Flavio Giupponi (born 9 May 1964 in Bergamo) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.
Professional career Giupponi was as professional cyclist from 1985 to 1994. His best Grand Tour result was at the 1989 Giro d'Italia where he won Stage 14 in the high mountains and finished on the podium in 2nd place overall just 1:15 behind Laurent Fignon.Cycling hall of fame He also won the Giro dell'Appennino in 1990.
Major results
1984 2nd GP Capodarco 1985 1st Overall Giro delle Regioni 1st Stage 2b 1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta 1st Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda 1986 1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia (TTT) 6th Giro di Lombardia 1987 2nd Milano–Torino 5th Overall Giro d'Italia 8th Giro di Lombardia 1988 1st Cronostaffetta (TTT) 1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya (TTT) 4th Overall Giro d'Italia 1989 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 14 1990 1st Giro dell'Appennino 3rd National Road Race Championships 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 1991 9th Tre Valli Varesine 1994 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Vuelta a España———DNF—DNF101DNFDNF Giro d'Italia4354217DNF141117 Tour de France————DNF————
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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