# List of teams and cyclists in the 1972 Giro d'Italia

The 1972 Giro d'Italia was the 55th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 100 riders, and 69 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 | Gösta Pettersson | Sweden | Ferretti |
| 2 | Mario Anni | Italy | Ferretti |
| 3 | Ottavio Crepaldi | Italy | Ferretti |
| 4 | Lino Farisato | Italy | Ferretti |
| 5 | Giorgio Favaro | Italy | Ferretti |
| 6 | Wilmo Francioni | Italy | Ferretti |
| 7 | Gianni Motta | Italy | Ferretti |
| 8 | Tomas Pettersson | Sweden | Ferretti |
| 9 | Mauro Simonetti | Italy | Ferretti |
| 10 | Albert Van Vlierberghe | Belgium | Ferretti |
| 11 | Roger De Vlaeminck | Belgium | Dreher |
| 12 | Patrick Sercu | Belgium | Dreher |
| 13 | Pierfranco Vianelli | Italy | Dreher |
| 14 | Enrico Maggioni | Italy | Dreher |
| 15 | Romano Tumellero | Italy | Dreher |
| 16 | Ole Ritter | Denmark | Dreher |
| 17 | Adriano Passuello | Italy | Dreher |
| 18 | Attilio Rota | Italy | Dreher |
| 19 | Arturo Pecchielan | Italy | Dreher |
| 20 | Julien Stevens | Belgium | Dreher |
| 21 | Franco Bitossi | Italy | Filotex |
| 22 | Marcello Bergamo | Italy | Filotex |
| 23 | Giovanni Cavalcanti | Italy | Filotex |
| 24 | Arnaldo Caverzasi | Italy | Filotex |
| 25 | Ugo Colombo | Italy | Filotex |
| 26 | Vittorio Cumino | Italy | Filotex |
| 27 | Josef Fuchs | Switzerland | Filotex |
| 28 | Donato Giuliani | Italy | Filotex |
| 29 | Renato Laghi | Italy | Filotex |
| 30 | Piero Spinelli | Italy | Filotex |
| 31 | Aldo Moser | Italy | G.B.C.–Sony |
| 32 | Claudio Michelotto | Italy | G.B.C.–Sony |
| 33 | Dino Zandegù | Italy | G.B.C.–Sony |
| 34 | Silvano Schiavon | Italy | G.B.C.–Sony |
| 35 | Diego Moser [nl] | Italy | G.B.C.–Sony |
| 36 | Silvano Davo | Italy | G.B.C.–Sony |
| 37 | Mario Lanzafame | Italy | G.B.C.–Sony |
| 38 | Erich Spahn | Switzerland | G.B.C.–Sony |
| 39 | Jurg Schneider | Switzerland | G.B.C.–Sony |
| 40 | Edi Schneider | Switzerland | G.B.C.–Sony |
| 41 | José Manuel Fuente | Spain | Kas–Kaskol |
| 42 | José Antonio González | Spain | Kas–Kaskol |
| 43 | Miguel María Lasa | Spain | Kas–Kaskol |
| 44 | Santiago Lazcano | Spain | Kas–Kaskol |
| 45 | Vicente López Carril | Spain | Kas–Kaskol |
| 46 | Jesús Manzaneque | Spain | Kas–Kaskol |
| 47 | Domingo Perurena | Spain | Kas–Kaskol |
| 48 | Francisco Galdós | Spain | Kas–Kaskol |
| 49 | José Pesarrodona | Spain | Kas–Kaskol |
| 50 | Francisco-Javier Galdeano | Spain | Kas–Kaskol |
| 51 | Georges Pintens | Belgium | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
| 52 | Fabrizio Fabbri | Italy | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
| 53 | Vittorio Urbani | Italy | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
| 54 | Pietro Dallai | Italy | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
| 55 | Silvano Ravagli | Italy | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
| 56 | Mauro Vannucchi [it] | Italy | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
| 57 | Alberto Tazzi | Italy | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
| 58 | André Poppe | Belgium | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
| 59 | Willy De Geest | Belgium | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
| 60 | Ludo Van Staeyen | Belgium | Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy |
| 61 | Eddy Merckx | Belgium | Molteni |
| 62 | Giancarlo Bellini | Italy | Molteni |
| 63 | Joseph Bruyère | Belgium | Molteni |
| 64 | Jos Deschoenmaecker | Belgium | Molteni |
| 65 | Jos Huysmans | Belgium | Molteni |
| 66 | Frans Mintjens | Belgium | Molteni |
| 67 | Jozef Spruyt | Belgium | Molteni |
| 68 | Roger Swerts | Belgium | Molteni |
| 69 | Martin Van Den Bossche | Belgium | Molteni |
| 70 | Victor Van Schil | Belgium | Molteni |
| 71 | Marino Basso | Italy | Salvarani |
| 72 | Pietro Campagnari | Italy | Salvarani |
| 73 | Emilio Casalini | Italy | Salvarani |
| 74 | Felice Gimondi | Italy | Salvarani |
| 75 | Pietro Guerra | Italy | Salvarani |
| 76 | Antoine Houbrechts | Belgium | Salvarani |
| 77 | Roberto Poggiali | Italy | Salvarani |
| 78 | Giacinto Santambrogio | Italy | Salvarani |
| 79 | Guerrino Tosello | Italy | Salvarani |
| 80 | Italo Zilioli | Italy | Salvarani |
| 81 | Luciano Armani | Italy | Scic |
| 82 | Franco Balmamion | Italy | Scic |
| 83 | Angelo Bassini | Italy | Scic |
| 84 | Attilio Benfatto | Italy | Scic |
| 85 | Carlo Chiappano | Italy | Scic |
| 86 | Michele Dancelli | Italy | Scic |
| 87 | Franco Mori | Italy | Scic |
| 88 | Enrico Paolini | Italy | Scic |
| 89 | Giancarlo Polidori | Italy | Scic |
| 90 | Celestino Vercelli | Italy | Scic |
| 91 | Davide Boifava | Italy | Zonca |
| 92 | Sandro Cammilli | Italy | Zonca |
| 93 | Virginio Levati | Italy | Zonca |
| 94 | Wladimiro Panizza | Italy | Zonca |
| 95 | Giuseppe Perletto | Italy | Zonca |
| 96 | Roberto Sorlini | Italy | Zonca |
| 97 | Pietro Tamiazzo | Italy | Zonca |
| 98 | Giovanni Varini | Italy | Zonca |
| 99 | Louis Pfenninger | Switzerland | Zonca |
| 100 | Kurt Rub | Switzerland | Zonca |