Massimo Ghirotto

Massimo Ghirotto (born June 25, 1961 in Boara Pisani ^(x) , Italy) is a former Italian cyclist.

As an amateur he competed in the International Peace Tour in 1982 and finished the tour in 54th place. Massimo was a professional from 1983 to 1995. His career began with the Gis Gelati team . He drove for a long time for the Carrera Jeans team (1985-1992). For the last three years he drove in the ZG Mobili team . All teams are Italian.

The Mountain-Bike Team TX Active-Bianchi-Team is managed by Massimo Ghirotto.

Palmarès

year	success		run
1981	winner		Astico-Brenta (Italy)
1982	winner		GP Città di Empoli (Italy)
1983	2.		Giro di Toscana
1985	30th		Milan – San Remo
1986	3.		National Championship Italy, Road
	winner	10th stage	Tour of Switzerland
	3.	05th stage	Giro d'Italia
	42.		Gent – ​​Wevelgem
1987	winner	02nd stage	Tour de France (y)
	5.	11th stage
	winner		Coppa Placci (Italy)
1988	2.	05th stage	Tour de France
	2.		GP des Ameriques (Canada)
1989	winner	07th stage	Vuelta a España
	2.	19th stage	Giro d'Italia
1990	winner		Giro del Veneto (Italy)
	2.	06th stage	Giro d'Italia
	8th.	08th stage	Tour de France
	winner	09th stage
1991	winner	04th stage	Giro del Trentino
	winner	09th stage	Giro d'Italia
1992	winner		Giro del Veneto
	3.	14th stage	Giro d'Italia
	3.	03rd stage	Tour de France
	5.	07th stage
	3.	08th stage
1993	winner	20th stage	Giro d'Italia
	2.	12th stage	Tour de France
	2.	17th stage
	15th		Paris – Roubaix
1994	2.		GP Città di Camaiore (Italy)
	4th		World Championship, road
	2.	06th stage	Giro d'Italia
	winner	19th stage
	4th	14th stage	Tour de France
	8th.	20th stage

Remarks

^(x)Boara Pisani is a town with 2,556 inhabitants (2007) in the province of Padua .

^(y)The second stage of the Tour de France 1987 was a team time trial (40.5 km) in Berlin with Stephen Roche, Guido Bontempi, Davide Cassani, Erich Mächler, Jørgen Vagn Pedersen, Giancarlo Perini, Eddy Schepers, Urs Zimmermann.

Web links

• Massimo Ghirotto in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Massimo Ghirotto in the Tour de France database(French / English )
• museociclismo.it
• the-sports.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 237 .
2. ↑ cycling news