Maurizio Rossi (cyclist)

Maurizio Rossi (born 20 December 1962) is an Italian former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1984 to 1990.[1]

Maurizio Rossi
Personal information
Born (1962-12-20) 20 December 1962 (age 61)
Forlì, Italy
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
1982–1984Lambrusco Giacobazzi
Professional teams
1984–1988Alfa Lum–Olmo
1989–1990Jolly Componibili–Club 88

Career edit

Rossi almost won the 1986 Tour of the Basque Country, after winning the first stage in a solo victory 3:40 ahead of the peloton. He held the lead all the way to the last stage, which was an eighteen-kilometer individual time trial. Irish cyclist Sean Kelly finished the time trial 3:58 ahead of Rossi, therefore taking the final victory by eighteen seconds over Rossi, who still managed to finish second.[2]

During his career, Rossi also won the Giro del Veneto in 1986 as well as the overall classification and a stage of the 1987 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali.[3]

Major results edit

Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit

Grand Tour 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
  Giro d'Italia 102 73 89 DNF 43 55
  Tour de France
  Vuelta a España 87


References edit

  1. ^ "ROSSI Maurizio". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "26ème Vuelta al Pais Vasco 1986". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004.
  3. ^ "Maurizio Rossi". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

External links edit