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1966 Giro d'Italia

Cycling race

Field	Value
name	1966 Giro d'Italia
date	18 May - 9 June 1966
stages	22
distance	3976
unit	km
time	111h 10' 48"
first	Gianni Motta
first_nat	ITA
first_team	Molteni
first_color	pink
second	Italo Zilioli
second_nat	ITA
second_team	Sanson
third	Jacques Anquetil
third_nat	FRA
third_team	Ford
points	Gianni Motta
points_nat	ITA
points_team	Molteni
mountains	Franco Bitossi
mountains_nat	ITA
mountains_team	Filotex
sprints	Raffaele Marcoli
sprints_nat	ITA
sprints_team	Sanson
team	Molteni
previous	[1965](1965-giro-d-italia)
next	[1967](1967-giro-d-italia)

The 1966 Giro d'Italia was the 49th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Monaco's Monte Carlo, on 18 May, with a 149 km stage and concluded in Trieste, on 8 June, with a 172 km leg. A total of 100 riders from 13 teams entered the 22-stage race, which was won by Italian Gianni Motta of the Molteni team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Italo Zilioli and Frenchman Jacques Anquetil, respectively.

The points classification was introduced in this edition.

Teams

A total of 10 teams were invited to participate in the 1966 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 100 cyclists. Out of the 100 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 83 riders made it to the finish in Trieste.

The 10 teams that took part in the race were:

Route and stages

The race route was revealed to the public on 21 February 1966 by race director Vincenzo Torriani. With Monaco hosting the Grande Partenza, it was the second consecutive year, and second time in race history, the race started in a foreign country.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	1	2	3
18 May	Monte Carlo (Monaco) to Diano Marina	149 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Vito Taccone
19 May	Imperia to Monesi	60 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Julio Jiménez
20 May	Diano Marina to Genoa	120 km	[[Image:Plainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Plain stage	Severino Andreoli
21 May	Genoa to Viareggio	241 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Giovanni Knapp
22 May	Viareggio to Chianciano Terme	222 km	[[Image:Plainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Plain stage	Vendramino Bariviera
23 May	Chianciano Terme to Rome	226 km	[[Image:Plainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Plain stage	Raffaele Marcoli
24 May	Rome to Rocca di Cambio	158 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Rudi Altig
25 May	Rocca di Cambio to Naples	238 km	[[Image:Plainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Plain stage	Marino Basso
26 May	Naples to Campobasso	210 km	[[Image:Plainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Plain stage	Vincent Denson
27 May	Campobasso to Giulianova	221 km	[[Image:Plainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Plain stage	Dino Zandegù
28 May	Giulianova to Cesenatico	229 km	[[Image:Plainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Plain stage	Rudi Altig
29 May	Cesenatico to Reggio Emilia	206 km	[[Image:Plainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Plain stage	Dino Zandegù
30 May	Parma to Parma	46 km	[[Image:Time Trial.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Individual time trial	Vittorio Adorni
31 May	Rest day
1 June	Parma to Arona	267 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Franco Bitossi
2 June	Arona to Brescia	196 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Julio Jiménez
3 June	Brescia to Bezzecca	143 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Franco Bitossi
4 June	Riva del Garda to Levico Terme	239 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Gianni Motta
5 June	Levico Terme to Bolzano	137 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Michele Dancelli
6 June	Bolzano to Moena	100 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Gianni Motta
7 June	Moena to Belluno	215 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Felice Gimondi
8 June	Belluno to Vittorio Veneto	181 km	[[Image:Mountainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Stage with mountain(s)	Pietro Scandelli
9 June	Vittorio Veneto to Trieste	172 km	[[Image:Plainstage.svg	22px	link=	alt=]]	Plain stage	Vendramino Bariviera
Total	3976 km

Classification leadership

One leader's jersey was worn during the 1966 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. There were no time bonuses in 1966.

For the points classification, which awarded no jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15, with a points system copied from the Tour de France. The classification was also known as the Trofeo Uomo Dreher. There was no jersey associated to this classification yet.

