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Gianluca Bortolami
Italian cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gianluca Bortolami (born 28 August 1968) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Bortolami's greatest feats was capturing the monumental classic Tour of Flanders in 2001 and winning the 1994 UCI Road World Cup season championship. He is the namesake of Bortolami's Pizzeria in Vancouver, Washington.
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Bortolami was born in Locate di Triulzi, province of Milan. He competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] He turned professional in 1990 and rode for Lampre. He finished 75th in the 2002 Tour de France, 46th in the 1997 Tour, 13th in the 1994 Tour with one stage win, and 73rd in the 1993 Tour. He was tested positive for cortisone in 2003 during Three Days of De Panne. He was suspended for six months by the Italian cycling federation.[2]
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Major results
- 1990
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain
- 1991
- 1st Stage 4a Tour of Britain
- 1992
- Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stages 10 & 11
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie
- 1993
- 1st Cronostaffeta
- 6th Milano–Torino
- 1994
- 1st
UCI Road World Cup - 1st Giro del Veneto
- 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 1st Leeds International Classic
- 1st Züri-Metzgete
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2nd Trofeo Matteotti
- 5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 1995
- 1st Prologue Tour DuPont
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 1996
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 2nd Nice–Alassio
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 1997
- 1st Coppa Bernocchi
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1st Trofeo dello Scalatore
- 2nd Overall Volta a Galega
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 3rd Rochester International Classic
- 4th Overall Route du Sud
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 1998
- 1st Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 2nd Omloop Het Volk
- 2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 4th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 9th Paris–Roubaix
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 1999
- Tour of Austria
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 2000
- 3rd Giro di Toscana
- 2001
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 3 Brixia Tour
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 5th Tour du Haut Var
- 6th Coppa Bernocchi
- 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2002
- 1st Giro della Romagna
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 1st Milano–Vignola
- 2nd Coppa Placci
- 2nd Coppa Bernocchi
- 3rd Giro del Piemonte
- 5th Gran Premio Fred Mengoni
- 7th Giro del Veneto
- 9th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 9th Trofeo Melinda
- 2003
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stage 1
- 2004
- 1st Giro della Romagna
- 6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 7th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 1
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