Note:Of all foreign riders having participated at this edition, Guillaume Van Tongerloo, “Maglia Rosa” for 1 day in the 1961 Giro d’Italia, Joseph Wasko, winner 1958 Tour de Normandie; 1959 Tour de Picardie; 1961 Grand Prix de Fourmies & Cees Lute, winner of stage 19 of the 1964 Giro d’Italia can be mentioned as having had an honorable/modest “professional” career.