Giuseppe Saronni

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Giuseppe Saronni

Saronni winning his World gold medal in 1982
Personal information
Full name	Giuseppe Saronni
Nickname	Goodwood rifle-shot
Date of birth	22 September 1957 (1957-09-22) (age 50)
Country	Italy
Team information
Current team	Lampre
Discipline	Road
Role	Team manager
Managerial team(s)
	Lampre
Major wins
Giro d'Italia (1979, 1983), 24 stages Road world champion (1982) Milan-Sanremo (1983)
Infobox last updated on:
April 25, 2008

Medal record
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold	1982 Goodwood	Elite Men's Road Race
Silver	1981 Prague	Elite Men's Road Race
Bronze	1986 Colorado Springs	Elite Men's Road Race

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

Contents 1 Biography 2 Major victories 3 Teams 4 External links

[edit] Biography

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.

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 House, 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-Sanremo classic, after three consecutive second places in that race. This was Saronni's last great victory.

Today Saronni works as team manager of Damiano Cunego's Lampre-Fondital formation of Italy and lives in Parabiago, Lombardy.

[edit] Major victories

[edit] Teams

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

[edit] External links

• Article about the controversial 1982 Cycling World Championship

Sporting positions
Preceded by Freddy Maertens	World Road Racing Champion 1982	Succeeded by Greg LeMond
Preceded by Johan de Muynck	Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1979	Succeeded by Bernard Hinault
Preceded by Bernard Hinault	Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1983	Succeeded by Francesco Moser

v • d • e Riders on Lampre Fabio Baldato | Alessandro Ballan | Marco Bandiera | Emanuele Bindi | Matteo Bono | Paolo Bossoni | Marzio Bruseghin | Damiano Cunego | Paolo Fornaciari | Francesco Gavazzi | Roberto Longo | David Loosli | Mirco Lorenzetto | Marco Marzano | Massimiliano Mori | Christian Murro | Danilo Napolitano | Daniele Righi | Mauro Santambrogio | Simon Špilak | Gorazd Štangelj | Sylwester Szmyd | Paolo Tiralongo | Patxi Vila | Manager: Giuseppe Saronni

Persondata
NAME	Saronni, Giuseppe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Directeur sportif and former road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1957-09-22
PLACE OF BIRTH	Novara, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH