Luciano Borgognoni

Luciano Borgognoni (12 October 1951 – 2 August 2014) was an Italian cyclist. As an amateur he won the 4000 m team pursuit event at the 1971 World Championships and placed fifth and ninth in the individual and team pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics, respectively. After the Olympics he became professional road racer and won the Giro del Friuli and one stage in the Giro di Sardegna in 1974. He rode the Giro d’Italia in 1973–82 and won two stages in 1977. He failed to complete the 1976 Tour de France.

Major results

Road

1971

1st Stages 4 (TTT) & 5 Giro della Valle d'Aosta

1972

1st Giro dei Tre Laghi

1st Stage 6 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

1974

1st Giro del Friuli

2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna

:1st Stage 4

7th Giro di Romagna

8th Tre Valli Varesine

1975

1st GP Cemab

5th Giro del Veneto

5th Coppa Bernocchi

6th Overall Giro di Sardegna

7th Tre Valli Varesine

10th Trofeo Matteotti

1977

1st Stages 2b & 22 Giro d'Italia

1st Milano–Vignola

2nd Giro di Romagna

4th GP Montelupo

8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

1978

1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta

10th Züri-Metzgete

1979

6th Milan–San Remo

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Track

1971

1st Team pursuit, UCI Amateur World Championships (with Giacomo Bazzan, Giorgio Morbiato & Pietro Algeri)

1st Individual pursuit, National Amateur Track Championships

1974

1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships

1976

1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships

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