# Gianni Motta

Gianni Motta (born 13 March 1943) is an Italian former bicycle racer who won the 1966 Giro d'Italia.
Gianni Motta was born at Cassano d'Adda (Lombardy). His main victories include the Giro d'Italia (1966), a Giro di Lombardia (1964), a Tour de Suisse (1967) and two Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971).
Like many before him, he turned to manufacture and sales of bicycles after his racing career. In 1984 to promote his bike brand in the USA he sponsored Gianni Motta–Linea M.D. Italia team that became the first American registered team to compete in Giro d'Italia.

## Doping

While at Molteni in 1968 Motta tested positive for a banned substance and his results in the 1968 Giro d'Italia were removed.

## Major results

Sources:

### 1964

    1st Giro di Lombardia
    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    1st Trofeo Baracchi
    1st Stage 3b Tour de Romandie
    5th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 21
    2nd Giro dell'Appennino
    2nd Giro delle Tre Provincie
    3rd Giro del Veneto
    8th Coppa Placci

### 1965

    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
    2nd GP Lugano
    3rd Overall Tour de France
    3rd Giro di Campania
    3rd Milano-Vignola
    4th Coppa Bernocchi
    5th Giro di Lombardia
    8th Overall Paris–Nice
    9th Milan–San Remo

### 1966

    1st Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 17 & 19
    1st Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stage 2
    1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
       1st Stage 1b
    1st Giro di Romagna
    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    3rd Gran Piemonte

### 1967

    1st Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
       1st Stage 1b
    1st Milano–Torino
    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
    2nd Milan–San Remo
    4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia
    9th GP Alghero

### 1968

    1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
    1st Giro dell'Appennino
    1st Giro dell'Emilia
    1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
    4th Giro di Toscana
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 8
    7th Zuri Metzgete

### 1969

    1st Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
       1st Stage 1b
    1st Giro dell'Emilia
    2nd Giro di Romagna
    5th Zuri Metzgete

### 1970

    1st Overall (TTT) Cronostaffetta
       1st Stage 1c
    1st Giro dell'Appennino
    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1st Giro dell'Umbria
    1st Stage 1a Escalada a Montjuïc
    2nd Col San Martino
    3rd Overall À travers Lausanne
    3rd Giro di Lombardia
    10th Giro dell'Emilia

### 1971

    1st Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stages 4 & 5a
    1st Giro dell'Emilia
    1st Col San Martino
    2nd Gran Piemonte
    4th Overall Giro di Sardegna
    6th Trofeo Laigueglia
    7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 1
    7th Milan–San Remo
    10th La Flèche Wallonne

### 1972

    1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
    2nd Milan–San Remo
    3rd Milano–Torino
    4th Giro di Puglia
    8th Overall Tour de Romandie

### 1973

    1st Stage 1 Monte Campione
    2nd Giro dell'Appennino
    3rd Milano-Vignola
    6th Giro dell'Emilia
    7th Coppa Placci
    10th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 6

### 1974

    1st Stage 5 Giro di Puglia

### 1976

    9th Milano-Vignola
* ↑ Motta, was found to have used performance enhancing drugs and his results were subsequently voided.

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro d'Italia | 5 | — | 1 | 6 | DSQ | — | — | 20 | DNF | 10 | 24 | — | DNF |
| Tour de France | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |