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Historic Overview Gaetano Belloni

Rider

Overall Rank109
NameGaetano BELLONI
Country
  Italy
Date of birth26-Aug-1892 - Pizzighettone (Lombardia)
Date of death09-Jan-1980 - Milano (Lombardia)

Biography

Gaetano Belloni

Gaetano Belloni (26 August 1892 – 9 January 1980) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan–San Remo (1917 and 1920), and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia (1915, 1918 and 1928).

Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, 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, Belloni won surprisingly, the overall Giro di Lombardia in 1915 (a feat he repeated in 1918 and 1928) and the Milan–San Remo of 1917.

In 1920 he obtained his greatest victory, the Giro d'Italia. In the 1920s Belloni constantly rivalled with his friend Costante Girardengo, 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.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) 1929
Giro del Piemonte 1925
Giro di Lombardia 1915, 1918, 1928
Giro d'Italia 1920
Großer Sachsenpreis 1926
Milano - Modena 1918, 1921, 1925
Milano - Sanremo 1917, 1920
Milano - Torino 1918
Rund um die Hainleite 1926
Rund um Köln 1927
Giro d'Italia - stages 1919 (1), 1920 (4), 1921 (3), 1922 (2), 1925 (2), 1929 (1)
More results

Seasons

Gaetano Belloni - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1914 Individual 24 296
2. 1915 Individual 568 2
3. 1916 Bianchi 70 15
4. 1917 Bianchi 834 5
5. 1918 Bianchi 1732 1
6. 1919 Bianchi - Pirelli 1457 11
7. 1920 Bianchi - Pirelli 2724 1
8. 1921 Bianchi - Dunlop 2386 4
9. 1922 Bianchi - Salga 623 40
10. 1923 Legnano - Pirelli 293 94
11. 1924 Legnano - Pirelli 750 37
12. 1925 Wolsit - Pirelli 2697 3
13. 1926 Opel - Polack 614 53
14. 1927 Opel - Z.R. III 367 81
15. 1928 Wolsit - Pirelli 821 29
16. 1929 Bianchi - Pirelli 869 38
17. 1930 Bianchi - Pirelli 61 340
18. 1931 Bianchi - Pirelli 9 769
19. 1932 Olympia 166 186
Overall: 17065 109