1968 Giro d'Italia#Points classification
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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1968 Giro d'Italia
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| date = 20 May - 12 June 1968
| stages = 22 + Prologue
| distance = 3917.3
| unit = km
| time = 108h 42' 27"
| speed = 36.035
| first = Eddy Merckx
| first_nat = BEL
| first_team = Faema
| first_color = pink
| second = Vittorio Adorni
| second_nat = ITA
| second_team = Faema
| third = Felice Gimondi
| third_nat = ITA
| third_team = Salvarani
| points = Eddy Merckx
| points_nat = BEL
| points_team = Faema
| points_color = red
| mountains = Eddy Merckx
| mountains_nat = BEL
| mountains_team = Faema
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| combination_team =
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| team = Faema
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| previous = 1967
|next = 1969
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The 1968 Giro d'Italia was the 51st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Campione d'Italia, on 20 May, with a {{convert|5.7|km|1|abbr=on}} stage and concluded in Naples, on 11 June, with a {{convert|235|km|1|abbr=on}} mass-start stage. A total of 130 riders from 13 teams entered the 22-stage race, which was won by Belgian Eddy Merckx of the Faema team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Vittorio Adorni and Felice Gimondi, respectively.{{cite news |url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/13/MD19680613-018.pdf |title=Perlas del "Giro" |language=es |date=13 June 1968 |page=18 |newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A. |access-date=21 April 2013|trans-title=Giro's Pearls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312212240/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/13/MD19680613-018.pdf|archive-date=12 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1968_06/19680612_0010.pdf |title=La <
Teams
{{main|List of teams and cyclists in the 1968 Giro d'Italia}}
At the route's announcement on 21 March, the organizers announced twelve teams of ten would participate;{{cite news |url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/03/22/MD19680322-011.pdf |title=El <
The teams entering the race were:
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Pre-race favorites
The starting peloton did include the previous year's winner Felice Gimondi. Eddy Merckx was confirmed to participate with his Faema team. Eight-time Grand Tour winner Jacques Anquetil did not participate in the race because of a dispute over pay.{{cite news|url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/64146/files/1968-05-20.pdf|title=Gimondi fait figure de grand favori mais attention au Belge Eddy Merckx|trans-title=Gimondi is a big favorite, but beware of Belgian Eddy Merckx|language=fr|newspaper=Feuille d'Avis de Neuchatel|date=20 May 1968|page=16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023004358/http://doc.rero.ch/record/64146/files/1968-05-20.pdf|archive-date=23 October 2019|via=RERO}}{{cite news|url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/194646/files/1968-05-20.pdf|title=Le duel Gimondi-Merckx|trans-title=The Gimondi-Merckx duel|language=fr|newspaper=Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais|date=20 May 1968|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023004526/http://doc.rero.ch/record/194646/files/1968-05-20.pdf|archive-date=23 October 2019|via=RERO}}
Route and stages
The race route was revealed to the public on 21 March 1968 by race director Vincenzo Torriani.{{cite news |url=https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1968/03/22/page_010.pdf|title=Questo il <
To begin race festivities there was a parade through the streets of Campione d'Italia before the prologue started during the night. The race started with a {{convert|5.7|km|0|abbr=on}} prologue, which consisted of a {{convert|2.875|km|0|abbr=on}} circuit being crossed twice. The times from this stage were not included in the final times for the general classification, but were just done to determine the first person to wear the race leader's maglia rosa ({{langx|en|pink jersey}}). This was the first Giro d'Italia to have a prologue to open the race. The 130 starting riders were divided into thirteen groups of ten, with each group of ten contesting the course at the same time. The times of the fastest riders from each group were put together and the fastest of those times was the rider that would wear the first pink jersey. The route finished for the first time in Naples near Mount Vesuvius along the Mediterranean Ocean.
