Walter Riccomi (born 18 January 1950) is a retired Italian professional
road bicycle racer
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. Riccomi finished in the top ten of a
grand tour
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four times, but did not win any stage.
He also competed in the
individual road race at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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.
Palmarès
;1975
:
Giro d'Italia:
::7th place overall classification
;1976
:Castiglione del Lago
:
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
:
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 ...
:
Giro d'Italia:
::9th place overall classification
:
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 ...
:
::5th place overall classification
;1977
:GP Aix-en-Provence
:
Giro d'Italia:
::7th place overall classification
References
External links
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1950 births
Living people
Italian male cyclists
Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Italy
Sportspeople from the Province of Lucca
Cyclists from Tuscany
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