# 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.

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