Giancarlo Bellini

Giancarlo Bellini (born 15 September 1945 in Crosa) is an Italian former road bicycle racer who won the mountains classification in the 1976 Tour de France. He also won a stage in the 1978 Giro d'Italia.

Bellini won the first edition of the Amateur Giro d'Italia in 1970 before spending three years at in the service of Eddy Merckx.

If doping controls to the standard that the sport has in 2024 existed then Bellini would've finished eighth in the 1978 1978 Giro d'Italia.

Major results Sources:

1970 1st Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 1st Stage 5 (ITT) 1972 10th Overall Tour de la Nouvelle France 1973 6th Giro di Sicilia 10th Giro del Veneto 1975 1st Giro di Campania 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Cronostaffetta 5th Giro dell'Appennino 7th Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 6 8th Overall Tour de Romandie 8th GP Cannes 1976 1st Mountains classification Tour de France 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 8th Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 3 1977 9th Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 4 9th Overall Giro di Campania 10th Overall Tour de Suisse 1978 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse