Franco Balmamion
Italian cyclist
Franco Balmamion c. 1968 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Franco Balmamion |
Born | (1940-01-11) 11 January 1940 (age 84) Nole, Italy |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1961 | Bianchi |
1962–1963 | Carpano |
1964 | Cynar |
1965–1966 | Sanson |
1967–1968 | Molteni |
1969–1970 | Salvarani |
1971–1972 | Scic |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
One-day races and Classics | |
Franco Balmamion (born 11 January 1940), is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1960 and 1972. The top of his career was two successive wins in the 1962 and 1963 editions of the Giro d'Italia.[1][2]
Major results
- 1960
- 10th National Amateur Road Championships
- 1961
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 1962
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino
- 2nd Maggiora Criterium
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 10th Pernod–Super Prestige
- 1963
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Meisterschaft von Zürich
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 6th Giro dell'Appennino
- 9th Tre Valli Varesine
- 1964
- 2nd GP du Parisien
- 3rd Giro dell'Appennino
- 6th Coppa Sabatini
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 10th Coppa Agostoni
- 1965
- 1st Caen Team Time trial
- 2nd Circuito Ciclistico di Ciriè
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Nice–Genova
- 3rd Giro del Lazio
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 7th Tre Valli Varesine
- 1966
- 1st Maggiora Criterium
- 2nd Overall Cronostaffetta
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 8th Coppa Sabatini
- 1967
- 1st National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Cronostaffetta
- 1st Stage 1c
- 1st Maggiora Criterium
- 1st Piaggiori Criterium
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Giro della Romagna
- 3rd Overall Tour de France
- 3rd Bergamo Criterium
- 4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 5th Pernod–Super Prestige
- 6th Giro dell'Appennino
- 9th Tre Valli Varesine
- 1968
- 1st Overall Cronostaffetta
- 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1969
- 1st Maggiora Criterium
- 1st Ronde des Korrigans
- 1970
- 3rd Giro del Piemonte
- 1972
- 8th Coppa Agostoni
Grand Tours general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
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Giro d'Italia | 20 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | — | 12 | DNF | 38 |
Tour de France | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 3 | — | 39 | 12 | DNF | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
DSQ | Disqualified |
References
Further reading
- Sykes, Herbie (2008). Double Eagle of the Canavese. Norwich, UK: Mousehold Press. ISBN 978-1-874739-49-4.
External links
- Franco Balmamion at Cycling Archives
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Giro d'Italia general classification winners
- 1909: Luigi Ganna
- 1910–11: Carlo Galetti
- 1912* Atala–Dunlop (Carlo Galetti, Giovanni Micheletto, Eberardo Pavesi)
- 1913: Carlo Oriani
- 1914: Alfonso Calzolari
- 1915–18 World War I
- 1919: Costante Girardengo
- 1920: Gaetano Belloni
- 1921–22: Giovanni Brunero
- 1923: Costante Girardengo
- 1924: Giuseppe Enrici
- 1925: Alfredo Binda
- 1926: Giovanni Brunero
- 1927–29: Alfredo Binda
- 1930: Luigi Marchisio
- 1931: Francesco Camusso
- 1932: Antonio Pesenti
- 1933: Alfredo Binda
- 1934: Learco Guerra
- 1935: Vasco Bergamaschi
- 1936–37: Gino Bartali
- 1938–39: Giovanni Valetti
- 1940: Fausto Coppi
- 1941–45 World War II
- 1946: Gino Bartali
- 1947: Fausto Coppi
- 1948: Fiorenzo Magni
- 1949: Fausto Coppi
- 1950: Hugo Koblet
- 1951: Fiorenzo Magni
- 1952–53: Fausto Coppi
- 1954: Carlo Clerici
- 1955: Fiorenzo Magni
- 1956: Charly Gaul
- 1957: Gastone Nencini
- 1958: Ercole Baldini
- 1959: Charly Gaul
- 1960: Jacques Anquetil
- 1961: Arnaldo Pambianco
- 1962–63: Franco Balmamion
- 1964: Jacques Anquetil
- 1965: Vittorio Adorni
- 1966: Gianni Motta
- 1967: Felice Gimondi
- 1968: Eddy Merckx
- 1969: Felice Gimondi
- 1970: Eddy Merckx
- 1971: Gösta Pettersson
- 1972–74: Eddy Merckx
- 1975: Fausto Bertoglio
- 1976: Felice Gimondi
- 1977: Michel Pollentier
- 1978: Johan De Muynck
- 1979: Giuseppe Saronni
- 1980: Bernard Hinault
- 1981: Giovanni Battaglin
- 1982: Bernard Hinault
- 1983: Giuseppe Saronni
- 1984: Francesco Moser
- 1985: Bernard Hinault
- 1986: Roberto Visentini
- 1987: Stephen Roche
- 1988: Andy Hampsten
- 1989: Laurent Fignon
- 1990: Gianni Bugno
- 1991: Franco Chioccioli
- 1992–93: Miguel Induráin
- 1994: Evgeni Berzin
- 1995: Tony Rominger
- 1996: Pavel Tonkov
- 1997: Ivan Gotti
- 1998: Marco Pantani
- 1999: Ivan Gotti
- 2000: Stefano Garzelli
- 2001: Gilberto Simoni
- 2002: Paolo Savoldelli
- 2003: Gilberto Simoni
- 2004: Damiano Cunego
- 2005: Paolo Savoldelli
- 2006: Ivan Basso
- 2007: Danilo Di Luca
- 2008: Alberto Contador
- 2009: Denis Menchov
- 2010: Ivan Basso
- 2011: Michele Scarponi
- 2012: Ryder Hesjedal
- 2013: Vincenzo Nibali
- 2014: Nairo Quintana
- 2015: Alberto Contador
- 2016: Vincenzo Nibali
- 2017: Tom Dumoulin
- 2018: Chris Froome
- 2019: Richard Carapaz
- 2020: Tao Geoghegan Hart
- 2021: Egan Bernal
- 2022: Jai Hindley
- 2023: Primož Roglič
- 2024: Tadej Pogačar
*In 1912, Giro was contested solely by teams, with no individual classification
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