Felice Gimondi

Felice Gimondi (Sedrina, 29 september 1942) is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer. He won both the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.

At the Bergamo born in Sedrina Gimondi was already an accomplished as an amateur rider, including gains in the tour de l'Avenir. He broke completely with the pros in his debut year in 1965 when he as debutant the tour of France to his name wrote. Gimondi won the tour of Italy; something he could repeat in 1969 and 1976. In 1968 he also won the tour of Spain, with which he is one of the six riders who has won all three Grand Tours . The other five are Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault,Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali. Gimondi, nicknamed ' the Buzzard of Bergamo ' and ' Aristocrat ', finished all five times he took part in the tour of France in the top 10. Its lowest ranking was a seventh place and he won a total of seven tour stages.

Gimondi drove not only strong in the Grand Tours, but he was also a specialist in one-day matches. He twice won the tour of Lombardy (1966 and 1973). Paris-Roubaix(1966) and Milan-San Remo (1974) he once put on his palmares. In 1973, Gimondi world champion.

In 1975 he got at the tour of France a time penalty of 10 minutes in the general classification, because he tested positive during the 15th stage. In addition, he was given a fine of 1000 Swiss francs and one month conditional suspension. ==Victories[ Edit] == 1964

1965
 * 1st, stage 1, tour de l'Avenir
 * 1st, overall, tour de l'Avenir

1966
 * 1st, stage 3, tour of France
 * 18th stage tour de France
 * 22nd stage tour de France
 * 1st, overall, tour de France
 * Ussel
 * Varedo
 * Marseile
 * Cagnano Varano

1967
 * Paris-Roubaix
 * Tour of Lombardy
 * Paris-Brussels
 * Coppa Placci
 * Coppa Agostoni
 * 3b stage tour de Romandie
 * 20th stage tour of Italy
 * Corsa Coppi
 * Tour of Tuscany
 * GP Valsassina
 * 1st, stage 1, part c Cronostafetta (individual time trial)
 * Halle
 * Braine-Le-Comte
 * Tortona
 * Rouffignac
 * Plumeliau
 * Miramont-de-Guyenne
 * Auxerre

1969
 * Giro del Lazio
 * 19th stage tour of Italy
 * 1st, overall, tour of Italy
 * G. P Forlì
 * 10th overall tour de France
 * 20th stage tour de France
 * GP des Nations
 * Bergamo
 * Laverno Mombella
 * Lugano
 * Villeneuve sur Lot
 * Laval
 * 1968
 * Tour of Romagna
 * Aces Criterion
 * Italian national road race Championship, Elite
 * 17th stage tour of Spain
 * 1st overall tour of Spain
 * G. P Forlì
 * G. P Industria in Belmonte
 * GP des Nations
 * Trofeo Baracchi

1970
 * Tour of the Apennines
 * 12th stage tour de France
 * G. P Industria in Belmonte
 * 1st, overall, tour de Romandie
 * 1st, overall, tour of Italy
 * G. P Forlì
 * 1st, stage 1, Paris-Luxembourg

1971
 * 1st stage 6 tour of Switzerland
 * 5b stage Tirreno-Adriatico
 * Trofeo Matteotti
 * Cronostafetta

1972
 * 1st prologue tour de Romandie
 * 1st stage 7 tour of Italy
 * 18th stage tour of Italy
 * G. P Forlì
 * Tour of Piedmont
 * GP de Wallonie
 * Circuito de Casalecchio di Reno
 * GP de Wallonie

1973
 * Tour of the Apennines
 * National road race Championship
 * 5th, stage 2B, Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st, overall, Volta a Catalunya
 * Gp Lugano

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">1974
 * World road race champion.
 * Tour of Lombardy
 * Coppa Bernocchi
 * 16th stage tour of Italy
 * G. P Forlì
 * Tour of Piedmont
 * Trofeo Baracchi
 * Circuito Internazionale di Caneva
 * Grisy-les-Platres
 * 1st, stage 1, tour of Puglia
 * 1st, overall, tour of Puglia

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">1975
 * Milan-San Remo
 * Coppa Agostoni
 * Tour of Emilie
 * Col San Martino
 * 1st, stage 1, A Travers Lausanne

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">1976
 * 10th overall tour de France

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">1977
 * Paris-Brussels
 * 11th stage tour of Italy
 * 1st, overall, tour of Italy

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 * Six days of Milan along with Rik van Linden