Giovanni Battaglin

Giovanni Battaglin ( born July 22, 1951 in Marostica ) is an Italian former racing cyclist.

Throughout his career he has developed from a stage hunters at smaller and larger tours for good climber, who crowned his career in 1981 by winning the Giro and the Vuelta. The Tour de France, he had often prematurely. However, he won in 1979 both the mountains classification and the 6th place in the standings with this tour. His career lasted from 1973 until 1984.

Late in his career founded the Fahrradmanufaktur Battaglin Cicli.

Also born in Marostica is the cyclist Enrico Battaglin, who is not related to Giovanni Battaglin.

Important victories

1974

  • Giro dell'Appennino

1975

  • Stage 3 Giro d' Italia
  • 13th stage of Giro d' Italia
  • 5th stage Tour of Catalonia

1976

  • Stage 2 Tour de France

1978

  • 6,7,8 Tour de Suisse

1979

  • Stage 2 Tour of Basque Country
  • Stage 5 B Basque Country Tour
  • Winner Basque Country Tour
  • Tour de France mountains classification
  • Stage 7 Tour de Suisse
  • Mountains classification Tour de Suisse
  • Trofeo Matteotti

1980

  • Milan -Turin
  • Stage 18 Giro d' Italia

1981

  • Stage 8 B Vuelta a España
  • Winner Vuelta a España
  • Stage 19 Giro d' Italia
  • Giro d' Italia winner
King of the Mountains Volta a Catalunya 1976 Tour de France Tour of the Basque Country 1979 Tour de France Luigi Ganna Carlo Galetti Atala (company) Carlo Oriani Alfonso Calzolari Costante Girardengo Gaetano Belloni Giuseppe Enrici Alfredo Binda Luigi Marchisio Antonio Pesenti Learco Guerra Vasco Bergamaschi Giovanni Valetti Fausto Coppi Fiorenzo Magni Hugo Koblet Carlo Clerici Charly Gaul Gastone Nencini Ercole Baldini Jacques Anquetil Arnaldo Pambianco Gianni Motta Fausto Bertoglio Michel Pollentier Giuseppe Saronni Bernard Hinault Francesco Moser Roberto Visentini Stephen Roche Andrew Hampsten Gianni Bugno Ivan Gotti Marco Pantani Gilberto Simoni Paolo Savoldelli Damiano Cunego Ivan Basso Danilo Di Luca Alberto Contador Michele Scarponi Gustaaf Deloor Dalmacio Langarica Edward Van Dijck Bernardo Ruiz Jean Dotto Angelo Conterno Jean Stablinski Frans De Mulder Angelino Soler Rolf Wolfshohl Francisco Gabica Jan Janssen Freddy Maertens Joop Zoetemelk Marino Lejarreta Pedro Delgado Sean Kelly (cyclist) Marco Giovannetti Melcior Mauri Laurent Jalabert Abraham Olano Jan Ullrich Roberto Heras Alexander Vinokourov Alejandro Valverde Vicente Trueba Pierre Brambilla Louison Bobet Imerio Massignan Lucien Van Impe Domingo Perurena Giancarlo Bellini Bernard Vallet Gert-Jan Theunisse Richard Virenque Christophe Rinero Santiago Botero Michael Rasmussen Bernhard Kohl Anthony Charteau Thomas Voeckler
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