Massimo Podenzana

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Massimo Podenzana
Personal information
Full nameMassimo Podenzana
Born (1961-07-29) 29 July 1961 (age 62)
La Spezia, Italy
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Novo Nordisk
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider (retired)
Directeur sportif
Professional teams
1987–1989Atala
1990–1992Italbonifica-Navigare
1993–1994Navigare-Blue Storm
1995Brescialat
1996Carrera Jeans
1997–2001 Mercatone Uno
Managerial teams
2002 Mercatone Uno
2003Nippon Hodo
2004Nippo
2005–2010 Ceramica Flaminia
2011– Team Type 1–Sanofi Aventis
Major wins
Trofeo Melinda (1994)
Giro di Toscana (1995)
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano (1999)

Massimo Podenzana (born 29 July 1961 in La Spezia) is an Italian former road racing cyclist. Podenzana won stages in both the Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de France, as well as a variety of other cycling classics.

Major results

1986
1st, Giro della Valli Aretine
1988
1st, Stage 4, Giro d'Italia
1991
3rd, Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
1993
1st, Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1st, Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
1st, Jersey italianflag.svg National Road Race Championships
2nd, Milano–Vignola
1994
1st, Jersey italianflag.svg National Road Race Championships
1st, Trofeo Melinda
7th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
1995
1st, Giro di Toscana
3rd, Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
3rd, Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
1996
1st, Stage 15, Tour de France
2nd, Trofeo Melinda
3rd, Trofeo Matteotti
3rd, Clásica de San Sebastián
1997
3rd, Giro dell'Appennino
1998
2nd, Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1999
1st, GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

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