Bruno Zanoni
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Bruno Zanoni (29 July 1952 – 6 November 2023) was an Italian racing cyclist. He won stage 11 of the 1978 Giro d'Italia.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=47606 |title=Giro d'Italia 1978 |accessdate=16 May 2017 |work=Cycling Archives}}
Life and career
Born in Nembro, in 1973 as a junior cyclist Zanoni won the Italian title in the individual pursuit specialty.{{cite news |last1=Scognamiglio |first1=Ciro |title=Addio a Zanoni, aveva 71 anni: storico il suo ultimo posto al Giro 1979 |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/06-11-2023/ciclismo-e-morto-zanoni-famoso-per-essere-arrivato-ultimo-al-giro-1979.shtml |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=6 November 2023 |language=it-IT}} A professional rider from 1974 to 1979, he mainly served as a domestique of Gianbattista Baronchelli.{{cite news |last1=gv |title=Bruno Zanoni, l'ultima maglia nera del Giro d'Italia: "Che nostalgia quel ciclismo" |url=https://www.primocanale.it/archivio-news/198858-bruno-zanoni-l-ultima-maglia-nera-del-giro-d-italia-che-nostalgia-quel-ciclismo.html |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=Primo Canale |date=14 June 2018}} He ranked second in the stage 15 of the 1974 Giro d'Italia and won stage 11 of the 1978 Giro d'Italia. In the 1976 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he finished seventh in the men's individual pursuit event.
Zanoni became a popular mainstream figure after getting the black shirt for finishing in the last place in the 1979 Giro d'Italia, which got him participations to events and TV shows.{{cite news |last1=Boero |first1=Massimo |title=La Riviera piange Bruno Zanoni, ex ciclista del Giro d’Italia e della Milano-Sanremo |url=https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/savona/2023/11/06/news/la_riviera_piange_bruno_zanoni_ex_ciclista_del_giro_ditalia_e_campione-13841725/ |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=Il Secolo XIX |date=6 November 2023 |language=it}} He was the last Giro's black shirt, as this particular recognition was cancelled the following year. After his retirement, he worked as a restaurateur in a hotel in Laigueglia. He died on 6 November 2023, at the age of 71.
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Category:Italian male cyclists
Category:Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners