- Franco Ballerini
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ridername = Franco Ballerini
fullname = Franco Ballerini
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|12|11
country = ITA
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discipline = Road
role = Rider
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majorwins = Paris-Roubaix (1995, 1998)
updated =June 6 ,2008 Franco Ballerini is a retired Italian
road racing cyclist born onDecember 11 ,1964 inFlorence . His greatest exploits as a rider came with his two victories in thecycling classic Paris-Roubaix , riding for the Mapei cycling team. In 1993 he was beaten on the line byGilbert Duclos-Lassalle in an exciting Paris-Roubaix finale. On his palmarès, there are also other one-day races such asOmloop Het Volk andParis-Brussels .Ballerini manages the Italian national cycling squad, winning the the 2002 World Championhsips with
Mario Cipollini and the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens with ex-teammatePaolo Bettini . In 2006, 2007 and 2008 he won the World Championships withPaolo Bettini andAlessandro Ballan .Major wins
;1987:
Tre Valli Varesine ;1989:GP Città di Camaiore;1990:Giro del Piemonte :Paris-Brussels ;1991:Giro della Romagna ;1993:2nd stage A Hofbrau Cup;1995:Omloop Het Volk :Paris-Roubaix ;1996:GP van Wallonië:5th stage Tour of Austria;1998:Paris-RoubaixTour de France
* 1992 - 115th
* 1993 - 61stTeams
*1986 - Magniflex
*1987 - Magniflex
*1988 - Del Tongo
*1989 - Malvor-Sidi
*1990 - Del Tongo
*1991 - Del Tongo-MG Boys
*1992 - GB-MG Maglificio
*1993 - GB-MG Maglificio
*1994 - Mapei-Clas
*1995 - Mapei-GB
*1996 - Mapei-GB
*1997 - Mapei-GB
*1998 - Mapei-Bricobi
*1999 - Lampre-Daikin
*2000 - Lampre-Daikin
*2001 - Mapei-Quick Step
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