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 | Brooklyn |
| 1978–1979 | Zonca–Santini |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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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. He also won a stage in the 1978 Giro d'Italia.
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.
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.
Major results
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ^ 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
- Giancarlo Bellini at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Giancarlo Bellini at ProCyclingStats
