Franco Balmamion

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Franco Balmamion
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Franco Balmamion c. 1968
Personal information
Full nameFranco Balmamion
Born (1940-01-11) 11 January 1940 (age 84)
Nole, Italy
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1961 Bianchi
1962–1963 Carpano
1964 Cynar
1965–1966 Sanson
1967–1968 Molteni
1969–1970 Salvarani
1971–1972 Scic
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
General classification (1962, 1963)

One-day races and Classics

Italian National Road Race Championship (1967)

Franco Balmamion (born 11 January 1940), is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1960 and 1972. The top of his career was two successive wins in the 1962 and 1963 editions of the Giro d'Italia. [1] [2]

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Major results

1960
10th National Amateur Road Championships
1961
3rd Giro dell'Emilia
1962
1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro d'Italia
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Milano–Torino
1st Giro dell'Appennino
2nd Maggiora Criterium
3rd Tre Valli Varesine
10th Pernod–Super Prestige
1963
1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Meisterschaft von Zürich
3rd Giro del Veneto
6th Giro dell'Appennino
9th Tre Valli Varesine
1964
2nd GP du Parisien
3rd Giro dell'Appennino
6th Coppa Sabatini
8th Overall Giro d'Italia
10th Coppa Agostoni
1965
1st Caen Team Time trial
2nd Circuito Ciclistico di Ciriè
3rd Milan–San Remo
3rd Nice–Genova
3rd Giro del Lazio
5th Overall Giro d'Italia
7th Tre Valli Varesine
1966
1st Maggiora Criterium
2nd Overall Cronostaffetta
6th Overall Giro d'Italia
8th Coppa Sabatini
1967
1st Jersey italianflag.svg National Road Championships
1st Overall Cronostaffetta
1st Stage 1c
1st Maggiora Criterium
1st Piaggiori Criterium
2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
2nd Giro della Romagna
3rd Overall Tour de France
3rd Bergamo Criterium
4th Coppa Bernocchi
5th Pernod–Super Prestige
6th Giro dell'Appennino
9th Tre Valli Varesine
1968
1st Overall Cronostaffetta
7th Overall Giro d'Italia
1969
1st Maggiora Criterium
1st Ronde des Korrigans
1970
3rd Giro del Piemonte
1972
8th Coppa Agostoni

Grand Tours general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 196119621963196419651966196719681969197019711972
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 20 1 1 8 5 6 2 7 12 DNF 38
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France DNF 3 39 12 DNF
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQDisqualified

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