Massimo Podenzana (born 29 July 1961 in
La Spezia
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) is an
Italian
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former
road racing cyclist
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. Podenzana won stages in both the
Giro d'Italia, and the
Tour de France
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, as well as a variety of other
cycling classics
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.
Major results
;1986
:1st, Giro della Valli Aretine
;1988
:1st, Stage 4,
Giro d'Italia
;1991
:3rd,
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
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;1993
:1st,
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitio ...
:1st,
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
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:1st,
National Road Race Championships
:2nd,
Milano–Vignola
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;1994
:1st,
National Road Race Championships
:1st,
Trofeo Melinda
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:7th, Overall,
Giro d'Italia
;1995
:1st,
Giro di Toscana
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:3rd,
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
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:3rd,
Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
;1996
:1st, Stage 15,
Tour de France
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:2nd,
Trofeo Melinda
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:3rd,
Trofeo Matteotti
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:3rd,
Clásica de San Sebastián
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;1997
:3rd,
Giro dell'Appennino
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;1998
:2nd,
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitio ...
;1999
:1st,
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
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External links
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Official Tour de France results for Massimo Podenzana
1961 births
Living people
People from La Spezia
Italian male cyclists
Italian Tour de France stage winners
Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Cyclists from Liguria
Sportspeople from the Province of La Spezia
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