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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

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Ref
1	Felice Gimondi	Italy	Salvarani
2	Antonio Paolo Albonetti	Italy	Salvarani
3	Rudi Altig	West Germany	Salvarani
4	Lino Carletto	Italy	Salvarani
5	Carlo Chiappano	Italy	Salvarani
6	Luciano Dalla Bona	Italy	Salvarani
7	Tomasso Da Pra	Italy	Salvarani
8	Giancarlo Ferretti	Italy	Salvarani
9	Roberto Poggiali	Italy	Salvarani
10	Wilfried Peffgen	West Germany	Salvarani
11	Julio Jiminez	Spain	Bic
12	Gilles Locatelli	France	Bic
13	Willy Van Neste	Belgium	Bic
14	Cees Haast	Netherlands	Bic
15	Edouard Sels	Belgium	Bic
16	Charly Grosskost	France	Bic
17	Jean-Claude Theillière	France	Bic
18	Jean Ghisellini	France	Bic
19	Roland Berland	France	Bic
20	Serge Bolley	France	Bic
21	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	Faema
22	Vittorio Adorni	Italy	Faema
23	Luciano Armani	Italy	Faema
24	Luigi Casalini	Italy	Faema
25	Lino Farisato	Italy	Faema
26	Guido Reybrouck	Belgium	Faema
27	Joseph Spruyt	Belgium	Faema
28	Roger Swerts	Belgium	Faema
29	Martin Van Den Bossche	Belgium	Faema
30	Victor Van Schil	Belgium	Faema
31	Francisco García	Spain	Fagor–Fargas
32	Eusebio Vélez	Portugal	Fagor–Fargas
33	José Antonio Momeñe	Spain	Fagor–Fargas
34	José Luis Santamaría	Spain	Fagor–Fargas
35	Ginés García Perán	Spain	Fagor–Fargas
36	José Manuel López Rodríguez	Spain	Fagor–Fargas
37	Mariano Díaz	Spain	Fagor–Fargas
38	Joaquim Galera	Spain	Fagor–Fargas
39	José María Errandonea	Spain	Fagor–Fargas
40	Luis Ocaña	Spain	Fagor–Fargas
41	Franco Bitossi	Italy	Filotex
42	Italo Zilioli	Italy	Filotex
43	Vittorio Chiarini	Italy	Filotex
44	Ugo Colombo	Italy	Filotex
45	Alberto Della Torre [it]	Italy	Filotex
46	Giorgio Favaro	Italy	Filotex
47	Giuseppe Grassi	Italy	Filotex
48	Adriano Passuello	Italy	Filotex
49	Alfio Poli	Italy	Filotex
50	Flaviano Vicentini	Italy	Filotex
51	Damiano Capodivento	Italy	G.B.C.
52	Giorgio Destro	Italy	G.B.C.
53	Domenico Mazzanti	Italy	G.B.C.
54	Giuseppe Poli	Italy	G.B.C.
55	Peter Abt	Switzerland	G.B.C.
56	René Binggeli	Switzerland	G.B.C.
57	Auguste Girard	Switzerland	G.B.C.
58	Rolf Maurer	Switzerland	G.B.C.
59	Louis Pfenninger	Switzerland	G.B.C.
60	Bernard Vifian	Switzerland	G.B.C.
61	Vito Taccone	Italy	Germanvox–Wega
62	Ole Ritter	Denmark	Germanvox–Wega
63	Eraldo Bocci	Italy	Germanvox–Wega
64	Lorenzo Carminati	Italy	Germanvox–Wega
65	Renato Laghi	Italy	Germanvox–Wega
66	Giovanni Mantovani	Italy	Germanvox–Wega
67	Giuseppe Milioli	Italy	Germanvox–Wega
68	Henning Petersen	Denmark	Germanvox–Wega
69	Primo Franchini [it]	Italy	Germanvox–Wega
70	Bruno Vittiglio	Italy	Germanvox–Wega
71	Ottorino Benedetti	Italy	Kelvinator
72	Attilio Benfatto	Italy	Kelvinator
73	Carlo Brunetti	Italy	Kelvinator
74	Vin Denson	Great Britain	Kelvinator
75	Mario Di Torro	Italy	Kelvinator
76	Karl-Heinz Kunde	West Germany	Kelvinator
77	Luciano Lievore [it]	Italy	Kelvinator
78	Mario Mancini	Italy	Kelvinator
79	Albano Negro	Italy	Kelvinator
80	Mario Zanin	Italy	Kelvinator
81	Roberto Ballini	Italy	Max Meyer
82	Giampaolo Cucchieti	Italy	Max Meyer
83	Adriano Durante	Italy	Max Meyer
84	Bruno Fantinato	Italy	Max Meyer
85	Luciano Galbo	Italy	Max Meyer
86	Claudio Michelotto	Italy	Max Meyer
87	Guido Neri	Italy	Max Meyer
88	Luigi Sgarbozza	Italy	Max Meyer
89	Reino Stefanoni	Italy	Max Meyer
90	Giorgio Zancanaro	Italy	Max Meyer
91	Mario Anni	Italy	Molteni
92	Franco Balmamion	Italy	Molteni
93	Marino Basso	Italy	Molteni
94	Francis Blanc	Switzerland	Molteni
95	Franco Bodrero	Italy	Molteni
96	Pietro Campagnari	Italy	Molteni
97	Giuseppe Fezzardi	Italy	Molteni
98	Gianni Motta	Italy	Molteni
99	Edy Schütz	Luxembourg	Molteni
100	Guerrino Tosello	Italy	Molteni
101	Renzo Baldan	Italy	Pepsi-Cola
102	Graziano Battistini	Italy	Pepsi-Cola
103	Renato Bongioni	Italy	Pepsi-Cola
104	Michele Dancelli	Italy	Pepsi-Cola
105	Giovanni De Franceschi	Italy	Pepsi-Cola
106	Imerio Massignan	Italy	Pepsi-Cola
107	Aldo Pifferi	Italy	Pepsi-Cola
108	Giancarlo Polidori	Italy	Pepsi-Cola
109	Silvano Schiavon	Italy	Pepsi-Cola
110	Karl Brand	Switzerland	Pepsi-Cola
111	André Bayssière	France	Peugeot
112	Raymond Delisle	France	Peugeot
113	Jean-Claude Daunat	France	Peugeot
114	Jean Dumont	France	Peugeot
115	René Grenier	France	Peugeot
116	Désiré Letort	France	Peugeot
117	Roger Pingeon	France	Peugeot
118	Henri Rabaute	France	Peugeot
119	Daniel Samy	France	Peugeot
120	André Zimmermann	France	Peugeot
121	Willy Planckaert	Belgium	Smith's
122	Georges Vandenberghe	Belgium	Smith's
123	Frans Brands	Belgium	Smith's
124	Jaak De Boever	Belgium	Smith's
125	Jean-Baptiste Claes	Belgium	Smith's
126	Albert Van Vlierberghe	Belgium	Smith's
127	René Corthout	Belgium	Smith's
128	Roger Kindt	Belgium	Smith's
129	Roland Van De Rijse	Belgium	Smith's
130	Bart Zoet	Netherlands	Smith's

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

1. ^ "51ème Giro d'Italia 1968". Mémoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.

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