Silvano Contini
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 January 1958 Leggiuno, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 1977 | F.lli Pozzi Ferramenta |
| Professional teams | |
| 1978–1984 | Bianchi–Faema |
| 1985 | Ariostea–Oece |
| 1986 | Gis Gelati |
| 1987 | Del Tongo |
| 1988–1989 | Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi |
| 1990 | Gis Gelati–Benotto |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Silvano Contini (born 15 January 1958) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1978 to 1990, his main successes were the 1982 Liège–Bastogne–Liège of 1982, the 1985 Grand Prix du Midi Libre and the 1981 Tour of the Basque Country. He also won the Trofeo Baracchi in 1983 with Daniel Gisiger as well as four stages of the Giro d'Italia.[1]
Major results
[edit]- 1977
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
- 3rd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st Stages 2, 4 & 6
- 1978
- 6th Giro dell'Emilia
- 1979
- 1st Giro del Lazio
- 1st Gran Piemonte
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Trofeo Matteotti
- 3rd Overall Giro di Puglia
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd Giro dell'Umbria
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 6th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 6th Giro di Romagna
- 7th Coppa Placci
- 1980
- 1st GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 1st Trofeo Matteotti
- 1st Overall Cronostaffetta
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Ruota d'Oro
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 3rd Coppa Placci
- 3rd Giro di Campania
- 3rd Milano–Vignola
- 4th GP Montelupo
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 7th GP Industria & Artigianato
- 7th Giro di Toscana
- 8th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 8th Giro dell'Emilia
- 8th Giro del Lazio
- 10th Milano–Torino
- 10th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1981
- 1st
Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stages 3, 4 & 5b
- 1st Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 3rd Trofeo Pantalica
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 4th Giro dell'Appennino
- 4th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 10th Züri-Metzgete
- 1982
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Coppa Bernocchi
- 1st Visp–Grächen
- 1st Stage 7a Tour of Sweden
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 6 & 17
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 3rd GP Industria & Artigianato
- 4th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 4th Giro di Romagna
- 6th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- 9th GP de Fourmies
- 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1983
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Daniel Gisiger)
- 1st Giro del Lazio
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 6th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 1984
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Giro dell'Umbria
- 6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 6th Giro dell'Etna
- 9th Giro di Lombardia
- 10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1985
- 1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Giro di Puglia
- 1st Overall Ruota d'Oro
- 1st Coppa Placci
- 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 8th Firenze–Pistoia
- 1986
- 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 1987
- 1st Giro dell'Umbria
- 3rd Trofeo Pantalica
- 5th Coppa Placci
- 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 9th Overall Route du Sud
- 1988
- 1st Overall Trofeo dello Scalatore
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Giro di Toscana
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 9th Tre Valli Varesine
- 9th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 10th Coppa Placci
- 1989
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 5a
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — |
 Giro d'Italia
|
5 | DNF | 4 | 3 | DNF | 34 | 7 | 20 | — | 22 | 53 | 29 |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | 55 | — | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "Silvano Contini". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- Silvano Contini at Cycling Archives (archive)
