1971 Giro di Lombardia

1971 Giro di Lombardia

Race details
Dates	9 October 1971
Stages	1
Distance	266[1] km (165.3 mi)
Winning time	6h 47' 54"
Results
Winner  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (Molteni)   Second  Franco Bitossi (ITA) (Filotex)   Third  Frans Verbeeck (BEL) (Watney–Avia)

The 1971 Giro di Lombardia was the 65th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 9 October 1971.^[2] The race started in Milan and finished in Como.^[3] The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team.

General classification

Final general classification[4][5][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Eddy Merckx (BEL) Molteni 6h 47' 54" 2  Franco Bitossi (ITA) Filotex + 3' 31" 3  Frans Verbeeck (BEL) Watney–Avia + 3' 33" 4  Antoine Houbrechts (BEL) Salvarani + 3' 33" 5  Georges Pintens (BEL) Hertekamp–Magniflex + 3' 33" 6  Enrico Maggioni (ITA) Cosatto–Marsicano + 3' 33" 7  Italo Zilioli (ITA) Ferretti + 3' 47" 8  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) Flandria–Mars + 3' 49" 9  Felice Gimondi (ITA) Salvarani + 3' 49" 10  Giancarlo Polidori (ITA) Scic + 3' 49"

References

1. "Tour of Lombardy -Il Lombardia (Giro di Lombardia)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
2. "1971 Giro di Lombardia results (Tour of Lombardy)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
3. "65ème Giro di Lombardia 1971". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 17 March 2004.
4. "Tour de Lombardie 1971". LesSports.info. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
5. "1971 Il Lombardia". First Cycling. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
6. "Giro di Lombardia". WVCycling. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

Further reading

• Gadenz, Aurelio (December 1971). "65th Tour of Lombardy – Merckx Unchallenged". International Cycle Sport. No. 43. Keighley, UK: Kennedy Brothers Publishing. p. 12. ISSN 0020-6504. Retrieved 10 April 2020 – via InternationalCycleSport.com.