# List of teams and cyclists in the 1979 Giro d'Italia

The 1979 Giro d'Italia was the 62nd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 130 riders, and 111 riders finished the race.

## By rider

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 |
| 1 | Johan De Muynck | Belgium | Bianchi–Faema |
| 2 | Alex Van Linden | Belgium | Bianchi–Faema |
| 3 | Silvano Contini | Italy | Bianchi–Faema |
| 4 | Aldo Donadello | Italy | Bianchi–Faema |
| 5 | Knut Knudsen | Norway | Bianchi–Faema |
| 6 | Salvatore Maccali [it] | Italy | Bianchi–Faema |
| 7 | Valerio Lualdi | Italy | Bianchi–Faema |
| 8 | Serge Parsani | Italy | Bianchi–Faema |
| 9 | Aldo Parecchini | Italy | Bianchi–Faema |
| 10 | Rik Van Linden | Belgium | Bianchi–Faema |
| 11 | Fulvio Bertacco | Italy | CBM Fast–Gaggia |
| 12 | Maurizio Bertini | Italy | CBM Fast–Gaggia |
| 13 | Luciano Borgognoni | Italy | CBM Fast–Gaggia |
| 14 | Annunzio Colombo | Italy | CBM Fast–Gaggia |
| 15 | Corrado Donadio [fr] | Italy | CBM Fast–Gaggia |
| 16 | Renato Laghi | Italy | CBM Fast–Gaggia |
| 17 | Alfonso Dal Pian | Italy | CBM Fast–Gaggia |
| 18 | Angelo Tosoni | Italy | CBM Fast–Gaggia |
| 19 | Roberto Visentini | Italy | CBM Fast–Gaggia |
| 20 | Bruno Zanoni | Italy | CBM Fast–Gaggia |
| 21 | Dirk Baert | Belgium | Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC |
| 22 | Bruno Vicino | Italy | Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC |
| 23 | Shane Bartley | Australia | Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC |
| 24 | Finn Clausen | Denmark | Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC |
| 25 | Louis Luyten | Belgium | Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC |
| 26 | Eugène Plet | France | Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC |
| 27 | Willem Thomas | Belgium | Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC |
| 28 | Urbain Van Der Flaas | Belgium | Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC |
| 29 | René Van Der Gilst | Belgium | Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC |
| 30 | Dirk Vermeersch | Belgium | Carlos–Galli Castelli–GBC |
| 31 | Roger De Vlaeminck | Belgium | Gis Gelati |
| 32 | Carmelo Barone | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 33 | Leonardo Bevilacqua | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 34 | Ronny Bossant | Belgium | Gis Gelati |
| 35 | Silvano Cervato | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 36 | Willy De Geest | Belgium | Gis Gelati |
| 37 | Ronan De Meyer | Belgium | Gis Gelati |
| 38 | Piero Falorni | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 39 | Giuseppe Passuello | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 40 | Antonio D'alonzo | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 51 | Bernt Johansson | Sweden | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 52 | Per Bausager | Denmark | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 53 | Roberto Ceruti | Italy | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 54 | Jean-Claude Fabbri [it] | Italy | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 55 | Jørgen Marcussen | Denmark | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 56 | Ignazio Paleari | Italy | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 57 | Graziano Rossi | Italy | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 58 | Amilcare Sgalbazzi | Italy | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 59 | Giancarlo Tartoni | Italy | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 60 | Gino Tigli | Italy | Magniflex–Famcucine |
| 61 | Mario Beccia | Italy | Mecap–Hoonved |
| 62 | Giuliano Cazzolato [it] | Italy | Mecap–Hoonved |
| 63 | Vincenzo De Caro [it] | Italy | Mecap–Hoonved |
| 64 | Mario Fraccaro | Italy | Mecap–Hoonved |
| 65 | Luciano Loro | Italy | Mecap–Hoonved |
| 66 | Dante Morandi | Italy | Mecap–Hoonved |
| 67 | Dino Porrini | Italy | Mecap–Hoonved |
| 68 | Luciano Rossignoli | Italy | Mecap–Hoonved |
| 69 | Sergio Santimaria | Italy | Mecap–Hoonved |
| 70 | Roberto Sorlini | Italy | Mecap–Hoonved |
| 71 | Alessio Antonini | Italy | San Giacomo–Mobilificio |
| 72 | Fausto Bertoglio | Italy | San Giacomo–Mobilificio |
| 73 | Cesare Cipollini | Italy | San Giacomo–Mobilificio |
| 74 | Franco Conti | Italy | San Giacomo–Mobilificio |
| 75 | Giuseppe Fatato | Italy | San Giacomo–Mobilificio |
| 76 | Giuseppe Martinelli | Italy | San Giacomo–Mobilificio |
| 77 | Francesco Masi | Italy | San Giacomo–Mobilificio |
