Gianni Motta

Gianni Motta

Motta at the 1966 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full name	Gianni Motta
Born	(1943-03-13)13 March 1943 Cassano d'Adda, Italy
Team information
Discipline	Race
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1964–1968	Molteni
1969	Sanson
1970–1971	Salvarani
1972	Ferretti
1973	Zonca
1974	Magniflex
1976	G.B.C.
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia General Classification (1966) Points Classification (1966) 5 individual stages Stage Races Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971) Tour de Suisse (1967) One-day races and Classics Giro di Lombardia (1964) Tre Valli Varesine (1965–1967, 1970) Milano–Torino (1967) Giro dell'Emilia (1968, 1969, 1971)

Gianni Motta (born 13 March 1943) is an Italian former bicycle racer who won the 1966 Giro d'Italia .

Gianni Motta was born at Cassano d'Adda (Lombardy). His main victories include the Giro d'Italia (1966), a Giro di Lombardia (1964), a Tour de Suisse (1967) and two Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971).

Like many before him, he turned to manufacture and sales of bicycles after his racing career.

Career achievements

Major results

Grand Tours overall classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976
Giro	5	-	1	6	DSQ	-	-	20	WD	10	24	-	WD
Tour	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	WD	-	-	-	-	-
Vuelta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

WD = Withdrew DSQ = Disqualified

External links

• Media related to Gianni Motta at Wikimedia Commons
• Gianni Motta profile at Cycling Archives