Giuseppe Saronni

Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist. He had remarkable success riding in the Giro d'Italia. In 1980 he won 7 stages and finished 7th overall; in 1981 he won 3 stages and finished 3rd overall. In 1979 and 1983 he won the Giro d'Italia and all total for his career win 24 stages in this race.

Saronni currently works an advisor for UCI WorldTeam.

Career
Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races. In Italy he gave birth to a famous rivalry with Francesco Moser, like those of Alfredo Binda with Learco Guerra, and Fausto Coppi with Gino Bartali. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

In 1982 he won the World Cycling Championship at Goodwood, England, beating American Greg LeMond and Irishman Sean Kelly. His final sprint was so impressive that it gained him the nickname of La fucilata di Goodwood - "the gunshot of Goodwood". The previous year he had won a silver medal, as he had been overcome in the final by Freddy Maertens of Belgium. In 1982 Saronni also won the Giro di Lombardia.

At the beginning of 1983 another a striking attack on the Poggio climb gave him the Milan–San Remo classic, after three consecutive second places in that race. This was Saronni's last great classics victory.

Major results

 * 1977
 * 1st Giro del Veneto
 * 1st Tre Valli Varesine
 * 1st Giro del Friuli
 * 1st Trofeo Pantalica
 * 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
 * 2nd Giro del Piemonte
 * 2nd Coppa Placci
 * 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
 * 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 3rd Overall Giro di Puglia
 * 3rd Giro del Lazio
 * 3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
 * 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
 * 5th Giro dell'Emilia
 * 7th Coppa Bernocchi
 * 8th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
 * 8th Overall Giro di Sardegna
 * 8th Trofeo Matteotti
 * 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
 * 9th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
 * 10th Milano–Torino


 * 1978
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Prologue
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro di Puglia
 * 1st Stages 1 & 3b (ITT)
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ruota d'Oro
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st Coppa Agostoni
 * 1st Trofeo Pantalica
 * 1st Giro di Campania
 * 1st Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna
 * 2nd Milan–San Remo
 * 2nd Coppa Sabatini
 * 2nd Giro del Friuli
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Giro dell'Appennino
 * 4th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
 * 1st Stage 1a (ITT)
 * 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
 * 4th Giro dell'Emilia
 * 4th Trofeo Laigueglia
 * 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stages 2, 7 & 8
 * 6th Giro di Toscana
 * 7th Eschborn–Frankfurt


 * 1979
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 5, 8 (ITT) & 19 (ITT)
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Overall Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Stages 1 & 4
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
 * 1st Prologue & Stage 1
 * 1st Züri–Metzgete
 * 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
 * 1st Tre Valli Varesine
 * 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Francesco Moser)
 * 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
 * 1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya
 * 2nd Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 2nd Overall Ruota d'Oro
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 2nd Milan–San Remo
 * 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
 * 2nd Paris–Tours
 * 2nd Giro di Campania
 * 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
 * 4th Coppa Agostoni
 * 4th Coppa Placci
 * 5th Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
 * 5th Trofeo Pantalica
 * 8th Milano–Torino
 * 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
 * 10th Giro dell'Emilia


 * 1980
 * 1st Jersey italianflag.svg Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro di Puglia
 * 1st Stages 1, 4 & 5
 * 1st La Flèche Wallonne
 * 1st Tre Valli Varesine
 * 1st Coppa Bernocchi
 * 1st Trittico Lombardo
 * 1st Trofeo Pantalica
 * 1st Giro di Campania
 * 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
 * 1st Stage 1 Ruota d'Oro
 * 2nd Milan–San Remo
 * 2nd Coppa Sabatini
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Prologue
 * 3rd Giro del Lazio
 * 4th Züri–Metzgete
 * 5th Milano–Vignola
 * 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
 * 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 13, 17, 19 & 21 (ITT)
 * 7th Trofeo Matteotti


 * 1981
 * 1st Giro di Romagna
 * 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
 * 1st Coppa Bernocchi
 * 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
 * 1st Giro dell'Etna
 * 1st Stage 1a Escalada a Montjuïc
 * 1st Stage 3 Deutschland Tour
 * 1st Stage 2 Ruota d'Oro
 * 1st Stage 5 La Méditerranéenne
 * Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stages 2 & 3
 * Giro di Puglia
 * 1st Stages 1 & 2
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Stages 2 & 3
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
 * 2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
 * 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 3, 5 & 6
 * 3rd Giro del Friuli
 * 9th Gent–Wevelgem


 * 1982
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Suisse
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stages 1 & 2
 * 1st Jersey violet.svg Overall Giro del Trentino
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro di Sardegna
 * 1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
 * 1st Giro di Lombardia
 * 1st Milano–Torino
 * 1st Coppa Agostoni
 * 1st Coppa Sabatini
 * 1st Trofeo Pantalica
 * 1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour
 * 1st Stage 1 Ruota d'Oro
 * Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 1st Stages 1, 2, 4a & 5
 * 2nd Giro del Friuli
 * 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stages 2, 9 & 21
 * 6th Paris–Brussels
 * 7th La Flèche Wallonne


 * 1983
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 4, 13 (ITT) & 16b
 * 1st Milan–San Remo
 * Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stages 9 & 10
 * 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 * 5th Trofeo Pantalica


 * 1984
 * Tour of Norway
 * 1st Stages 3 & 5


 * 1985
 * 1st Trofeo Pantalica
 * 1st Stage 3 Giro di Puglia
 * 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía
 * Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stages 2 (TTT), 3 & 16
 * 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
 * 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
 * 1st Stage 3


 * 1986
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Lech Piasecki)
 * 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
 * 2nd Overall Giro di Puglia
 * 1st Stages 2 & 4
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
 * 4th Milan–San Remo


 * 1987
 * 1st Milano–Vignola
 * 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 2nd Trofeo Baracchi


 * 1988
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro di Puglia
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 1st Tre Valli Varesine
 * 1st Stage 4b (TTT) Giro d'Italia
 * 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Coppa Placci
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 1st Stage 2


 * 1989
 * 1st Prologue Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 2nd Giro di Romagna


 * 1990
 * 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria