Claudio Vandelli

Claudio Vandelli (born July 27, 1961 in Modena ) is a former Italian cyclist and Olympic champion in cycling .

Athletic career

1984 was the year of his greatest success. At the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , he won the team time trial title together with Marcello Bartalini , Marco Giovanetti and Eros Poli . In the same year he won the Amateurs Tour of Emilia. A year later he won bronze at the UCI Road World Championships , also in the team time trial. After the world championship he became a professional driver and drove for various Italian teams until 1989, but without winning a road race. In 1989 he won the Italian championship in cyclo-cross racing . He drove twice in the Giro d'Italia , the 50th place in 1987 was his best result in the tour.

He ended his career at the end of 1989, but later returned as a cross-country rider and in 1996 was again third in the national championship.

Web links

Claudio Vandelli in the Radsportseiten.net database

Claudio Vandelli in the Sportsreference.com database

Individual evidence

↑ Luciano Boccaccini, Giovanni Tarello: Annuario Storico Del Ciclismo Italiano . Publialfa Edizion, Milan 1994, p. 373 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Vandelli, Claudio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian cyclist, Olympic champion in cycling, national champion in cycling
DATE OF BIRTH	July 27, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Modena

[1] Luciano Boccaccini, Giovanni Tarello: Annuario Storico Del Ciclismo Italiano . Publialfa Edizion, Milan 1994, p. 373 (Italian).