List of teams and cyclists in the 1978 Giro d'Italia

The 1978 Giro d'Italia was the 61st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 130 riders, and 90 riders finished the race.

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	Bianchi–Faema	^[1]
2	Giovanni Cavalcanti	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	^[1]
3	Johan De Muynck	Belgium	Bianchi–Faema	^[1]
4	Knut Knudsen	Norway	Bianchi–Faema	^[1]
5	Valerio Lualdi	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	^[1]
6	Serge Parsani	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	^[1]
7	Giancinto Santambrogio	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	^[1]
8	Glauco Santoni	Italy	Bianchi–Faema	^[1]
9	Willy Singer	West Germany	Bianchi–Faema	^[1]
10	Rik Van Linden	Belgium	Bianchi–Faema	^[1]
11	Carmelo Barone	Italy	Fiorella–Citroen	^[1]
12	Giovanni Battaglin	Italy	Fiorella–Citroen	^[1]
13	Aldo Donadello	Italy	Fiorella–Citroen	^[1]
14	Josef Fuchs	Switzerland	Fiorella–Citroen	^[1]
15	Bernt Johansson	Sweden	Fiorella–Citroen	^[1]
16	Riccardo Magrini	Italy	Fiorella–Citroen	^[1]
17	Luciano Rossignoli	Italy	Fiorella–Citroen	^[1]
18	Mauro Simonetti	Italy	Fiorella–Citroen	^[1]
19	Dorino Vanzo	Italy	Fiorella–Citroen	^[1]
20	Gianluigi Zuanel [it]	Italy	Fiorella–Citroen	^[1]
21	Franco Bitossi	Italy	Gis Gelati	^[1]
22	Marino Basso	Italy	Gis Gelati	^[1]
23	Leonardo Bevilacqua	Italy	Gis Gelati	^[1]
24	Bruce Santeroni	Italy	Gis Gelati	^[1]
25	Silvano Cervato	Italy	Gis Gelati	^[1]
26	Walter Santeroni	Italy	Gis Gelati	^[1]
27	Antonio D'alonzo	Italy	Gis Gelati	^[1]
28	Lucio Di Federico	Italy	Gis Gelati	^[1]
29	Piero Falorni	Italy	Gis Gelati	^[1]
30	Gabriele Landoni	Italy	Gis Gelati	^[1]
31	Dietrich Thurau	West Germany	IJsboerke–Gios	^[1]
32	Bert Pronk	Netherlands	IJsboerke–Gios	^[1]
33	Walter Godefroot	Belgium	IJsboerke–Gios	^[1]
34	Ludo Delcroix	Belgium	IJsboerke–Gios	^[1]
35	Ludo Peeters	Belgium	IJsboerke–Gios	^[1]
36	Rudy Pevenage	Belgium	IJsboerke–Gios	^[1]
37	Eric Van De Wiele	Belgium	IJsboerke–Gios	^[1]
38	Guido Van Sweevelt	Belgium	IJsboerke–Gios	^[1]
39	Jos Jacobs	Belgium	IJsboerke–Gios	^[1]
40	Alfons De Bal	Belgium	IJsboerke–Gios	^[1]
41	Vittorio Algeri	Italy	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	^[1]
42	Pietro Algeri	Italy	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	^[1]
43	Pierino Amadori	Italy	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	^[1]
44	Alessio Bettoni	Italy	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	^[1]
45	Giancarlo Casiraghi [it]	Italy	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	^[1]
46	Stefano D'arcangelo	Italy	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	^[1]
47	Walter Dusi	Italy	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	^[1]
48	Fiorenzo Favero	Italy	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	^[1]
49	Ettore Manenti	Italy	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	^[1]
50	Paolo Rosola	Italy	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	^[1]
51	Alfio Vandi	Italy	Magniflex–Torpado	^[1]
52	Giuseppe Martinelli	Italy	Magniflex–Torpado	^[1]
53	Giuseppe Perletto	Italy	Magniflex–Torpado	^[1]
54	Ottavio Crepaldi	Italy	Magniflex–Torpado	^[1]
55	Vito Da Ros	Italy	Magniflex–Torpado	^[1]
56	Giuseppe Fatato	Italy	Magniflex–Torpado	^[1]
57	Ruggero Gialdini [it]	Italy	Magniflex–Torpado	^[1]
58	Armando Lora [it]	Italy	Magniflex–Torpado	^[1]
59	Giancarlo Tartoni	Italy	Magniflex–Torpado	^[1]
60	Jean-Claude Fabbri [it]	Italy	Magniflex–Torpado	^[1]
61	Roberto Ceruti	Italy	Mecap–Selle Italia	^[1]
62	Álvaro Crespi	Italy	Mecap–Selle Italia	^[1]
63	Vicenzo De Caro	Italy	Mecap–Selle Italia	^[1]
64	Mario Fraccaro	Italy	Mecap–Selle Italia	^[1]
65	Luciano Loro	Italy	Mecap–Selle Italia	^[1]
66	Dino Porrini	Italy	Mecap–Selle Italia	^[1]
67	Giuseppe Rodella	Italy	Mecap–Selle Italia	^[1]
68	Angelo Tosoni	Italy	Mecap–Selle Italia	^[1]
