[1][2][3][4][5][6] As of the beginning of the 2021 cycling season this was the last time a Belgian rider won a Grand Tour.

Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 130 cyclists.

The general classification was the most important and was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.

Most stages of the race included one or more categorized climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first.

[13] The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo Valles, which was first summitted by Italian rider Gianbattista Baronchelli.

The leader wore a blue jersey with colored vertical stripes ("maglia azzurra con banda tricolore verticale").

[15] The Fiat Ritmo classification, which was created in honor Juan Manuel Santisteban who died in stage 1A of 1976 edition.