Wladimiro Panizza

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Wladimiro Panizza


fullname = Wladimiro Panizza
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dateofbirth = birth date|1945|6|5
dateofdeath = death date and age|2002|5|21|1945|6|5
country = ITA
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discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Climber
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majorwins = 2 stages Giro d'Italia 1 stage Tour de France Grand Prix du Midi Libre (1977)
updated = July 16, 2008

Wladimiro Panizza (Fagnano Olona, 5 June 1945 — Cassano Magnago, 21 May 2002) was a Italian professional road bicycle racer. Panizza came from a communistic family and was named after Lenin. During his long career (1967-1985), he helped Felice Gimondi and Franco Bitossi. His best grand tour was the 1980 Giro d'Italia, where he finished on the second place in the overall classification.

Palmarès

;1967:GP Hiussano:GP Valsassina:GP Montelupo:GP Robbiano;1970:GP Monaco;1971:Giro d'Italia: 9th place overall classification;1972:Giro d'Italia: 5th place overall classification;1973:Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria:Giro della Romagna:Giro d'Italia: 6th place overall classification;1974:Giro di Campania (with Marcello Bergamo):Tour de France:::4th place overall classification;1975:flagicon|ITA Italian National Cyclo-cross Championships:Milano-Torino:Giro d'Italia:::Winner stage 17B::6th place overall classification;1976:Antibes:flagicon|ITA Italian National Cyclo-cross Championships:Tavarnezze:Giro d'Italia: 6th place overall classification:Tour de France:::Winner stage 15;1977:Montauroux:Colbordolo:Grand Prix du Midi Libre:Giro d'Italia: 6th place overall classification;1978:Cantu:Giro d'Italia:::Winner stage 17::4th place overall classification;1980:Giro della Provincia di Siracusa:Giro d'Italia:::2nd place overall classification;1981:Giro del Friuli;1982:Giro della Provincia di Siracusa:Trofeo dell'Etna;1983:Giro d'Italia:::10th place overall classification

External links

*cyclingwebsite|3298
* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/4008.html Official Tour de France results for Wladimiro Panizza]

Persondata
NAME=Panizza, Wladimiro
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1945-6-5
PLACE OF BIRTH=Fagnano Olona
DATE OF DEATH=2002-5-21
PLACE OF DEATH=Cassano Magnago