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Franco Chioccioli is the winner of Giro d'Italia 1991 Stage 20 (ITT), before Gianni Bugno and Claudio Chiappucci. Franco Chioccioli was leader in GC.
Franco Chioccioli then wore the pink jersey for two stages before Hampsten took the general classification lead after the fourteenth stage. The fourteenth stage of the 1988 Giro, conducted in adverse weather including a snowstorm, has been recognized as an iconic event in the history of the Giro.
Franco Chioccioli (born 25 August 1959 in Castelfranco di Sopra) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1991 Giro d'Italia.
Franco Chioccioli had been knocking around for nearly a decade (he was Best Young Rider in the 1983 Giro) and perhaps if he had been given warm clothing at the top of the Gavia Pass, he might have won the 1988 Giro.
- Cima Coppi History (1965-1989), Year by Year
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1965: Passo Dello Stelvio
Passo dello Stelvio was first included in the Giro d’Italia route in 1953 and Fausto Coppi was the first rider atop it. The first Cima Coppi prize, at the 20th stage of the 1965 Giro, was won by the Italian rider Graziano Battistini of the Vittadello team. The stage finish was planned to be atop Stelvio, but due to an avalanche, the road has been blocked and the riders had to dismount and run with their bikes to the finish line. The winner of the 1965 Giro was the Italian rider Vittorio Adorn...
1966: Passo Pordoi
Passo Pordoi was included in the 20th stage. It was a 215 kilometers monster stage going over the Pordoi, Falzarego, Tre Croci, Cibiana, and Duran passes. The first rider at the summit of Pordoi was Franco Bitossi, the Italian rider of the Filotex team. The stage won by Felice Gimondi, the Italian rider of the Salvarani team. Just 26 seconds behind Gimondi, Bitossi, Vittorio Adorni (Salvarani), Jacques Anquetil (Ford), Gianni Motta (Molteni), Italo Zilioli (Sanson), Franco Balmamion (Sanson)...
1967: Tre Cime di Lavaredo
The Cima Coppi of 1967 Giro d’Italia, the 50th edition of the Italian grand tour, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, was included in the 19th stage. The difficult climb was at the end of the stage. The weather was dreadful, it was raining most of the day and at the Tre Cime, it started snowing. Wladimiro Panizza, the Italian rider of the Vitadello team was around 3 minutes ahead of the peloton at the beginning of the climb. He was an extraordinary climber, and it looked like he was going to win the stage....
Offset 800 m from the brow, due to avalanche.René de Latour (born New York, the United States, 30 September 1906, died Quiberon, France, 4 September 1986) . was a Franco-American sports journalist, race director of the Tour de l’Avenir cycle...1967 Giro d’Italia on bikeraceinfo.comCima Coppi on WikipediaFranco Chioccioli is the winner of Giro d'Italia 1991, before Claudio Chiappucci and Massimiliano Lelli. Mario Cipollini is the winner of the final stage.
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