Moreno Argentin

Moreno Argentin
	Argentin in 1987
Personal information
Full name	Moreno Argentin
Nickname	Il Capo
Born	17 December 1960 (age 63); San Donà di Piave, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1981–1984	Sammontana
1985–1986	Sammontana–Bianchi
1987–1989	Gewiss–Bianchi
1990–1992	Ariostea
1993	Mecair-Ballan
1994	Gewiss–Ballan
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stage (1990, 1991) 1 TTT (1991) Giro d'Italia 13 individual stages (1981–1994) Stage Races Danmark Rundt (1985) Giro del Trentino (1994) One-Day Races and Classics World Road Race Championship (1986) National Road Race Championship (1983, 1989) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1985, 1986, 1987, 1991) Giro di Lombardia (1987) Tour of Flanders (1990) La Flèche Wallonne (1990, 1991, 1994)
Medal record
Representing Italy
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships

Moreno Argentin (born 17 December 1960) is an Italian former professional cyclist (from 1981 to 1994) and race director.

Born in San Donà di Piave (Veneto), Argentin won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de Suisse. Known as Il Capo ("The Boss"), he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège four times, the La Flèche Wallonne three times, and the Tour of Flanders and Giro di Lombardia once. He became Italian national champion in 1983 and 1989, and world champion in 1986.

Argentin cofounded the Adriatica Ionica Race, first run in 2018.^[3]

Career achievements

Major results

1977: 1st National Junior Track Championships (Team Pursuit)

1978: 1st National Junior Track Championships (Team Pursuit); 1st National Junior Road Championships, Team Time Trial

1979: 1st National Amateur Track Championships (Team Pursuit); 1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia; 1st Prologue & Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta; 1st Team classification Ster van het Zuiden; 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud; 4th Trofeo Zssdi - Un. Circ. Sloveni in Italia

1980: 1st National Amateur Track Championships (Team Pursuit); 1st National Military Road Championships, Road Race; 1st Giro Valli Aretine; 1st Coppa Caduti - Puglia di Arezzo; 1st Grand Prix Agostano; 1st Stage 3 Girobio; 1st Prologue Giro della Valle d'Aosta; 6th National Amateur Road Championships, Road Race

1981: 1st GP Industria e Commercio di Prato; 1st Stages 12 & 18 Giro d'Italia; 2nd Giro di Lombardia; 2nd Arma di Taggia; 2nd Rho (Lombardia); 3rd Col San Martino

1982: 1st Trofeo Matteotti; 1st GP Industria e Commercio di Prato; 1st Giro della Romagna; 1st Treviso; 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia; 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse; 2nd Arma di Taggia; 2nd Granze; 2nd Roccastrada; 3rd Milan–San Remo; 3rd Napoli–Pianura; 3rd Chignolo Po Criterium

1983: 1st National Road Championships, Road Race; 1st Coppa Sabatini; 1st Livorno; 1st Mussolente; 1st San Donà di Piave; 1st San Vendemiano; 1st Stages 7 & 21 Giro d'Italia; 1st Stages 2 & 3 Tirreno–Adriatico; 1st Stage 3 Giro di Sardegna; 2nd GP Montelup; 2nd Six Days of Milan; 2nd Cecina; 3rd Trofeo Matteotti; 3rd Circuito degli Assi - Nanno

1984

1st Overall Settimana Siciliana

1st Stage 2

1st Giro del Veneto

1st Quarrata

1st San Donà di Piave

1st Stage 4 Giro di Puglia

1st Stage 3 Ruota d'Oro

2nd Firenze

2nd Col San Martino

3rd Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 3 & 5

1985: 1st Overall Tour of Denmark; 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 1st San Vendemiano; 1st Scordia; 1st Cronostaffetta; 1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico; 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie; 2nd La Flèche Wallonne; 2nd Coppa Bernocchi; 2nd Paris–Tours; 2nd Giro di Campania; 2nd Circuito degli Assi - Nanno; 3rd UCI Road World Championships; 5th Pernod–Super Prestige; 8th FICP Ranking; 10th Overall Settimana Siciliana

1986

1st

UCI Road World Championships

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1st Trofeo Francesco Civettini

