Maurizio Fondriest (born 15 January 1965) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist.

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Maurizio Fondriest

Fondriest in 1997
Personal information
Born	(1965-01-15) 15 January 1965 (age 59) Cles, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)[2]
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
1985–1986	Zalf–Fior
Professional team
1987–1988	Alfa Lum
1989–1990	Del Tongo
1991–1992	Panasonic
1993–1995	Lampre
1996	Roslotto–ZG Mobili
1997–1998	Cofidis
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 2 individual stages (1993, 1995) Stage Races Tirreno–Adriatico (1993) Tour de Pologne (1994) Giro del Trentino (1993) Tour of Britain (1994) One-Day Races and Classics World Road Race Championship (1988) Milan–San Remo (1993) La Flèche Wallonne (1993) Züri-Metzgete (1993) Giro dell'Emilia (1993) Others UCI Road World Cup (1991, 1993)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Italy World Championships 1988 Ronse Elite Men's Road Race

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Born in Cles, Trentino, Fondriest turned professional in 1987 with the Ecoflam team. He subsequently rode for Alfa-Lum in 1988, winning the World Cycling Championships along with stages in the Tour de Suisse and Tirreno–Adriatico. In 1991, riding for Panasonic, he won the UCI Road World Cup.

In 1993, riding for the Lampre team, he won Milan–San Remo, La Flèche Wallonne, the Züri-Metzgete, the Giro dell'Emilia, the general classification and two stages of Tirreno–Adriatico, three stages and the general classification of the Grand Prix du Midi Libre, a stage in the Giro d'Italia and the overall World Cup. He never again had such a successful season, although he had another successful season with Lampre in 1995: in that year he won a stage in the Giro d'Italia and came in second in a number of races (the Tirreno–Adriatico general classification, Milan–San Remo, Gent–Wevelgem, La Flèche Wallonne, and a stage in the Giro d'Italia).

He retired in 1998 after riding for Cofidis for two years, and founded a bicycle manufacturer, called Fondriest, which makes carbon fiber bicycles.