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

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.

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 Felice Gimondi  Italy Salvarani [1]
2 Antonio Paolo Albonetti  Italy Salvarani [1]
3 Rudi Altig  West Germany Salvarani [1]
4 Lino Carletto  Italy Salvarani [1]
5 Carlo Chiappano  Italy Salvarani [1]
6 Luciano Dalla Bona  Italy Salvarani [1]
7 Tomasso Da Pra  Italy Salvarani [1]
8 Giancarlo Ferretti  Italy Salvarani [1]
9 Roberto Poggiali  Italy Salvarani [1]
10 Wilfried Peffgen  West Germany Salvarani [1]
11 Julio Jiminez  Spain Bic [1]
12 Gilles Locatelli  France Bic [1]
13 Willy Van Neste  Belgium Bic [1]
14 Cees Haast  Netherlands Bic [1]
15 Edouard Sels  Belgium Bic [1]
16 Charly Grosskost  France Bic [1]
17 Jean-Claude Theillière  France Bic [1]
18 Jean Ghisellini  France Bic [1]
19 Roland Berland  France Bic [1]
20 Serge Bolley  France Bic [1]
21 Eddy Merckx  Belgium Faema [1]
22 Vittorio Adorni  Italy Faema [1]
23 Luciano Armani  Italy Faema [1]
24 Luigi Casalini  Italy Faema [1]
25 Lino Farisato  Italy Faema [1]
26 Guido Reybrouck  Belgium Faema [1]
27 Joseph Spruyt  Belgium Faema [1]
28 Roger Swerts  Belgium Faema [1]
29 Martin Van Den Bossche  Belgium Faema [1]
30 Victor Van Schil  Belgium Faema [1]
31 Francisco García  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
32 Eusebio Vélez  Portugal Fagor–Fargas [1]
33 José Antonio Momeñe  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
34 José Luis Santamaría  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
35 Ginés García Perán  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
36 José Manuel López Rodríguez  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
37 Mariano Díaz  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
38 Joaquim Galera  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
39 José María Errandonea  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
40 Luis Ocaña  Spain Fagor–Fargas [1]
41 Franco Bitossi  Italy Filotex [1]
42 Italo Zilioli  Italy Filotex [1]
43 Vittorio Chiarini  Italy Filotex [1]
44 Ugo Colombo  Italy Filotex [1]
45 Alberto Della Torre [it]  Italy Filotex [1]
46 Giorgio Favaro  Italy Filotex [1]
47 Giuseppe Grassi  Italy Filotex [1]
48 Adriano Passuello  Italy Filotex [1]
49 Alfio Poli  Italy Filotex [1]
50 Flaviano Vicentini  Italy Filotex [1]
51 Damiano Capodivento  Italy G.B.C. [1]
52 Giorgio Destro  Italy G.B.C. [1]
53 Domenico Mazzanti  Italy G.B.C. [1]
54 Giuseppe Poli  Italy G.B.C. [1]
55 Peter Abt   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
56 René Binggeli   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
57 Auguste Girard   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
58 Rolf Maurer   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
59 Louis Pfenninger   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
60 Bernard Vifian   Switzerland G.B.C. [1]
61 Vito Taccone  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
62 Ole Ritter  Denmark Germanvox–Wega [1]
63 Eraldo Bocci  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
64 Lorenzo Carminati  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
65 Renato Laghi  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
66 Giovanni Mantovani  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
67 Giuseppe Milioli  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
68 Henning Petersen  Denmark Germanvox–Wega [1]
69 Primo Franchini [it]  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
70 Bruno Vittiglio  Italy Germanvox–Wega [1]
71 Ottorino Benedetti  Italy Kelvinator [1]
72 Attilio Benfatto  Italy Kelvinator [1]
73 Carlo Brunetti  Italy Kelvinator [1]
74 Vin Denson  Great Britain Kelvinator [1]
75 Mario Di Torro  Italy Kelvinator [1]
76 Karl-Heinz Kunde  West Germany Kelvinator [1]
77 Luciano Lievore [it]  Italy Kelvinator [1]
78 Mario Mancini  Italy Kelvinator [1]
79 Albano Negro  Italy Kelvinator [1]
80 Mario Zanin  Italy Kelvinator [1]
81 Roberto Ballini  Italy Max Meyer [1]
82 Giampaolo Cucchieti  Italy Max Meyer [1]
83 Adriano Durante  Italy Max Meyer [1]
84 Bruno Fantinato  Italy Max Meyer [1]
85 Luciano Galbo  Italy Max Meyer [1]
86 Claudio Michelotto  Italy Max Meyer [1]
87 Guido Neri  Italy Max Meyer [1]
88 Luigi Sgarbozza  Italy Max Meyer [1]
89 Reino Stefanoni  Italy Max Meyer [1]
90 Giorgio Zancanaro  Italy Max Meyer [1]
91 Mario Anni  Italy Molteni [1]
92 Franco Balmamion  Italy Molteni [1]
93 Marino Basso  Italy Molteni [1]
94 Francis Blanc   Switzerland Molteni [1]
95 Franco Bodrero  Italy Molteni [1]
96 Pietro Campagnari  Italy Molteni [1]
97 Giuseppe Fezzardi  Italy Molteni [1]
98 Gianni Motta  Italy Molteni [1]
99 Edy Schütz  Luxembourg Molteni [1]
100 Guerrino Tosello  Italy Molteni [1]
101 Renzo Baldan  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
102 Graziano Battistini  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
103 Renato Bongioni  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
104 Michele Dancelli  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
105 Giovanni De Franceschi  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
106 Imerio Massignan  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
107 Aldo Pifferi  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
108 Giancarlo Polidori  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
109 Silvano Schiavon  Italy Pepsi-Cola [1]
110 Karl Brand   Switzerland Pepsi-Cola [1]
111 André Bayssière  France Peugeot [1]
112 Raymond Delisle  France Peugeot [1]
113 Jean-Claude Daunat  France Peugeot [1]
114 Jean Dumont  France Peugeot [1]
115 René Grenier  France Peugeot [1]
116 Désiré Letort  France Peugeot [1]
117 Roger Pingeon  France Peugeot [1]
118 Henri Rabaute  France Peugeot [1]
119 Daniel Samy  France Peugeot [1]
120 André Zimmermann  France Peugeot [1]
121 Willy Planckaert  Belgium Smith's [1]
122 Georges Vandenberghe  Belgium Smith's [1]
123 Frans Brands  Belgium Smith's [1]
124 Jaak De Boever  Belgium Smith's [1]
125 Jean-Baptiste Claes  Belgium Smith's [1]
126 Albert Van Vlierberghe  Belgium Smith's [1]
127 René Corthout  Belgium Smith's [1]
128 Roger Kindt  Belgium Smith's [1]
129 Roland Van De Rijse  Belgium Smith's [1]
130 Bart Zoet  Netherlands Smith's [1]

By nationality

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

Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins
 Belgium 17 7 8 (Eddy Merckx x4, Guido Reybrouck x3, Ward Sels)
 Denmark 2 1
 France 16 9 1 (Charly Grosskost x2)
 West Germany 3 2
 United Kingdom 1 1
 Italy 69 57 10 (Italo Zilioli, Guerrino Tosello, Emilio Casalini, Lino Farisato, Luigi Sgarbozza, Marino Basso, Felice Gimondi, Franco Bitossi x2, Luciano Dalla Bona)
 Luxembourg 1 1
 Netherlands 2 1
 Portugal 1 0
 Spain 10 6 4 (José Antonio Momeñe, Julio Jiménez x2, Luis Pedro Santamarina)
 Switzerland 8 5
Total 130 90


References

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