Giovanni Valetti
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Giovanni Valetti |
Born | Vinovo, Italy | 22 September 1913
Died | 28 May 1998 Avigliana, Italy | (aged 84)
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1935 | Individual |
1936–1938 | Fréjus |
1939 | Fréjus/France Sport-Wolber |
1940 | Bianchi |
1941 | Olmo/Olympia |
1942–1943 | Olmo |
1944 | Individual |
1945 | Fréjus |
1946–1948 | Individual |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Giovanni Valetti (22 September 1913 – 28 May 1998) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his two overall wins in the 1938 and 1939 Giro d'Italia. He also won the 1938 Tour de Suisse.
Major results
[edit]- 1933
- 1st Overall Giro del Lazio
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Overall Gran Piemonte
- 1936
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1937
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Giro di Toscana
- 1938
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 4a, 7a (ITT) & 15
- 1st Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 5th Grand Prix des Nations
- 1939
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Giro della Provincia Milano
- 1940
- 10th Giro di Lombardia
- 1941
- 8th Giro di Toscana
- 1942
- 10th Giro del Veneto
- 1943
- 3rd Giro della Provincia Milano
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Grand Tour | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 |
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Giro d'Italia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
Tour de France | — | DNF | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- Giovanni Valetti at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Giovanni Valetti at ProCyclingStats
- Giovanni Valetti at CycleBase