Gianni Bugno (; born 14 February 1964) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist.
Biography
Bugno was a versatile rider, able to do well in different types of races. He won numerous stages in the Tour de France, and the Milan–San Remo classic in 1990. In 1991 he won the Clásica de San Sebastián, and in 1994 he won the Tour of Flanders.
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 Dmitri Konyshev of Russia.
Bugno's performance in the Grand Tours, however, was over-shadowed by Miguel Indurain. Bugno's victory in the Giro d'Italia in 1990 is considered one of the most dominant performances in that race — he led from start to finish. While he won the Giro in 1990, he finished second to Indurain in the Tour de France in 1991 and third behind Indurain and Claudio Chiappucci in 1992. In a battle in the 1992 Tour, Indurain kept his calm despite Chiappucci's attack in the Alps; Bugno had to chase and cracked in the final parts of the stage. Indurain was quoted as saying that Bugno was his biggest threat in the Tour.
Bugno retired following the 1998 road 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 of the 2008 Giro d'Italia. He ran for a seat in Lombard Regional Council in the Lombard regional election, 2010 for the centre left coalition of political parties, but he was not elected.
He has remained involved with the Giro d'Italia by being one of the TV helicopter pilots for the Italian national broadcaster, RAI.
He is the former president of CPA (Association of Professional Cyclists). In November 2012, in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, he demanded that an independent anti-doping body be established. He stated that the UCI could not be trusted to enforce the rules.
Career achievements
Major results
1986
1st Giro dell'Appennino
1st Giro del Friuli
1st Giro del Piemonte
1987
1st Giro dell'Appennino
1st Coppa Sabatini
1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino
1988
1st Giro di Calabria
1st Giro dell'Appennino
1st Coppa Agostoni
1st Stage 18 Tour de France
1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie
1989
1st Tre Valli Varesine
1st GP di Marostica
1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia
1990
1st UCI Road World Cup
1st Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 (ITT), 7 & 19 (ITT) 1st Overall Giro del Trentino 1st Stage 3 1st Milan–San Remo 1st Wincanton Classic Tour de France 1st Stages 11 & 18 1991 1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Clásica de San Sebastián 1st Memorial Nencini 2nd Overall Tour de France 1st Stage 17 (Alpe d'Huez) Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2a, 10 (ITT) & 19 1992 1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships 1st Milano–Torino 1st Giro del Lazio 1st Giro dell'Emilia 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour de Suisse 3rd Overall Tour de France 1993 1st Grand Prix Gippingen 1st Stage 2 Euskal Bizikleta 1994 1st Tour of Flanders 1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 4 Euskal Bizikleta 1995 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen 1st Stages 6 (ITT) & 7 1st Coppa Agostoni 1996 1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 5 6th Giro di Lombardia 1997 1st Stage 10 Tour de Langkawi 1998 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
References
External links
Palmarès by world-of-cycling.com
Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net
Palmarès by museociclismo.it
Cyclistes Professionnels Associés
1964 births
Living people
People from Brugg
Italian male cyclists
Italian Tour de France stage winners
Giro d'Italia winners
UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Italian Vuelta a España stage winners Tour de Suisse stage winners UCI Road World Cup winners UCI Road World Rankings winners Sportspeople from Aargau Sportspeople from Monza Cyclists from the Province of Monza e Brianza