Valerio Piva
Valerio Piva (born July 5, 1958 in Ceresara , Italy) is a former Italian cyclist and later sports director .
In 1977 he won a national championship title when he and his team won the Italian championship in team pursuit. He finished the International Peace Ride in 1980 in 28th place (with a stage win). Piva turned professional at Bianchi-Piaggio in 1982 . During his active career, he competed five times in the Giro d'Italia and once in the Tour de France , before retiring at the end of the 1991 season.
After his racing career, Piva first made a name for himself as the sporting director of smaller cycling teams . In 2002 he became the sporting director of the Italian team Mapei and from 2005 of the ProTeam T-Mobile, the later HTC-Highroad . This was followed by engagements with the Katusha team and the BMC Racing Team .
Valerio Piva is the son-in-law of former Belgian professional cyclist Yvo Molenaers .
Teams
- 1982-1984 Bianchi-Piaggio
- 1985-1986 Sammontana-Bianchi
- 1987-1991 Ceramiche Ariostea
successes
- 1980
- a stage of the peace journey
- 1983
- Giro d'Italia team time trial
Individual evidence
- ^ Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Herve Dauchy: Wereld Encyclopedie Wielrennen . Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2001, p. 1484 (Flemish).
- ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig, p. 252 .
- ^ Piva celebrates a second Milan-San Remo win for HTC-Highroad. cyclingnews.com, March 21, 2011, archived from the original on March 24, 2011 ; Retrieved April 13, 2011 .
Web links
- les-sports (French)
- Valerio Piva in the Radsportseiten.net database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piva, Valerio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th July 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ceresara , Italy |