# Giuseppe Saronni

Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist. He had remarkable success riding in the Giro d'Italia. In 1980 he won 7 stages and finished 7th overall; in 1981 he won 3 stages and finished 3rd overall. In 1979 and 1983 he won the Giro d'Italia and all total for his career win 24 stages in this race.
Saronni currently works an advisor for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.

## Career

Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races. In Italy he gave birth to a famous rivalry with Francesco Moser, like those of Alfredo Binda with Learco Guerra, and Fausto Coppi with Gino Bartali. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
In 1982 he won the World Cycling Championship at Goodwood, England, beating American Greg LeMond and Irishman Sean Kelly. His final sprint was so impressive that it gained him the nickname of La fucilata di Goodwood - "the gunshot of Goodwood". The previous year he had won a silver medal, as he had been overcome in the final by Freddy Maertens of Belgium. In 1982 Saronni also won the Giro di Lombardia.
At the beginning of 1983 another a striking attack on the Poggio climb gave him the Milan–San Remo classic, after three consecutive second places in that race. This was Saronni's last great classics victory.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 1977

    1st Giro del Veneto
    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1st Giro del Friuli
    1st Trofeo Pantalica
    2nd La Flèche Wallonne
    2nd Giro del Piemonte
    2nd Coppa Placci
    2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
    3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    3rd Overall Giro di Puglia
    3rd Giro del Lazio
    3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
    4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    5th Giro dell'Emilia
    7th Coppa Bernocchi
    8th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
    8th Overall Giro di Sardegna
    8th Trofeo Matteotti
    9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    9th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
    10th Milano–Torino

#### 1978

    1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Prologue
    1st Overall Giro di Puglia
       1st Stages 1 & 3b (ITT)
    1st Overall Ruota d'Oro
       1st Stage 2
    1st Coppa Agostoni
    1st Trofeo Pantalica
    1st Giro di Campania
    1st Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna
    2nd Milan–San Remo
    2nd Coppa Sabatini
    2nd Giro del Friuli
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Giro dell'Appennino
    4th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
       1st Stage 1a (ITT)
    4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    4th Giro dell'Emilia
    4th Trofeo Laigueglia
    5th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 2, 7 & 8
    6th Giro di Toscana
    7th Eschborn–Frankfurt

#### 1979

    1st Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 5, 8 (ITT) & 19 (ITT)
    1st Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stages 1 & 4
    1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
       1st Prologue & Stage 1
    1st Züri–Metzgete
    1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Francesco Moser)
    1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya
    2nd Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Overall Ruota d'Oro
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Milan–San Remo
    2nd La Flèche Wallonne
    2nd Paris–Tours
    2nd Giro di Campania
    2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
    4th Coppa Agostoni
    4th Coppa Placci
    5th Vuelta a Andalucía
       1st Stage 5
    5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
    5th Trofeo Pantalica
    8th Milano–Torino
    8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    10th Giro dell'Emilia

#### 1980

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Giro di Puglia
       1st Stages 1, 4 & 5
    1st La Flèche Wallonne
    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    1st Trittico Lombardo
    1st Trofeo Pantalica
    1st Giro di Campania
    1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
    1st Stage 1 Ruota d'Oro
    2nd Milan–San Remo
    2nd Coppa Sabatini
    3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Prologue
    3rd Giro del Lazio
    4th Züri–Metzgete
    5th Milano–Vignola
    6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 3
    6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
    7th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 13, 17, 19 & 21 (ITT)
    7th Trofeo Matteotti

#### 1981

    1st Giro di Romagna
    1st Trofeo Laigueglia
    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    1st Giro dell'Etna
    1st Stage 1a Escalada a Montjuïc
    1st Stage 3 Deutschland Tour
    1st Stage 2 Ruota d'Oro
    1st Stage 5 La Méditerranéenne
    Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    Giro di Puglia
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
    3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 3, 5 & 6
    3rd Giro del Friuli
    9th Gent–Wevelgem

#### 1982

    1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    1st Overall Giro del Trentino
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
       1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
    1st Giro di Lombardia
    1st Milano–Torino
    1st Coppa Agostoni
    1st Coppa Sabatini
    1st Trofeo Pantalica
    1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour
    1st Stage 1 Ruota d'Oro
    Vuelta a Andalucía
       1st Stages 1, 2, 4a & 5
    2nd Giro del Friuli
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 2, 9 & 21
    6th Paris–Brussels
    7th La Flèche Wallonne

#### 1983

    1st Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 4, 13 (ITT) & 16b
    1st Milan–San Remo
    Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 9 & 10
    2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    5th Trofeo Pantalica

#### 1984

    Tour of Norway
       1st Stages 3 & 5

#### 1985

    1st Trofeo Pantalica
    1st Stage 3 Giro di Puglia
    1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 2 (TTT), 3 & 16
    2nd Tre Valli Varesine
    3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
       1st Stage 3

#### 1986

    1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
       1st Stage 3
    1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Lech Piasecki)
    2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 3 (TTT)
    2nd Overall Giro di Puglia
       1st Stages 2 & 4
    3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    4th Milan–San Remo

#### 1987

    1st Milano–Vignola
    1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
    2nd Trofeo Baracchi

#### 1988

    1st Overall Giro di Puglia
       1st Stage 1
    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1st Stage 4b (TTT) Giro d'Italia
    2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd Coppa Placci
    10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
       1st Stage 2

#### 1989

    1st Prologue Vuelta a Andalucía
    2nd Giro di Romagna

#### 1990

    1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Giro d'Italia | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 2 | DNF | 27 | 75 | 45 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |

### Monuments results timeline

| Monument | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Milan–San Remo | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33 | — | 1 | 30 | 51 | 4 | 80 | 44 | 91 | 47 |
| Tour of Flanders | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career |
| Paris–Roubaix | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | 14 | 11 | 19 | — | 15 | 1 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Major championships results timeline

| Championship | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| World Championships | 9 | 4 | 8 | DNF | 2 | 1 | 17 | — | 24 | 3 | 48 | 59 | — | — |
| National Championships | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |