# Gianluca Bortolami

Gianluca Bortolami (born 28 August 1968) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Bortolami's greatest feats was capturing the monumental classic Tour of Flanders in 2001 and winning the 1994 UCI Road World Cup season championship. He is the namesake of Bortolami's Pizzeria in Vancouver, Washington.
Bortolami was born in Locate di Triulzi, province of Milan. He competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He turned professional in 1990 and rode for Lampre. He finished 75th in the 2002 Tour de France, 46th in the 1997 Tour, 13th in the 1994 Tour with one stage win, and 73rd in the 1993 Tour. He was tested positive for cortisone in 2003 during Three Days of De Panne. He was suspended for six months by the Italian cycling federation.

## Major results
### 1990

    1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain

### 1991

    1st Stage 4a Tour of Britain

### 1992

    Volta a Portugal
       1st Stages 10 & 11
    1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie

### 1993

    1st Cronostaffeta
    6th Milano–Torino

### 1994

    1st UCI Road World Cup
    1st Giro del Veneto
    1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    1st Leeds International Classic
    1st Züri-Metzgete
    1st Stage 7 Tour de France
    2nd Paris–Tours
    2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
    2nd Trofeo Matteotti
    5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
    7th Brabantse Pijl

### 1995

    1st Prologue Tour DuPont
    3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
    3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    5th Tour of Flanders
    9th Amstel Gold Race
    10th Paris–Roubaix

### 1996

    2nd Paris–Roubaix
    2nd Nice–Alassio
    8th Amstel Gold Race

### 1997

    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    1st Giro del Piemonte
    1st Trofeo dello Scalatore
    2nd Overall Volta a Galega
       1st Stage 5
    2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
    3rd Rochester International Classic
    4th Overall Route du Sud
    5th Giro dell'Emilia

### 1998

    1st Gran Premio di Chiasso
    2nd Omloop Het Volk
    2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
    4th Trofeo Laigueglia
    9th Paris–Roubaix
    9th Tour of Flanders

### 1999

    Tour of Austria
       1st Stages 1 & 2

### 2000

    3rd Giro di Toscana

### 2001

    1st Tour of Flanders
    1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum
    1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
    1st Stage 3 Brixia Tour
    3rd Tre Valli Varesine
    5th Tour du Haut Var
    6th Coppa Bernocchi
    8th Trofeo Laigueglia

### 2002

    1st Giro della Romagna
    1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
    1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    1st Milano–Vignola
    2nd Coppa Placci
    2nd Coppa Bernocchi
    3rd Giro del Piemonte
    5th Gran Premio Fred Mengoni
    7th Giro del Veneto
    9th Overall Tour of Qatar
    9th Trofeo Melinda

### 2003

    2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
       1st Stage 1

### 2004

    1st Giro della Romagna
    6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    7th Overall Tour of Belgium
       1st Stage 1

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Giro d'Italia | 123 | 16 | 64 | 55 | 51 | — | DNF | 34 | — | — | 96 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 73 | 13 | DNF | — | 46 | — | — | DNF | — | 75 | — | — | DNF |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |