Giuseppe Saronni

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 as an advisor for UCI WorldTeam .

Career

Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, which 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 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

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