Serge Parsani (born 28 August 1952 in

Gorcy Gorcy () is a commune, located in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and the Grand Est region, France. This village on the north of the Meurthe-et-Moselle is next to the Belgian frontier, and about 10 km from Longwy, main city of the "Pays- ...

, France) is an Italian former professional

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 ...

, who won one stage in the

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. Currently, he is the general manager of

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1979 Tour de France

In the 1979 Tour de France, Parsani was in a breakaway together with

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in the 20th stage. At the end of the stage, Knetemann outsprinted Parsani, and Parsani was the second cyclist to cross the finishline. However, Knetemann received a 10-second penalty for being pulled by a car, and so Parsani became the winner of the stage.Memoire du cyclisme, stage 20 of the 1979 Tour de France
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Major results

;1972 : 1st : 10th Overall

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;1973 : 1st

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: 1st : 1st : 1st Stage 5

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: 8th Overall

;1975 : 1st Giro delle Marche : 3rd

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;1977 : 3rd

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(with Osvaldo Bettoni) : 7th

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;1978 : 3rd

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;1979 : 1st Stage 20

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: 3rd

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;1980 : 1st Sassari–Cagliari : 1st Stage 1a ( TTT)

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: 2nd

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: 6th Overall

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

: 8th

;1981 : 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia ;1982 : 8th

Gran Premio Città di Camaiore The Gran Premio Città di Camaiore was a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Tuscany, 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 bicycle racing competitio ...

: 9th

Coppa Placci The Coppa Placci is a semi classic European bicycle race held between Imola, Italy and San Marino. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after Antonio Placci, a cyclist born in Imola w ...

;1983 : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT) Giro d'Italia

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Serge Parsani
1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Meurthe-et-Moselle Italian male cyclists Italian Tour de France stage winners Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners People of Lombard descent Cyclists from Grand Est {{Italy-cycling-bio-1950s-stub