Francesco Moser, nicknamed "Lo sceriffo", is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team, previously known as Liquigas, was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour.
Costante Girardengo was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or "champion of champions" by the Italian media and fans. At the height of his popularity in the 1920s he was said to be more popular than Mussolini and it was decreed that all express trains should stop in his home town Novi Ligure, an honour only normally awarded to heads of state.
Learco Guerra was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1934 Giro d'Italia. He was born in San Nicolò Po, a frazione of Bagnolo San Vito in Lombardy, gained the nickname of "Human Locomotive" for his enduring quality in plain stages. After mediocre attempts to play football, Guerra became a professional cyclist in 1928, at 26. The following year he became Italian champion, racing as an independent or semi-professional.
LPR Brakes was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team, registered in Ireland. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and, when selected as a wildcard, UCI ProTour events. The 2007 squad merged with Team 3C Casalinghi Jet Androni Giocattoli. The team was managed by Davide Boifava in the 2007 season but Fabio Bordonali acquired the management in late 2007. Giovanni Fidanza, Mario Manzoni, and Marco Giuseppe Tabai were directeur sportifs. The team folded after the 2009 season.
Danilo Napolitano is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. and is chiefly known for his sprinting abilities.
Enrico Gasparotto is an Italian-born Swiss professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Dimension Data.
Michele Dancelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist. His main victories include one Milan–San Remo (1970), the 1966 Flèche Wallonne, three editions of the Giro dell'Appennino (1965–1967), two Trofeo Laigueglia. He also won 11 stages in total in the Giro d'Italia and one stage in the 1969 Tour de France.
Fortunato Baliani is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1998 and 2014.
The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria, Italy. The race was a single-day race until 2005. It was not held in 2006 or 2007, but returned in 2008 as a three-day stage race. In 2009, the Giro was a single-day race, and in 2010, it was a stage race spanning four days. In 2011, it was again a three-day race, while in 2012, the race spanned two days.
The Giro della Provincia di Luccawass a professional road bicycle race held annually in Province of Lucca, Italy held between 1999 and 2006. From 2005, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, previously being a stage race.
Ole Ritter is a former Danish racing cyclist, mainly known for breaking the hour record in 1968.
Daniele Pietropolli is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for Lampre–Merida.
Wladimiro Panizza was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Panizza came from a Communist family and was named after Lenin. During his long career (1967–1985), he helped Felice Gimondi and Franco Bitossi. His best grand tour was the 1980 Giro d'Italia, where he placed second in the overall classification. He holds the record for participation in the Giro, completing the race 16 times from 18 starts.
Manuel Belletti is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec.
Grega Bole is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–Merida. His biggest victory is the 2011 GP Ouest-France, where he launched a solo attack with 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to go. He held on as the field was closing in rapidly, with only Simon Gerrans who was second on the day being awarded the same time as Bole. In 2015, Bole was the victor of the first stage of the inaugural Tour of Croatia after negotiating a series of bends where two crashes occurred.
Marco Frapporti is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec.
Costantino "Tino" Conti is a retired Italian road cyclist who competed in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics. After that he turned professional and won a bronze medal at the 1976 World Championships. He also rode the Tour de France in 1970 and 1971 and finished within the podium at several major races.
Angelo Gremo was an Italian cyclist.
Vito Ortelli was an Italian racing cyclist. Ortelli died on 24 February 2017, aged 95.
