the 60th running of the Corsa Rosa, was held from 20 May to 12 June 1977. It was won by the Belgian

Belgium

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Michel Pollentier

Michel Pollentier is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He became professional in 1973. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1977 Giro d'Italia....

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Freddy Maertens

Freddy Maertens

Freddy Maertens is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and twice World Road Race Champion.- Career :...

lit up the first part - with victories in the prologue and in stages 1, 4, 6a, 6b, 7, and 8a - but was forced to retire after he fell in stage 8b.

General classification

Rank	Name	Time
1		107h 27' 16"
2		+ 2' 32"
3		+4' 02"
4		+7' 50"
5		+ 7' 56"
6		+ 10' 04"
7		+ 12' 28"
8		+ 13' 41"
9		+ 13' 48"
10		+ 16' 11"

Other jerseys

Maglia ciclamino: Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser , nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" , is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the dominant riders from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, and won the 1984 Giro d'Italia, the 1977 world road racing championship and six victories in three of the five Monuments...
Maglia verde
Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia
The mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia is a secondary classification. In this classification, points are awarded to the leading riders over designated climbs. Most climbs are sorted into one of three scales based on difficulty and its position on that day's stage...

: Faustino Fernández Ovies Spain
Maglia bianca
Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia
Since 1976, The Giro d'Italia has had a young rider classification. The leader in this classification wears the maglia bianca . The classification is determined by the best overall time, but only young cyclists were in the competition....

: Mario Beccia
Mario Beccia
Mario Beccia is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, active between 1977 and 1988 and works as a directeur sportif at Team Vorarlberg....

