1978 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11a to Stage 20 explained

The 1978 Giro d'Italia was the 61st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began with a prologue individual time trial in Saint-Vincent on 7 May, and Stage 11a occurred on 18 May with a flat stage from Terni. The race finished in Milan on 28 May.

Stage 11a

18 May 1978 — Terni to Assisi, 74km (46miles)^[1]

Stage 11a result^[2] ^[3]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Vibor	s.t.
3		+ 7"
4		+ 10"
5	Zonca–Santini	+ 12"
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	Zonca–Santini	s.t.

General classification after Stage 11a

Stage 11b

18 May 1978 — Assisi to Siena, 145km (90miles)

Stage 11b result

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Zonca–Santini	+ 3"
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7	Fiorella–Citroen	s.t.
8	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 11b

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Vibor	+ 34"
3	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 1' 21"
4		+ 1' 30"
5		+ 2' 02"
6		+ 2' 16"
7		+ 2' 41"
8	Vibor	+ 2' 48"
9	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 3' 27"
10		+ 3' 28"

Stage 12

19 May 1978 — Poggibonsi to Monte Trebbio, 204km (127miles)

Stage 12 result^[4]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Zonca–Santini
2		+ 8"
3	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	+ 10"
4		+ 22"
5		+ 35"
6		+ 41"
7		+ 1' 07"
8		+ 1' 09"
9	Vibor	+ 1' 12"
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 12

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Vibor	+ 34"
3	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 1' 21"
4		+ 1' 30"
5		+ 2' 07"
6		+ 2' 12"
7		+ 2' 54"
8	Vibor	+ 3' 04"
9	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 3' 52"
10		+ 3' 53"

Stage 13

20 May 1978 — Modigliana to Padua, 183km (114miles)

Stage 13 result^[5]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Zonca–Santini	s.t.
3	Vibor	s.t.
4		s.t.
5	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	s.t.
6		s.t.
7	Zonca–Santini	s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 13

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Vibor	+ 34"
3	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 1' 21"
4		+ 1' 30"
5		+ 2' 07"
6		+ 2' 13"
7		+ 2' 54"
8	Vibor	+ 3' 04"
9	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 3' 52"
10		+ 3' 53"

Stage 14

21 May 1978 — Venezia to Venezia, 12km (07miles) (ITT)

Stage 14 result^[6]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Vibor	+ 6"
3		+ 14"
4		+ 15"
5		+ 22"
6		+ 25"
7		+ 30"
8		+ 33"
9	Zonca–Santini	+ 37"
10		+ 38"

General classification after Stage 14

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Vibor	+ 1' 03"
3		+ 1' 33"
4		+ 1' 45"
5	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 2' 01"
6		+ 2' 05"
7	Vibor	+ 2' 48"
8		+ 3' 32"
9		+ 4' 09"
10	Fiorella–Citroen	s.t.

Rest day

22 May 1978

Stage 15

23 May 1978 — Treviso to Canazei, 234km (145miles)

Stage 15 result^[7]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		+ 1' 09"
5		+ 2' 14"
6		s.t.
7	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 4' 41"
8		+ 5' 11"
9	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 15

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 1' 33"
3		+ 2' 54"
4		+ 4' 09"
5		+ 5' 46"
6	Vibor	+ 6' 14"
7		+ 6' 58"
8		+ 7' 16"
9	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 8' 50"
10	Zonca–Santini	+ 9' 25"

Stage 16

24 May 1978 — Mazzin to Cavalese, 48km (30miles) (ITT)

Stage 16 result^[8]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 1' 15"
3		+ 1' 37"
4		+ 1' 42"
5		+ 2' 12"
6	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 2' 17"
7		+ 2' 18"
8		+ 2' 19"
9		+ 3' 01"
10	Vibor	+ 3' 12"

General classification after Stage 16

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 45"
3		+ 52"
4		+ 6' 11"
5		+ 6' 29"
6		+ 7' 10"
7		+ 8' 19"
8	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 8' 49"
9	Vibor	+ 9' 00"
10	Zonca–Santini	+ 11' 43"

Stage 17

25 May 1978 — Cavalese to Monte Bondone, 205km (127miles)

Stage 17 result^[9]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Vibor
2	Vibor	+ 1' 01"
3		+ 1' 03"
4	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	s.t.
5		s.t.
6		+ 1' 05"
7	Zonca–Santini	+ 1' 17"
8		+ 1' 57"
9	Zonca–Santini	+ 1' 58"
10	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	s.t.

General classification after Stage 17

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 59"
3		+ 2' 19"
4	Vibor	+ 7' 57"
5		+ 8' 04"
6		+ 8' 24"
7		+ 9' 04"
8		+ 9' 25"
9	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 12' 36"
10	Zonca–Santini	+ 12' 38"

Stage 18

26 May 1978 — Mezzolombardo to Sarezzo, 245km (152miles)

Stage 18 result^[10]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Zonca–Santini	+ 18"
3		s.t.
4	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	s.t.
5	Fiorella–Citroen	s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9	Zonca–Santini	s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 18

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 59"
3		+ 2' 19"
4	Vibor	+ 7' 57"
5		+ 8' 04"
6		+ 8' 24"
7		+ 9' 04"
8		+ 9' 25"
9	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 12' 36"
10	Zonca–Santini	+ 12' 38"

Stage 19

27 May 1978 — Brescia to Inverigo, 175km (109miles)

Stage 19 result^[11]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni
2		+ 2"
3		s.t.
4	Zonca–Santini	s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9	Zonca–Santini	s.t.
10	Fiorella–Citroen	s.t.

General classification after Stage 19

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 59"
3		+ 2' 19"
4	Vibor	+ 7' 57"
5		+ 8' 19"
6		+ 8' 24"
7		+ 9' 04"
8		+ 9' 25"
9	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 12' 36"
10	Zonca–Santini	+ 12' 38"

Stage 20

28 May 1978 — Inverigo to Milan, 220km (140miles)

Stage 20 result^[12]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Zonca–Santini
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	s.t.
5	Selle Royal–Inoxpran	s.t.
6		s.t.
7	Vibor	s.t.
8	Fiorella–Citroen	s.t.
9		s.t.
10	Intercontinentale Assicurazioni	s.t.

General classification after Stage 20

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 59"
3		+ 2' 19"
4	Vibor	+ 7' 57"
5		+ 8' 19"
6		+ 8' 24"
7		+ 9' 04"
8		+ 9' 25"
9	Fiorella–Citroen	+ 12' 36"
10	Zonca–Santini	+ 12' 38"

Notes and References

Web site: 61ème Giro d'Italia 1978. Memoire du cyclisme. French. https://web.archive.org/web/20050501054224/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdi/tdi1978.php. 1 May 2005.
Web site: 1978 Giro d'Italia. BikeRaceInfo. 23 January 2019.
News: Clasificaciones. Spanish. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 30. 19 May 1978. 30 January 2019.
News: Clasificaciones. Spanish. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 25. 20 May 1978. 30 January 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. El Mundo Deportivo. 27. 21 May 1978. 30 January 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. El Mundo Deportivo. 38. 22 May 1978. 30 January 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. El Mundo Deportivo. 23. 24 May 1978. 30 January 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. El Mundo Deportivo. 25. 25 May 1978. 30 January 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. El Mundo Deportivo. 23. 26 May 1978. 30 January 2019.
News: Clasificaciones. Spanish. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 23. 27 May 1978. 30 January 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. El Mundo Deportivo. 20. 28 May 1978. 30 January 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. El Mundo Deportivo. 31. 29 May 1978. 30 January 2019.