Giuseppe Saronni

Giuseppe Saronni

Personal information
Full name	Giuseppe Saronni
Born	(1957-09-22) 22 September 1957 Novara, Italy
Team information
Current team	Lampre–Merida
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Team manager
Rider type	All-rounder
Managerial team(s)
Lampre
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia General classification (1979, 1983) Points classification (1979, 1980, 1981, 1983) 24 individual stages Vuelta a España 6 Individual stages Stage races Tour de Suisse (1982) Tour de Romandie (1979) Tirreno–Adriatico (1978, 1982) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (1982) National Road Race Championships (1980) Milan–San Remo (1983) La Flèche Wallonne (1980) Züri-Metzgete (1979) Giro di Lombardia (1982)
Medal record World Championships 1982 Goodwood Elite Men's Road Race 1981 Prague Elite Men's Road Race 1986 Colorado Springs Elite Men's Road Race

Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist.

Career

Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races. In Italy he gave birth to a famous rivalry with Francesco Moser, like those of Alfredo Binda with Learco Guerra, and Fausto Coppi with Gino Bartali. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In 1978 Saronni won three stages in the Giro d'Italia. In total he would win 24 stages in this race, winning the overall twice (1979 and 1983).

In 1982 he won the World Cycling Championship at Goodwood, England, beating American Greg LeMond. His final sprint was so impressive that it gained him the nickname of "Goodwood rifle-shot". The previous year he had won a silver medal, as he had been overcome in the final by Freddy Maertens of Belgium. In 1982 Saronni also won the Giro di Lombardia.

At the beginning of 1983 another striking sprint gave him the Milan–San Remo classic, after three consecutive second places in that race. This was Saronni's last great classics victory.

Saronni serves as the general manager of the Lampre cycling team.

Career achievements

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Giro	5	1	7	3	6	1	16	15	2	WD	27	75	45
Tour	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WD	—	—	—
Vuelta	—	—	—	—	—	WD	WD	—	—	—	—	WD	WD

WD = Withdrew

Teams

• 1977–1979 : SCIC
• 1980–1981 : Gis
• 1982–1988 : Del Tongo
• 1989 : Malvor
• 1990 : Diana-Colnago

References

UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race
1927: Binda 1928–29: Ronsse 1930: Binda 1931: Guerra 1932: Binda 1933: Speicher 1934: Kaers 1935: Aerts 1936: Magne 1937: Meulenberg 1938: Kint 1946: Knecht 1947: Middelkamp 1948: Schotte 1949: Van Steenbergen 1950: Schotte 1951: Kübler 1952: Müller 1953: Coppi 1954: Bobet 1955: Ockers 1956–57: Van Steenbergen 1958: Baldini 1959: Darrigade 1960–61: Van Looy 1962: Stablinski 1963: Beheyt 1964: Janssen 1965: Simpson 1966: Altig 1967: Merckx 1968: Adorni 1969: Ottenbros 1970: Monseré 1971: Merckx 1972: Basso 1973: Gimondi 1974: Merckx 1975: Kuiper 1976: Maertens 1977: Moser 1978: Knetemann 1979: Raas 1980: Hinault 1981: Maertens 1982: Saronni 1983: LeMond 1984: Criquielion 1985: Zoetemelk 1986: Argentin 1987: Roche 1988: Fondriest 1989: LeMond 1990: Dhaenens 1991–92: Bugno 1993: Armstrong 1994: Leblanc 1995: Olano 1996: Museeuw 1997: Brochard 1998: Camenzind 1999: Freire 2000: Vainšteins 2001: Freire 2002: Cipollini 2003: Astarloa 2004: Freire 2005: Boonen 2006–07: Bettini 2008: Ballan 2009: Evans 2010: Hushovd 2011: Cavendish 2012: Gilbert 2013: Costa 2014: Kwiatkowski 2015–16: Sagan