Franco Balmamion

Personal information

Full name

Franco Balmamion

Born

11 January 1940 (age 72)
Nole, Italy

Team information

Discipline

Road

Role

Rider

Professional team(s)

1961
1962–1963
1964
1965–1966
1967–1968
1969–1970
1971–1972

Bianchi
Carpano
Cynar
Sanson
Molteni
Salvarani
Scic

Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

General Classification (1962, 1963)

Single-Day Races and Classics

Italian National Road Race Championship (1967)

Infobox last updated on
May 28, 2011

Franco Balmamion (born January 11, 1940), is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1960 and 1972.

Balmamion was born in Nole. The highlight of his career was his successive overall wins in the 1962 and 1963 Giro d'Italia.^[1]

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)

References

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Winners of the general classification in the Giro d'Italia

1909 Luigi Ganna 1910–11 Carlo Galetti 1912^* Team Atala (Carlo Galetti, Giovanni Micheletto, Eberardo Pavesi) 1913 Carlo Oriani 1914 Alfonso Calzolari 1915–18 World War I 1919 Costante Girardengo 1920 Gaetano Belloni 1921–22 Giovanni Brunero 1923 Costante Girardengo 1924 Giuseppe Enrici 1925 Alfredo Binda 1926 Giovanni Brunero 1927–29 Alfredo Binda 1930 Luigi Marchisio 1931 Francesco Camusso 1932 Antonio Pesenti 1933 Alfredo Binda 1934 Learco Guerra 1935 Vasco Bergamaschi 1936–37 Gino Bartali 1938–39 Giovanni Valetti 1940 Fausto Coppi 1941–45 World War II 1946 Gino Bartali 1947 Fausto Coppi 1948 Fiorenzo Magni 1949 Fausto Coppi 1950 Hugo Koblet 1951 Fiorenzo Magni 1952–53 Fausto Coppi 1954 Carlo Clerici 1955 Fiorenzo Magni 1956 Charly Gaul 1957 Gastone Nencini 1958 Ercole Baldini 1959 Charly Gaul 1960 Jacques Anquetil 1961 Arnaldo Pambianco 1962–63 Franco Balmamion 1964 Jacques Anquetil 1965 Vittorio Adorni 1966 Gianni Motta 1967 Felice Gimondi 1968 Eddy Merckx 1969 Felice Gimondi 1970 Eddy Merckx 1971 Gösta Pettersson 1972–74 Eddy Merckx 1975 Fausto Bertoglio 1976 Felice Gimondi 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Johan de Muynck 1979 Giuseppe Saronni 1980 Bernard Hinault 1981 Giovanni Battaglin 1982 Bernard Hinault 1983 Giuseppe Saronni 1984 Francesco Moser 1985 Bernard Hinault 1986 Roberto Visentini 1987 Stephen Roche 1988 Andy Hampsten 1989 Laurent Fignon 1990 Gianni Bugno 1991 Franco Chioccioli 1992–93 Miguel Indurain 1994 Evgeni Berzin 1995 Tony Rominger 1996 Pavel Tonkov 1997 Ivan Gotti 1998 Marco Pantani 1999 Ivan Gotti 2000 Stefano Garzelli 2001 Gilberto Simoni 2002 Paolo Savoldelli 2003 Gilberto Simoni 2004 Damiano Cunego 2005 Paolo Savoldelli 2006 Ivan Basso 2007 Danilo Di Luca 2008 Alberto Contador 2009 Denis Menchov 2010 Ivan Basso 2011 Alberto Contador

^*This Giro was contested solely by teams, with no individual classification

Persondata
Name	Balmamion, Franco
Alternative names
Short description	Italian racing cyclist
Date of birth	January 11, 1940
Place of birth	Nole, Italy
Date of death
Place of death