Maurizio Rossi (cyclist)

Maurizio Rossi (born 20 December 1962) is an Italian former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1984 to 1990.^[1]

Maurizio Rossi

Personal information
Born	(1962-12-20) 20 December 1962 (age 62) Forlì, Italy
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
1982–1984	Lambrusco Giacobazzi
Professional teams
1984–1988	Alfa Lum–Olmo
1989–1990	Jolly Componibili–Club 88

Career

Rossi almost won the 1986 Tour of the Basque Country, after winning the first stage in a solo victory 3:40 ahead of the peloton. He held the lead all the way to the last stage, which was an eighteen-kilometer individual time trial. Irish cyclist Sean Kelly finished the time trial 3:58 ahead of Rossi, therefore taking the final victory by eighteen seconds over Rossi, who still managed to finish second.^[2]

During his career, Rossi also won the Giro del Veneto in 1986 as well as the overall classification and a stage of the 1987 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali.^[3]

Major results

1983

1st Trofeo Papà Cervi

1985

7th Giro di Toscana

1986

1st Giro del Veneto

2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country

1st Stage 1

5th Giro del Lazio

7th Coppa Sabatini

1987

1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Stage 2

2nd Giro di Campania

1989

3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Giro d'Italia	102	73	89	DNF	43	55
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	87