1968 Giro d'Italia
Route and stages
The race route was revealed to the public on 21 March 1968 by race director Vincenzo Torriani. The starting date of the event was moved from the 18th or 19 May to the 20th because of the general election taking place within Italy at the time.

1968 Giro d'Italia

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The race route was revealed to the public on 21 March 1968 by race director Vincenzo Torriani. The starting date of the event was moved from the 18th or 19 May to the 20th because of the general election taking place within Italy at the time.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

P	20 May	Campione d'Italia	5.7 km (4 mi)	Individual time trial	Charly Grosskost (FRA)

1	21 May	Campione d'Italia to Novara	128 km (80 mi)	Plain stage	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

2	22 May	Novara to Saint-Vincent	189 km (117 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

3	23 May	Saint-Vincent to Alba	168 km (104 mi)	Plain stage	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)

4	24 May	Alba to Sanremo	162 km (101 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Ward Sels (BEL)

5	25 May	Sanremo to Sanremo	149 km (93 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Italo Zilioli (ITA)

6	26 May	Sanremo to Alessandria	223 km (139 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	José Antonio Momene (ESP)

7	27 May	Alessandria to Piacenza	174 km (108 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Guerrino Tosello (ITA)

8	28 May	San Giorgio Piacentino to Brescia	225 km (140 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

9	29 May	Brescia to Lido di Caldonazzo	210 km (130 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Julio Jiménez (ESP)

10	30 May	Trento to Monte Grappa	136 km (85 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Emilio Casalini (ITA)

11	31 May	Bassano del Grappa to Trieste	197 km (122 mi)	Plain stage	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)

12	1 June	Gorizia to Tre Cime di Lavaredo	213 km (132 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

13	2 June	Cortina d'Ampezzo to Vittorio Veneto	163 km (101 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Lino Farisato (ITA)

14	3 June	Vittorio Veneto to Marina Romea	199 km (124 mi)	Plain stage	Luigi Sgarbozza (ITA)

15	4 June	Ravenna to Imola	141 km (88 mi)	Plain stage	Marino Basso (ITA)

5 June	Rest day

16	6 June	Cesenatico to San Marino (San Marino)	49.3 km (31 mi)	Individual time trial	Felice Gimondi (ITA)

17	7 June	San Marino (San Marino) to Foligno	196 km (122 mi)	Plain stage	Franco Bitossi (ITA)

18	8 June	Foligno to Abbadia San Salvatore	166 km (103 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Julio Jiménez (ESP)

19	9 June	Abbadia San Salvatore to Rome	181 km (112 mi)	Plain stage	Luciano Dalla Bona (ITA)

20	10 June	Rome to Rocca di Cambio	215 km (134 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Luis Pedro Santamarina (ESP)

21	11 June	Rocca di Cambio to Blockhaus	198 km (123 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Franco Bitossi (ITA)

22	12 June	Chieti to Naples	235 km (146 mi)	Plain stage	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)

Total	3,917.3 km (2,434 mi)

Sentence(s)

The Giro started in Campione d'Italia on 20 May with a 5.7 km stage and concluded in Naples with a 235 km (146.0 mi) stage.

final_sentence: The Giro started in Campione d'Italia on 20 May with a 5.7 km stage and concluded in Naples with a 235 km (146.0 mi) stage.