1975 Giro d'Italia#Points classification
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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1975 Giro d'Italia
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| date = 17 May – 7 June 1975
| stages = 21, including two split stages
| distance = 3963
| unit = km
| time = 111h 31' 24"
| speed = 35.535
| first = Fausto Bertoglio
| first_nat = ITA
| first_team = Jollj Ceramica
| first_color = pink
| second = Francisco Galdós
| second_nat = ESP
| second_team = KAS
| second_natvar = 1945
| third = Felice Gimondi
| third_nat = ITA
| third_team = Bianchi-Campagnolo
| third_natvar =
| points = Roger De Vlaeminck
| points_nat = BEL
| points_team = Brooklyn
| points_color = violet
| mountains = Two riders{{refn|name=Tie|group=N|Francisco Galdós & Andrés Oliva, both Spanish riders from the KAS team, finished the race with the same number of points in the mountains classification and were both winners.}}
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| mountains_team =
| mountains_color = green
| combination =
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| team =
| teampoints = Brooklyn
| previous = 1974
|next = 1976
}}
The 1975 Giro d'Italia was the 58th running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Milan, on 17 May, with a set of split stages and concluded with a summit finish to the Passo dello Stelvio, on 7 June, with another split stage, consisting of an individual time trial and a mass-start stage. A total of 90 riders from nine teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Fausto Bertoglio of the Jollj Ceramica team. The second and third places were taken by Spaniard Francisco Galdós and Italian Felice Gimondi, respectively.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1975/06/08/MD19750608-019.pdf |title= Bertoglio Se Adjudico El "Giro"|language=es|date=8 June 1975|page=19|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Bertoglio was awarded the "Tour"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309193230/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1975/06/08/MD19750608-019.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,19/articleid,1107_01_1975_0130_0019_21225454/|title=Bertoglio resiste, Il Giro è suo|author=Maurizio Caravella|language=it|date=8 June 1975|page=19|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Bertoglio resists, The Giro is his}}{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1975_06/19750608_0015.pdf |title=Emozionante duello tra una muraglia di neve di folla |author=Gino Sala |language=it |date=8 June 1975 |page=15 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=27 May 2012 |format=PDF |trans-title=Exciting duel between a wall of snow crowd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309193707/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1975_06%2F19750608_0015.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Brooklyn's Roger De Vlaeminck won the points classification and Andrés Oliva and Francisco Galdós of KAS won the mountains classification. Brooklyn finished as the winners of the team points classification. Roger De Vlaeminck won seven stages.
Teams
{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 1975 Giro d'Italia}}
Nine teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1975 edition of the Giro d'Italia In total, 58 riders were from Italy, while the remaining 37 riders came from: Belgium (10), Spain (10), the Netherlands (7), Switzerland (2), Colombia (1), New Zealand (1), and Norway (1).{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1975 Competitors per Country|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/competitors-per-country|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524121519/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/competitors-per-country|archive-date=24 May 2025|access-date=13 October 2016}} Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 90 cyclists.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1975.html |title=1975 Giro d'Italia |work= Bike Race Info |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |author=Bill and Carol McGann|access-date=6 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306050857/http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1975.html|archive-date=6 March 2014|url-status=live}}
Of those starting, 21 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1975 Debutants|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/debutants|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524121448/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/debutants|archive-date=24 May 2025|access-date=13 October 2016}} The average age of riders was 27.2 years,{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1975 Peloton averages|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/peloton-averages|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524121822/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/peloton-averages|archive-date=24 May 2025|access-date=13 October 2016}} ranging from 21–year–old Gianbattista Baronchelli (Scic) to 34–year–old Franco Bitossi (Scic).{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1975 Youngest and Oldest competitors|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/youngest-oldest|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524121847/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/startlist/youngest-oldest|archive-date=24 May 2025|access-date=13 October 2016}} The team with the youngest average rider age was Bassi Frisol (24), while the oldest was Bianchi-Campagnolo (28).{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1975 Youngest Team|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/teams/youngest-team|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524122150/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1975/teams/youngest-team|archive-date=24 May 2025|access-date=13 October 2016}} From those that started, 70 made it to the finish on the Passo dello Stelvio.
