Gaetano Belloni (26 August 1892 – 9 January 1980) was an Italian professional
road racing cyclist
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. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920
Giro d'Italia, the two victories in
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
(1917 and 1920), and the three victories in the
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
(1915, 1918 and 1928).
Belloni was born at
Pizzighettone, near
Cremona
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, and made his debut in the road cycling world in the wake of his elder brother Amleto. As an
amateur, in 1914 he won the "Small" Giro di Lombardia and the Coppa del Re, as well as the Italian championship.
Having avoided to be called to the
front
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, Belloni won surprisingly, the overall Giro di Lombardia in 1915 (a feat he repeated in 1918 and 1928) and the
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
of 1917.
In 1920 he obtained his greatest victory, the
Giro d'Italia. In the 1920s Belloni constantly rivalled with his friend
Costante Girardengo
Costante Girardengo (; 18 March 1893 – 9 February 1978) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or "c ...
, being almost always defeated and gaining for this reason the nickname of "Eterno secondo" ("Eternal second").
He won a total of 43 races as a professional, including 12 stages at Giro d'Italia.
Major results
;1914
:1st National Road Championships, Road Race (Amateurs)
:1st
Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
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:1st
Coppa del Re
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;1915
:1st
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
;1916
:1st
Milano–Bellagio–Varese
;1917
:1st Overall
Giro della Provincia Milano (with
Alfredo Sivocci
Alfredo Sivocci (4 January 1891 – 10 July 1980) was an Italian racing cyclist. He won stage 11 of the 1911 Giro d'Italia
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)
::1st Stage 1
:1st
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
:1st
Milano–Bellagio–Varese
:2nd
Milano–La Spezia
;1918
:1st
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
:1st
Milano–Modena
:1st
Milano–Torino
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:1st
Torino-Arquata (with
Lauro Bordin
Lauro Bordin (7 July 1890 – 19 May 1963) was an Italian racing cyclist. He won the 1914 edition of the Giro di Lombardia.
References
External links
*
1890 births
1963 deaths
Italian male cyclists
Cyclists from the Province of ...
,
Costante Girardengo
Costante Girardengo (; 18 March 1893 – 9 February 1978) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or "c ...
&
Luigi-Natale Lucotti)
:2nd
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
:3rd
Milano–Bellagio–Varese
;1919
:2nd Overall
Giro d'Italia
::1st Stage 5
:2nd Overall
Roma–Trento–Trieste
:2nd
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
:2nd
Giro del Piemonte
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:2nd
Roma–Trente–Trieste
:3rd
Giro della Provincia Milano
;1920
:1st Overall
Giro d'Italia
::1st Stages 2, 3 & 7
:1st Overall
Giro della Provincia Milano (with
Giuseppe Azzini)
::1st Stage 1
:1st
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
:2nd National Road Championships, Road Race
:2nd
Milano–Torino
Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ev ...
:3rd
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
:3rd
Giro del Piemonte
The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI E ...
;1921
:1st Overall
Giro della Provincia Milano
::1st Stage 1
:2nd Overall
Giro d'Italia
::1st Stages 5, 9 & 10
:1st
Milano–Modena
:2nd
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
:2nd
Roma–Napoli–Roma
:8th
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
;1922
:1st Overall
Giro della Provincia Milano (with
Giovanni Brunero)
::1st Stage 1
:1st Six Days of New York City
:1st Stages 1 & 3
Giro d'Italia
:2nd
Giro della Romagna
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:2nd
Tour du lac Léman
;1923
:2nd
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
:2nd
Milano–Torino
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;1924
:2nd
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
:2nd
Giro del Veneto
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In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa Placci
The Coppa Placci is a semi class ...
:2nd
Giro dell'Emilia
The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The ...
;1925
:1st
Giro del Piemonte
The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI E ...
:1st
Milano–Modena
:1st Stages 5 & 12
Giro d'Italia
:2nd
Roma–Napoli–Roma
:3rd National Road Championships, Road Race
;1926
:1st
Grosser Strassenpreis von Hannover
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:1st
Rund um die Hainleite
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:1st
Groβer Sachsenpreis
:2nd
Berlin–Cottbus–Berlin
:2nd
Rund um Frankfurt
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:2nd Six Days of New York City
:3rd
Rund um Köln
The Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It is one of the oldest cycling races still run ...
:4th
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
;1927
:1st
Rund um Köln
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:2nd
Quer durch Thüringen
:2nd
Thüringen-Rundfahrt
:2nd
Berlin–Cottbus–Berlin
:3rd
Stuttgart Criterium
;1928
:1st
Giro di Lombardia
The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
:2nd Six Days of New York City
:3rd
Groβer Sachsenpreis
;1929
:1st
Roma–Napoli–Roma
:1st Six Days of Chicago
:1st Stage 1
Giro d'Italia
:3rd Six Days of New York City
;1930
:1st Six Days of New York City
;1935
:3rd Six Days of New York City
Results timelines
External links
Museum of cycling bio (in Italian)*
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1892 births
1980 deaths
Italian male cyclists
Giro d'Italia winners
Cyclists from the Province of Cremona