winner78The 1978 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the English forward Kevin KeeganThe 1978 Giro d'Italia was the 61st running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours.It started in Saint-Vincent, on 7 May, with a 2 km (1.2 mi) prologue and concluded in Milan, on 28 May,