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Gianni Motta
Gianni Motta (born 13 March 1943) is an Italian former bicycle racer who won the 1966 Giro d'Italia.
Motta at the 1966 Giro d'Italia | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gianni Motta |
| Born | 13 March 1943 Cassano d'Adda, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Race |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1964–1968 | Molteni |
| 1969 | Sanson |
| 1970–1971 | Salvarani |
| 1972 | Ferretti |
| 1973 | Zonca |
| 1974 | Magniflex |
| 1976 | G.B.C. |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Gianni Motta was born at Cassano d'Adda (Lombardy). His main victories include the Giro d'Italia (1966),[1] a Giro di Lombardia (1964), a Tour de Suisse (1967) and two Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971).
Like many before him, he turned to manufacture and sales of bicycles after his racing career.[2]
While at Molteni in 1968 Motta tested positive for a banned substance and his results in the 1968 Giro d'Italia were removed.[3]
Major results Edit
- 1964
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Coppa Bernocchi
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi
- 1st Stage 3b Tour de Romandie
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 21
- 2nd Giro dell'Appennino
- 2nd Giro delle Tre Provincie
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 8th Coppa Placci
- 1965
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 2nd GP Lugano
- 3rd Overall Tour de France
- 3rd Giro di Campania
- 3rd Milano-Vignola
- 4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 5th Giro di Lombardia
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 1966
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 17 & 19
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
- 1st Stage 1b
- 1st Giro di Romagna
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 3rd Gran Piemonte
- 1967
- 1st Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
- 1st Stage 1b
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 9th GP Alghero
- 1968
- 1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
- 4th Giro di Toscana
6th Overall Giro d'Italia- 7th Zuri Metzgete
- 1969
- 1st Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st Stage 1b
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 2nd Giro di Romagna
- 5th Zuri Metzgete
- 1970
- 1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
- 1st Stage 1c
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Giro dell'Umbria
- 1st Stage 1a Escalada a Montjuïch
- 2nd Col San Martino
- 3rd Overall À travers Lausanne
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 1971
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stages 4 & 5a
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Col San Martino
- 2nd Gran Piemonte
- 4th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1972
- 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Milano–Torino
- 4th Giro di Puglia
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1973
- 1st Stage 1 Monte Campione
- 2nd Giro dell'Appennino
- 3rd Milano-Vignola
- 6th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Coppa Placci
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 6
- 1974
- 1st Stage 5 Giro di Puglia
- 1976
- 9th Milano-Vignola
- ^ Motta, was found to have used performance enhancing drugs and his results were subsequently voided.
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Edit
| Grand Tour | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro d'Italia | 5 | — | 1 | 6 | DSQ | — | — | 20 | DNF | 10 | 24 | — | DNF |
| Tour de France | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
References Edit
- ^ "A history of foreign starts at the Giro d'Italia". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Home - GIANNI MOTTA, Belgium bikes (in Dutch)
- ^ a b "Giro d'Italia 1968 : the real numbers of doping". www.cyclisme-dopage.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Gianni Motta". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Gianni Motta – FirstCycling.com". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
External links Edit
- Media related to Gianni Motta at Wikimedia Commons
- Gianni Motta at Cycling Archives