Giro d'Italia 1968 : the real numbers of doping

Statistics

The table below establishes, team by team, the count of the riders who have been or will be subsequently "pinned" in doping cases.

Teams	Riders	Pinned	Top 10	Pinned	Podium	Pinned
Salvarani	10	4	1	1	1	1
Bic	10	5	1	1	0	0
Faema	10	6	2	2	2	2
Fagor	10	3	1	0	0	0
Filotex	10	3	2	1	0	0
GBC	10	2	0	0	0	0
Germanvox	10	3	0	0	0	0
Kelvinator	10	3	0	0	0	0
Max Meyer	10	2	0	0	0	0
Molteni	10	4	2	2	0	0
Pepsi Cola	10	2	1	1	0	0
Peugeot	10	7	0	0	0	0
Smith's	10	2	0	0	0	0
Total	130	46	10	8	3	3
Pourcentage		35%		80%		100%

Other data :

• Route : Campione d'Italia - Naples
• Stages : 22 + prologue
• Riders : 130
• Finishers : 98
• Distance : 3920 km
• Winning time : 108h 42'27"
• Average speed of the winner : 36,035 km/h
• Difference between winner and second rider : 5'1" ie 0,08 %
• Difference between winner and last rider : 3:43'58" ie 3,43 %
• Number of doping cases : 11

The official ranking

Ranking source : www.tour-giro-vuelta.net (15/11/2010)

