Franco Balmamion

Franco Balmamion
Franco Balmamion c. 1968
Personal information
Full name Franco Balmamion
Born (1940-01-11) 11 January 1940
Nole, Italy
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
1961 Bianchi
1962–1963 Carpano
1964 Cynar
1965–1966 Sanson
1967–1968 Molteni
1969–1970 Salvarani
1971–1972 Scic
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
General classification (1962, 1963)

One-day races and Classics

Italian National Road Race Championship (1967)

Franco Balmamion (born 11 January 1940), is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1960 and 1972. The highlight of his career was his successive overall wins in the 1962 and 1963 Giro d'Italia.[1][2]

Major results

Giro d'Italia
  • 1961 – 20th overall
  • 1962 – 1st overall, 5 stages in pink jersey
  • 1963 – 1st overall, 6 stages in pink jersey
  • 1964 – 8th overall, 3rd mountains
  • 1965 – 5th overall
  • 1966 – 6th overall
  • 1967 – 2nd overall
  • 1968 – 7th overall
  • 1970 – 12th overall
Tour de France
  • 1967 – 3rd overall
  • 1969 – 39th overall
  • 1970 – 12th overall
Other one-day classics and semi-classics

Grand Tours general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 20 1 1 8 5 6 2 7 — 12 DNF 38
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — DNF — — — 3 — 39 12 DNF —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — — — — — — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified

References

  1. ↑ Franco Balmamion. cyclingarchives.com
  2. ↑ The Eagle of the Canavese: Franco Balmamion and the Giro d'Italia. sabob.com

Further reading

  • Sykes, Herbie (2008). Eagle of the Canavese. Norwich, UK: Mousehold Press. ISBN 978-1-874739-49-4. Retrieved 3 November 2013.


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