The teams entering the race were:
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Route and stages
The route for the race was revealed on 10 April 1975.{{cite news |url=https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1975/04/11/page_010.pdf|title=Questo il <
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!Stage !Date !Course !Distance !colspan="2"|Type !Winner |
| style="text-align:center"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|17 May | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|177|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Knut Knudsen|NOR}} |
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| style="text-align:center"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|18 May | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|249|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Patrick Sercu|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|19 May |Ancona to Prati di Tivo | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|175|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Giovanni Battaglin|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|20 May |Teramo to Campobasso | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|258|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|21 May |Campobasso to Bari | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|224|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Rik Van Linden|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|22 May |Bari to Castrovillari | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|213|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|7a
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|23 May |Castrovillari to Padula | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|123|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Domingo Perurena|ESP|1945}} |
| style="text-align:center"|7b
| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|80|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|24 May | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|220|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Marcello Osler|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|25 May | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|222|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Enrico Paolini|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|26 May | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|176|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|27 May | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|158|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|12
| style="text-align:center;"|28 May |Chianciano Terme to Forte dei Marmi | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|232|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Patrick Sercu|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|13
| style="text-align:center;"|29 May |Forte dei Marmi to Forte dei Marmi | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|38|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg | {{flagathlete|Giovanni Battaglin|ITA}} |
| |align="center"|30 May
|colspan="6" align=center| Rest day |
| style="text-align:center"|14
| style="text-align:center;"|31 May | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|13|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg | {{flagathlete|Fausto Bertoglio|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|15
| style="text-align:center;"|1 June | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|203|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Franco Bitossi|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|16
| style="text-align:center;"|2 June | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|193|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Fabrizio Fabbri|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|17a
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|3 June | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|167|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Patrick Sercu|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|17b
| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|46|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Wladimiro Panizza|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|18
| style="text-align:center;"|4 June | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|223|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|19
| style="text-align:center;"|5 June | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|175|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Martín Emilio Rodríguez|COL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|20
| style="text-align:center;"|6 June | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|197|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|21
| style="text-align:center;"|7 June |Alleghe to Passo dello Stelvio | style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|186|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Francisco Galdós|ESP|1945}} |
| |colspan="2" align=center| Total
|colspan="5" align="center"| {{convert|3963|km|0|abbr=on}} |
Classification leadership
File:Passo dello stelvio.jpg, the Cima Coppi (highest elevation point) of the 1975 Giro.]]
There were three main individual classifications contested in the 1975 Giro d'Italia, as well as a team competition. Three of them awarded jerseys to their leaders. The general classification was the most important and was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.{{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 }} The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Giro. The rider leading the classification wore a pink jersey to signify the classification's leadership.
The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the top positions in a stage finish, with first place getting the most points, and lower placings getting successively fewer points. The rider leading this classification wore a purple (or cyclamen) jersey. The mountains classification was the third classification and its leader was denoted by the green jersey. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. Most stages of the race included one or more categorized climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo dello Stelvio. The first rider to cross the Stelvio was Spanish rider Francisco Galdós.
The final classification, the team classification, awarded no jersey to its leaders. This was calculated by adding together points earned by each rider on the team during each stage through the intermediate sprints, the categorized climbs, stage finishes, etc. The team with the most points led the classification.
There were other minor classifications within the race, including the Campionato delle Regioni classification. This was a replacement for the "traguardi tricolore" classification that was calculated in previous years.{{cite web |url=http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ |title=1975 |date=2017 |work=Giro d'Italia |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701114308/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ |archive-date=1 July 2017 |url-status=live }} The leader wore a blue jersey with colored vertical stripes ("maglia azzurra con banda tricolore verticale").