| 78 | Giuseppe Perletto | Italy | San Giacomo–Mobilificio |
| 79 | Leone Pizzini [it] | Italy | San Giacomo–Mobilificio |
| 80 | Orlando Maini | Italy | San Giacomo–Mobilificio |
| 81 | Gregor Braun | West Germany | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 82 | Alan Van Heerden | South Africa | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 83 | Yves Hézard | France | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 84 | Michel Laurent | France | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 85 | Roger Legeay | France | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 86 | Patrick Perret | France | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 87 | Guy Sibille | France | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 88 | Bernard Thévenet | France | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 89 | Marcel Tinazzi | France | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 90 | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke | Belgium | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 91 | Francesco Moser | Italy | Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo |
| 92 | Claudio Bortolotto | Italy | Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo |
| 93 | Ronald De Witte | Belgium | Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo |
| 94 | Phil Edwards | Great Britain | Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo |
| 95 | Simone Fraccaro | Italy | Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo |
| 96 | Renato Marchetti | Italy | Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo |
| 97 | Palmiro Masciarelli | Italy | Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo |
| 98 | Marcello Osler | Italy | Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo |
| 99 | Wladimiro Panizza | Italy | Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo |
| 100 | Attilio Rota | Italy | Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo |
| 101 | Vittorio Algeri | Italy | Sapa Assicurazioni |
| 102 | Marino Amadori | Italy | Sapa Assicurazioni |
| 103 | Alessandro Bettoni | Italy | Sapa Assicurazioni |
| 104 | Giancarlo Casiraghi [it] | Italy | Sapa Assicurazioni |
| 105 | Stefano D'arcangelo | Italy | Sapa Assicurazioni |
| 106 | Walter Dusi | Italy | Sapa Assicurazioni |
| 107 | Fiorenzo Favero | Italy | Sapa Assicurazioni |
| 108 | Leonardo Natale | Italy | Sapa Assicurazioni |
| 109 | Mario Noris | Italy | Sapa Assicurazioni |
| 110 | Paolo Rosola | Italy | Sapa Assicurazioni |
| 111 | Giuseppe Saronni | Italy | Scic–Bottecchia |
| 112 | Arnaldo Caverzasi | Italy | Scic–Bottecchia |
| 113 | Luciano Conati | Italy | Scic–Bottecchia |
| 114 | Joseph Fuchs | Switzerland | Scic–Bottecchia |
| 115 | Walter Riccomi | Italy | Scic–Bottecchia |
| 116 | Enrico Paolini | Italy | Scic–Bottecchia |
| 117 | Gabriele Landoni | Italy | Scic–Bottecchia |
| 118 | Alfredo Chinetti | Italy | Scic–Bottecchia |
| 119 | Armando Lora [it] | Italy | Scic–Bottecchia |
| 120 | Roy Schuiten | Netherlands | Scic–Bottecchia |
| 121 | Gottfried Schmutz | Switzerland | Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza |
| 122 | Guido Amrhein | Switzerland | Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza |
| 123 | Hansjörg Aemisegger | Switzerland | Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza |
| 124 | Thierry Bolle | Switzerland | Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza |
| 125 | Beat Breu | Switzerland | Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza |
| 126 | Alex Frei | Switzerland | Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza |
| 127 | Guido Frei | Switzerland | Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza |
| 128 | Fridolin Keller | Switzerland | Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza |
| 129 | Erwin Lienhard | Switzerland | Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza |
| 130 | Josef Wehrli | Switzerland | Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza |
| 141 | Pierino Gavazzi | Italy | Zonca–Santini |
| 142 | Giancarlo Bellini | Italy | Zonca–Santini |
| 143 | Claudio Corti | Italy | Zonca–Santini |
| 144 | Enrico Guadrini | Italy | Zonca–Santini |
| 145 | Leonardo Mazzantini | Italy | Zonca–Santini |
| 146 | Clyde Sefton | Australia | Zonca–Santini |
| 147 | Piero Spinelli | Italy | Zonca–Santini |
| 148 | Giancarlo Torelli | Italy | Zonca–Santini |
| 149 | Ennio Vanotti | Italy | Zonca–Santini |
| 150 | Bruno Wolfer | Switzerland | Zonca–Santini |