# Italo Zilioli

Italo Zilioli (born 24 September 1941) is an Italian former professional cyclist.
Born in Turin, he won 58 races as a professional, including the 1966 Züri-Metzgete. He also totaled 5 stage wins at the Giro d'Italia; however, he never won the major tour of his country. He finished the Giro in the top 5 on six occasions and made the podium four times, finishing 2nd in 1964, 1965 and 1966, and finishing 3rd in 1969 as a member of Filotex.
During the 1970 Tour de France he won stage 2 and took over the Yellow jersey, which caused a minor controversy as it angered his teammate Eddy Merckx, who was anticipated to wear the jersey for the majority of the race and repeat as champion. Zilioli held the jersey for three stages before relinquishing it to Merckx.
Zilioli lives in the province of Cuneo (Piedmont) and is responsible for the stage starts for Giro d'Italia.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 1959

    1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships

#### 1963

    1st Giro del Veneto
    1st Giro dell'Appennino
    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1st Giro dell'Emilia
    2nd Gran Piemonte
    5th Giro di Lombardia
    6th Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Stage 1

#### 1964

    1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    1st Coppa Sabatini
    1st Giro del Veneto
    1st GP Monaco
    2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
    2nd Milano–Torino
    2nd Giro di Campania
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
    3rd Genoa–Nice
    5th Giro di Lombardia
    8th Trofeo Laigueglia
    9th Giro di Romagna
    10th Tre Valli Varesine

#### 1965

    1st Nice–Mont Agel
    1st Caen (with Franco Balmamion)
    1st Giro del Ticino
    2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 18
    2nd Coppa Placci
    2nd Giro del Veneto
    2nd Giro delle Tre Provincie
    2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
    3rd Overall Paris–Nice
    4th Tre Valli Varesine

#### 1966

    1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
    1st Züri-Metzgete
    2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd Giro del Lazio
    2nd Tre Valli Varesine
    2nd Giro dell'Appennino
    3rd Coppa Placci
    3rd GP Montelupo
    3rd GP Valsassina
    6th Road race, UCI World Road Championships
    7th Giro di Lombardia
    7th Giro di Romagna

#### 1967

    5th Trofeo Laigueglia
    7th Overall Paris–Nice

#### 1968

    1st Giro di Campania
    2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna
    4th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 5

#### 1969

    3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 19
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria
    4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    4th GP Alghero
    7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

#### 1970

    1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
       1st Stages 1b & 2
    1st Giro del Piemonte
    1st Giro delle Marche
    Tour de France
       1st Stage 2
       Held after Stages 2–5b
    1st Stage 2 Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana
    2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    2nd Giro del Lazio
    2nd Giro dell'Emilia
    3rd Giro dell'Appennino
    3rd GP Forli
    4th Milan–San Remo
    5th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 10
    8th Trofeo Laigueglia
    9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

#### 1971

    1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 2
    1st GP Cecina
    1st Trofeo Laigueglia
    1st Stages 2 & 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    2nd Giro del Veneto
    3rd Tre Valli Varesine
    7th Giro di Lombardia
    9th Giro dell'Emilia

#### 1972

    1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
    2nd Giro di Campania
    3rd Col San Martino
    5th G.P. Camaiore
    5th Giro di Toscana
    7th Giro di Romagna

#### 1973

    1st Giro dell'Appennino
    1st Coppa Placci
    1st GP Montelupo
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Tre Valli Varesine
    9th Giro dell'Emilia
    10th Giro di Lombardia
    10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

#### 1974

    1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
    3rd Milano–Torino
    5th Giro dell'Emilia
    5th Giro di Romagna

#### 1975

    1st GP Cecina
    2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna
    5th Giro dell'Emilia
    8th Trofeo Laigueglia
    8th Milan–San Remo
    8th Giro di Toscana
    9th Overall Tour de Suisse

#### 1976

    2nd Giro dell'Emilia

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro d'Italia | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | DNF | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | DNF | 14 | DNF | 39 | 16 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 13 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |