Gianni Motta
![]() Motta at the 1966 Giro d'Italia | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Gianni Motta |
Born | Cassano d'Adda, Italy | 13 March 1943
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
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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),[1] 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.[2]
While at Molteni in 1968 Motta tested positive for a banned substance and his results in the 1968 Giro d'Italia were removed.[3]
Major results[]
- 1964
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Coppa Bernocchi
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi
- 1st Stage 3b Tour de Romandie
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 21
- 2nd Giro dell'Appennino
- 2nd
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 8th Coppa Placci
- 1965
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 2nd GP Lugano
- 3rd Overall Tour de France
- 3rd Giro di Campania
- 3rd Milano-Vignola
- 4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 5th Giro di Lombardia
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 1966
- 1st
Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stages 17 & 19
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
Overall (TTT)
- 1st Stage 1b
- 1st Giro di Romagna
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 3rd Gran Piemonte
- 1967
- 1st
Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st
Overall (TTT)
- 1st Stage 1b
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 9th
- 1968
- 1st
Overall (TTT)
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
- 4th Giro di Toscana
6th Overall Giro d'Italia- 7th Zuri Metzgete
- 1969
- 1st
Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st Stage 1b
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 2nd Giro di Romagna
- 5th Zuri Metzgete
- 1970
- 1st
Overall (TTT)
- 1st Stage 1c
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Giro dell'Umbria
- 1st Stage 1a Escalada a Montjuich
- 2nd
- 3rd Overall A Travers Lausanne
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 1971
- 1st
Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stages 4 & 5a
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st
- 2nd Gran Piemonte
- 4th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1972
- 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Milano-Torino
- 4th Giro di Puglia
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1973
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Giro dell'Appennino
- 3rd Milano-Vignola
- 6th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Coppa Placci
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 6
- 1974
- 1st Stage 5 Giro di Puglia
- 1976
- 9th Milano-Vignola
- ^ Motta, was found to have used performance enhancing drugs and his results were subsequently voided.
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
Grand Tour | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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5 | — | 1 | 6 | DSQ | — | — | 20 | DNF | 10 | 24 | — | DNF |
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— | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
DSQ | Disqualified |
References[]
- ^ "A history of foreign starts at the Giro d'Italia". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Home - GIANNI MOTTA, Belgium bikes (in Dutch)
- ^ a b "Giro d'Italia 1968 : the real numbers of doping". www.cyclisme-dopage.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Gianni Motta". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Gianni Motta - FirstCycling.com". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Gianni Motta at Wikimedia Commons
- Gianni Motta at Cycling Archives
Categories:
- 1943 births
- Living people
- People from Cassano d'Adda
- Italian male cyclists
- Giro d'Italia winners
- Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Cyclists from Lombardy
- Italian cycling biography, 1940s birth stubs