Franco Bitossi
Franco Bitossi (born 1 September 1940) is an Italian former professional cyclist. He was born in Camaioni di Carmignano.
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| Franco Bitossi | ||||||
| Cuore matto (Crazy heart) | ||||||
| (1940-09-01) 1 September 1940Camaioni di Carmignano, Italy | ||||||
| Road | ||||||
| Rider | ||||||
| Philco | ||||||
| Springoil–Fuchs | ||||||
| Sammontana | ||||||
| Scic | ||||||
| Zonca–Santini | ||||||
| Vibor | ||||||
| Gis Gelati | ||||||
| Grand Tours | ||||||
| Tour de France | ||||||
| Points classification (1968) | ||||||
| Combination classification (1968) | ||||||
| 4 individual stages (1966, 1968) | ||||||
| Giro d'Italia | ||||||
| Points classification (1969, 1970) | ||||||
| Mountains classification (1964, 1965, 1966) | ||||||
| 21 individual stages (1964–1971, 1974, 1975) | ||||||
| Stage races |
Tour de Suisse (1965) Tirreno–Adriatico (1967) Volta a Catalunya (1970) One-day races and Classics
Giro di Lombardia (1967, 1970) Milano-Torino (1968) Züri-Metzgete (1965, 1968) | | | | | | | | | | 1972 Gap | Elite Men's Road Race | | 1977 San Christóbal | Elite Men's Road Race | | | | | | | | | | | 1972 Gap | Elite Men's Road Race | | | | | | | 1977 San Christóbal | Elite Men's Road Race | | | | |
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. 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.
In 1970, he won the Italian championship.
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.
Four years later, in 1978, he won the Italian Championship again.
Bitossi was nicknamed Cuore matto ("Crazy heart") due to a cardiac arrhythmia which often compelled him to stop midway in a stage.
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- Franco Bitossi at Cycling Archives (archive)