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Gaetano Belloni (26 August 1892 – 9 January 1980) was an Italian professional
road racing cyclist 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 ...
. 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 The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
(1915, 1918 and 1928). Belloni was born at
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, near
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, and made his debut in the road cycling world in the wake of his elder brother Amleto. As an
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, 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
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, 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
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, 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.


Major results

;1914 :1st National Road Championships, Road Race (Amateurs) :1st
Piccolo Giro di Lombardia The Piccolo Giro di Lombardia is a one-day cycling race held annually in Lombardy, Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U, meaning it is reserved for under 23 riders. The race acts as the U23 counterpart to the Giro di Lombardia T ...
:1st Coppa del Re ;1915 :1st
Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
;1916 :1st Milano–Bellagio–Varese ;1917 :1st Overall
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(with
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) ::1st Stage 1 :1st Milan–San Remo :1st Milano–Bellagio–Varese :2nd Milano–La Spezia ;1918 :1st
Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
:1st Milano–Modena :1st
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 ...
:1st Torino-Arquata (with Lauro Bordin,
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& Luigi-Natale Lucotti) :2nd Milan–San Remo :3rd Milano–Bellagio–Varese ;1919 :2nd Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 5 :2nd Overall Roma–Trento–Trieste :2nd
Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
:2nd
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 ...
:2nd Roma–Trente–Trieste :3rd
Giro della Provincia Milano Giro or GIRO may refer to: Banking and Investments * Giro (banking), a direct payment from one bank account to another instigated by the payer * Girobank, a state owned and later privatised financial institution in the UK * GiroBank, a Danish ba ...
;1920 :1st Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 7 :1st Overall
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(with Giuseppe Azzini) ::1st Stage 1 :1st Milan–San Remo :2nd National Road Championships, Road Race :2nd
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 ...
:3rd
Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
: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 ...
;1921 :1st Overall
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::1st Stage 1 :2nd Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 5, 9 & 10 :1st Milano–Modena :2nd
Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
:2nd Roma–Napoli–Roma :8th Milan–San Remo ;1922 :1st Overall
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(with
Giovanni Brunero Giovanni Giuseppe Brunero (10 April 1895 in San Maurizio Canavese, Piedmont – 23 November 1934) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Biography Giovanni Brunero was born in San Maurizio Canavese. He became a professional in 1920, ...
) ::1st Stage 1 :1st Six Days of New York City :1st Stages 1 & 3 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 ...
:2nd
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;1923 :2nd Milan–San Remo :2nd
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;1924 :2nd Milan–San Remo :2nd
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 ...
:2nd
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 ...
;1925 :1st
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 ...
:1st Milano–Modena :1st Stages 5 & 12 Giro d'Italia :2nd Roma–Napoli–Roma :3rd National Road Championships, Road Race ;1926 :1st Grosser Strassenpreis von Hannover :1st
Rund um die Hainleite The Rund um die Hainleite is a classic cycling race in and around the German city of Erfurt, Germany. Since 2005, it has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is th ...
:1st Groβer Sachsenpreis :2nd Berlin–Cottbus–Berlin :2nd Rund um Frankfurt :2nd Six Days of New York City :3rd
Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It is one of the oldest cycling races still run ...
:4th Milan–San Remo ;1927 :1st
Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It is one of the oldest cycling races still run ...
:2nd Quer durch Thüringen :2nd Thüringen-Rundfahrt :2nd Berlin–Cottbus–Berlin :3rd
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Criterium ;1928 :1st
Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
:2nd Six Days of New York City :3rd Groβer Sachsenpreis ;1929 :1st Roma–Napoli–Roma :1st Six Days of Chicago :1st Stage 1 Giro d'Italia :3rd Six Days of New York City ;1930 :1st Six Days of New York City ;1935 :3rd Six Days of New York City


Results timelines


External links


Museum of cycling bio (in Italian)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belloni, Gaetano 1892 births 1980 deaths Italian male cyclists Giro d'Italia winners Cyclists from the Province of Cremona