1. Merckx Eddy in 108h42'27'' 1969 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1988 (sanction not known) ; 197x : fraud & confessions (sanction not known)
2. Adorni Vittorio at 0h05'01'' 1968 : positive control ; 1968 : fraud
3. Gimondi Felice at 0h09'05'' 1968 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control ; 1975 : positive control ; 1978 : positive control (sanction not known)
4. Zilioli Italo at 0h09'17'' 1966 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1969 : positive control
5. Vanneste Willy at 0h10'43'' 1967 : positive control
6. Motta Gianni 1966 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1968 : positive control ; 1968 : absence to control (sanction not known) ; 1969 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1971 : positive control
7. Dancelli Michele at 0h12'33'' 1966 : positive control
8. Balmamion Franco at 0h15'43'' 1968 : positive control (no penalty)
9. Gabica Francisco at 0h16'59''
10. Bitossi Franco at 0h19'02''
11. Jimenez Munoz Julio at 0h19'51'' 1967 : positive control and confessions in 1967 (sanction not known)
12. Bodrero Franco 1968 : positive control (no penalty)
13. Diaz Mariano 1968 : positive control
14. Velez Eusebio at 0h28'58''
15. Galera Magdelano Joaquin 1968 : positive control ; 1971 : positive control
16. Passuello Adriano at 0h36'49''
17. Schiavon Silvano at 0h37'35''
18. Van Schil Victor 1968 : fraud
19. Pfenninger Louis at 0h46'49''
20. Taccone Vito at 0h49'25'' 1969 : confessions (no penalty)
21. Santamarina Antona. Luis-pedro at 0h54'26''
22. Haast Cees at 0h55'36''
23. Farisato Lino at 0h57'32''
24. Laghi Renato at 0h59'14''
25. Michelotto Claudio at 1h00'31''
26. Schutz Edy at 1h01'14''
27. Armani Luciano at 1h01'19'' 1968 : positive control
28. Bolley Serge at 1h11'44'' 1974 : positive control
29. Künde Karl-heinz at 1h12'53''
30. Swerts Roger at 1h17'15'' 1966 : positive control
31. Vicentini Flaviano at 1h18'34'' 1968 : positive control
32. Ballini Roberto at 1h18'44''
33. Dumont Jean at 1h21'27'' 1971 : positive control
34. Massignan Imerio at 1h22'59''
35. De Franceschi Giovanni at 1h26'05''
36. Theillière Jean-claude at 1h32'54'' 1968 : positive control ; 1975 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1975 : absence to control
37. Maurer Rolf at 1h32'55''
38. Sgarbozza Luigi at 1h28'01''
39. Ocana Luis at 1h29'02'' 1977 : positive control
40. Delisle Raymond 1968 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1977 (no penalty)
41. Polidori Giancarlo at 1h37'00''
42. Colombo Ugo at 1h31'43''
43. Negro Albano at 1h43'27''
44. Benfatto Attilio at 1h45'08''
45. Garcia Gines at 1h45'20''
46. Errandonea José-maria at 1h47'49''
47. Milioli Giuseppe at 1h49'36''
48. Spruyt Jozef at 1h51'23''
49. Ferretti Giancarlo at 1h52'12'' 1997 : police investigation
50. Cucchietti Giampaolo at 1h54'50''
51. Girard Auguste at 1h56'03''
52. Carletto Lino at 1h59'44''
53. Vandenberghe Georges at 2h01'06''
54. Carminati Lorenzo at 2h02'16''
55. Ritter Ole at 2h02'46''
56. Peffgen Wilfried at 2h04'16'' 1969 : positive control
57. Neri Guido at 2h10'04'' 1966 : positive control
58. Reybrouck Guido at 2h14'18'' 1966 : positive control ; 1968 : positive control
59. De Pra Tommaso at 2h14'20''
60. Basso Marino at 2h14'25'' 2010 : positive control (?)
61. Fezzardi Giuseppe at 2h15'04''
62. Della Torre Alberto at 2h17'55''
63. Rabaute Henri at 2h18'36''
64. Casalini Emilio at 2h18'45''
65. Fantinato Bruno at 2h19'08''
66. Baldan Renzo at 2h22'36''
67. Mancini Mario at 2h25'21'' 1967 : absence to control
68. Albonetti Antonio-paolo at 2h26'23''
69. Grosskost Charles at 2h26'44'' 1965 : confessions in 1965 ; 1967 : positive control
70. Berland Roland at 2h28'04''
71. Abt Peter 1968 : positive control
72. Capodivento Damiano at 2h30'26''
73. Chiappano Carlo at 2h32'39''
74. Bocci Eraldo at 2h33'59'' 1967 : positive control ; 1969 : positive control ; 1970 : positive control
75. Stefanoni Remo at 2h34'38''
76. Anni Mario at 2h35'17''
77. Ghisellini Pierre at 2h36'08''
78. Mantovani Vincenzo at 2h37'37''
79. Durante Adriano at 2h41'20'' 1966 : positive control
80. Campagnari Pietro at 2h44'17''
81. Pifferi Aldo at 2h46'29'' 1967 : absence to control ; 1969 : positive control
82. Vifian Bernard at 2h46'48''
83. Samy Daniel at 2h49'05''
84. Brand Karl at 2h52'05''
85. Chiarini Vittorio at 2h54'24''
86. Blanc Francis at 3h02'32''
87. Galbo Luciano at 3h05'12''
88. Di Toro Mario 1968 : absence to control
89. Grassi Giuseppe at 3h08'46''
90. Dalla Bona Luciano at 3h16'49''
91. Destro Giorgio at 3h17'00''
92. Grenier René at 3h22'36''
93. Van De Rijse Roland at 3h24'24''
94. Lievore Lucillo at 3h26'56''
95. Denson Vinson at 3h28'41''
96. Mazzanti Domenico at 3h33'35''
97. Locatelli Gilles at 3h43'04''
98. Poli Alfio at 3h43'58'' 1970 : positive control

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The alternative ranking

The ranking as it would be if we excluded all racers "pinned" in doping cases during their career.

1. Gabica Francisco
2. Bitossi Franco
3. Velez Eusebio
4. Passuello Adriano
5. Schiavon Silvano
6. Pfenninger Louis
7. Santamarina Luis-pedro
8. Haast Cees
9. Farisato Lino
10. Laghi Renato
11. Michelotto Claudio
12. Schutz Edy
13. Künde Karl-heinz
14. Ballini Roberto
15. Massignan Imerio
16. De Franceschi Giovanni
17. Maurer Rolf
18. Sgarbozza Luigi
19. Polidori Giancarlo
20. Colombo Ugo
21. Negro Albano
22. Benfatto Attilio
23. Garcia Gines
24. Errandonea José-maria
25. Milioli Giuseppe
26. Spruyt Jozef
27. Cucchietti Giampaolo
28. Girard Auguste
29. Carletto Lino
30. Vandenberghe Georges 1941
31. Carminati Lorenzo
32. Ritter Ole
33. De Pra Tommaso
34. Fezzardi Giuseppe
35. Della Torre Alberto
36. Rabaute Henri
37. Casalini Emilio
38. Fantinato Bruno
39. Baldan Renzo
40. Albonetti Antonio-paolo
41. Berland Roland
42. Capodivento Damiano
43. Chiappano Carlo
44. Stefanoni Remo
45. Anni Mario
46. Ghisellini Pierre
47. Mantovani Vincenzo
48. Campagnari Pietro
49. Vifian Bernard
50. Samy Daniel
51. Brand Karl
52. Chiarini Vittorio
53. Blanc Francis
54. Galbo Luciano
55. Grassi Giuseppe
56. Dalla Bona Luciano
57. Destro Giorgio
58. Grenier René
59. Van De Rijse Roland
60. Lievore Lucillo
61. Denson Vinson
62. Mazzanti Domenico
63. Locatelli Gilles

