Enrico Zaina (born 27 September 1967 in
Brescia) is an Italian former
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
. Zaina turned professional in 1989. He won a stage of the
1995 Giro d'Italia
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and two stages of the
1996 Giro d'Italia
The 1996 Giro d'Italia was the 79th edition of the Giro. It began on May 18 with a mass-start stage that began and ended in the Greek capital Athens. The race came to a close on June 9 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city o ...
, where he finished second overall behind
Pavel Tonkov. He also won a stage of the
1992 Vuelta a España
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.
Major achievements
;1992
:1st, Stage 17,
Vuelta a España
;1993
:1st, Overall,
Settimana Bergamasca
;1995
:1st, Stage 11,
Giro d'Italia
;1996
:2nd, Overall,
Giro d'Italia
::1st, Stage 9 & 20
;1999
:1st, Stage 3,
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
External links
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Italian male cyclists
Living people
1967 births
Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Italian Vuelta a España stage winners
Cyclists from Brescia
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