A major secondary classification was the mountains classification. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. The climbs were ranked in first and second categories.

There was also a classification for intermediate sprints, where riders scored 15, 10 and 5 points at each intermediate sprint.

Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams. Here riders scored points for their teams for a high stage finish, leading the general classification, or beging amongst the first riders at a mountain pass or intermediate sprint.

Stage	Winner	General classification
[[Image:Jersey pink.svg	25px	link=	alt=A pink jersey]]	Points classification	Mountains classification	Intermediate sprints classification	Team classification	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Final	Gianni Motta	Gianni Motta	Franco Bitossi	Raffaele Marcoli	Molteni
Vito Taccone	Vito Taccone	Vito Taccone	not awarded	Ferrucio Manza	Bianchi
Julio Jiménez	Julio Jiménez	Felice Gimondi	Julio Jiménez	Ford France
Severino Andreoli	Ferrucio Manza & Severino Andreoli
Giovanni Knapp	Gianni Motta	Raffaele Marcoli	Vittadello
Vendramino Bariviera	Vito Taccone
Raffaele Marcoli
Rudi Altig	Molteni
Marino Basso
Vincent Denson	Gianni Motta	Ford France
Dino Zandegù	Vito Taccone
Rudi Altig	Rudi Altig	Molteni
Dino Zandegù
Vittorio Adorni	Vittorio Adorni
Franco Bitossi
Julio Jiménez	Gianni Motta	Gianni Motta
Franco Bitossi
Gianni Motta
Michele Dancelli
Gianni Motta
Felice Gimondi	Franco Bitossi
Pietro Scandelli
Vendramino Bariviera

Final standings

Legend
[[Image:Jersey pink.svg	20px	alt=Pink jersey]]

General classification

Rank	Name	Team	Time	1	2
Gianni Motta [[File:Jersey pink.svg	20px	link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia	alt=Pink jersey]]	Molteni	111h 10' 48"
Italo Zilioli	Sanson	+ 3' 57"
Jacques Anquetil	Ford France	+ 4' 40"
Julio Jiménez	Ford France	+ 5' 44"
Felice Gimondi	Salvarani	+ 6' 47"
Franco Balmamion	Sanson	+ 7' 27"
Vittorio Adorni	Salvarani	+ 8' 00"
Franco Bitossi	Filotex	+ 9' 24"
Vito Taccone	Vittadello	+ 11' 42"
Rolf Maurer	Filotex	+ 20' 28"

Mountains classification

Rank	Name	Team	Points	1	2
Franco Bitossi	Filotex	490
Julio Jiménez	Ford France	320
Gianni Motta [[File:Jersey pink.svg	20px	link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia	alt=Pink jersey]]	Molteni	160
Italo Zilioli	Sanson	150
Silvano Schiavon	Legnano	120
Ambrogio Portalupi	Vittadello	110
Graziano Battistini	Vittadello	80
Marcello Mugnaini	Filotex
Rudi Altig	Molteni	70
Flaviano Vicentini	Legnano	60
Jacques Anquetil	Ford France

Points classification

Rank	Name	Team	Points	1	2
Gianni Motta [[File:Jersey pink.svg	20px	link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia	alt=Pink jersey]]	Molteni	228
Rudi Altig	Molteni	162
Vito Taccone	Vittadello	152
Franco Bitossi	Filotex	147
Dino Zandegù	Bianchi	134
Jacques Anquetil	Ford France	133
Felice Gimondi	Salvarani	130
Jos Huysmans	Mann	119
Italo Zilioli	Sanson	114
Vittorio Adorni	Salvarani	106
Michele Dancelli	Molteni

Teams classification

Rank	Team	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Molteni	3276
Ford France	2469
Filotex	1752
Sanson	1732
Bianchi	1722
Vittadello	1623
Salvarani	1496
Mann	1242
Mainetti	921
Legnano	777

References

Footnotes

Citations

Bibliography

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