Francesco Ginanni

{{short description|Italian cyclist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Francesco Ginanni

| image = Francesco Ginanni - Marco Coledan, 2012 Milan – San Remo.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Francesco Ginanni, on the left, in 2012

| full_name = Francesco Ginanni

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|10|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pistoia, Italy

| height =

| weight =

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|ASA}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| proyears1 = 2006–2007

| proteam1 = Finauto-D'étoffe-Zoccorinese

| proyears2 = 2008–2011

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|SDA|2008}}

| proyears3 = 2012

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ASA|2012}}

| majorwins = Giro del Veneto (2008)
Tre Valli Varesine (2008)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Francesco Ginanni (born 6 October 1985 in Pistoia) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team {{UCI team code|ASA}}, after turning professional with {{UCI team code|SDA|2008}} in 2008. As an amateur, Ginanni won five races in 2006 and four races in 2007, including the Giro del Casentino, a 1.2 rated single-day race on the UCI Europe Tour. Ginanni's first professional victory came in the Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese in August 2008, which he followed up by winning the Tre Valli Varesine and Giro del Veneto, both races classified as 1.HC – the highest rating for single-day races on the UCI Europe Tour. The Daily Peloton called 2008 "a real breakthrough year" for Ginanni.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=13981|title=Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni – Androni Giocattoli 2009|first=Bart|last=Hazen|date=January 15, 2009|accessdate=March 1, 2010|work=The Daily Peloton|archive-date=14 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214162544/http://dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=13981|url-status=dead}} Ginanni won a further three single-day races in 2009 and, as of March 2010, one in 2010. Ginanni won the Trofeo Laigueglia in both 2009 and 2010, emulating Eddy Merckx and Filippo Pozzato.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/443668/ginanni-doubles-in-trofeo-laigueglia-san-remo-next.html |title=Ginanni doubles in Trofeo Laigueglia, San Remo next |work=Cycling Weekly |date=February 20, 2010 |accessdate=March 1, 2010 |first=Gregor |last=Brown}} Ginanni is aiming to win Milan–San Remo, one of the five monuments of road bicycle racing. In the 2010 edition, he finished 7th.