Giuseppe Petito

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Giuseppe Petito
Personal information
Born (1960-02-25) 25 February 1960 (age 64)
Civitavecchia, Italy
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
Role
Amateur team
1979–1981Fracor Aquila Levane
Professional teams
1981 Santini-Selle Italia  [ ca ]
1982–1984 Alfa Lum–Sauber
1985 Ariostea–Oece
1986–1988 Gis Gelati
1989–1990 Ariostea
1992–1995 Mercatone Uno–Medeghini–Zucchini
1996 Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo.
Managerial teams
1997–1999 Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast
2000 Alexia Alluminio
2001–2007 Cantina Tollo–Acqua & Sapone
2008–2010 Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (1983)

One-day races and Classics

Trofeo Laigueglia (1984)

Giuseppe Petito (born 25 February 1960) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. [1] He rode in two editions of the Tour de France and ten editions of the Giro d'Italia. He also rode in the men's road race at the 1980 Summer Olympics. [2]

Contents

Major results

1980
8th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
1981
1st Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo
1982
2nd Overall Tour of Sweden
1st Prologue & Stage 1
3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna
3rd Giro del Veneto
6th Giro di Romagna
1983
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a España
2nd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
1984
1st Trofeo Laigueglia
6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
10th Giro di Romagna
1985
8th Overall GP du Midi-Libre
8th Giro di Romagna
1986
3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
4th Nokere Koerse
7th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
8th Milan–San Remo
9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
1987
1st Giro di Campania
9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1988
10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
10th Milan–San Remo
10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
1989
7th Overall Paris–Nice
1991
1st Stage 2 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
3rd GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
8th Tirreno–Adriatico
1992
5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
8th Giro di Toscana
1993
1st Stage 4 Giro di Puglia
1994
9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1996
9th Milano-Vignola

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References

  1. "Giuseppe Petito". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. "Giuseppe Petito". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.