Giuseppe Saronni

Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist. He had remarkable success riding in the Giro d'Italia. In 1980 he won 7 stages and finished 7th overall; in 1981 he won 3 stages and finished 3rd overall. In 1979 and 1983 he won the Giro d'Italia and all total for his career win 24 stages in this race.

Saronni currently works as an advisor for UCI WorldTeam .

Career Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, which lasted until 1989, he won 193 races. In Italy, he gave birth to a famous rivalry with Francesco Moser, like those of Alfredo Binda with Learco Guerra, and Fausto Coppi with Gino Bartali. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

In 1982, he won the World Cycling Championship at Goodwood, England, beating American Greg LeMond and Irishman Sean Kelly. His final sprint was so impressive that it gained him the nickname of La fucilata di Goodwood - "the gunshot of Goodwood". The previous year he had won a silver medal, as he had been overcome in the final by Freddy Maertens of Belgium. In 1982, Saronni also won the Giro di Lombardia.

At the beginning of 1983, another striking attack on the Poggio climb gave him the Milan–San Remo classic, after three consecutive second places in that race. This was Saronni's last great classics victory.

Career achievements Major results

1977 1st Giro del Veneto 1st Tre Valli Varesine 1st Giro del Friuli 1st Trofeo Pantalica 2nd La Flèche Wallonne 2nd Giro del Piemonte 2nd Coppa Placci 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 3rd Overall Giro di Puglia 3rd Giro del Lazio 3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 5th Giro dell'Emilia 7th Coppa Bernocchi 8th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre 8th Overall Giro di Sardegna 8th Trofeo Matteotti 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 9th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 10th Milano–Torino 1978 1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Prologue 1st Overall Giro di Puglia 1st Stages 1 & 3b (ITT) 1st Overall Ruota d'Oro 1st Stage 2 1st Coppa Agostoni 1st Trofeo Pantalica 1st Giro di Campania 1st Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna 2nd Milan–San Remo 2nd Coppa Sabatini 2nd Giro del Friuli 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Giro dell'Appennino 4th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc 1st Stage 1a (ITT) 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 4th Giro dell'Emilia 4th Trofeo Laigueglia 5th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2, 7 & 8 6th Giro di Toscana 7th Eschborn–Frankfurt 1979 1st Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 5, 8 (ITT) & 19 (ITT) 1st Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stages 1 & 4 1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre 1st Prologue & Stage 1 1st Züri–Metzgete 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 1st Tre Valli Varesine 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Francesco Moser) 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya 2nd Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 4 2nd Overall Ruota d'Oro 1st Stage 1 2nd Milan–San Remo 2nd La Flèche Wallonne 2nd Paris–Tours 2nd Giro di Campania 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia 4th Coppa Agostoni 4th Coppa Placci 5th Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stage 5 5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 5th Trofeo Pantalica 8th Milano–Torino 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 10th Giro dell'Emilia 1980 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Overall Giro di Puglia 1st Stages 1, 4 & 5 1st La Flèche Wallonne 1st Tre Valli Varesine 1st Coppa Bernocchi 1st Trittico Lombardo 1st Trofeo Pantalica 1st Giro di Campania 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 1st Stage 1 Ruota d'Oro 2nd Milan–San Remo 2nd Coppa Sabatini 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Prologue 3rd Giro del Lazio 4th Züri–Metzgete 5th Milano–Vignola 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 3 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna 7th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 13, 17, 19 & 21 (ITT) 7th Trofeo Matteotti 1981 1st Giro di Romagna 1st Trofeo Laigueglia 1st Coppa Bernocchi 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 1st Giro dell'Etna 1st Stage 1a Escalada a Montjuïc 1st Stage 3 Deutschland Tour 1st Stage 2 Ruota d'Oro 1st Stage 5 La Méditerranéenne Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stages 2 & 3 Giro di Puglia 1st Stages 1 & 2 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stages 2 & 3

2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3, 5 & 6 3rd Giro del Friuli 9th Gent–Wevelgem 1982 1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships 1st Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 1 1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stages 1 & 2 1st Overall Giro del Trentino 1st Stage 3

1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 1st Giro di Lombardia 1st Milano–Torino 1st Coppa Agostoni 1st Coppa Sabatini 1st Trofeo Pantalica 1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour 1st Stage 1 Ruota d'Oro Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stages 1, 2, 4a & 5 2nd Giro del Friuli 6th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2, 9 & 21 6th Paris–Brussels 7th La Flèche Wallonne 1983 1st Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 4, 13 (ITT) & 16b 1st Milan–San Remo Vuelta a España 1st Stages 9 & 10 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège 5th Trofeo Pantalica 1984 Tour of Norway 1st Stages 3 & 5 1985 1st Trofeo Pantalica 1st Stage 3 Giro di Puglia 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2 (TTT), 3 & 16 2nd Tre Valli Varesine 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stage 3 1986 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stage 3 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Lech Piasecki) 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 3 (TTT) 2nd Overall Giro di Puglia 1st Stages 2 & 4

4th Milan–San Remo 1987 1st Milano–Vignola 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico 2nd Trofeo Baracchi 1988 1st Overall Giro di Puglia 1st Stage 1 1st Tre Valli Varesine 1st Stage 4b (TTT) Giro d'Italia 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Coppa Placci 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stage 2 1989 1st Prologue Vuelta a Andalucía 2nd Giro di Romagna 1990 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Vuelta a España — — — — — DNF DNF — — — — DNF DNF Giro d'Italia517361 16 152 DNF 27 75 45 Tour de France — — — — — — — — — DNF — — —

Monuments results timeline Monument 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Milan–San Remo 19222 33—1 30 514 80 44 91 47 Tour of FlandersDid not contest during career Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège — — 28 — — —2 — — — — — — — Giro di Lombardia 14 11 19 — 151 39 — — — — — — —

Major championships results timeline Championship 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 World Championships948 DNF21 17 — 243 48 59 — — National Championships —3 —1 — — — — — — —2 — —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish