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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Italo Zilioli |
| Born | 24 September 1941 Turin, Italy |
| 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.
Contents
- Career achievements
- Major results
- Grand Tour general classification results timeline
- References
- External links
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.
