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Italian cyclist
Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni , is an Italian former
racing cyclist . He had remarkable success riding in the
Giro d'Italia . In
1980 he won 7 stages and finished 7th overall; in
1981 he won 3 stages and finished 3rd overall. In
1979 and
1983 he won the Giro d'Italia and all total for his career win 24 stages in this race.
Saronni currently works an advisor for
UCI WorldTeam
UAE Team Emirates .
Career
Born in
Novara , Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races. In Italy he gave birth to a famous rivalry with
Francesco Moser , like those of
Alfredo Binda with
Learco Guerra , and
Fausto Coppi with
Gino Bartali . He competed in the
team pursuit event at the
1976 Summer Olympics .
[3]
In 1982 he won the
World Cycling Championship at
Goodwood , England, beating American
Greg LeMond and Irishman
Sean Kelly . His final sprint was so impressive that it gained him the nickname of La fucilata di Goodwood - "the gunshot of Goodwood".
[4] The previous year he had won a silver medal, as he had been overcome in the final by
Freddy Maertens of
Belgium . In 1982 Saronni also won the
Giro di Lombardia .
At the beginning of 1983 another a striking attack on the Poggio climb gave him the
Milan–San Remo classic, after three consecutive second places in that race. This was Saronni's last great classics victory.
Career achievements
Major results
1977
1st
Giro del Veneto
1st
Tre Valli Varesine
1st
Giro del Friuli
1st
Trofeo Pantalica
2nd
La Flèche Wallonne
2nd
Giro del Piemonte
2nd
Coppa Placci
2nd
Trofeo Laigueglia
3rd Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd Overall
Giro di Puglia
3rd
Giro del Lazio
3rd
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
4th
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
5th
Giro dell'Emilia
7th
Coppa Bernocchi
8th Overall
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
8th Overall
Giro di Sardegna
8th
Trofeo Matteotti
9th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
9th
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
10th
Milano–Torino
1978
1st
Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Prologue
1st
Overall
Giro di Puglia
1st Stages 1 & 3b (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Ruota d'Oro
1st Stage 2
1st
Coppa Agostoni
1st
Trofeo Pantalica
1st
Giro di Campania
1st Stage 4
Giro di Sardegna
2nd
Milan–San Remo
2nd
Coppa Sabatini
2nd
Giro del Friuli
3rd
Road race , National Road Championships
3rd
Giro dell'Appennino
4th Overall
Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stage 1a (
ITT )
4th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
4th
Giro dell'Emilia
4th
Trofeo Laigueglia
5th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 2, 7 & 8
6th
Giro di Toscana
7th
Eschborn–Frankfurt
1979
1st
Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 5, 8 (
ITT ) & 19 (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Tour de Romandie
1st Stages 1 & 4
1st
Overall
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Prologue & Stage 1
1st
Züri–Metzgete
1st
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
1st
Tre Valli Varesine
1st
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Francesco Moser )
1st
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1st Prologue
Volta a Catalunya
2nd
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall
Ruota d'Oro
1st Stage 1
2nd
Milan–San Remo
2nd
La Flèche Wallonne
2nd
Paris–Tours
2nd
Giro di Campania
2nd
Trofeo Laigueglia
4th
Coppa Agostoni
4th
Coppa Placci
5th
Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 5
5th
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
5th
Trofeo Pantalica
8th
Milano–Torino
8th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
10th
Giro dell'Emilia
1980
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
1st
Overall
Giro di Puglia
1st Stages 1, 4 & 5
1st
La Flèche Wallonne
1st
Tre Valli Varesine
1st
Coppa Bernocchi
1st
Trittico Lombardo
1st
Trofeo Pantalica
1st
Giro di Campania
1st
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
1st Stage 1
Ruota d'Oro
2nd
Milan–San Remo
2nd
Coppa Sabatini
3rd Overall
Tour de Romandie
1st Prologue
3rd
Giro del Lazio
4th
Züri–Metzgete
5th
Milano–Vignola
6th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 3
6th Overall
Giro di Sardegna
7th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 13, 17, 19 & 21 (
ITT )
7th
Trofeo Matteotti
1981
1st
Giro di Romagna
1st
Trofeo Laigueglia
1st
Coppa Bernocchi
1st
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1st
Giro dell'Etna
1st Stage 1a
Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stage 3
Deutschland Tour
1st Stage 2
Ruota d'Oro
1st Stage 5
La Méditerranéenne
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stages 2 & 3
Giro di Puglia
1st Stages 1 & 2
2nd Overall
Tour de Romandie
1st Stages 2 & 3
2nd
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
2nd
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
3rd Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 3, 5 & 6
3rd
Giro del Friuli
9th
Gent–Wevelgem
1982
1st
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
1st
Overall
Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 1
1st
Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st
Overall
Giro del Trentino
1st Stage 3
1st
Overall
Giro di Sardegna
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
1st
Giro di Lombardia
1st
Milano–Torino
1st
Coppa Agostoni
1st
Coppa Sabatini
1st
Trofeo Pantalica
1st Stage 1
Deutschland Tour
1st Stage 1
Ruota d'Oro
Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stages 1, 2, 4a & 5
2nd
Giro del Friuli
6th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 2, 9 & 21
6th
Paris–Brussels
7th
La Flèche Wallonne
1983
1st
Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 4, 13 (
ITT ) & 16b
1st
Milan–San Remo
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 9 & 10
2nd
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th
Trofeo Pantalica
1984
Tour of Norway
1st Stages 3 & 5
1985
1st
Trofeo Pantalica
1st Stage 3
Giro di Puglia
1st Stage 1
Vuelta a Andalucía
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 2 (
TTT ), 3 & 16
2nd
Tre Valli Varesine
3rd Overall
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 3
1986
1st
Overall
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 3
1st
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Lech Piasecki )
2nd Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 3 (
TTT )
2nd Overall
Giro di Puglia
1st Stages 2 & 4
3rd
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
4th
Milan–San Remo
1987
1st
Milano–Vignola
1st Stage 4
Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd
Trofeo Baracchi
1988
1st
Overall
Giro di Puglia
1st Stage 1
1st
Tre Valli Varesine
1st Stage 4b (
TTT )
Giro d'Italia
2nd Overall
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2nd
Road race , National Road Championships
2nd
Coppa Placci
10th Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 2
1989
1st Prologue
Vuelta a Andalucía
2nd
Giro di Romagna
1990
1st
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
Legend
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Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
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