Marco Saligari
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Marco Saligari is a directeur sportif and former Italian road bicycle racer who raced during the 1990s. Since 2002, Saligari has served as manager of the Landbouwkrediet (formerly Colnago-Landbouwkrediet) squad.
In a marathon breakaway, Saligari won stage 17 at the 1993 Giro d'Italia by escaping after only riding twelve kilometers of the 211 km stage. He finished alone atop the 1,815 meter climb of Valle Vairata after dropping countrymen Gianluca Bortolami and Mauro Santaromita with 38 km remaining.
[edit] Major achievements
- 1998 – Casino C'est Votre Equipe
- 1st, Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 1997 – Casino
- 95th, Overall, Tour de France
- 3rd, Stage 19 (Montbeliard to Dijon)
- 1996 – MG-Technogym
- 9th, Overall, Tour of Catalonia (and Stage 1 win)
- 72th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1994
- 1 stage, Giro d'Italia
- 1 stage, Tour of Switzerland
- 1993
- 1st, Overall, Tour of Switzerland
- Stage 17, Giro d'Italia
- 1992
- 1 stage, Giro d'Italia
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