List of doping cases during the race

Rider	Product	Race	Year	Sanction	Control
Abt Peter	Amphétamines	Tour d'Italie	1968	Oui	Contrôle positif
Adorni Vittorio	Amphétamines	Tour d'Italie	1968	Oui	Fraude au contrôle
Balmamion Franco	Amphétamines	Tour d'Italie	1968	Non	Contrôle positif
Bodrero Franco	Amphétamines	Tour d'Italie	1968	Non	Contrôle positif
Delisle Raymond	Amphétamines	Tour d'Italie	1968	Oui	Contrôle positif
Di Toro Mario		Tour d'Italie	1968	Oui	Constat de carence
Diaz Mariano	Amphétamines	Tour d'Italie	1968	Oui	Contrôle positif
Galera Joaquim	Amphétamines	Tour d'Italie	1968	Oui	Contrôle positif
Gimondi Felice	Amphétamines	Tour d'Italie	1968	Oui	Contrôle positif
Motta Gianni	Amphétamines	Tour d'Italie	1968	Oui	Contrôle positif
Van Schil Victor		Tour d'Italie	1968	Oui	Fraude au contrôle

The list of participants

The list of participants by team

Salvarani

10 years of existence, 6 cases, ie 0,6 per year

1. Gimondi Felice 1968 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control ; 1975 : positive control ; 1978 : positive control (sanction not known)
2. Albonetti Antonio-paolo
3. Altig Rudi 1966 : absence to control ; 1966 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1967 : absence to control (sanction not known) ; 1969 : positive control ; 1969 : controle positif + confessions in 1969 (sanction not known) ; 1971 : absence to control
4. Carletto Lino
5. Chiappano Carlo
6. Dalla Bona Luciano
7. De Pra Tommaso
8. Ferretti Giancarlo 1997 : police investigation
9. Poggiali Roberto
10. Peffgen Wilfried 1969 : positive control

Bic

8 years of existence, 28 cases, ie 3,5 per year

11. Jimenez Munoz Julio 1967 : positive control and confessions in 1967 (sanction not known)
12. Locatelli Gilles
13. Vanneste Willy 1967 : positive control
14. Haast Cees
15. Sels Edward
16. Grosskost Charles 1965 : confessions in 1965 ; 1967 : positive control
17. Theillière Jean-claude 1968 : positive control ; 1975 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1975 : absence to control
18. Ghisellini Pierre
19. Berland Roland
20. Bolley Serge 1974 : positive control

Faema

3 years of existence, 7 cases, ie 2,33 per year

21. Merckx Eddy 1969 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1988 (sanction not known) ; 197x : fraud & confessions (sanction not known)
22. Adorni Vittorio 1968 : positive control ; 1968 : fraud
23. Armani Luciano 1968 : positive control
24. Casalini Emilio
25. Farisato Lino
26. Reybrouck Guido 1966 : positive control ; 1968 : positive control
27. Spruyt Jozef
28. Swerts Roger 1966 : positive control
29. Vandenbossche Martin
30. Van Schil Victor 1968 : fraud

Fagor

5 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,6 per year

31. Gabica Francisco
32. Velez Eusebio
33. Momene José-antonio
34. Santamarina Antona. Luis-pedro
35. Garcia Gines
36. Lopez Rodriguez Jose-manuel
37. Diaz Mariano 1968 : positive control
38. Galera Magdelano Joaquin 1968 : positive control ; 1971 : positive control
39. Errandonea José-maria
40. Ocana Luis 1977 : positive control