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|+ Stage characteristics and winners{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13521&p=1#page/2/mode/1up|title=Un Giro ad alta quota|newspaper=Corriere dello Sport|date=20 May 1968|page=3|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=A ride at high altitude|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228020738/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13521&p=1|archive-date=28 December 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1968_03/19680322_0010.pdf |title=Questo il < |
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!Stage !Date !Course !Distance !colspan="2"|Type !Winner |
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| style="text-align:center;"| 20 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|5.7|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Time Trial.svg | {{flagathlete|Charly Grosskost|FRA}}{{refn|name=Prol|group=N|The times from the prologue did not count towards the general classification, but were used to determine what rider would wear the race leader's maglia rosa on the first stage of the race.}} |
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| style="text-align:center"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 May | Campione d'Italia to Novara | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|128|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Eddy Merckx|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 May | Novara to Saint-Vincent | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|189|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Eddy Merckx|BEL}}{{refn|name=Motta|group=N|The original stage winner, Gianna Motta, was found to have used performance enhancing drugs and his results were subsequently voided.}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 3
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 May | Saint-Vincent to Alba | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|168|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Guido Reybrouck|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 4
| style="text-align:center;"| 24 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|162|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Ward Sels|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 5
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|149|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Italo Zilioli|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 6
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 May | Sanremo to Alessandria | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|223|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|José Antonio Momeñe|ESP|1945}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 7
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 May | Alessandria to Piacenza | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|174|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Guerrino Tosello|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 8
| style="text-align:center;"| 28 May | San Giorgio Piacentino to Brescia | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|225|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Eddy Merckx|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 9
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 May | Brescia to Lido di Caldonazzo | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|210|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Julio Jiménez|ESP|1945}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 10
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 May | Trento to Monte Grappa | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|136|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Emilio Casalini|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 11
| style="text-align:center;"| 31 May | Bassano del Grappa to Trieste | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|197|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Guido Reybrouck|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 12
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 June | Gorizia to Tre Cime di Lavaredo | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|213|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Eddy Merckx|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 13
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 June | Cortina d'Ampezzo to Vittorio Veneto | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|163|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Lino Farisato|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 14
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 June | Vittorio Veneto to Marina Romea | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|199|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Luigi Sgarbozza|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 15
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 June | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|141|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Marino Basso|ITA}} |
| | style="text-align:center;"|5 June
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day |
| style="text-align:center"| 16
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 June | Cesenatico to City of San Marino (San Marino) | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|49.3|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Time Trial.svg | {{flagathlete|Felice Gimondi|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 17
