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Gaetano Belloni

Gaetano Belloni
Personal information
Full name Gaetano Belloni
Born (1892-08-26)26 August 1892
Pizzighettone, Italy
Died 9 January 1980(1980-01-09)
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
1916–1922 Bianchi
1923–1924 Legnano
1925 Wolsit
1926–1927 Opel
1928 Wolsit
1929–1931 Bianchi
1932 Olympia
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
General Classification (1920)

One-day races and Classics

Milan–San Remo (1917, 1920)
Giro di Lombardia (1915, 1918, 1928)

Grand Tours

One-day races and Classics

Gaetano Belloni (26 August 1892 – 9 January 1980) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan–San Remo (1917 and 1920), and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia (1915, 1918 and 1928).

Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, and made his debut in the road cycling world in the wake of his elder brother Amleto. As an amateur, in 1914 he won the "Small" Giro di Lombardia and the Coppa del Re, as well as the Italian championship.

Having avoided to be called to the front, Belloni won surprisingly, the overall Giro di Lombardia in 1915 (a feat he repeated in 1918 and 1928) and the Milan–San Remo of 1917.

In 1920 he obtained his greatest victory, the Giro d'Italia. In the 1920s Belloni constantly rivalled with his friend Costante Girardengo, being almost always defeated and gaining for this reason the nickname of "Eterno secondo" ("Eternal second").

He won a total of 43 races as a professional, including 12 stages at Giro d'Italia.



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