# Silvano Contini

Silvano Contini (born 15 January 1958) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1978 to 1990, his main successes were the 1982 Liège–Bastogne–Liège of 1982, the 1985 Grand Prix du Midi Libre and the 1981 Tour of the Basque Country. He also won the Trofeo Baracchi in 1983 with Daniel Gisiger as well as four stages of the Giro d'Italia.

## Major results
### 1977

    1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
    3rd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
       1st Stages 2, 4 & 6

### 1978

    6th Giro dell'Emilia

### 1979

    1st Giro del Lazio
    1st Gran Piemonte
    2nd Giro di Lombardia
    2nd Trofeo Matteotti
    3rd Overall Giro di Puglia
    3rd Giro dell'Emilia
    3rd Giro dell'Umbria
    3rd Giro del Veneto
    5th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Young rider classification
    6th Overall Tour de Romandie
    6th Giro di Romagna
    7th Coppa Placci

### 1980

    1st GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
    1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
    1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    1st Trofeo Matteotti
    1st Overall Cronostaffetta
    2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Overall Ruota d'Oro
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Tre Valli Varesine
    3rd Giro del Veneto
    3rd Coppa Placci
    3rd Giro di Campania
    3rd Milano–Vignola
    4th GP Montelupo
    5th Overall Paris–Nice
    7th GP Industria & Artigianato
    7th Giro di Toscana
    8th Overall Giro di Sardegna
    8th Giro di Lombardia
    8th Giro dell'Emilia
    8th Giro del Lazio
    10th Milano–Torino
    10th Trofeo Laigueglia

### 1981

    1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
       1st Stages 3, 4 & 5b
    1st Overall Deutschland Tour
    1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice
    3rd Giro dell'Emilia
    3rd Giro del Veneto
    3rd Trofeo Pantalica
    4th Overall Giro d'Italia
    4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    4th Giro dell'Appennino
    4th Trofeo Laigueglia
    10th Züri-Metzgete

### 1982

    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    1st Visp–Grächen
    1st Stage 7a Tour of Sweden
    2nd Giro dell'Emilia
    3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 6 & 17
    3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
    3rd GP Industria & Artigianato
    4th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
       1st Stages 3 & 4
    4th Giro di Romagna
    6th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    7th Milan–San Remo
    8th Gent–Wevelgem
    9th GP de Fourmies
    10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

### 1983

    1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Daniel Gisiger)
    1st Giro del Lazio
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
    2nd Tre Valli Varesine
    5th Paris–Tours
    6th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato

### 1984

    1st Coppa Sabatini
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Giro dell'Umbria
    6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    6th Giro dell'Etna
    9th Giro di Lombardia
    10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

### 1985

    1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall Tour de l'Aude
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall Giro di Puglia
    1st Overall Ruota d'Oro
    1st Coppa Placci
    2nd Overall Giro del Trentino
    6th Giro di Lombardia
    7th Overall Giro d'Italia
    7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    8th Firenze–Pistoia

### 1986

    4th Grand Prix de Wallonie

### 1987

    1st Giro dell'Umbria
    3rd Trofeo Pantalica
    5th Coppa Placci
    6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    9th Overall Route du Sud

### 1988

    1st Overall Trofeo dello Scalatore
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Giro di Toscana
    5th Giro dell'Emilia
    9th Tre Valli Varesine
    9th Overall Giro del Trentino
    10th Coppa Placci

### 1989

    2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
       1st Stage 5a

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — |
| Giro d'Italia | 5 | DNF | 4 | 3 | DNF | 34 | 7 | 20 | — | 22 | 53 | 29 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | 55 | — | — | — |