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 June | City of San Marino (San Marino) to Foligno | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|196|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Franco Bitossi|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 June | Foligno to Abbadia San Salvatore | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|166|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Julio Jiménez|ESP|1945}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 19
| style="text-align:center;"| 9 June | Abbadia San Salvatore to Rome | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|181|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Luciano Dalla Bona|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 20
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 June | Rome to Rocca di Cambio | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|215|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Luis Pedro Santamarina|ESP|1945}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 21
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 June | Rocca di Cambio to Blockhaus | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|198|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Franco Bitossi|ITA}}{{refn|name=Bodrero|group=N|The original stage winner, Franco Bodrero, was found to have used performance enhancing drugs and his results were subsequently voided.}} |
| style="text-align:center"| 22
| style="text-align:center;"| 12 June | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|235|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| File:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Guido Reybrouck|BEL}} |
| | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Total
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|3917.3|km|0|abbr=on}} |
Race overview
The race's twelfth stage saw heavy rain from the start of the stage in Gorizia, which turned to snow as the race began to elevate into the Dolomites.{{sfn|Fotheringham|2013|p=55}} Police lined the sides of the roads of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo as the riders passed through due to incidents that had occurred on the slopes the previous year.{{sfn|Fotheringham|2013|p=55}} The leading group on the road had a ten-minute advantage on Eddy Merckx.{{sfn|Fotheringham|2013|p=55}} Merckx was able to traverse the ten-minute gap, win the stage, and take the lead of the race.{{sfn|Fotheringham|2013|p=55}}{{sfn|Fotheringham|2013|p=74}}
=Doping=
At a presentation in Campione d'Italia, Torriani announced the measures for doping controls. This was the first Giro d'Italia to administer tests in attempt to catch riders doping,{{sfn|Foot|2011|p=247}} To determine whether a not tests would be administered, a set of twenty-two envelopes were made with each envelope having a slip of paper inside that read either "Yes" or "No". Following the finish of each stage one envelope was opened, if it read "No," then all riders could leave immediately. If it read "Yes," then riders with high placings on the stage and in the overall classification were tested. The results from these tests, however, would be available fifteen days after the conclusion of the race. On 15 June, the Italian Cycling Federation announced that nine riders had tested positive during the race. The riders were Gimondi, Motta, Franco Balmamion, Franco Bodrero, Raymond Delise, Peter Abt, Victor van Schil, Mariano Diaz, Joaquin Galera.{{sfn|Foot|2011|p=248}}{{cite news|title=Negen renners gebruikten in Giro doping|trans-title=Nine riders used doping in Giro|language=nl|via=Delpher|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010691035:mpeg21:p007|work=Friese koerier|date=17 June 1968|agency=ANP|page=7}}{{cite news |url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/16/MD19680616-022.pdf |title=Gimondi, Motta y Balmamion, entre otros, dopados en el <
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410193420/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/16/MD19680616-022.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/17/MD19680617-031.pdf |title=De confirmarse los analisis, se esperan descalificaciones automaticas de los culpables |language=es |date=17 June 1968 |page=31 |newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A. |access-date=21 April 2013|trans-title=If the analyzes are confirmed, automatic disqualifications of the culprits are expected
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410193352/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/17/MD19680617-031.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13544&p=1#page/19/mode/1up|title=Controllo-si anche per Balmamion|newspaper=Corriere dello Sport|date=20 May 1968|pages=1, 10|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=Control-yes also for Balmamion
