# Maurizio Fondriest

Maurizio Fondriest (born 15 January 1965) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist.

## Career

Born in Cles, Trentino, Fondriest turned professional in 1987 with the Ecoflam team. He subsequently rode for Alfa-Lum in 1988, winning the World Cycling Championships along with stages in the Tour de Suisse and Tirreno–Adriatico. In 1991, riding for Panasonic, he won the UCI Road World Cup.
In 1993, riding for the Lampre team, he won Milan–San Remo, La Flèche Wallonne, the Züri-Metzgete, the Giro dell'Emilia, the general classification and two stages of Tirreno–Adriatico, three stages and the general classification of the Grand Prix du Midi Libre, a stage in the Giro d'Italia and the overall World Cup. He never again had such a successful season, although he had another successful season with Lampre in 1995: in that year he won a stage in the Giro d'Italia and came in second in a number of races (the Tirreno–Adriatico general classification, Milan–San Remo, Gent–Wevelgem, La Flèche Wallonne, and a stage in the Giro d'Italia).

## Retirement

He retired in 1998 after riding for Cofidis for two years, and founded a bicycle manufacturer, called Fondriest, which makes carbon fiber bicycles.

## Major results
### 1985

    1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
    1st Stage 8 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

### 1986

    1st GP di Poggiana
    1st Circuito Belvedere
    1st Coppa Città di San Daniele

### 1987

    1st Stage 4 Volta a Catalunya
    3rd Paris–Tours
    3rd Coppa Bernocchi
    3rd Giro di Romagna
    3rd Memorial Gastone Nencini
    6th Giro dell'Emilia
    6th Milano–Torino
    7th Coppa Placci
    8th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

### 1988

    1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1st GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
    1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse
    1st Stage 1a Cronostaffetta
    2nd Milan–San Remo
    2nd Coppa Bernocchi
    2nd Giro dell'Emilia
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Giro di Campania
    3rd Coppa Placci
    3rd Giro di Romagna
    6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 4
    6th Overall Tour of Belgium
    6th Firenze–Pistoia
    8th G.P. Camaiore

### 1989

    1st Giro di Toscana
    1st Coppa Sabatini
    1st Stage 1a Cronostaffetta
    2nd Wincanton Classic
    2nd Giro del Friuli
    2nd G.P. Camaiore
    2nd Giro del Veneto
    2nd Giro dell'Emilia
    2nd Trofeo Baracchi
    3rd GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
    3rd Firenze–Pistoia
    6th Giro di Romagna
    10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    10th Züri-Metzgete

### 1990

    1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    1st Giro del Lazio
    1st Stage 2 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    3rd Overall Tour of Britain
       1st Stage 6
    3rd Paris–Tours
    5th Milan–San Remo
    5th Tour of Flanders
    5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    9th Milano–Torino

### 1991

    1st UCI Road World Cup
    Volta a Catalunya
       1st Stages 3a & 3b
    1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    2nd Amstel Gold Race
    2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
    3rd Brabantse Pijl
    4th Züri-Metzgete
    4th Grand Prix des Nations
    4th Firenze–Pistoia
    5th Wincanton Classic
    7th GP des Amériques

### 1992

    1st Trofeo Melinda
    1st Stage 5b Volta a Catalunya
    1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía
    2nd Giro del Lazio
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Giro di Campania
    3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    4th Tour of Flanders
    7th GP des Amériques
    7th Milano–Torino
    9th Paris–Tours
    9th Coppa Placci

### 1993

    1st UCI Road World Cup
    1st Milan–San Remo
    1st La Flèche Wallonne
    1st Züri-Metzgete
    1st Giro dell'Emilia
    1st Firenze–Pistoia
    1st Challenge San Silvestro d'Oro
    1st Challenge Giglio d'Oro
    1st Baden-Baden
    1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stages 2 & 4
    1st Overall Giro del Trentino
       1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
    1st Overall GP du Midi-Libre
       1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
    1st Overall Escalada a Montjuïch
       1st Stages 1a & 1b (ITT)
    1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Andalucía
    1st Stage 5 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
       1st Prologue & Stage 6 (ITT)
    2nd Paris–Tours
    3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    3rd Wincanton Classic
    3rd Millemetri del Corso di Mestre
    4th Amstel Gold Race
    5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    7th Grand Prix des Nations
    8th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 1b (ITT)
    8th Tour of Flanders

### 1994

    1st Overall Tour de Pologne
       1st Stages 2 & 6
    1st Overall Tour of Britain
       1st Stages 1 & 3a (ITT)
    1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    1st Giro del Lazio
    1st Coppa Sabatini
    2nd Giro dell'Emilia
    3rd Züri-Metzgete
    3rd Firenze–Pistoia
    5th Giro di Lombardia
    7th Milano–Torino

### 1995

    1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
    1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya
    2nd Gent–Wevelgem
    2nd La Flèche Wallonne
    2nd Giro di Romagna
    2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
    5th G.P. Camaiore
    7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
    8th Overall KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
       1st Stage 3b (ITT)
    8th Wincanton Classic
    9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    9th Züri-Metzgete

### 1996

    1st Stage 3b KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde (ITT)
    2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
       1st Stage 8
    3rd La Flèche Wallonne
    3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna
    4th Time trial, Olympic Games
    7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
    9th Züri-Metzgete

### 1997

    1st Stage 2 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    4th Overall Tour du Limousin
    6th Trofeo Melinda

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | — | 28 | — | — | — | 8 | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 15 | 46 | — | — | DNF | 51 | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | DNF |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |