Italo Zilioli

Italo Zilioli (born 24 September 1941) is an Italian former professional cyclist.

Born in Turin, he won 58 races as a professional, including the 1966 Züri-Metzgete. He also totaled 5 stage wins at the Giro d'Italia; however, he never won the major tour of his country. He finished the Giro in the top 5 on six occasions and made the podium four times, finishing 2nd in 1964, 1965 and 1966, and finishing 3rd in 1969 as a member of Filotex.

During the 1970 Tour de France he won stage 2 and took over the Yellow jersey, which caused a minor controversy as it angered his teammate Eddy Merckx, who was anticipated to wear the jersey for the majority of the race and repeat as champion. Zilioli held the jersey for three stages before relinquishing it to Merckx.

Zilioli lives in the province of Cuneo (Piedmont) and is responsible for the stage starts for Giro d'Italia.

Career achievements Major results

1959

1963 1st Giro del Veneto 1st Giro dell'Appennino 1st Tre Valli Varesine 1st Giro dell'Emilia 2nd Gran Piemonte 5th Giro di Lombardia 6th Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 1 1964 1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni 1st Coppa Sabatini 1st Giro del Veneto 1st GP Monaco 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia 2nd Milano–Torino 2nd Giro di Campania 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse 3rd Genoa–Nice 5th Giro di Lombardia 8th Trofeo Laigueglia 9th Giro di Romagna 10th Tre Valli Varesine 1965 1st Nice–Mont Agel 1st Caen (with Franco Balmamion) 1st Giro del Ticino 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 18 2nd Coppa Placci 2nd Giro del Veneto 2nd Giro delle Tre Provincie 2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 3rd Overall Paris–Nice 4th Tre Valli Varesine 1966 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 1st Züri-Metzgete 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Giro del Lazio 2nd Tre Valli Varesine 2nd Giro dell'Appennino 3rd Coppa Placci 3rd GP Montelupo 3rd GP Valsassina 6th Road race, UCI World Road Championships 7th Giro di Lombardia 7th Giro di Romagna 1967 5th Trofeo Laigueglia 7th Overall Paris–Nice 1968 1st Giro di Campania 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 3 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna 4th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 5 1969 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 19 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 4th GP Alghero 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 1970 1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stages 1b & 2 1st Giro del Piemonte 1st Giro delle Marche Tour de France 1st Stage 2 Held after Stages 2–5b 1st Stage 2 Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 2nd Giro del Lazio 2nd Giro dell'Emilia 3rd Giro dell'Appennino 3rd GP Forli 4th Milan–San Remo 5th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 10 8th Trofeo Laigueglia 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1971 1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 2 1st GP Cecina 1st Trofeo Laigueglia 1st Stages 2 & 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 2nd Giro del Veneto 3rd Tre Valli Varesine 7th Giro di Lombardia 9th Giro dell'Emilia 1972 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia 2nd Giro di Campania 3rd Col San Martino 5th G.P. Camaiore 5th Giro di Toscana 7th Giro di Romagna 1973 1st Giro dell'Appennino 1st Coppa Placci 1st GP Montelupo 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Tre Valli Varesine 9th Giro dell'Emilia 10th Giro di Lombardia 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 1974 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico 3rd Milano–Torino 5th Giro dell'Emilia 5th Giro di Romagna 1975 1st GP Cecina 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna 5th Giro dell'Emilia 8th Trofeo Laigueglia 8th Milan–San Remo 8th Giro di Toscana 9th Overall Tour de Suisse 1976 2nd Giro dell'Emilia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Vuelta a España — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Giro d'Italia 18222 DNF435 22 DNF 14 DNF 39 16 Tour de France — — — — — DNF — 13 — DNF — — — —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish