Giuseppe Guerini (born 14 February 1970) is a retired

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. He was known throughout his career as a

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and had pronounced success in cycling's Grand Tour events. He completed six editions of the

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, five Vuelta a Españas and four Giros, managing two third-place finishes in the

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and

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Giro d'Italia. He began his professional career in 1993 with Navigare and subsequently joined

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in 1996. It was during his tenure with team Polti that he achieved two podium finishes at the Giro d'Italia. He then switched to the German

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from 1999 to 2007. He retired from cycling at the end of 2007. Further career highlights include a stage win in the 1998

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, a stage win in the 1998

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, a stage win in the

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and again in the

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, a stage win in the 2002 Catalan Week, and second place in the 2003

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. He is also remembered for an incident during the difficult

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stage of the 1999 Tour de France. Guerini was leading the field and only a few hundred meters from the finish line when a cycling fan knocked him off his bicycle while attempting to take a photograph. Guerini was able to remount his bicycle and finish 21 seconds ahead of

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. Guerini is a native of

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Career achievements

Major results

;1988 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Giro della Lunigiana ;1991 : 3rd Overall

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;1994 : 1st Stage 9

: 6th Overall

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;1995 : 3rd

Tour du Haut Var The Tour des Alpes-Maritimes, formerly known as the Tour du Haut Var, () is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 20 ...

: 3rd

Gran Premio di Lugano The Gran Premio di Lugano () is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...

;1996 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall

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;1997 : 3rd Overall

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: 5th Overall

;1998 : 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 17 : 5th

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: 9th Overall

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;1999 : 1st Stage 10

: 3rd Overall

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, it has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions ...

: 8th Overall

;2000 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

: 8th Luk-Cup Bühl ;2001 : 7th Luk-Cup Bühl ;2002 : 2nd Overall

Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme The Catalan Cycling Week (''Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme'' in Catalan language, Catalan) was a stage race, multi-stage road bicycle race held in Catalonia, Spain. Held annually from 1963 until 2005, it was run as a 2.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour ...

::1st Stage 3 ;2003 : 2nd Overall

: 8th Overall

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;2004 : 8th Overall

;2005 : 1st Stage 19

Grand Tour overall classification results timeline

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Giuseppe Guerini
1970 births Living people People from Gazzaniga Italian male cyclists Italian Tour de France stage winners Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Cyclists from the Province of Bergamo {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub