Giro d'Italia winners

Alfonso Calzolari is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his three overall wins in the 1914 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfonso Calzolari"

Alfredo Binda ( August 11, 1902 – January 1, 1986) was an Italian cyclist, one of ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfredo Binda"

Andrew Hampsten (born April 7, 1962 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American cyclist, best remembered for winning the 1988 Giro d'Italia and the prestigious Alpe d'Huez stage of the 1992 Tour de France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrew Hampsten"

Antonio Pesenti is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1932 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antonio Pesenti"

Arnaldo Pambianco is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1961 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arnaldo Pambianco"

Bernard Hinault (born 14 November, 1954) is a French cyclist best known for his five victories in the Tour de France. He is also one of only four cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and the only cyclist to have won each Grand Tour more than once. His first place Tour de France achievements were in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985. In addition, he placed second in 1984 and 1986 and won 28 stages, of which 13 were individual time trials. The other four cyclists to have achieved at least five first place victories in the Tour de France are Jacques Anquetil ( 1964), Eddy Merckx ( 1974), Miguel Induráin ( 1995) and Lance Armstrong ( 2003). The French call Hinault Le Blaireau (the Badger) because of his personality: fiercely independent, outspoken, quick to take offense and often quick with a riposte. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bernard Hinault"

(Carlo Clerici) Roberto Visentini is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1954 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlo Clerici"

Carlo Galetti is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his three consecutive overall wins in the 1910, 1911 and 1912 Giro d'Italias, the last of which was won as part of Team Atala along with Giovanni Micheletto and Eberardo Pavesi. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlo Galetti"

Carlo Oriani is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1913 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlo Oriani"

Charly Gaul ( December 8 1932 – December 6, 2005) was a leading professional cyclist of the 1950s. He was an accomplished time trialist, however, he was renowned as a climbing specialist. His climbing ability earned him the nickname of The Angel of the Mountains in the 1958 Tour de France which he won overall and took ten stage victories. He was also successful in the Giro d'Italia, winning in 1956 and 1959, and claiming several further high places. Gaul was known for his strong performances in cold and wet weather conditions, of which he often took advantage to attack his rivals. He was known for his high pedaling cadence in a day when it was very uncommon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charly Gaul"

Costante Girardengo (born Novi Ligure 18th March 1893, died Cassano Spinola 9th February 1978) was an Italian professional cyclist, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a “Campionissimo” or “champion of champions” by the Italian media and fans. At the height of his popularity in the 1920s he was said to be more popular than Mussolini and it was decreed that all express trains should stop in his home town, an honour only normally awarded to heads of state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Costante Girardengo"

Damiano Cunego (born in Cerro Veronese, Verona province, September 19, 1981) is a professional cyclist. He rides for the Italian-based Lampre-Caffita team. Primarily a climber, he has improved his time-trialing performance and is a General Classification contender for the stage races. ...more on Wikipedia about "Damiano Cunego"

Eberardo Pavesi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1912 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eberardo Pavesi"

Baron Eddy Merckx (born Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx on June 17, 1945 in Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium) is considered by many to be the greatest cyclist of all-time (except for Lance Armstrong), and an icon of his sport equal to the likes of Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan or Pelé. Nicknamed "The cannibal" for his unrelenting competitiveness, he is five-time champion of the two most important races in professional cycling, the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, is one of only four cyclists to have won all three of the Grand Tours (Tour, Giro and Vuelta a España), and one of only two men to have won the Triple Crown of Cycling (Tour, Giro, and the World Cycling Championship) in the same year. In addition, he is one of only three riders (all Belgian) to have won all five classic cycle races at least once during his career, and won the season-long Super Prestige Pernod International competition a record seven consecutive times. Overall, Merckx entered 1582 road races in his 13 year professional career, and won 525—an astonishing winning rate of 35.5% ** . He dominated both single-day and stage races during his career, a rarity in recent cycling. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eddy Merckx"

Ercole Baldini is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1958 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ercole Baldini"

Eugeni Berzin (born June 6, 1970 in Viborg, Russia) is a Russian cyclist whose best year was 1994, when he won the Giro d'Italia and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Only 24 at the time, Berzin was then tipped as being a future megastar in cycling, but he was never quite able to live up to the results of 1994. In 1995, he was second at the Giro d'Italia. In 1996, he won the first time trial of the Tour de France and took the yellow jersey, only to lose it next day to Bjarne Riis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eugeni Berzin"

Fausto Bertoglio is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1975 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fausto Bertoglio"

Fausto Coppi ( September 15, 1919 in Castellania ( Province of Alessandria), Italy, - January 2, 1960 in Tortona, Italy) was an Italian racing cyclist. Nicknamed Il Campionissimo ("champions of the champions"), he was one of the most successful and most popular cyclists of all time. He twice won the Tour de France ( 1949 and 1952), and five times the Giro d'Italia ( 1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953). ...more on Wikipedia about "Fausto Coppi"

Felice Gimondi, (born September 29, 1942 in Sedrina, just outside Bergamo, Italy) is a former professional cyclist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Felice Gimondi"

Fiorenzo Magni is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career were his three overall wins in the 1948, 1951 and 1955] [[Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fiorenzo Magni"

Francesco Camusso is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1931 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Francesco Camusso"

Francesco Moser (Born June 19, 1951) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the dominant riders from the mid- 1970s to the early 1980s, and won the 1984 Giro d'Italia, the 1977 World Road Racing Championship title and six victories overall in three of the five great Classics, the so-called 'Monuments', of cycling. ...more on Wikipedia about "Francesco Moser"

Franco Balmamion is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his successive overall wins in the 1962 and 1963 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franco Balmamion"

Franco Chioccioli is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1991 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franco Chioccioli"

Gaetoni Belloni is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gaetano Belloni"

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