Italian cyclist and commentator

Davide C*ani (born 1 January 1961) is a former road cyclist and cycling commentator on Italian television from Italy. Now he works as manager for Italy national cycling team.

He was born in Faenza. In 1982 he made his professional debut with Termolan-Galli. In 1986 he moved to Carrera, where he supported figures such as Claudio Chiappucci, Roberto Visentini and Stephen Roche; C*ani later raced for Gewiss-Bianchi, Ariostea, GB-MG and Saeco. He retired in 1996 after being hit by a car in training.

Contents

• 1 Media work
• 2 Major results
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Media work

After retiring from cycling, he became a commentator at Italian public broadcaster RAI.

In 2007, he was involved in the withdrawal of Michael Rasmussen from the Tour de France. C*ani claimed to have seen Rasmussen in the Dolomites mountains in Italy, while Rasmussen and Rasmussen's in-laws claimed that he was in Mexico at that time. His comment, coupled with other issues concerning Rasmussen, led to his expulsion from the Rabobank team. The claim was first made a week or so before the controversy exploded:— as a routine comment during the Rai Tre afternoon coverage of the Tour. It took the form of a compliment to the athletic dedication of Rasmussen who has apparently been returning from eight hours of mountain training, so C*ani appears to have had no axe to grind against Rasmussen.

C*ani has also collaborated with Ivan Zazzaroni and Pier Bergonzi to write a biography of Marco Pantani, Pantani. Un eroe tragico (Pantani, a tragic hero).

Major results

19832nd Coppa Placci3rd Giro del Veneto19842nd Overall Tour du Vaucluse3rd Trofeo Pantalica5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore19858th Giro dell'Emilia19863rd Giro del Lazio7th Giro dell'Emilia19871st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia (TTT)19882nd Giro del Friuli5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore7th Giro dell'Emilia8th Giro di Lombardia19891st Stage 5 GP Tell6th Rund um den Henninger Turm10th Giro dell'Emilia19901st Coppa Bernocchi1st Giro dell'Emilia3rd Giro del Lazio7th Trofeo Laigueglia9th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore10th La Flèche Wallonne10th Milano-Torino19911st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia1st Coppa Agostoni1st Giro dell'Emilia1st Milano-Torino1st Trofeo dello Scalatore3rd Giro del Lazio19921st Giro di Campania1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore2nd Giro dell'Emilia2nd Grand Prix des Amériques3rd La Flèche Wallonne3rd Giro del Veneto3rd Coppa Placci3rd Giro di Romagna3rd Giro di Lombardia4th Liège-Bastogne-Liège5th Overall Tirreno-Adriatico1st Stage 36th Milano-Torino19931st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia1st Coppa Agostoni3rd Road race, National Road Championships3rd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato5th Tre Valli Varesine6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country7th Amstel Gold Race9th Milan-San Remo19941st Overall Tour Méditerranéen1st Stages 4 & 7 (ITT)1st Stage 3 Tour de France (TTT)1st Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country3rd Trofeo Matteotti3rd Giro dell'Emilia5th Trofeo Laigueglia6th Giro di Lombardia8th La Flèche Wallonne19951st Giro dell'Emilia1st Giro di Romagna1st Coppa Sabatini2nd Amstel Gold Race2nd Coppa Placci3rd Gran Piemonte5th Tre Valli Varesine9th Milano-Torino

References

External links

• Official website (in Italian)
• Davide C*ani at Cycling Archives