Moreno Argentin

Moreno Argentin (born 17 December 1960) is an Italian former professional cyclist (from 1981 to 1994) and race director.

Born in San Donà di Piave (Veneto), Argentin won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de Suisse. Known as Il Capo ("The Boss"), he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège four times, the La Flèche Wallonne three times, and the Tour of Flanders and Giro di Lombardia once. He became Italian national champion in 1983 and 1989, and world champion in 1986.

Argentin cofounded the Adriatica Ionica Race, first run in 2018.

Career achievements

Major results

1977

1978

1979

1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia 1st Prologue & Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta 1st Team classification Ster van het Zuiden 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud 4th Trofeo Zssdi - Un. Circ. Sloveni in Italia

1980

1st Giro Valli Aretine 1st Coppa Caduti - Puglia di Arezzo 1st Grand Prix Agostano 1st Stage 3 Girobio 1st Prologue Giro della Valle d'Aosta 6th National Amateur Road Championships, Road Race

1981 1st GP Industria e Commercio di Prato 1st Stages 12 & 18 Giro d'Italia 2nd Giro di Lombardia 2nd Arma di Taggia 2nd Rho (Lombardia) 3rd Col San Martino

1982 1st Trofeo Matteotti 1st GP Industria e Commercio di Prato 1st Giro della Romagna 1st Treviso 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse 2nd Arma di Taggia 2nd Granze 2nd Roccastrada 3rd Milan–San Remo 3rd Napoli–Pianura 3rd Chignolo Po Criterium

1983

1st Coppa Sabatini 1st Livorno 1st Mussolente 1st San Donà di Piave 1st San Vendemiano 1st Stages 7 & 21 Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2 & 3 Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 3 Giro di Sardegna 2nd GP Montelup 2nd Six Days of Milan 2nd Cecina 3rd Trofeo Matteotti 3rd Circuito degli Assi - Nanno

1984 1st Overall Settimana Siciliana 1st Stage 2 1st Giro del Veneto 1st Quarrata 1st San Donà di Piave 1st Stage 4 Giro di Puglia 1st Stage 3 Ruota d'Oro 2nd Florence 2nd Col San Martino 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 3 & 5

1985

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1st San Vendemiano 1st Scordia 1st Cronostaffetta 1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie 2nd La Flèche Wallonne 2nd Coppa Bernocchi 2nd Paris–Tours 2nd Giro di Campania 2nd Circuito degli Assi - Nanno 3rd UCI Road World Championships 5th Pernod–Super Prestige 8th FICP Ranking 10th Overall Settimana Siciliana

1986

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1st Trofeo Francesco Civettini 1st Curno 2nd Overall Settimana Siciliana 1st Stage 2 2nd GP Industria e Commercio di Prato 3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 4th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop 7th Overall Coors Classic 1st Stage 9 8th FICP Ranking

1987 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1st Giro di Lombardia 1st Bacoli 1st Six Days of Bassano del Grappa 1st San Martino di Castrozza 1st G.P. Banca di Credito Cooperativo dell'Alta Padovana 1st Grazer Altstadt Kriterium 1st Stages 2, 4 & 7 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 3 Settimana Siciliana 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stages 2 & 4 Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 16 Coors Classic 2nd UCI Road World Championships 2nd Giro dell'Emilia 3rd Km del Corso Mestre 3rd San Donà di Piave 4th FICP Ranking 6th Trofeo Baracchi 7th Paris–Tours 8th Pernod–Super Prestige 10th La Flèche Wallonne

1988 1st Giro del Veneto 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 1st Biban de Carbonera 1st Stage 1 Critérium International 2nd La Flèche Wallonne 2nd GP Industria e Commercio di Prato 3rd Nittedal–Oslo

1989

1st Stage 5 Settimana Siciliana 1st Stage 4 Bicicleta Vasca 3rd Biban de Carbonera

1990 1st Tour of Flanders 1st La Flèche Wallonne 1st Coppa Sabatini 1st Stage 3 Tour de France 1st Stage 9 Tour de Suisse 4th Milan–San Remo 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1991 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1st La Flèche Wallonne 1st Sanson 1st Trittico Premondiale 1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 15 Tour de France 2nd San Sebastián Criterium 6th Coppa Bernocchi 10th Giro dell'Appennino 10th Circuito degli Assi - Nanno

1992 1st Overall Settimana Siciliana 1st Stages 4 & 6 1st Stages 5, 6 & 7 Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Warsaw 2nd Milan–San Remo

1993 1st Stage 6 Tour Méditerranéen 3rd Giro del Friuli 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 6th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 1a & 13

1994

1st Stage 2 1st La Flèche Wallonne 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia

Monuments results timeline Monument 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Milan–San Remo —3 28 17 26 — — — 414 —2 — — Tour of Flanders — — — — — — 15 66 —1 53 — 42 — Paris–RoubaixDid not contest during career Liège–Bastogne–Liège — 39 — —111 12 —61 —5 18 Giro di Lombardia2 — 21 — 30 —1 — — — — — — —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish