Gaetano Belloni (26 August 1892 – 9 January 1980) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan–San Remo (1917 and 1920), and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia (1915, 1918 and 1928).
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gaetano Belloni |
| Born | 26 August 1892 Pizzighettone, Italy |
| Died | 9 January 1980 |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1916–1922 | Bianchi |
| 1923–1924 | Legnano |
| 1925 | Wolsit |
| 1926–1927 | Opel |
| 1928 | Wolsit |
| 1929–1931 | Bianchi |
| 1932 | Olympia |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, and made his debut in the road cycling world in the wake of his elder brother Amleto. As an amateur, in 1914 he won the "Small" Giro di Lombardia and the Coppa del Re, as well as the Italian championship.
Having avoided to be called to the front, Belloni won surprisingly, the overall Giro di Lombardia in 1915 (a feat he repeated in 1918 and 1928) and the Milan–San Remo of 1917.
In 1920 he obtained his greatest victory, the Giro d'Italia. In the 1920s Belloni constantly rivalled with his friend Costante Girardengo, being almost always defeated and gaining for this reason the nickname of "Eterno secondo" ("Eternal second").
He won a total of 43 races as a professional, including 12 stages at Giro d'Italia.
Major results
edit- 1914
- 1st National Road Championships, Road Race (Amateurs)
- 1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Coppa del Re
- 1915
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1916
- 1st Milano–Bellagio–Varese
- 1917
- 1st Overall Giro della Provincia Milano (with Alfredo Sivocci)
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Milano–Bellagio–Varese
- 2nd Milano–La Spezia
- 1918
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Milano–Modena
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Torino-Arquata (with Lauro Bordin, Costante Girardengo & Luigi-Natale Lucotti)
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Milano–Bellagio–Varese
- 1919
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Overall Roma–Trento–Trieste
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Giro del Piemonte
- 2nd Roma–Trente–Trieste
- 3rd Giro della Provincia Milano
- 1920
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 7
- 1st Overall Giro della Provincia Milano (with Giuseppe Azzini)
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 2nd National Road Championships, Road Race
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 3rd Giro del Piemonte
- 1921
- 1st Overall Giro della Provincia Milano
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 5, 9 & 10
- 1st Milano–Modena
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 8th Milan–San Remo
- 1922
- 1st Overall Giro della Provincia Milano (with Giovanni Brunero)
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Six Days of New York City
- 1st Stages 1 & 3 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Giro della Romagna
- 2nd Tour du lac Léman
- 1923
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 1924
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 2nd Giro del Veneto
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 1925
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1st Milano–Modena
- 1st Stages 5 & 12 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 3rd National Road Championships, Road Race
- 1926
- 1st Grosser Strassenpreis von Hannover
- 1st Rund um die Hainleite
- 1st Groβer Sachsenpreis
- 2nd Berlin–Cottbus–Berlin
- 2nd Rund um Frankfurt
- 2nd Six Days of New York City
- 3rd Rund um Köln
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 1927
- 1st Rund um Köln
- 2nd Quer durch Thüringen
- 2nd Thüringen-Rundfahrt
- 2nd Berlin–Cottbus–Berlin
- 3rd Stuttgart Criterium
- 1928
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Six Days of New York City
- 3rd Groβer Sachsenpreis
- 1929
- 1st Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 1st Six Days of Chicago
- 1st Stage 1 Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Six Days of New York City
- 1930
- 1st Six Days of New York City
- 1935
- 3rd Six Days of New York City
Results timelines
edit| Grand Tour | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | DNF | — | DNF | 4 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | DNF |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monument | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 8 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
External links
edit- Museum of cycling bio (in Italian)
- Gaetano Belloni at Cycling Archives (archived)