Giuseppe Saronni
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Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is a former Italian cyclist.
Born in Parabiago, Lombardy, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races. In Italy he gave birth to a famous rivalry with Francesco Moser, like those of Binda with Guerra, and Coppi with Bartali.
In 1978 Saronni won three stages in the Giro d'Italia. In total he would win 24 stages in this race, winning the overall twice (1979 and 1983).
In 1982 he won the World Cycling Championship in Goodwood, Great Britain, beating American Greg LeMond. His final sprint was so impressive that it gained him the nickname of "Goodwood rifle-shot". The previous year he had won a silver medal, as he had been overcome in the final by Freddy Maertens of Belgium. In 1982 Saronni won the Giro di Lombardia too.
At the beginning of 1983 another striking sprint gave him the Milan-Sanremo classic, after three consecutive second places in that race. This was Saronni's last great victory: he had become a professional very early, and maybe he had already finished his best energies.
Today Saronni works as team manager of Damiano Cunego's Lampre-Fondital formation of Italy.
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| Preceded by Freddy Maertens |
World Road Racing Champion 1982 |
Succeeded by Greg LeMond |
| Preceded by Johan de Muynck |
Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1979 |
Succeeded by Bernard Hinault |
| Preceded by Bernard Hinault |
Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1983 |
Succeeded by Francesco Moser |
| Riders on Lampre-Fondital |
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Fabio Baldato | Alessandro Ballan | Daniele Bennati | Matteo Bono | Paolo Bossoni | Marzio Bruseghin | Giampaolo Caruso | Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega | Claudio Corioni | Damiano Cunego | Giuliano Figueras | Paolo Fornaciari | Enrico Franzoi | Francesco Gavazzi | David Loosli | Marco Marzano | Massimiliano Mori | Danilo Napolitano | Morris Possoni | Daniele Righi | Gorazd Stangelj | Sylvester Szmyd | Paulo Tiralongo | Tadej Valjavec | Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea |
| Manager |
| Giuseppe Saronni |