Filotex

16 years of existence, 4 cases, ie 0,25 per year

41. Bitossi Franco
42. Zilioli Italo 1966 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1969 : positive control
43. Chiarini Vittorio
44. Colombo Ugo
45. Della Torre Alberto
46. Favaro Giorgio
47. Grassi Giuseppe
48. Passuello Adriano
49. Poli Alfio 1970 : positive control
50. Vicentini Flaviano 1968 : positive control

GBC

7 years of existence, 1 case, ie 0,14 per year

51. Capodivento Damiano
52. Destro Giorgio
53. Mazzanti Domenico
54. Poli Giuseppe
55. Abt Peter 1968 : positive control
56. Binggeli René 1967 : confessions in 2003 (no penalty)
57. Girard Auguste
58. Maurer Rolf
59. Pfenninger Louis
60. Vifian Bernard

Germanvox

4 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,75 per year

61. Taccone Vito 1969 : confessions (no penalty)
62. Ritter Ole
63. Bocci Eraldo 1967 : positive control ; 1969 : positive control ; 1970 : positive control
64. Carminati Lorenzo
65. Laghi Renato
66. Mantovani Vincenzo
67. Milioli Giuseppe
68. Petersen Hennig
69. Franchini Primo 2000 : police investigation
70. Vittiglio Bruno

Kelvinator

1 year of existence, 1 case, ie 1 per year

71. Benedetti Ottorino
72. Benfatto Attilio
73. Brunetti Carlo 1974 : positive control
74. Denson Vinson
75. Di Toro Mario 1968 : absence to control
76. Künde Karl-heinz
77. Lievore Lucillo
78. Mancini Mario 1967 : absence to control
79. Negro Albano
80. Zanin Mario

Max Meyer

3 years of existence, 0 cases, ie 0 per year

81. Ballini Roberto
82. Cucchietti Giampaolo
83. Durante Adriano 1966 : positive control
84. Fantinato Bruno
85. Galbo Luciano
86. Michelotto Claudio
87. Neri Guido 1966 : positive control
88. Sgarbozza Luigi
89. Stefanoni Remo
90. Zancanaro Giorgio

Molteni

19 years of existence, 17 cases, ie 0,89 per year

91. Anni Mario
92. Balmamion Franco 1968 : positive control (no penalty)
93. Basso Marino 2010 : positive control (?)
94. Blanc Francis
95. Bodrero Franco 1968 : positive control (no penalty)
96. Campagnari Pietro
97. Fezzardi Giuseppe
98. Motta Gianni 1966 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1968 : positive control ; 1968 : absence to control (sanction not known) ; 1969 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1971 : positive control
99. Schutz Edy
100. Tosello Guerrino

Pepsi Cola

5 years of existence, 2 cases, ie 0,4 per year

101. Baldan Renzo
102. Battistini Graziano
103. Bongioni Renato
104. Dancelli Michele 1966 : positive control
105. De Franceschi Giovanni
106. Massignan Imerio
107. Pifferi Aldo 1967 : absence to control ; 1969 : positive control
108. Polidori Giancarlo
109. Schiavon Silvano
110. Brand Karl

Peugeot

67 years of existence, 76 cases, ie 1,13 per year

111. Bayssière André 1965 : confessions in 1965
112. Delisle Raymond 1968 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1977 (no penalty)
113. Daunat Jean-claude 1971 : positive control ; 1976 : positive control ; 1976 : positive control
114. Dumont Jean 1971 : positive control
115. Grenier René
116. Letort Désiré 1967 : positive control, confessions in 1997 ; 1967 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1968 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1968 : positive control ; 1969 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1971 : positive control
117. Pingeon Roger 1970 : positive control ; 1971 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1979 (sanction not known)
118. Rabaute Henri
119. Samy Daniel
120. Zimmerman André 1967 : fraud & positive control

Smith's

4 years of existence, 6 cases, ie 1,5 per year

121. Planckaert Willy
122. Vandenberghe Georges
123. Brands Frans
124. De Boever Jaak
125. Claes Jean-baptiste
126. Van Vlierberghe Albert
127. Corthout René 1968 : positive control
128. Kindt Roger 1969 : positive control ; 1970 : positive control
129. Van De Rijse Roland
130. Zoet Bart

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See also

• The real numbers of doping (fr)
• The real numbers of doping on the Tour of Italy
• The real numbers of doping on the Tour de France
• The real numbers of doping on the Tour of Spain
• The doping cases on the Giro d'Italia (fr)
• Notes de lecture Acheter ce livre sur amazon.fr