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|+Classification leadership by stage |
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! style="width:1%;"| Stage ! style="width:15%;"| Winner ! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|General classification ! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Points classification ! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Mountains classification ! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Team classification |
| 1
|style="background:pink;" rowspan="2"| Knut Knudsen |style="background:violet;" rowspan="1"| Knut Knudsen |style="background:#EFEFEF;" rowspan="2"| not awarded |style="background:#EFEFEF;" rowspan="1"| not awarded |
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| 2
|style="background:violet;" rowspan="2"| Rik Van Linden |style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="2"| Jollj Ceramica |
| 3
|style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Giovanni Battaglin |style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="1"| Giovanni Battaglin |
| 4
|style="background:pink;" rowspan="10"| Francisco Galdós |style="background:violet;" rowspan="1"| Roger De Vlaeminck & Pierino Gavazzi |style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="11"| Andrés Oliva |style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="20"| Brooklyn |
| 5
|style="background:violet;" rowspan="1"| Rik Van Linden |
| 6
|style="background:violet;" rowspan="18"| Roger De Vlaeminck |
| 7a |
| 7b |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 10 |
| 11 |
| 12 |
| 13
|style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Giovanni Battaglin |
| 14
|style="background:pink;" rowspan="9"| Fausto Bertoglio |style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="1"| Fausto Bertoglio & Andrés Oliva |
| 15
|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="3"| Andrés Oliva |
| 16 |
| 17a |
| 17b
|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="1"| Fausto Bertoglio |
| 18
|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="3"| Andrés Oliva |
| 19 |
| 20 |
| 21
|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="1"| Francisco Galdós & Andrés Oliva |
| colspan=2| Final
! style="background:#F660AB;"| Fausto Bertoglio ! style="background:#c0f;"| Roger De Vlaeminck ! style="background:#32CD32;"| Francisco Galdós & Andrés Oliva ! style="background:yellow;"| Brooklyn |
Final standings
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| colspan=4| Legend |
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| Image:Jersey pink.svg
| Denotes the winner of the General classification | Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification |
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|colspan="3" align=center| Denotes the winner of the Points classification |
=General classification=
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=Points classification=
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|+Final points classification (1–5){{Cite web |title=Cosi nel '75 sul traguardo dello Stelvio|trans-title= So in 1975 on the Stelvio finish line |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1976_05%2F19760518_0019.pdf |language=it |date=18 May 1976 |page=19|newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=18 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143616/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1976_05%2F19760518_0019.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} |
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!Team !Points |
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| 1
| {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} Image:Jersey violet.svg | Brooklyn | align=right| 346 |
| 2
| {{flagathlete|Fausto Bertoglio|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg | align=right| 159 |
| 3
| {{flagathlete|Felice Gimondi|ITA}} | align=right| 154 |
| 4
| {{flagathlete|Patrick Sercu|BEL}} | Brooklyn | align=right| 148 |
| 5
| {{flagathlete|Luciano Borgognoni|ITA}} | Zonca | align=right| 123 |
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=Mountains classification=
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| !Rider
!Team !Points |
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| rowspan="2"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Francisco Galdós|ESP|1945}} Image:Jersey green.svg | KAS | align=right rowspan="2"| 300 |
| {{flagathlete|Andrés Oliva|ESP|1945}} Image:Jersey green.svg
| KAS |
| 3
| {{flagathlete|Fausto Bertoglio|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg | align=right| 240 |
| 4
| {{flagathlete|Giancarlo Polidori|ITA}} | Furzi | align=right| 150 |
| 5
| {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} Image:Jersey violet.svg | Brooklyn | align=right| 130 |
| 6
| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Perletto|ITA}} | Magniflex | align=right| 120 |
| rowspan="3"| 7
| {{flagathlete|Marcello Osler|ITA}} | Brooklyn | align=right rowspan="3"| 110 |
| {{flagathlete|Giacinto Santambrogio|ITA}} |
| {{flagathlete|Wladimiro Panizza|ITA}}
| Brooklyn |
| 10
| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Battaglin|ITA}} | align=right| 80 |
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=Campionato delle Regioni classification=
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| !Rider
!Team !Points |
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| 1
| {{flagathlete|Marcello Osler|ITA}} | Brooklyn | align=right| 43 |
| 2
| {{flagathlete|Giacinto Santambrogio|ITA}} | align=right| 31 |
| 3
| {{flagathlete|Adriano Pella|ITA}} | Zonca | align=right| 25 |
| 4
| {{flagathlete|Giancarlo Polidori|ITA}} | Furzi | align=right| 23 |
| 5
| {{flagathlete|Patrick Sercu|BEL}} | Brooklyn | align=right| 10 |
{{column}}
=Combination classification=
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| !Rider
!Team !Points |
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| 1
| {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} Image:Jersey violet.svg | Brooklyn | align=right| ? |
| 2
| {{flagathlete|Fabrizio Fabbri|ITA}} | align=right| ? |
| 3
| {{flagathlete|Giacinto Santambrogio|ITA}} | align=right| ? |
| 4
| {{flagathlete|Marcello Osler|ITA}} | Brooklyn | align=right| ? |
| 5
| {{flagathlete|Andrés Oliva|ESP|1945}} Image:Jersey green.svg | KAS | align=right| ? |
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=Team points classification=
References
=Footnotes=
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=Citations=
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{{1975 Super Prestige Pernod}}
{{Giro d'Italia}}
{{Cycling stage recaps|1975 Giro d'Italia|1|11|12|21}}
{{Giro d'Italia general classification winners}}