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Gianni Motta
2026-11-15 06:56:43 · Cedar Herald Index
Gianni Motta (born 13 March 1943) is an Italian former bicycle racer who won the 1966 Giro d'Italia.
Gianni Motta was born at Cassano d'Adda (Lombardy). His main victories include the Giro d'Italia (1966), a Giro di Lombardia (1964), a Tour de Suisse (1967) and two Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971).
Like many before him, he turned to manufacture and sales of bicycles after his racing career.
While at in 1968 Motta tested positive for a banned substance and his results in the 1968 Giro d'Italia were removed.
Major results
Sources:
1964
1st Giro di Lombardia
1st Coppa Bernocchi
1st Trofeo Baracchi
1st Stage 3b Tour de Romandie
5th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 21
2nd Giro dell'Appennino
2nd Giro delle Tre Provincie
3rd Giro del Veneto
8th Coppa Placci
1965
1st Tre Valli Varesine
1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
2nd GP Lugano
3rd Overall Tour de France
3rd Giro di Campania
3rd Milano-Vignola
4th Coppa Bernocchi
5th Giro di Lombardia
8th Overall Paris–Nice
9th Milan–San Remo
1966
1st Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Points classification
1st Stages 17 & 19
1st Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 2
1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
1st Stage 1b
1st Giro di Romagna
1st Tre Valli Varesine
3rd Gran Piemonte
1967
1st Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
1st Stage 1b
1st Milano–Torino
1st Tre Valli Varesine
1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
2nd Milan–San Remo
4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
6th Overall Giro d'Italia
9th GP Alghero
1968
1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
1st Giro dell'Appennino
1st Giro dell'Emilia
1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
4th Giro di Toscana
6th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 8
7th Zuri Metzgete
1969
1st Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stage 1b
1st Giro dell'Emilia
2nd Giro di Romagna
5th Zuri Metzgete
1970
1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
1st Stage 1c
1st Giro dell'Appennino
1st Tre Valli Varesine
1st Giro dell'Umbria
1st Stage 1a Escalada a Montjuïch
2nd Col San Martino
3rd Overall À travers Lausanne
3rd Giro di Lombardia
10th Giro dell'Emilia
1971
1st Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stages 4 & 5a
1st Giro dell'Emilia
1st Col San Martino
2nd Gran Piemonte
4th Overall Giro di Sardegna
6th Trofeo Laigueglia
7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1
7th Milan–San Remo
10th La Flèche Wallonne
1972
1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
2nd Milan–San Remo
3rd Milano–Torino
4th Giro di Puglia
8th Overall Tour de Romandie
1973
1st Stage 1 Monte Campione
2nd Giro dell'Appennino
3rd Milano-Vignola
6th Giro dell'Emilia
7th Coppa Placci
10th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 6
1974
1st Stage 5 Giro di Puglia
1976
9th Milano-Vignola
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
1943 births
Living people
People from Cassano d'Adda
Italian male cyclists
Giro d'Italia winners
Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Tour de Suisse stage winners
Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Milan