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410195454/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13544&p=1#page/1/mode/1up|archive-date=10 April 2019|url-status=live}} Balmamion was cleared of the charges as the substance found in his urine had not been officially banned.{{sfn|Foot|2011|p=250}} Gimondi's ban was overturned on 13 July as he persuaded the authorities he had used Reactivan.{{sfn|Foot|2011|p=250}} Years later, author John Foot wrote "Doubts remain about how much the influence of Gimondi's fame and his ability to employ expensive lawyers and experts had on his case," casting further doubt on the legitimacy of Gimondi's claims of innocence.{{sfn|Foot|2011|p=250}} The Tour de France organizers adopted the Giro's doping control scheme for their 1968 race.{{cite news|author=Geoffrey Nicholson|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37481715/|work=The Observer|page=18|date=23 June 1968|title=Who will win the Tour this year? Have the British team a chance? Will drugs be an important factor?|access-date=18 October 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
Classification Leadership
Two different jerseys were worn during the 1968 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.{{cite web|author=Laura Weislo |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |title=Giro d'Italia classifications demystified |date=13 May 2008 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |archive-date=8 May 2013 |url-status=live }}
For the points classification, which awarded a red jersey to its leader,{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=14022&p=1#page/4/mode/1up|title=Trofeo Dreher Forte|work=Corriere dello Sport|date=20 May 1969|page=4|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=Dreher Forte Trophy |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141228233039/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=14022&p=1|archive-date=28 December 2014|url-status=live}} cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=12319&p=1#page/9/mode/1up|title=Regolamento|work=Corriere dello Sport|date=19 May 1966|page=9|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=Regulation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223155321/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=12337&p=1#page/9/mode/1up|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=dead}} The mountains classification leader. The climbs were ranked in first and second categories. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. There were a total of nineteen categorized climbs, of which the highest one, the Cima Coppi, was the Tre Cime di Lavaredo.{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,9/articleid,0120_02_1968_0118_0009_8086232/|title=Scatta il <
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|style="background:pink;" rowspan="2"| Eddy Merckx |style="background:salmon;" rowspan="3"| Eddy Merckx |style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="22"| Faema |
| 2
| Eddy Merckx{{refn|name=Motta|group=N}} |style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="3"| Julio Jiménez |
| 3
|style="background:pink;" rowspan="9"| Michele Dancelli |
| 4
|style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Guido Reybrouck |
| 5
|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="2"| Julio Jiménez & Eddy Merckx |
| 6
|style="background:salmon;" rowspan="17"| Eddy Merckx |
| 7
|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="2"| Mariano Díaz |
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|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="3"| Julio Jiménez |
| 10 |
| 11 |
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|style="background:pink;" rowspan="11"| Eddy Merckx |style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="11"|Eddy Merckx |
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| Franco Bitossi{{refn|name=Bodrero|group=N}} |
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| colspan=2| Final
! style="background:#F660AB;"| Eddy Merckx ! style="background:red;"|Eddy Merckx ! style="background:#32CD32;"|Eddy Merckx ! style="background:yellow;"| Faema |
Final standings
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=General classification=
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=Points classification=
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!Team !Points |
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| {{flagathlete|Eddy Merckx|BEL}} File:Jersey red.svg File:Jersey pink.svg | Faema |style="text-align:center"| 198 |
| style="text-align:center"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Franco Bitossi|ITA}} | Filotex |style="text-align:center"| 138 |
| style="text-align:center"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Michele Dancelli|ITA}} | Pepsi Cola |style="text-align:center"| 132 |
| style="text-align:center"| DSQ
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| style="text-align:center"| 4
| {{flagathlete|Marino Basso|ITA}} | Molteni |style="text-align:center"| 122 |
| style="text-align:center"| 5
| {{flagathlete|Guido Reybrouck|BEL}} | Faema |style="text-align:center"| 115 |
| style="text-align:center"| 6
| {{flagathlete|Felice Gimondi|ITA}} | Salvarani |style="text-align:center"| 96 |
| style="text-align:center"| 7
| {{flagathlete|Vittorio Adorni|ITA}} | Faema |style="text-align:center"| 88 |
| style="text-align:center"| 8
| {{flagathlete|Italo Zilioli|ITA}} | Filotex |style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 73 |
| style="text-align:center"| 9
| {{flagathlete|Julio Jiménez|ESP|1945}} | Bic |
| style="text-align:center"| 10
| {{flagathlete|Vito Taccone|ITA}} | Germanvox |style="text-align:center"| 60 |
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=Mountains classification=
