Giuseppe Martinelli

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Giuseppe Martinelli (born March 11, 1955 in Lodetto (Rovato) , Italy ) is a sporting director of cycling teams , former cyclist and local politician. In 1976 he won the silver medal in the individual road race of the 1976 Summer Olympics . He was a professional from 1977 to 1985.

Cyclist

As an amateur , Martinelli won the Freccia dei Vini , the Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin and the Coppa Cicogna, among others . In 1975 he started the International Peace Tour and finished 29th in the overall ranking. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal , he was initially third in the single road race behind the solo winner Bernt Johansson and at the same time behind Klaus-Peter Thaler ; However, after Thaler was distanced because of what the jury believed was an irregular sprint, Martinello was awarded the silver medal.

After these successes with the amateurs, Martinelli turned pro in 1977. Right at the beginning of his professional career, he won a stage of the Tour of Sicily. As a professional cyclist, he won three stages in the Giro d'Italia , one in the Vuelta a España and in 1981 the one-day race from Milan to Turin . After the 1985 season he ended his professional career. He was able to book a total of ten wins for his Palmares.

Sports director

After his time as an active cyclist, he became the sporting director of cycling teams, initially at Ecolflam in 1986. After two years he switched to Carrera Jeans , where he worked with Davide Boifava and led drivers like Claudio Chiappucci , Guido Bontempi and the young Marco Pantani .

From 1997 to 2001 he headed the Mercatone Uno team . During this time, the victories of the Mercatone Uno driver Pantani at the Giro d'Italia 1998 and the Tour de France 1998 , as well as Stefano Garzelli at the Giro d'Italia 2000 .

In 2002 he became the sporting director of the Saeco team , which won the Giro d'Italia 2003 with Gilberto Simoni and the Giro d'Italia 2004 with Damiano Cunego . After Saeco was integrated into the Lampre team , he worked for this team until the end of the 2007 season.

After joining the Professional Continental Team Amica Chips-Knauf in 2009, Martinelli has been head of the Astana since 2010, which was joined by Vincenzo Nibali in 2013 , who won the Giro d'Italia in 2013 . At the end of the 2015 season, he was replaced in this role by Dimitri Fofonow .

Local politician

From spring 2002 to August 2010, Martinelli was in charge of sports administration in his hometown of Rovato. In this time were in collaboration with the Sports Association GS Lodetto numerous major sporting events in Rovato including the stage Rovato- organized Monte Bondone the 2006 Giro d'Italia .

family

Giuseppe Martinelli is the father of Davide Martinelli , who is also a cyclist.

successes

1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Yellow jersey Vuelta a España - - - DNF - - DNF 67
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia 107 31 87 77 86 DNF - 107
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - - - - - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 247 .
  2. ↑ Cycling at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Road Race, Individual on sports-reference.com (accessed September 8, 2013)
  3. ↑ Luciano Boccaccini, Giovanni Tarello: Annuario Storico Del Ciclismo Italiano . Publialfa Edizion, Milan 1994, p. 238 (Italian).
  4. ^ Martinelli to leave post as general manager in Astana. cyclingnews.com, December 13, 2015, accessed December 13, 2015 .
  5. Jump up ↑ Campionati italiani di ciclocross on illegalone.net December 2004 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 8, 2013)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.illeone.net

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SURNAME Martinelli, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist and sports director
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Lodetto