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 would win 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.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Career achievements
  • 2.1 Major results
  • 2.2 Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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.

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". 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 cl*ic, after three consecutive second places in that race. This was Saronni's last great cl*ics victory.

Career achievements

Major results

19771st Giro del Veneto1st Tre Valli Varesine1st Giro del Friuli1st Trofeo Pantalica2nd La Flèche Wallonne2nd Giro del Piemonte2nd Coppa Placci2nd Trofeo Laigueglia3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico3rd Overall Giro di Puglia3rd Giro del Lazio3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore5th Giro dell'Emilia7th Coppa Bernocchi8th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre8th Overall Giro di Sardegna8th Trofeo Matteotti9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships9th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato10th Milano–Torino19781st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico1st Prologue1st Overall Giro di Puglia1st Stages 1 & 3b (ITT)1st Overall Ruota d'Oro1st Stage 21st Coppa Agostoni1st Trofeo Pantalica1st Giro di Campania1st Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna2nd Milan–San Remo2nd Coppa Sabatini2nd Giro del Friuli3rd Road race, National Road Championships3rd Giro dell'Appennino4th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc1st Stage 1a (ITT)4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships4th Giro dell'Emilia4th Trofeo Laigueglia5th Overall Giro d'Italia1st Stages 2, 7 & 86th Giro di Toscana7th Eschborn–Frankfurt19791st Overall Giro d'Italia1st Points cl*ification1st Stages 5, 8 (ITT) & 19 (ITT)1st Overall Tour de Romandie1st Stages 1 & 41st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre1st Prologue & Stage 11st Züri–Metzgete1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton1st Tre Valli Varesine1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Francesco Moser)1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya2nd Tirreno–Adriatico1st Stage 42nd Overall Ruota d'Oro1st Stage 12nd Milan–San Remo2nd La Flèche Wallonne2nd Paris–Tours2nd Giro di Campania2nd Trofeo Laigueglia4th Coppa Agostoni4th Coppa Placci5th Vuelta a Andalucía1st Stage 55th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano5th Trofeo Pantalica8th Milano–Torino8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships10th Giro dell'Emilia19801st Road race, National Road Championships1st Overall Giro di Puglia1st Stages 1, 4 & 51st La Flèche Wallonne1st Tre Valli Varesine1st Coppa Bernocchi1st Trittico Lombardo1st Trofeo Pantalica1st Giro di Campania1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano1st Stage 1 Ruota d'Oro2nd Milan–San Remo2nd Coppa Sabatini3rd Overall Tour de Romandie1st Prologue3rd Giro del Lazio4th Züri–Metzgete5th Milano–Vignola6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico1st Stage 36th Overall Giro di Sardegna7th Overall Giro d'Italia1st Points cl*ification1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 13, 17, 19 & 21 (ITT)7th Trofeo Matteotti19811st Giro di Romagna1st Trofeo Laigueglia1st Coppa Bernocchi1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore1st Giro dell'Etna1st Stage 1a Escalada a Montjuïc1st Stage 3 Deutschland Tour1st Stage 2 Ruota d'Oro1st Stage 5 La MéditerranéenneTirreno–Adriatico1st Stages 2 & 3Giro di Puglia1st Stages 1 & 22nd Overall Tour de Romandie1st Stages 2 & 32nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato3rd Overall Giro d'Italia1st Points cl*ification1st Stages 3, 5 & 63rd Giro del Friuli9th Gent–Wevelgem19821st Road race, UCI Road World Championships1st Overall Tour de Suisse1st Stage 11st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico1st Stages 1 & 21st Overall Giro del Trentino1st Stage 31st Overall Giro di Sardegna1st Stages 1, 2 & 41st Giro di Lombardia1st Milano–Torino1st Coppa Agostoni1st Coppa Sabatini1st Trofeo Pantalica1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour1st Stage 1 Ruota d'OroVuelta a Andalucía1st Stages 1, 2, 4a & 52nd Giro del Friuli6th Overall Giro d'Italia1st Stages 2, 9 & 216th Paris–Brussels7th La Flèche Wallonne19831st Overall Giro d'Italia1st Points cl*ification1st Stages 4, 13 (ITT) & 16b1st Milan–San RemoVuelta a España1st Stages 9 & 102nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège5th Trofeo Pantalica1984Tour of Norway1st Stages 3 & 519851st Trofeo Pantalica1st Stage 3 Giro di Puglia1st Stage 1 Vuelta a AndalucíaGiro d'Italia1st Stages 2 (TTT), 3 & 162nd Tre Valli Varesine3rd Overall Settimana InterNational Socialist German Workers' Partyonale di Coppi e Bartali1st Stage 319861st Overall Settimana InterNational Socialist German Workers' Partyonale di Coppi e Bartali1st Stage 31st Trofeo Baracchi (with Lech Piasecki)2nd Overall Giro d'Italia1st Stage 3 (TTT)2nd Overall Giro di Puglia1st Stages 2 & 43rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships4th Milan–San Remo19871st Milano–Vignola1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico2nd Trofeo Baracchi19881st Overall Giro di Puglia1st Stage 11st Tre Valli Varesine1st Stage 4b (TTT) Giro d'Italia2nd Overall Settimana InterNational Socialist German Workers' Partyonale di Coppi e Bartali2nd Road race, National Road Championships2nd Coppa Placci10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía1st Stage 219891st Prologue Vuelta a Andalucía2nd Giro di Romagna19901st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline

References

External links

• Giuseppe Saronni at Cycling Archives
• Giuseppe Saronni at ProCyclingStats
• Giuseppe Saronni at CycleBase
• Giuseppe Saronni at Olympedia

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