Gianni Bugno

{{No footnotes|date=November 2007}} '''Gianni Bugno''' (born February 14, 1964 in [[Brugg, Switzerland]]) is a former [[Italy|Italian]] professional [[road racing cyclist]]. ==Biography== Bugno was a versatile rider, able to do well in different types of races. He won numerous stages in the Tour de France, and the [[Milan – San Remo]] [[classic cycle races|classic]] in 1990. In 1991 he won the [[Clásica de San Sebastián]], and in 1994 he won the [[Ronde van Vlaanderen]]. Bugno's greatest success was the double victory in the [[World Cycling Championship|World Championship]]. In 1991 he beat [[Steven Rooks]] of the [[Netherlands]] and [[Miguel Indurain]] of [[Spain]], and in 1992 finished ahead of [[Laurent Jalabert]] of [[France]] and [[Dmitri Konyshev]] of [[Russia]]. Bugno's performance in the [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]s, however, was over-shadowed by [[Miguel Indurain]]. Bugno's victory in the [[Giro d'Italia]] in 1990 is considered one of the most dominant performances in that race - he led from start to finish. While he won the Giro in 1990, he finished second to Indurain in the [[Tour de France]] in 1991 and third behind Indurain and [[Claudio Chiappucci]] in 1992. In a battle in the 1992 Tour, Indurain kept his calm despite Chiappucci's attack in the [[Alps]]; Bugno had to chase and cracked in the final parts of the stage. Indurain was quoted as saying that Bugno was his biggest threat in the Tour. Bugno retired following the 1998 road season and is now a [[helicopter]] rescue [[aviator|pilot]]. He piloted a camera helicopter for the Tour of Lombardy, on 20 October 2007, and for the whole of the [[2008 Giro d'Italia]]. He ran for a seat in [[Lombardy|Lombard]] Regional Council in the [[Lombard regional election, 2010]] for the centre left coalition of political parties but he was not elected. He has remained involved with the Giro d'Italia by being one of the TV helicopter pilots for the Italian national broadcaster, RAI. ==Essential palmarès== {{Palmares start|3}} 1986 :[[Giro dell'Appennino]] :[[Giro del Friuli]] :[[Giro del Piemonte]] 1987 :[[Giro dell'Appennino]] :[[Coppa Sabatini]] :[[Gran Premio Città di Camaiore]] :1 stage of [[Giro del Trentino]] 1988 :[[Giro di Calabria]] :[[Giro dell'Appennino]] :[[Coppa Agostoni]] :1 stage of [[1988 Tour de France|Tour de France]] :1 stage of [[Tour de Romandie]] 1989 :[[Tre Valli Varesine]] :[[GP di Marostica]] :1 stage of [[1989 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] 1990 :[[UCI Road World Cup]] :[[1990 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]: ::[[Image:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Winner overall classification ::[[Image:Jersey violet.svg|20px]] [[Maglia ciclamino]] (points classification) ::Winner three stages :[[Milan – San Remo]] :[[Wincanton Classic]] :[[Giro del Trentino]] (with 1 stage) :2 stages of [[1990 Tour de France|Tour de France]] 1991 :{{flagiconUCI}} [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|World Cycling Championships]] :[[File:Jersey italianflag.svg|20px]] [[Italian National Road Race Championship]] :[[Clásica de San Sebastián]] :2nd in [[1991 Tour de France|Tour de France]], winning 1 stage :3 stages of [[1991 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] :[[Memorial Nencini]] 1992 :{{flagiconUCI}} [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|World Cycling Championships]] :[[Milano–Torino]] :[[Giro del Lazio]] :[[Giro dell'Emilia]] :1 stage of [[Tour de Suisse]] :3rd in [[1992 Tour de France|Tour de France]] 1993 :[[Grand Prix Gippingen]] :1 stage of [[Bicicleta Vasca]] 1994 :[[Ronde van Vlaanderen]] :1 stage of [[1994 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] :1 stage of [[Bicicleta Vasca]] 1995 :[[File:Jersey italianflag.svg|20px]] [[Italian National Road Race Championship]] :[[Tour Méditerranéen]] (with 2 stages) :[[Coppa Agostoni]] 1996 :1 stage of [[1996 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] :1 stage of [[1996 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] :3rd in [[Tour de Suisse]] (with 1 stage) :1 stage of [[Giro del Trentino]] 1998 :1 stage of [[1998 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] {{Palmares end}} == External links== *[http://www.world-of-cycling.com/sites/riders/italien/bugno_gianni.htm Palmarès by world-of-cycling.com] *[http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/bugno_gianni.php Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net] {{fr icon}} *[http://www.museociclismo.it/corridori/palmares.php?id=1961 Palmarès by museociclismo.it] {{it icon}} {{UCI World Tour Winners}} {{World Road Racing Champions}} {{maglia rosa}} {{Persondata | NAME = Bugno, Gianni | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Italian racing cyclist | DATE OF BIRTH = 1964-02-14 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Brugg, Switzerland | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bugno, Gianni}}