Giancarlo Bellini (born 15 September 1945 in Crosa) is an Italian former road bicycle racer who won the mountains classification in the 1976 Tour de France.[2] He also won a stage in the 1978 Giro d'Italia.[3]
 Bellini at the 1976 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Giancarlo Bellini |
| Born | 15 September 1945 Crosa, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1971–1973 | Molteni |
| 1974–1977[1] | Brooklyn |
| 1978–1979 | Zonca–Santini |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Bellini won the first edition of the Amateur Giro d'Italia in 1970 before spending three years at Molteni in the service of Eddy Merckx.[4]
If doping controls to the standard that the sport has in 2024 existed then Bellini would've finished eighth in the 1978 1978 Giro d'Italia.[5]
Major results
edit- 1970
- 1st
Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 1972
- 10th Overall Tour de la Nouvelle France
- 1973
- 6th Giro di Sicilia
- 10th Giro del Veneto
- 1975
- 1st Giro di Campania
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Cronostaffetta
- 5th Giro dell'Appennino
- 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 8th GP Cannes
- 1976
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour de France
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1977
- 9th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4
- 9th Overall Giro di Campania
- 10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1978
- 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse
References
edit- ^ Bloor, Steven (14 May 2015). "Memory Lane: the Giro d'Italia through the years – in pictures". the Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Giancarlo Bellini e la maglia a pois". Ciclonews.biz (in Italian). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Giancarlo Bellini". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ Pastonesi, Marco (27 March 2017). ""Le storie dei vincitori": Giancarlo Bellini". Federazione Ciclistica Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "cyclisme-dopage.com - Giro d'Italia 1978 : the real numbers of doping". www.cyclisme-dopage.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Giancarlo Bellini". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Threads of History - Brooklyn". Conquista Cycling Club. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
External links
edit- Giancarlo Bellini at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Giancarlo Bellini at ProCyclingStats
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