Felice Gimondi

Felice Gimondi

Felice Gimondi in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Felice Gimondi
Nickname	The Phoenix
Born	(1942-09-29) 29 September 1942 (age 74) Sedrina, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Classics
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
1965–1972	Salvarani
1973–1979	Bianchi
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1965) 7 individual stages (1965, 1967, 1969, 1975 Giro d'Italia General classification (1967, 1969, 1976) 6 individual stages (1966, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1976) Vuelta a España General classification (1968) 1 individual stage (1968) Stage races Volta a Catalunya (1972) Tour de Romandie (1969) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (1973) National Road Race Championships (1968, 1972) Milan–San Remo (1974) Paris–Roubaix (1966) Giro di Lombardia (1966, 1973) Grand Prix des Nations (1967, 1968)
Medal record Road bicycle racing World Championships 1973 Barcelona Road race, elite 1971 Mendrisio Road race, elite 1970 Leicester Road race, elite

Grand Tours

Stage races

One-day races and Classics

Felice Gimondi (Italian pronunciation: [feˈliːtʃe dʒiˈmondi]; born 29 September 1942) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. With his 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed "The Phoenix", was the second cyclist (after Jacques Anquetil) to win all three Grand Tours of road cycling: Tour de France (1965, his first year as a pro), Giro d'Italia (1967, 1969 and 1976), and Vuelta a España (1968). He remains one of only six cyclists to have done so.

Gimondi grew up cycling with his mother, a postal carrier who rode a bicycle to make her deliveries. In 1964 Gimondi rode the road race at the 1964 Olympic Games, where he finished in 33rd place. After winning the amateur version of the Tour de France (Tour de l'Avenir), he was signed, in 1965, as a professional to the Salvarani team. With the withdrawal of another cyclist from Salvarani's Tour de France team, Gimondi was added at the last minute and went on to win the tour, becoming an Italian national hero.

In 1966, he won two of the 'Monument' Classics: Paris–Roubaix and the Giro di Lombardia. Gimondi also won the UCI World Championshipss in 1973, after placing second in 1971 and third in 1970.