Franco Balmamion

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Franco Balmamion (born January 11, 1940 in Nole) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1960 and 1972. The highlight of his career was his successive overall wins in the 1962 and 1963 Giro d'Italia.

[edit] Major results

Giro d'Italia

• 1961 - 20th overall
• 1962 - 1st overall, 5 days in maglia rosa
• 1963 - 1st overall, 6 days in maglia rosa
• 1964 - 8th overall, 3rd mountains
• 1965 - 5th overall
• 1966 - 6th overall
• 1967 - 2nd overall
• 1968 - 7th overall
• 1970 - 12th overall

Tour de France

• 1967 - 3rd overall
• 1969 - 39th overall
• 1970 - 12th overall

Other one-day classics and semi-classics

• Züri-Metzgete (Championship of Zürich) (1963)
• Milano-Torino (1962)
• Giro degli Appennini (1962)
• Giro di Toscana (1967) (that year valid as Italian National Road Race Championship)

Preceded by Arnaldo Pambianco

Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1962-63

Succeeded by Jacques Anquetil