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

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editions of the Giro d'Italia.The Eagle of the Canavese: Franco Balmamion and the Giro d'Italia
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Major results

;1960 :10th National Amateur Road Championships ;1961 :3rd

Giro dell'Emilia The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The ...

;1962 :1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro d'Italia :2nd Overall

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

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Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ev ...

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Giro dell'Appennino The Giro dell'Appennino is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Fausto Coppi, Francesco Moser, Felice ...

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Maggiora Maggiora is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Maggiora borders the following municipalities: Boca, Borgomanero, Cureggio Cureg ...

Criterium :3rd

Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually the first and most important race of Trittico Lombardo, which con ...

:10th Pernod–Super Prestige ;1963 :1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro d'Italia :1st Meisterschaft von Zürich :3rd

Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. The race is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa Placci The Coppa Placci is a semi cla ...

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:9th

;1964 :2nd GP du Parisien :3rd

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Coppa Sabatini The Coppa Sabatini is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Province of Pisa, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing R ...

:8th Overall Giro d'Italia :10th

Coppa Agostoni The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed during World War II. It is also called ''G ...

;1965 :1st Caen Team Time trial :2nd Circuito Ciclistico di Ciriè :3rd Milan–San Remo :3rd Nice–Genova :3rd

Giro del Lazio The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

:5th Overall Giro d'Italia :7th

;1966 :1st

Criterium :2nd Overall Cronostaffetta :6th Overall Giro d'Italia :8th

;1967 :1st Jersey italianflag

National Road Championships :1st Overall Cronostaffetta ::1st Stage 1c :1st

Criterium :1st Piaggiori Criterium :2nd Overall Giro d'Italia :2nd

Giro della Romagna The Giro della Romagna was a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Italian region of Romagna. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was discontinued in 2011, and in 2013, it merged with the Me ...

:3rd Overall

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

:3rd Bergamo Criterium :4th

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup ...

:5th Pernod–Super Prestige :6th

:9th

;1968 :1st Overall Cronostaffetta :7th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1969 :1st

Criterium :1st Ronde des Korrigans ;1970 :3rd

Giro del Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eu ...

;1972 :8th

Grand Tours general classification results timeline

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* 1940 births Living people Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin Italian male cyclists Giro d'Italia winners Cyclists from Piedmont {{Italy-cycling-bio-1940s-stub

Major results

Grand Tours general classification results timeline

References

Further reading

External links