# Wladimiro Panizza

Wladimiro Panizza (5 June 1945 – 21 June 2002) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Panizza came from a Communist family and was named after Lenin. During his long career (1967–1985), he helped Felice Gimondi and Franco Bitossi. His best grand tour was the 1980 Giro d'Italia, where he placed second in the overall classification. He holds the record for number of starts and number of completions in the Giro, completing the race 16 times out of 18 starts.

## Major results
### 1967

    1st GP Montelupo
    1st GP Hiussano
    1st GP Valsassina
    1st GP Robbiano
    4th Giro di Lombardia

### 1968

    2nd Coppa Sabatini
    3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

### 1969

    3rd Giro di Campania

### 1970

    1st GP Monaco
    2nd Tour du Haut Var
    9th Overall Tour de Romandie

### 1971

    3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
    5th Overall Tour de Romandie
    9th Overall Giro d'Italia

### 1972

    3rd GP Montelupo
    3rd Giro del Piemonte
    3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    5th Overall Giro d'Italia

### 1973

    1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
    1st Giro della Romagna
    3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
    3rd Giro del Veneto
    5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
       1st Stage 4b
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia

### 1974

    2nd Giro di Campania
    2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stage 1
    3rd Overall A Travers Lausanne
    4th Overall Tour de France
    4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

### 1975

    1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
    1st Milano–Torino
    2nd Giro di Campania
    3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    3rd Giro del Veneto
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia:
       1st Stage 17b
    8th Giro di Lombardia
    10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

### 1976

    1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
    1st Stage 15 Tour de France
    1st Stage 1 Giro di Sardegna
    2nd Milan–San Remo
    3rd Giro di Lombardia
    3rd National Road Race Championships
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia

### 1977

    1st Grand Prix du Midi Libre
    2nd Coppa Bernocchi
    2nd Trittico Lombardo
    3rd Giro dell'Appennino
    5th Overall Giro d'Italia
    5th Giro di Lombardia

### 1978

    2nd Giro di Campania
    2nd Giro dell'Emilia
    2nd Trofeo Pantalica
    2nd Trittico Lombardo
    3rd Giro di Puglia
    3rd Coppa Bernocchi
    4th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 17
    4th Giro di Lombardia

### 1979

    1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico
    2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
    2nd Giro del Piemonte
    3rd Milano–Torino
    3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
    8th Overall Tour de Romandie

### 1980

    1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
    1st Giro della Provincia di Siracusa
    2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
    2nd Giro del Piemonte
    2nd Coppa Agostoni
    2nd Coppa Placci
    2nd Giro dell'Emilia
    3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
    4th Road race, UCI World Road Championships
    9th Giro di Lombardia

### 1981

    1st Giro del Friuli
    2nd National Road Race Championships
    2nd Trofeo Pantalica
    3rd Giro dell'Appennino

### 1982

    1st Giro della Provincia di Siracusa
    1st Trofeo dell'Etna
    3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
    3rd Giro di Campania
    5th Züri-Metzgete

### 1983

    3rd Giro dell'Appennino
    10th Overall Giro d'Italia

### 1984

    3rd Giro dell'Appennino

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
| Giro d'Italia | 22 | — | 16 | DNF | 9 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 2 | DNF | 20 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| Tour de France | — | — | 14 | 18 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |