Guido Bontempi Explained

Guido Bontempi
Fullname:Guido Bontempi
Birth Date:12 January 1960
Birth Place:Gussago, Italy
Currentteam:Retired
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
Proyears1:1981–1993
Proyears2:1994–1995
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

6 individual stages

(1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)

Giro d'Italia

Points classification (1986)

16 individual stages (1981-1993)

Vuelta a España

4 individual stages (1981, 1991)One-Day Races and Classics

Gent–Wevelgem (1984, 1986)

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (1988)

Giro del Piemonte (1983)

Tre Valli Varesine (1986, 1991)

Paris-Brussels (1986)

Guido Bontempi (born 12 January 1960 in Gussago) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Bontempi's career highlights include winning the spring's classic Gent–Wevelgem two times (1984 and 1986) and a total of 16 stages in the Giro d'Italia throughout his career. He also won six stages in the Tour de France and four stages in the Vuelta a España. In the 1988 Tour de France he won the prologue, allowing him to wear the yellow jersey in the first stage. He also won the points classification in the 1986 Giro d'Italia and wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification for one stage in the 1981 Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the 1000m time trial and team pursuit events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

Major results

1981
  • Vuelta a España
  • 1st Stages 1 & 3
  • 1st Stage 1a Giro d'Italia
    1982
  • 1st Giro del Friuli
  • 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia
    1983
  • 1st Giro del Piemonte
  • Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Stages 2 & 8
  • Tour of the Basque Country
  • 1st Stages 1 & 5
  • 1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico
    1984
  • 1st Gent–Wevelgem
  • 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Prologue Tirreno–Adriatico
    1985
  • 1st Stage 2 Giro del Trentino
  • 1st Stage 5 Danmark Rundt
    1986
  • 1st Gent–Wevelgem
  • 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
  • 1st Paris–Brussels
  • 1st Tre Valli Varesine
  • Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stages 7, 10, 11, 17 & 20
  • Tour de France
  • 1st Stages 6, 22 & 23
    1987
  • 1st Coppa Bernocchi
  • 1st Giro del Friuli
  • 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
    1988
  • 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
  • 1st Coppa Bernocchi
  • 1st Giro del Friuli
  • Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Stages 2 & 5
  • 1st Prologue Tour de France
    1990
  • Vuelta a Valencia
  • 1st Stages 1a & 2
  • 1st Stage 19 Tour de France
  • 1st Stage 1b Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    1991
  • 1st Tre Valli Varesine
  • Vuelta a España
  • 1st Stages 10 & 15
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg
    1992
  • Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Stages 7 & 9
  • 1st Stage 5 Tour de France
    1993
  • 1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino
  • 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Valencia

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Guido Bontempi Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418014828/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/guido-bontempi-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 12 May 2015 . Sports Reference.