Gianni Motta

Gianni Motta
	Motta at the 1966 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full name	Gianni Motta
Born	13 March 1943 (age 81); Cassano d'Adda, Italy
Team information
Discipline	Race
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1964–1968	Molteni
1969	Sanson
1970–1971	Salvarani
1972	Ferretti
1973	Zonca
1974	Magniflex
1976	G.B.C.
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia General classification (1966) Points classification (1966) 6 individual stages (1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973) Stage Races Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971) Tour de Suisse (1967) One-day races and Classics Giro di Lombardia (1964) Tre Valli Varesine (1965–1967, 1970) Milano–Torino (1967) Giro dell'Emilia (1968, 1969, 1971)

Gianni Motta (born 13 March 1943) is an Italian former bicycle racer who won the 1966 Giro d'Italia.

Gianni Motta was born at Cassano d'Adda (Lombardy). His main victories include the Giro d'Italia (1966),^[1] a Giro di Lombardia (1964), a Tour de Suisse (1967) and two Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971).

Like many before him, he turned to manufacture and sales of bicycles after his racing career.^[2] In 1984 to promote his bike brand in the USA he sponsored Gianni Motta–Linea M.D. Italia team that became the first American registered team to compete in Giro d'Italia.

^ "A history of foreign starts at the Giro d'Italia". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ Home - GIANNI MOTTA, Belgium bikes (in Dutch)

[1] "A history of foreign starts at the Giro d'Italia". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

[2] Home - GIANNI MOTTA, Belgium bikes (in Dutch)

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