Gianni Motta
 Motta at the 1966 Giro d'Italia | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gianni Motta |
| Born | 13 March 1943 Cassano d'Adda, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Race |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1964–1968 | Molteni |
| 1969 | Sanson |
| 1970–1971 | Salvarani |
| 1972 | Ferretti |
| 1973 | Zonca |
| 1974 | Magniflex |
| 1976 | G.B.C. |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Gianni Motta (born 13 March 1943) is an Italian former bicycle racer who won the 1966 Giro d'Italia .
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.
Major achievements
- 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 Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro
|
5 | - | 1 | 6 | DSQ | - | - | 20 | WD | 10 | 24 | - | WD |
 Tour
|
- | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | WD | - | - | - | - | - |
 Vuelta
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
WD = Withdrew DSQ = Disqualified
External links
Media related to Gianni Motta at Wikimedia Commons- Gianni Motta at Cycling Archives
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