Gianni Bugno

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Gianni Bugno

Personal information
Full name	Gianni Bugno
Date of birth	February 14, 1964 (1964-02-14) (age 44)
Country	Italy
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
UCI Road World Cup World Cycling Championship (1991, 1992) Giro d'Italia (1990) Giro d'Italia, 9 stages Tour de France, 4 stages Vuelta a España, 2 stages Clásica de San Sebastián (1991) Milan-Sanremo (1990) Ronde van Vlaanderen (1994) Wincanton Classic (1990)
Infobox last updated on:
November 1, 2007

Gianni Bugno (born Brugg, Switzerland, February 14, 1964) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.

[edit] Biography

Bugno was a very versatile rider, able to do well in different races. He won numerous stages in the Tour de France, and the Milan-Sanremo classic in 1990. In 1991 he won the Clásica de San Sebastián, and in 1994 he won the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

Bugno's greatest success was the double victory in the World Championship. In 1991 he beat Steven Rooks of the Netherlands and Miguel Indurain of Spain, and in 1992 finished ahead of Laurent Jalabert of France and Dimitri Konishev of Russia.

Bugno's performance in the Grand Tours, however, was over-shadowed by the dominance of Miguel Indurain. Bugno's victory in the Giro d'Italia in 1990 is considered one of the most dominating performances in that race ever - as he led the race from start to finish. While he won the Giro d'Italia in 1990, he finished second to Indurain in the Tour de France in 1991 and third behind Indurain and Claudio Chiappucci in 1992. In an epic battle in the 1992 Tour, Indurain kept his calm despite Chiappucci's attack in the Alps; the distraught Bugno had to put in an effort to chase and eventually cracked in the final parts of the stage. However, Indurain was quoted as saying that he considered Bugno to be his biggest threat in the Tour.

Bugno retired following the 1998 road racing season and is now a helicopter rescue pilot. He piloted a camera helicopter for the Tour of Lombardy, on 20 October 2007, and for the whole Giro 2008.

Medal record
Competitor for  Italy
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold	1991 Stuttgart	Elite Men's Road Race
Gold	1992 Benidorm	Elite Men's Road Race
Bronze	1990 Utsunomiya	Elite Men's Road Race

[edit] Essential palmarès

[edit] External links

• Palmarès by world-of-cycling.com
• Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net (French)
• Palmarès by museociclismo.it (Italian)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Rudy Dhaenens	World Road Racing Champion 1991, 1992	Succeeded by Lance Armstrong
Preceded by Laurent Fignon	Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1990	Succeeded by Franco Chioccioli
Preceded by Sean Kelly	UCI Road World Cup Champion 1990	Succeeded by Maurizio Fondriest