The Stages

Stage	From	to	km	Stage winner	Race leader (maglia rosa Maglia rosa The pink jersey is awarded to the leader of the General Classification at the Giro d'Italia. The leader of the GC is the rider who has the fastest time when all the stage results are added together, taking into account time bonuses for high finishes and intermediate sprints... )
prol.	Monte di Procida Monte di Procida Monte di Procida is a small comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about 15 km west of Naples, facing the island of Procida. Monte di Procida includes the small island of San Martino, which was occupied by the Germans during World War II...	Monte di Procida	7	Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and twice World Road Race Champion.- Career :...	Freddy Maertens
1ª	Lago Miseno	Avellino Avellino Avellino is a town and comune, capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains 42 km north-east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento.-History:Before the Roman conquest, the...	159	Freddy Maertens	Freddy Maertens
2ª a	Avellino	Foggia Foggia Foggia is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".-History:...	118	Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden is a Belgian former road bicycle racer who won the green jersey in the 1975 Tour de France. He also won several stages in all of the three Grand Tours...	Freddy Maertens
2ª b	Foggia	Foggia	65	Luciano Borgognoni	Freddy Maertens
3ª	Foggia	Isernia Isernia Isernia Isernia Isernia (Latin: Aesernia or, in Pliny and later writers, Eserninus, or in the Antonine Itinerary, Serni is a town and comune in the central Italian region of Molise, and the capital of Isernia province.- Geography :...	166	Simone Fraccaro	Freddy Maertens
4ª	Isernia Isernia Isernia Isernia Isernia (Latin: Aesernia or, in Pliny and later writers, Eserninus, or in the Antonine Itinerary, Serni is a town and comune in the central Italian region of Molise, and the capital of Isernia province.- Geography :...	Pescara Pescara Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents, 400,000 with the surrounding metropolitan area...	228	Freddy Maertens	Freddy Maertens
5ª	Pescara	Monteluco di Spoleto	215	Mario Beccia Mario Beccia Mario Beccia is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, active between 1977 and 1988 and works as a directeur sportif at Team Vorarlberg....	Francesco Moser Francesco Moser Francesco Moser , nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" , is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the dominant riders from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, and won the 1984 Giro d'Italia, the 1977 world road racing championship and six victories in three of the five Monuments...
6ª a	Spoleto	Gabicce Mare Gabicce Mare Gabicce Mare is a comune in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 km northwest of Ancona and 16 km north of Pesaro....	185	Freddy Maertens	Francesco Moser
6ª b	Gabicce Mare	Gabicce Mare	70	Freddy Maertens	Francesco Moser
7ª	Gabicce Mare	Forlì Forlì Forlì is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the right of the Montone river, and is an important agricultural centre...	163	Freddy Maertens	Francesco Moser
8ª a	Forlì	Circuito del Mugello	103	Freddy Maertens	Francesco Moser
8ª b	Circuito del Mugello	Circuito del Mugello	79	Marino Basso Marino Basso Marino Basso is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who won the World Cycling Championship in 1972.Basso was born at Rettorgole di Caldogno, in the Veneto...	Francesco Moser
9ª	Lucca Lucca Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...	Pisa Pisa Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa... (time trial)	25	Knut Knudsen Knut Knudsen Knut Knudsen is a retired Norwegian cyclist.He won the 4,000 m individual pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics and at the World Championship in 1973. He won 11 Norwegian championships and cycled professionally in Italy from 1973 to 1981...	Francesco Moser
10ª	Pisa	Salsomaggiore Terme Salsomaggiore Terme Salsomaggiore Terme is a town and comune in northern Italy. It is located in the province of Parma, in the Emilia-Romagna region, located at the foot of the Apennines. It is a popular Spa town. The water is strongly saline....	205	Giacinto Santambrogio Giacinto Santambrogio Giacinto Santambrogio was an Italian professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :19691971...	Francesco Moser
11ª	Salsomaggiore Terme	Santa Margherita Ligure Santa Margherita Ligure thumb\|250px\|Villa Durazzo.Santa Margherita Ligure is a comune in the province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 35 km southeast of Genoa, in the Tigullio traditional area.left\|220px\|thumb\|16th century castle....	198	Claudio Bortolotto Claudio Bortolotto Claudio Bortolotto is a former Italian professional cyclist. The highlight of his career came with his victories in the Mountains Classification at the Giro d'Italia. He won the Mountains Classification in 1979, 1980, and 1981. Bortolotto finished ninth overall in the 1977 and 1978 at the Giro...	Francesco Moser
12ª	Santa Margherita Ligure	San Giacomo di Roburent Roburent Roburent is a comune of the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located about south of Turin and about southeast of Cuneo. its population was 552. The comune extends over a largely wooded area of ranging in altitude fromm 580 to 1819 metres above sea-level and straddling...	160	Wilmo Francioni	Francesco Moser
13ª	Mondovì Mondovì Mondovì is a town and comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, located c. 80 km from Turin....	Varzi Varzi Varzi is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km south of Milan and about 40 km south of Pavia...	192	Giancarlo Tartoni	Francesco Moser
14ª	Voghera Voghera thumb\|250px\|The Castle of Voghera in a 19th century etching.Voghera is a town and comune of Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Pavia...	Vicenza Vicenza Vicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione...	247	Marc Demeyer Marc Demeyer Marc Demeyer was a professional road racing cyclist from Avelgem, Belgium. He died of a heart attack at the age of 31....	Francesco Moser
15ª	Vicenza	Trieste Trieste Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...	223	Ercole Gualazzini Ercole Gualazzini Ercole Gualazzini was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Gualazzini won stages in all the Grand Tours.- Palmarès :1969...	Francesco Moser
16ª a	Trieste	Gemona del Friuli Gemona del Friuli Gemona del Friuli is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km northwest of Udine....	107	Marc Demeyer	Francesco Moser
16ª b	Gemona del Friuli	Conegliano Conegliano Conegliano is a town and comune of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The population of the city is of around 36,000 people. The remains of a castle that was built in the 10th century remain on a nearby hill...	116	Pierino Gavazzi Pierino Gavazzi Pierino Gavazzi is an Italian former road bicycle racer.-External links:*...	Francesco Moser
17ª	Conegliano	Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene...	220	Giuseppe Perletto	Michel Pollentier Michel Pollentier Michel Pollentier is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He became professional in 1973. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1977 Giro d'Italia....
18ª	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Pinzolo Pinzolo Pinzolo is a small town and comune situated in Val Rendena in Trentino in the northern Italian Alps at an altitude of 800 m.It is mainly known as a ski resort during the winter months.-External links:...	223	Gianbattista Baronchelli Gianbattista Baronchelli Gianbattista Baronchelli is an Italian retired professional road racing cyclist . He obtained a total of 94 victories....	Michel Pollentier
19ª	Pinzolo	San Pellegrino Terme San Pellegrino Terme San Pellegrino Terme is a comune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, best known for being the location where San Pellegrino, a carbonated mineral water drink is produced.-Twin towns:Burgdorf, Switzerland, Switzerland,Larino, Italy,...	205	Renato Laghi	Michel Pollentier
20ª	San Pellegrino Terme	Varese Varese Varese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...	138	Wilmo Francioni	Michel Pollentier
21ª	Binago Binago Binago is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Como...	Binago (time trial)	29	Michel Pollentier	Michel Pollentier
22ª	Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...	Milan	122	Luciano Borgognoni	Michel Pollentier

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