Fabiano Fontanelli

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Fabiano Fontanelli
Personal information
Full nameFabiano Fontanelli
Born (1965-04-24) 24 April 1965 (age 59)
Faenza, Italy
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1985Stracciari Trasporti
1986–1988Lambrusco Giacobazzi
Professional teams
1989–1993 Selca
1994–1995 ZG Mobili
1996–1997 MG Maglificio–Technogym
1998–2003 Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
Managerial team
2006–2008 Ceramica Panaria–Navigare
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
4 individual stages (1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)

Fabiano Fontanelli (born 24 April 1965 in Faenza) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Professional from 1989 to 2003, he notably won four stages of the Giro d'Italia.

Major results

1990
2nd Giro di Romagna
1991
1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro di Puglia
1st Stage 1
1993
1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne
1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
1994
Clásico RCN
1st Prologue & Stage 1
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
8th Milan–San Remo
1995
1st Stage 5 Tour de Luxembourg
1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
6th Milan–San Remo
1996
1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 2 Giro del Trentino
1st Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen
1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
1st Trofeo Pantalica
1st Giro dell'Etna
1997
Tour de Langkawi
1st Stages 11 & 12
1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia
1998
1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia
1999
1st Stage 5a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Paris–Camembert
9th Rund um den Henninger Turm
10th GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut
2000
1st Stage 5 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
6th Clásica de Almería
10th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
2001
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias
2002
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca
1st Stage 1
1st GP Citta di Rio Saliceto e Correggio
2nd Giro di Romagna
4th Giro del Lazio
4th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
4th Giro dell'Emilia
5th Coppa Sabatini
7th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
10th GP Città di Camaiore
2003
3rd GP Industria & Artigianato Larciano


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