Massimo Podenzana

Massimo Podenzana (born 29 July 1961 in La Spezia) is an Italian former road racing cyclist. Podenzana won stages in both the Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de France, as well as a variety of other cycling classics.

Massimo Podenzana

Personal information
Full name	Massimo Podenzana
Born	(1961-07-29) 29 July 1961 (age 63) La Spezia, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Novo Nordisk
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Directeur sportif
Professional teams
1987–1989	Atala
1990–1992	Italbonifica-Navigare
1993–1994	Navigare-Blue Storm
1995	Brescialat
1996	Carrera Jeans
1997–2001	Mercatone Uno
Managerial teams
2002	Mercatone Uno
2003	Nippon Hodo
2004	Nippo
2005–2010	Ceramica Flaminia
2011–	Team Type 1–Sanofi Aventis
Major wins
Trofeo Melinda (1994) Giro di Toscana (1995) GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano (1999)

Major results

1986

1st, Giro della Valli Aretine

1988

1st, Stage 4, Giro d'Italia

1991

3rd, Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

1993

1st, Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

1st, Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

1st, National Road Race Championships

2nd, Milano–Vignola

1994

1st, National Road Race Championships

1st, Trofeo Melinda

7th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

1995

1st, Giro di Toscana

3rd, Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

3rd, Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop

1996

1st, Stage 15, Tour de France

2nd, Trofeo Melinda

3rd, Trofeo Matteotti

3rd, Clásica de San Sebastián

1997

3rd, Giro dell'Appennino

1998

2nd, Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

1999

1st, GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

External links

• Massimo Podenzana at Cycling Archives (archived, or current page in French)
• Official Tour de France results for Massimo Podenzana