# Gianni Bugno

Gianni Bugno (Italian:; born 14 February 1964) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist.

## Biography

Bugno was a versatile rider, able to do well in different types of races. He won numerous stages in the Tour de France, and the Milan–San Remo classic in 1990. In 1991 he won the Clásica de San Sebastián, and in 1994 he won the Tour of Flanders.
Bugno's greatest success was the double victory in the World Championship. In 1991 he beat Steven Rooks of the Netherlands and Miguel Indurain of Spain, and in 1992 finished ahead of Laurent Jalabert of France and Dmitri Konyshev of Russia.
Bugno's performance in the Grand Tours, however, was over-shadowed by Miguel Indurain. Bugno's victory in the Giro d'Italia in 1990 is considered one of the most dominant performances in that race — he led from start to finish. While he won the Giro in 1990, he finished second to Indurain in the Tour de France in 1991 and third behind Indurain and Claudio Chiappucci in 1992. In a battle in the 1992 Tour, Indurain kept his calm despite Chiappucci's attack in the Alps; Bugno had to chase and cracked in the final parts of the stage. Indurain was quoted as saying that Bugno was his biggest threat in the Tour.
Bugno retired following the 1998 road season and is now a helicopter rescue pilot. He piloted a camera helicopter for the Tour of Lombardy, on 20 October 2007, and for the whole of the 2008 Giro d'Italia. He ran for a seat in Lombard Regional Council in the Lombard regional election, 2010 for the centre left coalition of political parties, but he was not elected.
He has remained involved with the Giro d'Italia by being one of the TV helicopter pilots for the Italian national broadcaster, RAI.
He is the former president of CPA (Association of Professional Cyclists). In November 2012, in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, he demanded that an independent anti-doping body be established. He stated that the UCI could not be trusted to enforce the rules.

## Major results
### 1982

    4th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

### 1985

    1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
    3rd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
    3rd Circuito Belvedere

### 1986

    1st Giro dell'Appennino
    1st Giro del Friuli
    1st Giro del Piemonte
    2nd Giro del Lazio
    3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    4th Coppa Agostoni
    4th Giro del Veneto
    5th Overall Giro di Puglia
    5th Coppa Placci
    6th Paris–Brussels
    8th Giro dell'Emilia
    9th Milano–Vignola
    9th Giro dell'Umbria
    10th Trofeo Matteotti
    10th Firenze–Pistoia

### 1987

    1st Giro dell'Appennino
    1st Coppa Sabatini
    1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino
    3rd GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
    3rd Coppa Placci
    3rd Firenze–Pistoia
    4th Overall Giro di Puglia
    4th Milano–Torino
    4th Giro dell'Emilia
    4th Giro del Veneto
    4th Giro del Lazio
    4th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
    4th Giro di Campania
    6th Milano–Vignola

### 1988

    1st Giro dell'Appennino
    1st Coppa Agostoni
    1st Stage 18 Tour de France
    1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie
    2nd Giro di Lombardia
    2nd Gent–Wevelgem
    2nd Giro del Piemonte
    2nd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
    3rd Coppa Bernocchi
    3rd Giro del Veneto
    4th Giro della Romagna
    5th Firenze–Pistoia
    6th Overall Critérium International
    9th Giro del Lazio
    10th Overall Giro del Trentino

### 1989

    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Trofeo Baracchi (with Sean Kelly)
    4th Firenze–Pistoia
    5th Baden-Baden (with Tony Rominger)
    7th Overall Tour de Romandie
    7th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
    8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

### 1990

    1st UCI Road World Cup
    1st Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 (ITT), 7 & 19 (ITT)
    1st Overall Giro del Trentino
       1st Stage 3
    1st Milan–San Remo
    1st Wincanton Classic
    1st Stage 1 Euskal Bizikleta
    3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    4th Tour de Berne
    5th Züri-Metzgete
    5th Coppa Placci
    7th Overall Tour de France
       1st Stages 11 & 18
    7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    8th Amstel Gold Race
    8th Grand Prix de Lunel
    10th Firenze–Pistoia

### 1991

    1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Euskal Bizikleta
       1st Stage 1
    1st Clásica de San Sebastián
    1st Giro del Friuli
    2nd Overall Tour de France
       1st Stage 17
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Giro dell'Appennino
    2nd Circuit de l'Aulne
    4th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 2a, 10 (ITT) & 19
    4th Subida a Urkiola
    5th Overall Giro del Trentino
    9th Tour de Romandie
    10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

### 1992

    1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Milano–Torino
    1st Giro dell'Emilia
    1st Giro del Lazio
    2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Stage 4 (ITT)
    2nd Trofeo Melinda
    3rd Overall Tour de France
    3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
    4th Baden-Baden (with Laurent Fignon)
    7th Giro dell'Appennino
    7th Coppa Agostoni
    7th Grand Prix des Nations
    9th Escalada a Montjuïc

### 1993

    1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    1st À travers Lausanne
    1st Telekom Grand Prix (with Maurizio Fondriest)
    1st Stage 3 Tour of Galicia
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd Amstel Gold Race
    4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
       1st Stage 2
    4th Subida a Urkiola
    7th Overall Critérium International

### 1994

    1st Tour of Flanders
    3rd Brabantse Pijl
    3rd Trofeo Pantalica
    4th La Flèche Wallonne
    4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    5th Giro dell'Etna
    6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
       1st Stage 4
    7th Trofeo Laigueglia
    8th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 3
    8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    9th Overall Paris–Nice
    9th Giro di Toscana
    10th Clásica de San Sebastián

### 1995

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen
       1st Stages 6 (ITT) & 7
    1st Coppa Agostoni
    2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    2nd Züri-Metzgete
    4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    5th Clásica de San Sebastián
    8th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

### 1996

    1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España
    1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino
    3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Points classification
       1st Combination classification
       1st Stage 5
    6th Giro di Lombardia

### 1997

    1st Stage 10 Tour de Langkawi

### 1998

    1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España
    7th Giro di Toscana

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | 95 | 84 |
| Giro d'Italia | 41 | DNF | DNF | 23 | 1 | 4 | — | 18 | 8 | — | 29 | 75 | 50 |
| Tour de France | — | — | 62 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | DNF | 53 | — | — | — |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Milan–San Remo | 111 | 92 | 73 | — | 1 | 43 | 142 | 30 | 29 | 44 | 63 | — | 138 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 34 | 12 | — | — | 43 | 1 | 37 | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | 19 | 96 | 7 | 17 | — | 48 | 57 | 2 | 40 | — | 82 |
| Giro di Lombardia | 15 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 13 | — | 20 | — | — | 20 | 6 | 30 | — |

### Major championships results timeline

| | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| World Championships | — | 62 | — | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | DNF | — | DNF | 12 | 56 | 53 |
| National Championships | 14 | 22 | 46 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 24 | 2 | — | 1 | 98 | — | 49 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |