Maurizio Rossi (cyclist)

Maurizio Rossi
Personal information
Born (1962-12-20) 20 December 1962 (age 62)
Forlì, Italy
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
1982–1984Lambrusco Giacobazzi
Professional teams
1984–1988Alfa Lum–Olmo
1989–1990Jolly Componibili–Club 88

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

Career

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

1983
1st Trofeo Papà Cervi
1985
7th Giro di Toscana
1986
1st Giro del Veneto
2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 1
5th Giro del Lazio
7th Coppa Sabatini
1987
1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 2
2nd Giro di Campania
1989
3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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

References

  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.