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Historic Overview Giuseppe Guerini

Rider

Overall Rank660
NameGiuseppe GUERINI
Country
  Italy
Date of birth14-Feb-1970 - Gazzaniga (Lombardia)
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Biography

Giuseppe Guerini

Giuseppe Guerini (born 14 February 1970) is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer. He was known throughout his career as a climbing specialist and had pronounced success in cycling's Grand Tour events. He completed six editions of the Tour de France, five Vuelta a EspaƱas and four Giros, managing two third-place finishes in the 1997 and 1998 Giro d'Italia.

He began his professional career in 1993 with Navigare and subsequently joined Team Polti in 1996. It was during his tenure with team Polti that he achieved two podium finishes at the Giro d'Italia. He then switched to the German T-Mobile Team from 1999 to 2007. He retired from cycling at the end of 2007.

Further career highlights include a stage win in the 1998 Route du Sud, a stage win in the 1998 Volta a Portugal, a stage win in the 1999 Tour de France and again in the 2005 Tour de France, a stage win in the 2002 Catalan Week, and second place in the 2003 Tour de Suisse.

He is also remembered for an incident during the difficult Alpe d'Huez stage of the 1999 Tour de France. Guerini was leading the field and only a few hundred meters from the finish line when a cycling fan knocked him off his bicycle while attempting to take a photograph. Guerini was able to remount his bicycle and finish 21 seconds ahead of Pavel Tonkov.

Guerini is a native of Gazzaniga, Lombardy.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Tour de France - stages 1999 (1), 2005 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1998 (1)
Route du Sud - stages 1996 (1)
Setmana Catalana - stages 2002 (1)
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Seasons

Giuseppe Guerini - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1991 Individual 5 1117
2. 1992 Individual 10 866
3. 1993 Navigare - Blue Storm 57 426
4. 1994 Navigare - Blue Storm 171 284
5. 1995 Navigare - Blue Storm 425 121
6. 1996 Team Polti 714 68
7. 1997 Team Polti 986 39
8. 1998 Team Polti 1022 44
9. 1999 Team Deutsche Telekom 709 85
10. 2000 Team Deutsche Telekom 399 188
11. 2001 Team Deutsche Telekom 278 243
12. 2002 Team Telekom 292 252
13. 2003 Team Telekom 465 143
14. 2004 T-Mobile Team 511 126
15. 2005 T-Mobile Team 527 121
16. 2006 T-Mobile Team 189 331
17. 2007 T-Mobile Team 83 562
Overall: 6843 660