2013

Felice
Gimondi

Italy

Date of birth
29/09/1942

Place of birth
SEDRINA

Career start
1965

Career end
1979

Felice Gimondi – a pro rider from 1965 to 1979 who achieved a total of 118 race victories – was a complete champion: a formidable climber, time trialist and sprinter. The three-time winner of the Giro d'Italia (1967, 1969 and 1976), nicknamed ‘The Phoenix’, sadly passed away in 2019. He holds the record for most General Classification podiums at the Corsa Rosa, with an amazing nine top-three finishes.Gimondi was born 29 September 1942 in Sedrina. As Eddy Merckx’s longtime rival he was one of only seven riders to have won all three Grand Tours and was enormously successful at one-day races, winning the World Championships in 1973 along with victories at Paris-Roubaix (1966), Milano-Sanremo (1974) and the Giro di Lombardia twice (1966 and 1973).