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Italian cyclist
Franco Bitossi (born 1 September 1940) is an Italian former professional
cyclist . He was born in
Camaioni di Carmignano .
Bitossi cycled for three years as an amateur and became a professional in October 1961, after he had reached the required age of 21.
[1] As a professional cyclist, from 1961 until 1978, he won a total of 171 races.
In 1965, he won the
Tour de Suisse and the
Züri-Metzgete , which he won again in 1968. In 1967 he won the
Tirreno–Adriatico ,
Giro di Lombardia and
Coppa Agostoni , while the following year he became the first Italian to win the points classification in the
Tour de France .
[2]
In 1970, he won the Italian championship.
[3]
In 1972 he became famous for his near victory at the
World Championship in
Gap ,
France , where he was beaten by only a few meters by his teammate
Marino Basso .
[1]
Four years later, in 1978, he won the Italian Championship again.
[3]
Bitossi was nicknamed Cuore matto ("Crazy heart") due to a
cardiac arrhythmia which often compelled him to stop midway in a stage.
[4]
1964
2nd
Giro di Romagna
3rd
Coppa Sabatini
10th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Mountains classification
1st Stages 3, 16, 17 & 20
1965
1st
Overall
Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 2 & 5
1st
Giro del Lazio
1st
Züri-Metzgete
3rd
Giro dell'Emilia
3rd
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
4th
Giro di Lombardia
6th
Coppa Sabatini
7th
Giro di Toscana
7th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Mountains classification
1st Stage 21
1966
1st
Coppa Sabatini
Tour de France
1st Stages 5 & 17
Tour de Romandie
1st Stages 1a (
ITT ), 1b & 4
2nd
Giro del Piemonte
2nd
Milano–Vignola
3rd
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
4th
Giro della Romagna
5th
Tre Valli Varesine
8th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Mountains classification
1st Stages 14 & 16
10th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
10th
Giro di Toscana
1967
1st
Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1
1st
Giro di Lombardia
1st
Trofeo Laigueglia
1st
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
1st Stage 7
Giro d'Italia
2nd
Milano–Torino
2nd
Coppa Sabatini
2nd
Giro dell'Appennino
3rd
Milan–San Remo
3rd
Giro dell'Emilia
7th
Milano–Vignola
10th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1968
1st
Milano–Torino
1st
Coppa Bernocchi
1st
Giro di Toscana
1st
Coppa Sabatini
1st
Züri-Metzgete
1st Stage 7
Giro di Sardegna
2nd
Giro di Lombardia
2nd
Giro di Campania
4th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 4
4th Overall
Paris–Luxembourg
4th
Road race , National Road Championships
4th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
5th
Giro dell'Emilia
7th
Milano–Vignola
8th Overall
Tour de France
1st
Points classification
1st
Combination classification
1st Stages 7 & 16
9th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 17 & 21
1969
1st
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
2nd
Volta a Catalunya
1st stages 7 & 8
2nd
Giro dell'Emilia
3rd Overall
À travers Lausanne
3rd
Giro di Lombardia
3rd
Milano–Torino
3rd
Trofeo Laigueglia
4th
Tour of Flanders
10th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 11 & 14
10th Overall
Giro di Sardegna
1970
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
1st Overall
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 1a
1st
Giro di Lombardia
1st
Giro dell'Emilia
1st
Giro del Veneto
1st
Giro di Campania
1st Stage 2
Tour de Romandie
2nd
Trofeo Masferrer
2nd
Boucles de l'Aulne
3rd
Coppa Placci
4th Overall
À travers Lausanne
1st Stage 1 (
ITT )
5th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
5th
Critérium des As
7th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 1, 3, 17 & 19
7th Overall
Tour de Suisse
1st Stages 1 & 3
7th
Coppa Sabatini
9th
Giro della Romagna
9th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
1971
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
1st
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
1st
Giro della Romagna
1st
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
1st Stage 15
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 3
Paris–Nice
1st Stage 1b
Tour de Romandie
2nd
Giro di Lombardia
5th
Tre Valli Varesine
8th Overall
Volta a Catalunya
9th
Coppa Placci
10th
Milano–Vignola
1972
1st
Giro di Puglia
1st
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
1st
Giro di Campania
2nd
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
2nd
Road race , National Road Championships
2nd
Milano–Torino
2nd
Giro dell'Appennino
4th
Giro dell'Emilia
4th
Tre Valli Varesine
6th
Coppa Placci
7th Overall
Tour de Romandie
8th Overall
Giro di Sardegna
8th
Züri-Metzgete
9th
Giro di Lombardia
1973
1st
Giro dell'Emilia
1st
Giro del Veneto
1st Stage 6
Giro di Sardegna
2nd Overall
Giro di Puglia
2nd
Milano–Torino
3rd
Coppa Sabatini
3rd
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
4th
Tre Valli Varesine
4th
Milano–Vignola
6th
Giro della Romagna
9th
Giro di Lombardia
9th
Trofeo Laigueglia
1974
1st
Giro della Romagna
1st
Trofeo Matteotti
2nd
Giro del Lazio
2nd
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
2nd
Giro di Toscana
3rd
Coppa Sabatini
4th
Milan–San Remo
5th
Giro di Campania
7th Overall
Tour de Suisse
1st Stages 3a, 3b (
ITT ), 6 & 9a
8th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 4
8th
Giro di Lombardia
9th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 6, 8 & 18
10th
Giro del Veneto
1975
1st Stage 15
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 3
Paris–Nice
La Méditerranéenne
1st Stages 4 & 5
2nd Overall
Giro di Puglia
1st Stage 1
2nd
Giro di Toscana
2nd
Coppa Placci
4th
Trofeo Laigueglia
8th
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1976
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
1st
Coppa Bernocchi
1st
Giro del Friuli
1st
Trofeo Laigueglia
1st Stage 2a
La Méditerranéenne
2nd
Milano–Torino
2nd
Giro del Lazio
2nd
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
4th
Coppa Placci
4th
Giro di Campania
5th
Giro di Toscana
8th
Giro di Lombardia
8th
Trofeo Pantalica
9th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
9th Overall
Giro di Sardegna
1977
1st
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
3rd
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
3rd
Giro di Lombardia
4th
Milano–Torino
4th
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
6th Overall
La Méditerranéenne
6th
Tre Valli Varesine
6th
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
8th
Giro dell'Emilia
9th
Trofeo Matteotti
10th
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
1978
1st Stage 2
Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd
Milano–Torino
3rd
Coppa Sabatini
5th
Trofeo Pantalica
9th
Giro della Romagna
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