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Maurizio Rossi (cyclist)

Maurizio Rossi (cyclist)

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Maurizio Rossi (born 20 December 1962) is an Italian former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1984 to 1990.[1]

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Career

Rossi almost won the 1986 Tour of the Basque Country, after winning the first stage in a solo victory 3:40 ahead of the peloton. He held the lead all the way to the last stage, which was an eighteen-kilometer individual time trial. Irish cyclist Sean Kelly finished the time trial 3:58 ahead of Rossi, therefore taking the final victory by eighteen seconds over Rossi, who still managed to finish second.[2]

During his career, Rossi also won the Giro del Veneto in 1986 as well as the overall classification and a stage of the 1987 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali.[3]

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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References

  1. "ROSSI Maurizio". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. "26ème Vuelta al Pais Vasco 1986". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004.
  3. "Maurizio Rossi". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

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