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|+ Final mountains classification (1–6){{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13541&p=1#page/8/mode/1up|title=Il Giro in cifre|newspaper=Corriere dello Sport|date=11 June 1968|page=8|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=The Tour in figures|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228023144/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13541&p=1|archive-date=28 December 2014|url-status=live}} |
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!Team !Points |
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| style="text-align:center"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Eddy Merckx|BEL}} File:Jersey pink.svg File:Jersey red.svg | Faema |style="text-align:center"| 340 |
| style="text-align:center"| DSQ
| | |style="text-align:center"| 210 |
| style="text-align:center"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Julio Jiménez|ESP|1945}} | Bic |style="text-align:center"| 180 |
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 4
| {{flagathlete|Giancarlo Polidori|ITA}} | Pepsi Cola |style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 140 |
| {{flagathlete|Joaquín Galera|ESP|1945}}
| Fagor |
| style="text-align:center"| 6
| {{flagathlete|Franco Bitossi|ITA}} | Filotex |style="text-align:center"| 90 |
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=Traguardi a sorpresa classification=
| class="wikitable"
|+ Final traguardia a sorpresa classification (1–10){{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13542&p=1#page/6/mode/1up|title=TV a Sorpresa|newspaper=Corriere dello Sport|date=12 June 1968|page=6|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=Surprise TV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223155831/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13542&p=1|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=live}} |
| !Name
!Team !Points |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Marino Basso|ITA}} | Molteni |style="text-align:center"| 22 |
| style="text-align:center"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Roberto Ballini|ITA}} | Max Meyer |style="text-align:center"| 15 |
| style="text-align:center"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Pietro Campagnari|ITA}} | Molteni |style="text-align:center"| 14 |
| style="text-align:center"| 4
| {{flagathlete|Luciano Armani|ITA}} | Faema |style="text-align:center"| 13 |
| style="text-align:center"| 5
| {{flagathlete|Giancarlo Polidori|ITA}} | Pepsi Cola |style="text-align:center"| 10 |
| style="text-align:center" rowspan =3| 6
| {{flagathlete|Julio Jiménez|ESP|1945}} | Bic |style="text-align:center" rowspan=3| 8 |
| {{flagathlete|Luis Santamarina|ESP|1945}}
| Fagor |
| {{flagathlete|Franco Bitossi|ITA}}
| Filotex |
| style="text-align:center"| 9
| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Milioli|ITA}} | Germanvox-Vega |style="text-align:center"| 6 |
| style="text-align:center" rowspan=8| 10
| {{flagathlete|Italo Zilioli|ITA}} | Filotex |style="text-align:center" rowspan=8| 5 |
| {{flagathlete|Rem Stefanoni|ITA}}
| Max Meyer |
| |
| {{flagathlete|Lino Farisato|ITA}}
| Faema |
| {{flagathlete|Raymond Delisle|FRA}}
| |
| {{flagathlete|Claudio Michelotto|ITA}}
| Max Meyer |
| {{flagathlete|Daminiano Capodivento|ITA}}
| G.B.C. |
| {{flagathlete|Georges Vandenberghe|BEL}}
| Smith's |
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=Team classification=
| class="wikitable" |
| !Team
!Points |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"| 1
| Faema |align="right"| ? |
| style="text-align:center"| 2
| Molteni |align="right"| ? |
| style="text-align:center"| 3
| Fagor-Fargas |align="right"| ? |
| style="text-align:center"| 4
| Pepsi Cola |align="right"| ? |
| style="text-align:center"| 5
| Filotex |align="right"| ? |
| style="text-align:center"| 6
| Bic |align="right"| ? |
| style="text-align:center"| 7
| Salvarani |align="right"| ? |
| style="text-align:center"| 8
| Max Meyer |align="right"| ? |
| style="text-align:center"| 9
| Germanvox-Vega |align="right"| ? |
| style="text-align:center"| 10
| Smith's |align="right"| ? |
{{columns-end}}
=Minor classifications=
Franco Bitossi (Filotex) won the traguardi tricolori classification and Merckx won the Trofeo dei Circuiti.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13542&p=1#page/6/mode/1up|title=Quattro vittorie per Merckx|newspaper=Corriere dello Sport|date=12 June 1968|page=6|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=Four Victories for Merckx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223155831/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=13542&p=1|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=live}}
References
=Footnotes=
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=Citations=
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=Bibliography=
{{Refbegin}}
- {{cite book |last1=Foot |first1=John |title=Pedalare! Pedalare! |chapter=The Heroic Age |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eGBRfzR_onUC |isbn=978-1-4088-1755-1 }}
- {{cite book |last1=Fotheringham |first1=William |title=Half Man, Half Bike: The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion |publisher=Chicago Review Press |location= Chicago, Illinois|year=2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nrQBk6ZTv8YC |isbn=978-1-6137-4726-1 }}
{{Refend}}
{{commons category}}
{{1968 Super Prestige Pernod}}
{{Giro d'Italia}}
{{Giro d'Italia general classification winners}}