Adriano Baffi

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Adriano Baffi
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Adriano Baffi at the Six Days of Grenoble 2011
Personal information
Born (1962-08-07) 7 August 1962 (age 60)
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1985 Ariostea–Oece
1986–1988 Gis Gelati
1989–1992 Ariostea
1993–1994 Mercatone Uno–Zucchini–Medeghini
1995–1996 Mapei–GB–Latexco
1997 U.S. Postal Service
1998 Ballan
1999–2002 Mapei–Quick-Step
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (1993)
5 individual stages (1990, 1993)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (1995)

Adriano Baffi (born 7 August 1962) is a former Italian bicycle road racer. [1] After his career as a rider, he became a team director. He is the son of Italian bicycle racer Pierino Baffi.

Baffi was born in Vailate, Italy. He joined Luxembourg team Leopard Trek as a sporting director in 2011. [2]

Major results

1980
1st MaillotItalia.svg National Junior Kilometer Championships
1st MaillotItalia.svg National Junior Team Pursuit Championships
1985
8th Milano–Torino
1987
1st MaillotItalia.svg National Points Race Championships
1st Giro dell'Etna
1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse
3rd Giro del Piemonte
4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1988
1st MaillotItalia.svg National Points Race Championships
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stages 2 & 4
1st Milano–Vignola
1st Giro di Campania
1st Stage 5 Giro di Puglia
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stages 2 & 6a
2nd Criterium d'Abruzzo
3rd Giro dell'Etna
1989
1st Milano–Vignola
1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
1st Stage 7a Paris–Nice
1st Stage 2 Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
Three Days of De Panne
1st Stages 2 & 3
3rd Milan–San Remo
5th Paris–Tours
7th Gent-Wevelgem
1990
1st Giro dell'Etna
1st Trofeo Pantalica
1st Stage 2 Giro del Trentino
1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice
1st Stage 5 Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 11 & 18
4th Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 2
8th Milan–San Remo
10th Paris–Tours
1991
3rd Giro dell'Etna
4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
1992
1st Stage 2 Giro del Trentino
1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice
3rd Gent-Wevelgem
1993
Giro d'Italia
1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
1st Stages 2, 8 & 18
6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
10th Gent-Wevelgem
1994
1st Trofeo Luis Puig
1st Monte Carlo–Alassio
1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Andalucía
Ruta del Sol
1st Stages 2, 3 & 6
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stages 4 & 5a
3rd Milan–San Remo
4th Scheldeprijs
7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 5
1995
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Stages 2 & 5 (ITT)
1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España
Ruta del Sol
1st Stages 2 & 4
2nd Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
2nd Trofeo Manacor
2nd Trofeo Pantalica
2nd Trofeo Soller
3rd Trofeo Alcudia
2nd GP Llodio
2nd Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
2nd Continental Classic
3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stages 2 & 4
7th Paris–Tours
1996
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Stages 3 & 4 (ITT)
1st Paris–Camembert
2nd Cholet-Pays de Loire
2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna
1st Stage 5
2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
3rd Giro dell'Etna
1997
1st Stage 6 Paris–Nice
5th Overall Danmark Rundt
1998
9th Overall Giro di Puglia
1999
1st MaillotItalia.svg National Points Race Championships
2000
1st GP Zele
2001
1st Sindelfingen-Schleife

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References

  1. "Adriano Baffi". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. 1 "Baffi becomes sport director with Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project" VeloNation, 8 December 2010, Retrieved 17 April 2011 http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6642/Baffi-becomes-sport-director-with-Luxembourg-Pro-Cycling-Project.aspx