Wladimiro Panizza

Wladimiro Panizza (5 June 1945 – 21 June 2002) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Panizza came from a Communist family and was named after Lenin. During his long career (1967–1985), he helped Felice Gimondi and Franco Bitossi. His best grand tour was the 1980 Giro d'Italia, where he placed second in the overall classification. He holds the record for number of starts and number of completions in the Giro, completing the race 16 times out of 18 starts.

Major results

1967 1st GP Montelupo 1st GP Hiussano 1st GP Valsassina 1st GP Robbiano 4th Giro di Lombardia 1968 2nd Coppa Sabatini 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 1969 3rd Giro di Campania 1970 1st GP Monaco 2nd Tour du Haut Var 9th Overall Tour de Romandie 1971 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia 5th Overall Tour de Romandie 9th Overall Giro d'Italia 1972 3rd GP Montelupo 3rd Giro del Piemonte 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 5th Overall Giro d'Italia 1973 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 1st Giro della Romagna 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse 3rd Giro del Veneto 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 4b 6th Overall Giro d'Italia 1974 2nd Giro di Campania 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 1 3rd Overall A Travers Lausanne 4th Overall Tour de France 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1975

1st Milano–Torino 2nd Giro di Campania 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 3rd Giro del Veneto 6th Overall Giro d'Italia: 1st Stage 17b 8th Giro di Lombardia 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1976

1st Stage 15 Tour de France 1st Stage 1 Giro di Sardegna 2nd Milan–San Remo 3rd Giro di Lombardia 3rd National Road Race Championships 6th Overall Giro d'Italia 1977 1st Grand Prix du Midi Libre 2nd Coppa Bernocchi 2nd Trittico Lombardo 3rd Giro dell'Appennino 5th Overall Giro d'Italia 5th Giro di Lombardia 1978 2nd Giro di Campania 2nd Giro dell'Emilia 2nd Trofeo Pantalica 2nd Trittico Lombardo 3rd Giro di Puglia 3rd Coppa Bernocchi 4th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 17 4th Giro di Lombardia 1979 1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico 2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 2nd Giro del Piemonte 3rd Milano–Torino 3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 8th Overall Tour de Romandie 1980 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie 1st Giro della Provincia di Siracusa 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia 2nd Giro del Piemonte 2nd Coppa Agostoni 2nd Coppa Placci 2nd Giro dell'Emilia 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges 4th Road race, UCI World Road Championships 9th Giro di Lombardia 1981 1st Giro del Friuli 2nd National Road Race Championships 2nd Trofeo Pantalica 3rd Giro dell'Appennino 1982 1st Giro della Provincia di Siracusa 1st Trofeo dell'Etna 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia 3rd Giro di Campania 5th Züri-Metzgete 1983 3rd Giro dell'Appennino 10th Overall Giro d'Italia 1984 3rd Giro dell'Appennino

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish