Luciano Borgognoni
 Borgognoni in 1973 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 October 1951 Gallarate, Italy | |||||||||||
| Died | 2 August 2014 (aged 62) Gallarate, Italy | |||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road Track | |||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||
| Amateur teams | ||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | Varese–Ganna | |||||||||||
| 1972 | Passerini Gum | |||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Dreherforte | |||||||||||
| 1975 | Zonca–Santini | |||||||||||
| 1976 | Brooklyn | |||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Vibor | |||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Hoonved–Bottecchia | |||||||||||
| 1982 | Del Tongo | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Luciano Borgognoni (12 October 1951 – 2 August 2014) was an Italian cyclist. As an amateur he won the 4000 m team pursuit event at the 1971 World Championships and placed fifth and ninth in the individual and team pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics, respectively.[1][2] After the Olympics he became professional road racer and won the Giro del Friuli and one stage in the Giro di Sardegna in 1974. He rode the Giro d’Italia in 1973–82 and won two stages in 1977. He failed to complete the 1976 Tour de France.[3]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 1971
- 1st Stages 4 (TTT) & 5 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1972
- 1st Giro dei Tre Laghi
- 1st Stage 6 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 1974
- 1st Giro del Friuli
- 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stage 4
- 7th Giro di Romagna
- 8th Tre Valli Varesine
- 1975
- 1st GP Cemab
- 5th Giro del Veneto
- 5th Coppa Bernocchi
- 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 7th Tre Valli Varesine
- 10th Trofeo Matteotti
- 1977
- 1st Stages 2b & 22 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Milano–Vignola
- 2nd Giro di Romagna
- 4th GP Montelupo
- 8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1978
- 1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
- 10th Züri-Metzgete
- 1979
- 6th Milan–San Remo
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | 94 | DNF | 23 | — | 53 | 57 | DNF | DNF | 54 | DNF |
 Tour de France | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
[edit]- 1971
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI Amateur World Championships (with Giacomo Bazzan, Giorgio Morbiato & Pietro Algeri) - 1st
Individual pursuit, National Amateur Track Championships - 1974
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
- 1976
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "Luciano Borgognoni Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Lutto per il ciclismo varesino, muore Luciano Borgognoni Archived 5 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Varesenews.it
- ^ Luciano Borgognoni. cyclingarchives.com
External links
[edit]- Luciano Borgognoni at Cycling Archives
- Luciano Borgognoni at ProCyclingStats
- Luciano Borgognoni at CycleBase
- Luciano Borgognoni at Olympedia