1st Curno

2nd Overall Settimana Siciliana

1st Stage 2

2nd GP Industria e Commercio di Prato

3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

4th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop

7th Overall Coors Classic

1st Stage 9

8th FICP Ranking

1987: 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 1st Giro di Lombardia; 1st Bacoli; 1st Six Days of Bassano del Grappa; 1st San Martino di Castrozza; 1st G.P. Banca di Credito Cooperativo dell'Alta Padovana; 1st Grazer Altstadt Kriterium; 1st Stages 2, 4 & 7 Giro d'Italia; 1st Stage 3 Settimana Siciliana; 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía; 1st Stages 2 & 4 Tirreno–Adriatico; 1st Stage 16 Coors Classic; 2nd UCI Road World Championships; 2nd Giro dell'Emilia; 3rd Km del Corso Mestre; 3rd San Donà di Piave; 4th FICP Ranking; 6th Trofeo Baracchi; 7th Paris–Tours; 8th Pernod–Super Prestige; 10th La Flèche Wallonne

1988: 1st Giro del Veneto; 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria; 1st Biban de Carbonera; 1st Stage 1 Critérium International; 2nd La Flèche Wallonne; 2nd GP Industria e Commercio di Prato; 3rd Nittedal–Oslo

1989: 1st National Road Championships, Road Race; 1st Stage 5 Settimana Siciliana; 1st Stage 4 Bicicleta Vasca; 3rd Biban de Carbonera

1990: 1st Tour of Flanders; 1st La Flèche Wallonne; 1st Coppa Sabatini; 1st Stage 3 Tour de France; 1st Stage 9 Tour de Suisse; 4th Milan–San Remo; 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1991: 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 1st La Flèche Wallonne; 1st Sanson; 1st Trittico Premondiale; 1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 15 Tour de France; 2nd San Sebastián Criterium; 6th Coppa Bernocchi; 10th Giro dell'Appennino; 10th Circuito degli Assi - Nanno

1992

1st Overall Settimana Siciliana

1st Stages 4 & 6

1st Stages 5, 6 & 7 Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Warsaw

2nd Milan–San Remo

1993

1st Stage 6 Tour Méditerranéen

3rd Giro del Friuli

5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

6th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 1a & 13

1994

1st

Overall Giro del Trentino

1st Stage 2

1st La Flèche Wallonne

1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia

Monuments results timeline

Monument	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Milan–San Remo	—	3	28	17	26	—	—	—	41	4	—	2	—	—
Tour of Flanders	—	—	—	—	—	—	15	66	—	1	53	—	42	—
Paris–Roubaix	Did not contest during career
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	39	—	—	1	1	1	12	—	6	1	—	5	18
Giro di Lombardia	2	—	21	—	30	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "La Stampa – Consultazione Archivio".
^ "La Stampa – Consultazione Archivio".
^ "Italian stage racing enjoys resurgence". 24 April 2018.

External links

Moreno Argentin at Cycling Archives
Official Tour de France results for Moreno Argentin

[1] "La Stampa – Consultazione Archivio".

[2] "La Stampa – Consultazione Archivio".

[3] "Italian stage racing enjoys resurgence". 24 April 2018.

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v t e UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race
1927–1938	1927: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1928: Georges Ronsse (BEL) 1929: Georges Ronsse (BEL) 1930: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1931: Learco Guerra (ITA) 1932: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1933: Georges Speicher (FRA) 1934: Karel Kaers (BEL) 1935: Jean Aerts (BEL) 1936: Antonin Magne (FRA) 1937: Éloi Meulenberg (BEL) 1938: Marcel Kint (BEL)
1946–1959	1946: Hans Knecht (SUI) 1947: Theo Middelkamp (NED) 1948: Briek Schotte (BEL) 1949: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1950: Briek Schotte (BEL) 1951: Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) 1952: Heinz Müller (FRG) 1953: Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1954: Louison Bobet (FRA) 1955: Stan Ockers (BEL) 1956: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1957: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1958: Ercole Baldini (ITA) 1959: André Darrigade (FRA)
1960–1979	1960: Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1961: Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1962: Jean Stablinski (FRA) 1963: Benoni Beheyt (BEL) 1964: Jan Janssen (NED) 1965: Tom Simpson (GBR) 1966: Rudi Altig (FRG) 1967: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1968: Vittorio Adorni (ITA) 1969: Harm Ottenbros (NED) 1970: Jean-Pierre Monseré (BEL) 1971: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1972: Marino Basso (ITA) 1973: Felice Gimondi (ITA) 1974: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1975: Hennie Kuiper (NED) 1976: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1977: Francesco Moser (ITA) 1978: Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 1979: Jan Raas (NED)
1980–1999	1980: Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1981: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1982: Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) 1983: Greg LeMond (USA) 1984: Claude Criquielion (BEL) 1985: Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1986: Moreno Argentin (ITA) 1987: Stephen Roche (IRL) 1988: Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) 1989: Greg LeMond (USA) 1990: Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) 1991: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1992: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1993: Lance Armstrong (USA) 1994: Luc Leblanc (FRA) 1995: Abraham Olano (ESP) 1996: Johan Museeuw (BEL) 1997: Laurent Brochard (FRA) 1998: Oscar Camenzind (SUI) 1999: Óscar Freire (ESP)
2000–2019	2000: Romāns Vainšteins (LAT) 2001: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2002: Mario Cipollini (ITA) 2003: Igor Astarloa (ESP) 2004: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2005: Tom Boonen (BEL) 2006: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2007: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2008: Alessandro Ballan (ITA) 2009: Cadel Evans (AUS) 2010: Thor Hushovd (NOR) 2011: Mark Cavendish (GBR) 2012: Philippe Gilbert (BEL) 2013: Rui Costa (POR) 2014: Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) 2015: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2016: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2017: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2018: Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2019: Mads Pedersen (DEN)
2020–2039	2020: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2021: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2022: Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Tadej Pogačar (SLO)