69	Bruno Zanoni	Italy	Mecap–Selle Italia	^[1]
70	Sergio Santimaria	Italy	Mecap–Selle Italia	^[1]
71	Francesco Moser	Italy	Sanson–Campagnolo	^[1]
72	Roger De Vlaeminck	Belgium	Sanson–Campagnolo	^[1]
73	Claudio Bortolotto	Italy	Sanson–Campagnolo	^[1]
74	Willy De Geest	Belgium	Sanson–Campagnolo	^[1]
75	Ronald De Witte	Belgium	Sanson–Campagnolo	^[1]
76	Phil Edwards	Great Britain	Sanson–Campagnolo	^[1]
77	Fabrizio Fabbri	Italy	Sanson–Campagnolo	^[1]
78	Simone Fraccaro	Italy	Sanson–Campagnolo	^[1]
79	Palmiro Masciarelli	Italy	Sanson–Campagnolo	^[1]
80	Attilio Rota	Italy	Sanson–Campagnolo	^[1]
81	Gianbattista Baronchelli	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	^[1]
82	Gaetano Baronchelli	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	^[1]
83	Giuseppe Saronni	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	^[1]
84	Enrico Paolini	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	^[1]
85	Roy Schuiten	Netherlands	Scic–Bottecchia	^[1]
86	Osvaldo Bettoni	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	^[1]
87	Walter Riccomi	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	^[1]
88	Arnaldo Caverzasi	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	^[1]
89	Luciano Conati	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	^[1]
90	Walter Polini	Italy	Scic–Bottecchia	^[1]
91	Fausto Bertoglio	Italy	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	^[1]
92	Alessio Antonini	Italy	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	^[1]
93	Alfredo Chinetti	Italy	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	^[1]
94	Hans-Peter Jakst	West Germany	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	^[1]
95	Luca Olivetto	Italy	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	^[1]
96	Marcello Osler	Italy	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	^[1]
97	Aldo Parecchini	Italy	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	^[1]
98	Pasquale Pugliese	Italy	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	^[1]
99	Bruno Vicino	Italy	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	^[1]
100	Carlo Zoni	Italy	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	^[1]
101	Miguel María Lasa	Spain	Teka	^[1]
102	Pedro Torres	Spain	Teka	^[1]
103	Jürgen Kraft	West Germany	Teka	^[1]
104	Pedro Vilardebo	Spain	Teka	^[1]
105	Fernando Cabrero	Spain	Teka	^[1]
106	Francisco Javier Cedena	Spain	Teka	^[1]
107	Miguel-Mayor Guttierez	Spain	Teka	^[1]
108	Paolino Martinez	Spain	Teka	^[1]
109	Pedro Larrinaga	Spain	Teka	^[1]
110	Antonio Menéndez	Spain	Teka	^[1]
111	Davide Boifava	Italy	Vibor	^[1]
112	Luciano Borgognoni	Italy	Vibor	^[1]
113	Corrado Donadio [fr]	Italy	Vibor	^[1]
114	Gianfranco Foresti	Italy	Vibor	^[1]
115	Renato Laghi	Italy	Vibor	^[1]
116	Flavio Miozzo	Italy	Vibor	^[1]
117	Gabriele Mugnaini	Italy	Vibor	^[1]
118	Wladimiro Panizza	Italy	Vibor	^[1]
119	Remo Rocchia	Italy	Vibor	^[1]
120	Roberto Visentini	Italy	Vibor	^[1]
121	Roberto Poggiali	Italy	Zonca–Santini	^[1]
122	Claudio Corti	Italy	Zonca–Santini	^[1]
123	Giancarlo Bellini	Italy	Zonca–Santini	^[1]
124	Pierino Gavazzi	Italy	Zonca–Santini	^[1]
125	Ueli Sutter	Switzerland	Zonca–Santini	^[1]
126	Claudio Torelli	Italy	Zonca–Santini	^[1]
127	Leonardo Mazzantini	Italy	Zonca–Santini	^[1]
128	Piero Spinelli	Italy	Zonca–Santini	^[1]
129	Emilio Vanotti	Italy	Zonca–Santini	^[1]
130	Bruno Wolfer	Switzerland	Zonca–Santini	^[1]

v t e Grand Tour teams and cyclists
Giro d'Italia	1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Tour de France	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Vuelta a España	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Giro d'Italia Women	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Tour de France Femmes	2022 2023 2024 2025
La Vuelta Femenina	2023 2024 2025

List of teams and cyclists in the 1978 Giro d'Italia

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