Gianni Motta

Gianni Motta (born 13 March 1943) is an Italian former bicycle racer who won the 1966 Giro d'Italia .

Gianni Motta
Motta at the 1966 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full nameGianni Motta
Born (1943-03-13) 13 March 1943
Cassano d'Adda, Italy
Team information
DisciplineRace
RoleRider
Professional teams
1964–1968Molteni
1969Sanson
1970–1971Salvarani
1972Ferretti
1973Zonca
1974Magniflex
1976G.B.C.
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
General classification (1966)
Points classification (1966)
5 individual stages

Stage Races

Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971)
Tour de Suisse (1967)

One-day races and Classics

Giro di Lombardia (1964)
Tre Valli Varesine (1965–1967, 1970)
Milano–Torino (1967)
Giro dell'Emilia (1968, 1969, 1971)

Gianni Motta was born at Cassano d'Adda (Lombardy). His main victories include the Giro d'Italia (1966), a Giro di Lombardia (1964), a Tour de Suisse (1967) and two Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971).

Like many before him, he turned to manufacture and sales of bicycles after his racing career.[1]

Career achievements

Major results

1964
Giro di Lombardia
1 stage in the Giro d'Italia
1 stage in the Tour de Romandie
Coppa Bernocchi
Trofeo Baracchi
1965
Tre Valli Varesine
1 stage in the Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1966
Giro d'Italia
overall classification
Maglia ciclamino
2 stage victories
Tour de Romandie (with 1 stage victory)
Giro di Romagna
Tre Valli Varesine
1 stage in the Paris–Luxembourg
1967
Tour de Suisse (with 2 stage victories)
Milano–Torino
1 stage in the Tour de Romandie
Tre Valli Varesine
1968
Giro dell'Appennino
Giro dell'Emilia
1 stage in the Tour de Romandie
1969
Giro dell'Emilia
1970
Giro dell'Appenino
Tre Valli Varesine
Giro dell'Umbria
1971
Tour de Romandie (with 2 stage victories)
Giro dell'Emilia
1 stage in the Tirreno–Adriatico
1972
1 stage in the Giro d'Italia
1973
1 stage in the Giro d'Italia
1974
1 stage in the Giro di Puglia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Giro d'Italia 5 1 6 DSQ 20 DNF 10 24 DNF
Tour de France 3 DNF
Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified

References

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