Wladimir Belli

alt=Wladimir Belli on a racing bicycle, wearing Fassa Bortolo uniform. Wladimir Belli (born 25 July 1970, in Sorengo) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional between 1992 and 2007.

In the 2001 Giro d'Italia, Belli was sitting in third place overall entering the 14th stage of the race. After being verbally abused by a spectator, who later turned out to be a nephew of race leader Gilberto Simoni, Belli hit the man, an act for which he was disqualified from the race.

Major results

1990

1st GP Capodarco 1991 2nd Giro del Belvedere 1993 2nd Overall Kellogg's Tour 3rd Trofeo Melinda 4th Overall Giro del Trentino 8th Overall Tour de Romandie 9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni 1994 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya 4th Milano–Torino 5th Giro dell'Emilia 6th Trofeo Laigueglia 1995 3rd Giro dell'Appennino 8th Giro dell'Emilia 9th Giro del Lazio 1996

1st Giro dell'Appennino 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 8th Trofeo Laigueglia 1997 2nd Overall Volta a Portugal 1st Stage 5 2nd Trofeo Melinda 5th Milano–Torino 6th Overall Giro d'Italia 6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 9th Giro di Lombardia 1998 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse 3rd Overall Volta a Portugal 1st Stage 6 4th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 5th Giro dell'Emilia 5th Coppa Placci 6th Overall Giro del Trentino 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 9th Coppa Sabatini 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 10th Trofeo Melinda 1999 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Grand Prix du Midi Libre 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen 4th Trofeo Laigueglia 8th Overall Paris–Nice 9th Overall Tour de France 2000 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 3 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 7th Overall Giro d'Italia 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 7th Giro di Lombardia 10th Overall Tour de Romandie 2001 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie 4th Clásica de San Sebastián 6th Trofeo Melinda 7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 8th Giro di Lombardia 2002 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 2003 3rd Giro della Liguria 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 8th GP Miguel Induráin 2004 7th Overall Giro d'Italia 2006 6th Overall Vuelta por un Chile Líder

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish DSQ Disqualified