Moreno Argentin (born 17 December 1960) is an Italian former professional cyclist (from 1981 to 1994) and race director.
 Argentin in 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Moreno Argentin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Il Capo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1960 San Donà di Piave, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1984 | Sammontana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Sammontana–Bianchi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Gewiss–Bianchi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Ariostea | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Mecair-Ballan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Gewiss–Ballan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in San Donà di Piave (Veneto), Argentin won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de Suisse. Known as Il Capo ("The Boss"), he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège four times, the La Flèche Wallonne three times, and the Tour of Flanders and Giro di Lombardia once. He became Italian national champion in 1983 and 1989, and world champion in 1986.
Argentin cofounded the Adriatica Ionica Race, first run in 2018.[3]
Career achievements
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Major results
edit- 1977
- 1st
National Junior Track Championships (Team Pursuit)
- 1978
- 1st National Junior Track Championships (Team Pursuit)
- 1st National Junior Road Championships, Team Time Trial
- 1979
- 1st National Amateur Track Championships (Team Pursuit)
- 1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Prologue & Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st Team classification Ster van het Zuiden
- 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud
- 4th Trofeo Zssdi - Un. Circ. Sloveni in Italia
- 1980
- 1st National Amateur Track Championships (Team Pursuit)
- 1st National Military Road Championships, Road Race
- 1st Giro Valli Aretine
- 1st Coppa Caduti - Puglia di Arezzo
- 1st Grand Prix Agostano
- 1st Stage 3 Girobio
- 1st Prologue Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 6th National Amateur Road Championships, Road Race
- 1981
- 1st GP Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 1st Stages 12 & 18 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Arma di Taggia
- 2nd Rho (Lombardia)
- 3rd Col San Martino
- 1982
- 1st Trofeo Matteotti
- 1st GP Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 1st Giro della Romagna
- 1st Treviso
- 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Arma di Taggia
- 2nd Granze
- 2nd Roccastrada
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Napoli–Pianura
- 3rd Chignolo Po Criterium
- 1983
- 1st National Road Championships, Road Race
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 1st Livorno
- 1st Mussolente
- 1st San Donà di Piave
- 1st San Vendemiano
- 1st Stages 7 & 21 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 2 & 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 3 Giro di Sardegna
- 2nd GP Montelup
- 2nd Six Days of Milan
- 2nd Cecina
- 3rd Trofeo Matteotti
- 3rd Circuito degli Assi - Nanno
- 1984
- 1st Overall Settimana Siciliana
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Giro del Veneto
- 1st Quarrata
- 1st San Donà di Piave
- 1st Stage 4 Giro di Puglia
- 1st Stage 3 Ruota d'Oro
- 2nd Firenze
- 2nd Col San Martino
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 1985
- 1st
Overall Tour of Denmark - 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st San Vendemiano
- 1st Scordia
- 1st Cronostaffetta
- 1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Coppa Bernocchi
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 2nd Giro di Campania
- 2nd Circuito degli Assi - Nanno
- 3rd UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Pernod–Super Prestige
- 8th FICP Ranking
- 10th Overall Settimana Siciliana
- 1986
- 1st
UCI Road World Championships - 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Trofeo Francesco Civettini
- 1st Curno
- 2nd Overall Settimana Siciliana
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd GP Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 4th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop
- 7th Overall Coors Classic
- 1st Stage 9
- 8th FICP Ranking
- 1987
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Bacoli
- 1st Six Days of Bassano del Grappa
- 1st San Martino di Castrozza
- 1st G.P. Banca di Credito Cooperativo dell'Alta Padovana
- 1st Grazer Altstadt Kriterium
- 1st Stages 2, 4 & 7 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 3 Settimana Siciliana
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stages 2 & 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 16 Coors Classic
- 2nd UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd Km del Corso Mestre
- 3rd San Donà di Piave
- 4th FICP Ranking
- 6th Trofeo Baracchi
- 7th Paris–Tours
- 8th Pernod–Super Prestige
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1988
- 1st Giro del Veneto
- 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 1st Biban de Carbonera
- 1st Stage 1 Critérium International
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd GP Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 3rd Nittedal–Oslo
- 1989
- 1st National Road Championships, Road Race
- 1st Stage 5 Settimana Siciliana
- 1st Stage 4 Bicicleta Vasca
- 3rd Biban de Carbonera
- 1990
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 9 Tour de Suisse
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1991
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Sanson
- 1st Trittico Premondiale
- 1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 15 Tour de France
- 2nd San Sebastián Criterium
- 6th Coppa Bernocchi
- 10th Giro dell'Appennino
- 10th Circuito degli Assi - Nanno
- 1992
- 1st Overall Settimana Siciliana
- 1st Stages 4 & 6
- 1st Stages 5, 6 & 7 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Warsaw
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 1993
- 1st Stage 6 Tour Méditerranéen
- 3rd Giro del Friuli
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 1a & 13
- 1994
- 1st
Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
Monuments results timeline
edit| Monument | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
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| Milan–San Remo | — | 3 | 28 | 17 | 26 | — | — | — | 41 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 66 | — | 1 | 53 | — | 42 | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | Did not contest during career | |||||||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 39 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 5 | 18 |
| Giro di Lombardia | 2 | — | 21 | — | 30 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
editExternal links
edit- Moreno Argentin at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Official Tour de France results for Moreno Argentin