Vittorio Adorni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.
14 Facts About Vittorio Adorni
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Vittorio Adorni was a talented amateur and showed early talent at riding alone.
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Vittorio Adorni began racing in 1955 and won the national amateur pursuit championship in 1959.
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Vittorio Adorni won the Trofeo de Gasperiin 1960 and turned professional during 1961 after winning the Coppa San Geo.
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Vittorio Adorni won two races in his first full year as a professional in 1961, riding for Philco and winning stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour of Sardinia.
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Vittorio Adorni was more a domestique than a leader but he nevertheless won the 1965 Giro and the 1968 world road race championship.
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Vittorio Adorni finished 10 minutes ahead of the field, helped in the peloton by his Italian teammates and by Eddy Merckx, his normal teammate, who did not take up the chase.
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Vittorio Adorni retired to work in insurance and then became directeur sportif of the Salvarani team until 1973.
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Vittorio Adorni became president of the Italian riders' association and a commentator for the television company, RAI.
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When Hein Verbruggen dug in, Vittorio Adorni was a patient mediator, a natural negotiator.
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The world body was responsible for the Pro Tour; Vittorio Adorni became its conscience.
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Vittorio Adorni worked in skiing, in public relations for the Winter Olympics at Innsbruck in 1976.
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Vittorio Adorni worked in public relations at the summer Games in Montreal in 1976.
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Vittorio Adorni died in Parma on 24 December 2022, at the age of 85.