Maurizio Rossi (born 20 December 1962) is an Italian former

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, who competed as a professional from 1984 to 1990.

Career

Rossi almost won the

1986 Tour of the Basque Country The 1986 Tour of the Basque Country was the 26th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycle race and was held from 7 April to 11 April 1986. The race started in Antzuola and finished in Andoain. The race was won by Sean Kelly of the Kas tea ...

, after winning the first stage in a solo victory 3:40 ahead of the

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. He held the lead all the way to the last stage, which was an eighteen-kilometer

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. Irish cyclist Sean Kelly finished the time trial 3:58 ahead of Rossi, therefore taking the final victory by eighteen seconds over Rossi, who still managed to finish second. During his career, Rossi also won the

Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, 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 ...

in 1986 as well as the overall classification and a stage of the 1987

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Major results

;1983 : 1st Trofeo Papà Cervi ;1985 : 7th

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;1986 : 1st

: 2nd Overall

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country (autonomous community) ...

::1st Stage 1 : 5th

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 ...

: 7th

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. In 2020, it was added to the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is t ...

;1987 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 2nd

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;1989 : 3rd

Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato The Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Prato, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossi, Maurizio 1962 births Living people Italian male cyclists Sportspeople from Forlì Cyclists from Emilia-Romagna