Guido Bontempi

Guido Bontempi (born 12 January 1960 in Gussago) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Bontempi's career highlights include winning the spring classic Gent–Wevelgem two times (1984 and 1986) and a total of 16 stages in the Giro d'Italia throughout his career. He also won six stages in the Tour de France and four stages in the Vuelta a España. In the 1988 Tour de France, he won the prologue, allowing him to wear the yellow jersey in the first stage. He also won the points classification in the 1986 Giro d'Italia and wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification for one stage in the 1981 Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the 1000m time trial and team pursuit events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Major results

1981 Vuelta a España 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Stage 1a Giro d'Italia 1982 1st Giro del Friuli 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia 1983 1st Giro del Piemonte Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2 & 8 Tour of the Basque Country 1st Stages 1 & 5 1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico 1984 1st Gent–Wevelgem 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia 1st Prologue Tirreno–Adriatico 1985 1st Stage 2 Giro del Trentino 1st Stage 5 Danmark Rundt 1986 1st Gent–Wevelgem 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 1st Paris–Brussels 1st Tre Valli Varesine Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 7, 10, 11, 17 & 20 Tour de France 1st Stages 6, 22 & 23 1987 1st Coppa Bernocchi 1st Giro del Friuli 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia 1988 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 1st Coppa Bernocchi 1st Giro del Friuli Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2 & 5 1st Prologue Tour de France 1990 Vuelta a Valencia 1st Stages 1a & 2 1st Stage 19 Tour de France 1st Stage 1b Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1991 1st Tre Valli Varesine Vuelta a España 1st Stages 10 & 15 1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg 1992 Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 7 & 9 1st Stage 5 Tour de France 1993 1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Valencia