Guido Bontempi

Guido Bontempi (born 12 January 1960 in Gussago) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Bontempi's career highlights include winning the spring's classic Gent–Wevelgem two times (1984 and 1986) and a total of 16 stages in the Giro d'Italia throughout his career. He also won six stages in the Tour de France and four stages in the Vuelta a España. In the 1988 Tour de France he won the prologue, allowing him to wear the yellow jersey in the first stage. He also won the points classification in the 1986 Giro d'Italia and wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification for one stage in the 1981 Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the 1000m time trial and team pursuit events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Guido Bontempi
Personal information
Full nameGuido Bontempi
Born (1960-01-12) 12 January 1960
Gussago, Italy
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
1981–1993Inoxpran
1994–1995Gewiss–Ballan
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
6 individual stages
(1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (1986)
16 individual stages (1981-1993)
Vuelta a España
4 individual stages (1981, 1991)

One-Day Races and Classics

Gent–Wevelgem (1984, 1986)
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (1988)
Giro del Piemonte (1983)
Tre Valli Varesine (1986, 1991)
Paris-Brussels (1986)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Italy
World Championships
1981 BrnoKeirin
1983 ZürichPoints race
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