Giovanni Valetti

Giovanni Valetti (22 September 1913 – 28 May 1998) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his two overall wins in the 1938 and 1939 Giro d'Italia. He also won the 1938 Tour de Suisse.

Giovanni Valetti

Personal information
Full name	Giovanni Valetti
Born	(1913-09-22)22 September 1913 Vinovo, Italy
Died	28 May 1998(1998-05-28) (aged 84) Avigliana, Italy
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1935	Individual
1936–1938	Fréjus
1939	Fréjus/France Sport-Wolber
1940	Bianchi
1941	Olmo/Olympia
1942–1943	Olmo
1944	Individual
1945	Fréjus
1946–1948	Individual
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia General classification (1938, 1939) Mountains classification (1938) 7 individual stages (1937, 1938, 1939) Stage races Tour de Suisse (1938)

Major results

1933

1st Overall Giro del Lazio

1st Stage 3

5th Overall Gran Piemonte

1936

5th Overall Giro d'Italia

1937

2nd Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 3

3rd Giro di Toscana

1938

1st Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Mountains classification

1st Stages 4a, 7a (ITT) & 15

1st Overall Tour de Suisse

1st Stages 3 & 4

5th Grand Prix des Nations

1939

1st Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 6b (ITT), 13 (ITT) & 16

2nd Giro della Provincia Milano

1940

10th Giro di Lombardia

1941

8th Giro di Toscana

1942

10th Giro del Veneto

1943

3rd Giro della Provincia Milano

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940
Giro d'Italia	5	2	1	1	17
Tour de France	—	DNF	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

• Giovanni Valetti at Cycling Archives
• Giovanni Valetti at ProCyclingStats
• Giovanni Valetti at CycleBase