v t e Italian National Road Race Champion (men)
1880–1899	Giuseppe Loretz (1885) Geo Davidson (1886) Gilberto Marley (1887–1889) Carlo Braida (1890) Ambrogio Robecchi (1891) Luigi Cantu (1892) Giuseppe Moreschi (1893) Giovanni Da Montelatico (1896)
1900–1919	Giovanni Cuniolo (1906–1908) Dario Beni (1909) Emilio Petiva (1910) Dario Beni (1911) Not attributed (1912) Costante Girardengo (1913–1914, 1919)
1920–1939	Costante Girardengo (1920–1925) Alfredo Binda (1926–1929) Learco Guerra (1930–1934) Gino Bartali (1935) Giuseppe Olmo (1936) Gino Bartali (1937) Olimpio Bizzi (1938) Mario Vicini (1939)
1940–1959	Gino Bartali (1940) Adolfo Leoni (1941) Fausto Coppi (1942) Mario Ricci (1943) Severino Canavesi (1945) Aldo Ronconi (1946) Fausto Coppi (1947) Vito Ortelli (1948) Fausto Coppi (1949) Antonio Bevilacqua (1950) Fiorenzo Magni (1951) Gino Bartali (1952) Fiorenzo Magni (1953–1954) Fausto Coppi (1955) Giorgio Albani (1956) Ercole Baldini (1957–1958) Diego Ronchini (1959)
1960–1979	Nino Defilippis (1960) Arturo Sabbadin (1961) Nino Defilippis (1962) Bruno Mealli (1963) Guido De Rosso (1964) Michele Dancelli (1965–1966) Franco Balmamion (1967) Felice Gimondi (1968) Vittorio Adorni (1969) Franco Bitossi (1970–1971) Felice Gimondi (1972) Enrico Paolini (1973–1974) Francesco Moser (1975) Franco Bitossi (1976) Enrico Paolini (1977) Pierino Gavazzi (1978) Francesco Moser (1979)
1980–1999	Giuseppe Saronni (1980) Francesco Moser (1981) Pierino Gavazzi (1982) Moreno Argentin (1983) Vittorio Algeri (1984) Claudio Corti (1985–1986) Bruno Leali (1987) Pierino Gavazzi (1988) Moreno Argentin (1989) Giorgio Furlan (1990) Gianni Bugno (1991) Marco Giovannetti (1992) Massimo Podenzana (1993–1994) Gianni Bugno (1995) Mario Cipollini (1996) Gianni Faresin (1997) Andrea Tafi (1998) Salvatore Commesso (1999)
2000–2019	Michele Bartoli (2000) Daniele Nardello (2001) Salvatore Commesso (2002) Paolo Bettini (2003) Cristian Moreni (2004) Enrico Gasparotto (2005) Paolo Bettini (2006) Giovanni Visconti (2007) Filippo Simeoni (2008) Filippo Pozzato (2009) Giovanni Visconti (2010–2011) Franco Pellizotti (2012) Ivan Santaromita (2013) Vincenzo Nibali (2014–2015) Giacomo Nizzolo (2016) Fabio Aru (2017) Elia Viviani (2018) Davide Formolo (2019)
2020–2039	Giacomo Nizzolo (2020) Sonny Colbrelli (2021) Filippo Zana (2022) Simone Velasco (2023) Alberto Bettiol (2024)