Felice Gimondi

Felice Gimondi is a runner cyclist Italy N born the September 29th 1942 with Sedrina, close to Bergamo, and was professional of 1965 to 1979.

It was about a large tactician, always with the mounting of the good moment to attack. This quality enabled him to gain many great races in spite of the fact that most of its career proceeded under the era of the " cannibale" Eddy Merckx, more extremely physically, but more impetuous and thus likely to make errors.

Gimondi passed professional in 1965 under the colors of the team Salvarani until in 1973. He then chose the team Bianchi.

As of its first season at the professionals, it gained a great success, the Tour de France 1965. The following year, he triumphs in the traditional northerners Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Brussels. Throughout its career, it gained the many traditional ones and races with stages, and also gained the world title in 1973 with Barcelona.

It stopped its career on road in 1978 with the Tour of Emilie. It made its last appearance as a professional at the time of one Six Days in 1979. With its reconversion, he became owner of an insurance company, manager of a restaurant… and lord of the manor close to Alme!

Prize list

Tuttosport Trophy: 1971,1972 (2nd: 1970)
Trophy San Silvestro d' Oro: 1972,1973 (2nd: 1970,1971; 3rd: 1968)
Mendrisio d' Or: 1973
Its team Italian Salvarani gains the Intermarques World cup in 1967

professional World champion on road: 1973 (2nd: 1971; 3rd: 1970)
Champion of Italy on road: 1968,1972 (2nd: 1970,1971,1974)
Champion of Italy of Omnium: 1976,1977,1978
Tour de France: 1965 (its first disputed turn) (2nd: 1972; 3rd of the points score: 1965) (its team Salvarani is 1st in 1970)
Tour of Italy: 1967,1969,1976 (2nd: 1970; 3rd: 1965,1968,1974)
Turn of Spain: 1968
Paris-Roubaix: 1966
Milan-San Remo: 1974 (2nd: 1971; 1973)
Turn of Lombardy: 1966,1973 (2nd: 1967,1970,1973; 3rd: 1972)
Paris-Brussels: 1966,1976
Grand Prix of the Nations: 1967,1968 (2nd: 1966)
Baracchi Trophy: 1968 (with Anquetil), 1973 (2nd: 1972)
Matteotti Trophy: 1970
Critérium of the Aces: 1968 (2nd: 1966; 3rd: 1967)
Coppa Agostoni: 1966,1974
Coppa Placci: 1966 (3rd: 1974)
Coppa Bernocchi: 1973
Turn of Latium: 1967 (2nd: 1977)
Turn of Romagna: 1968
Turn of Romandie: 1969
Turn of the Apennines: 1969,1972
Turn of Piedmont: 1971,1973 (2nd: 1972)
Turn of Catalonia: 1972 (2nd: 1968)
Turn of Pouilles: 1973
Chronostaffetta: 1970,1975 (2nd: 1967; 3rd: 1971)
Grand Prix of Lugano: 1967,1972 (2nd: 1966,1968)
Grand Prix of Forlì: 1967,1968,1969 (2nd: 1965)
Grand Prix of Castrocaro: 1971,1973 (2nd: 1965,1972,1974)
Enghiennoise Arrow: 1967
Liege-Tongrinne: 1971
Hill climb of San Fermo: 1973
Six-Jours of Milan: 1972,1977 (3rd: 1978)
Turn of the Future: 1964
7 stages of the Tour de France
7 stages of the Turn of Italy
1 stages of the Turn of Spain

2nd of Pernod Super-Prestige: 1966,1968,1969 (3rd: 1967,1973)
2nd of the Turn of Flandres: 1969
2nd of the Walloon Arrow: 1965
2nd of Ghent-Wevelgem: 1972 (3rd: 1968)
2nd of Paris-Luxembourg: 1969 (3rd: 1968)
2nd of Genoa-Nice: 1970
2nd of the Turn of Venezia: 1970
2nd of the Turn of Emilie: 1974 (3rd: 1969,1972)
2nd of the Grand Prix of Sornano: 1966
2nd of the Grand Prix di Prato: 1971
2nd of the Grand Prix of Bulciago: 1974
2nd of Through Lausanne: 1968,1973,1974
2nd of the Hill climb of Montjuich: 1969 (3rd: 1967)
2nd with the Faron Mount: 1970
3rd of the championship of Italy of omnium indoor: 1979
3rd of Tirreno-Adriatico: 1970
3rd of the Turn of Tuscany: 1966
3rd of the Turn of Sardinia: 1970
3rd of the Turn of Ombrie: 1974
3rd of the 3 Varésines Valleys: 1970
3rd of the Grand Prix of Larciano: 1973,1974
3rd of the Grand Prix of Mendrisio: 1977
3rd of the Laigueglia Trophy: 1974
3rd of Sassari-Cagliari: 1977

Anecdote

It gained its 7 victories of stages over the Tour de France over one 10 years period. It thus joined Jean Alavoine, Henri Pelissier, Philippe Thys, Louis Mottiat, André Leducq, Antonin Magne, Rene Vietto, Gino Bartali, André Darrigade Jean Stablinski and Raymond Poulidor.

Gerben Karstens and Ferdinand Bracke will imitate it the following year. Then, Joaquim Agostinho, Lucien Van Impe, Lance Armstrong, Richard Virenque and Cédric Vasseur will make a success of such a beautiful performance.

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