Luciano Armani

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Luciano Armani (born October 12, 1940 in Felegara ) is a former Italian cyclist .

Athletic career

As an amateur , he won several national races and came second in the small Tour of Lombardy ( Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ). Armani was a professional driver from 1965 to 1972 . He had his first contract with the Bianchi-Mobylette team , in which, among others, Dino Zandegu drove. In his first year as a professional in 1965 he was able to win the Coppa Sabatini and a stage of the Giro d'Italia , a year later he won a stage near Paris-Nice . In 1967 he won the Tour of Sardinia and the Coppa Placci . In 1969 he won the most important one with Lisbon-PortoOne-day race in Portugal . In 1970 he was able to win another Giro stage and the Milan – Turin race. In 1968 he had his best result in the Giro with the 22nd place in a total of six participations. In his second start in the Tour de France , he won the 12th stage in 1971, ahead of Eddy Merckx . He finished the tour as 66. 

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
Yellow jersey Vuelta a España
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia 35 39 38 22nd 35 33 -
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - - - DNF 66
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Web links

Commons : Luciano Armani  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Luciano Boccaccini, Giovanni Tarello: Annuario Storico Del Ciclismo Italiano . Publialfa Edizion, Milan 1994, p. 25 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Armani, Luciano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Felegara