Personal information | |
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Full name | Italo Zilioli |
Born | Turin, Italy | 24 September 1941
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
1960–1962 | VC Gios |
Professional teams | |
1962–1964 | Carpano |
1965–1966 | Sanson |
1967 | Salvarani |
1968–1969 | Filotex |
1970 | Faemino–Faema |
1971 | Ferretti |
1972 | Salvarani |
1973–1974 | Dreherforte |
1975 | Magniflex |
1976 | Furzi–Vibor |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Italo Zilioli (born 24 September 1941) is an Italian former professional cyclist.
Born in Turin, he won 58 races as a professional, including the 1966 Züri-Metzgete. He also totaled 5 stage wins at the Giro d'Italia; however, he never won the major tour of his country. He finished the Giro in the top 5 on six occasions and made the podium four times, finishing 2nd in 1964, 1965 and 1966, and finishing 3rd in 1969 as a member of Filotex.
During the 1970 Tour de France he won stage 2 and took over the Yellow jersey, which caused a minor controversy as it angered his teammate Eddy Merckx, who was anticipated to wear the jersey for the majority of the race and repeat as champion. [1] Zilioli held the jersey for three stages before relinquishing it to Merckx.
Zilioli lives in the province of Cuneo (Piedmont) and is responsible for the stage starts for Giro d'Italia.
Grand Tour | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
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Giro d'Italia | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | DNF | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | DNF | 14 | DNF | 39 | 16 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 13 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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