Mauro Gianetti

Mauro Gianetti

Mauro Gianetti in 1997
Personal information
Full name	Mauro Gianetti
Born	(1964-03-16) 16 March 1964 Lugano, Switzerland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider & directeur sportif
Professional teams
1986	Cilo–Aufina
1987	Paini–Bottecchia–Sidi
1988	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster
1989–1991	Helvetia–La Suisse
1992–1993	Lotus–Festina
1994	Mapei–CLAS
1995–1996	Team Polti
1997–1998	Française des Jeux
1999–2000	Vini Caldirola
2001–2002	Team Coast
Managerial teams
2002–2003	Tacconi Sport
2004–2011	Saunier Duval–Prodir
Major wins
One-day races and Classics Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1995) Amstel Gold Race (1995) Milano–Torino (1990) Japan Cup (1996)
Medal record Representing Switzerland Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1996 Lugano Road race

Mauro Gianetti (born 16 March 1964 in Lugano) is a Swiss former professional road cyclist and later directeur sportif. Gianetti was employed as team manager for the Saunier Duval–Prodir cycling team throughout its existence between 2004 and 2011.

Several riders have been sanctioned for doping violations that occurred during his tenure as directeur sportif, including Riccardo Riccò and Juan José Cobo. Gianetti currently sits on the Board of Directors of UAE Team Emirates.

With over 30 professional victories, Gianetti's biggest career accomplishments as a rider include winning the 1995 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and Amstel Gold Race and representing Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

His son Noé Gianetti was also a professional cyclist.

Major results

1981

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

1982

1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships

1983

2nd Gran Premio di Chiasso

1984

1st Stage 5b Settimana Ciclistica Bergamasca

1985

2nd Circuito Belvedere

1986

1st GP Lugano

5th Tour du Nord-Ouest

1987

7th Giro dell'Emilia

9th Coppa Placci

10th Giro di Toscana

1988

5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

7th Overall Tour de Suisse

9th Züri-Metzgete

10th Giro dell'Emilia

10th Coppa Sabatini

1989

1st Tour du Nord-Ouest

2nd Overall Kellogg's Tour of Britain

1st Stage 4

2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

3rd Giro dell'Emilia

5th Amstel Gold Race

5th Trofeo Pantalica

7th Paris–Camembert

1990

1st Milano–Torino

1st Coppa Placci

3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies

5th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

8th Giro dell'Emilia

10th Rund um den Henninger Turm

1991

4th GP des Amériques

5th Milano–Torino

7th Coppa Sabatini

7th Giro dell'Emilia

1992

3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies

5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

7th Trofeo Laigueglia

1993

2nd Trofeo Melinda

6th Giro del Veneto

1994

1st Chur–Arosa

2nd Milano–Torino

9th Overall Tour de Suisse

9th Giro di Lombardia

9th Giro dell'Emilia

9th Coppa Sabatini

1995

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1st Amstel Gold Race

2nd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

1st Stage 1b (ITT)

2nd Klasika Primavera

3rd Overall UCI Road World Cup

3rd Japan Cup

3rd Subida a Txitxarro

4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

5th Milano–Torino

7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

1996

1st Japan Cup

1st Klasika Primavera

1st Chur–Arosa

2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships

2nd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

1st Stage 1a

3rd Overall Critérium International

1st Stage 2

3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

3rd Giro del Piemonte

3rd Giro del Veneto

4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

4th La Flèche Wallonne

5th Overall Tour de Romandie

6th Overall UCI Road World Cup

6th Subida a Urkiola

8th Giro di Lombardia

1997

1st Paris–Camembert

1st Polymultipliée de l'Hautil

2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs

3rd Japan Cup

3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm

5th Amstel Gold Race

6th Overall Critérium International

7th Grand Prix de Fourmies

10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1998

7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1999

1st Trofeo Melinda

1st Wartenberg Rundfahrt

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

6th Giro del Friuli

7th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

2001

1st Overall Tour of Japan

1st Stage 3

5th Road race, National Road Championships

5th Sparkassen Giro Bochum

6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

9th La Flèche Wallonne

2002

2nd Tour de Berne

4th Road race, National Road Championships

6th Luk-Cup Bühl

6th Grand Prix de Wallonie

After retirement

Gianetti became assistant director of Dante Lam, and helped to film the Milan leg of Taiwanese movie To The Fore.

External links

• Mauro Gianetti at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Mauro Gianetti at ProCyclingStats
• Mauro Gianetti at CycleBase
• Mauro Gianetti at Olympedia