- Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, most recently with Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field of the 2000s, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders. He is a winner of the Giro d'Italia, having won the 2006 edition of the Italian Grand Tour whilst riding for Team CSC.
- Damiano Cunego
Damiano Cunego (born September 19, 1981) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the the Italian UCI ProTeam Lampre-Fondital. Primarily a climber, he has improved his time-trialing performance and is a general classification contender for the stage races.
- Gilberto Simoni
Gilberto Simoni is an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He is a two-times winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race (2001 and 2003 editions). Simoni is a native of Palu di Giovo, and is a climbing specialist. For the 2006 season he rides for Saunier Duval-Prodir.
- Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli (born May 7, 1973 in Clusone, Province of Bergamo) is an Italian road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour Astana Team and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia. Savoldelli is a good climber, but he is especially well known for his fast downhilling. Because of that, he is often nicknamed "Il Falco" ("the falcon"). His downhill skills were particularly vital to his 2005 Giro win, …
- Marco Pantani
Marco Pantani (January 13, 1970 - February 14, 2004) was an Italian cyclist widely regarded as being one of the best climbers of all times in professional road bicycle racing. The high point of his career was to win the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in 1998. The bandana he often wore and his attacking style of riding led to him being dubbed 'Il Pirata' (the pirate) by the adoring Italian "tifosi" - his fans. However, his career was dogged by drug allegations, …
- Stefano Garzelli
Stefano Garzelli (born July 16, 1973, in Varese) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The high point of his career to date was his stirring overall win in the 2000 Giro d'Italia, after a close three-way competition with Gilberto Simoni and Francesco Casagrande.
- Eddy Merckx
Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx (born June 17 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional cyclist. Merckx, regarded as the greatest and most successful cyclist of all time, established several world cycling records, some of which remain unbroken to this day.
- Miguel Indurain
Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He is best known for having won the Tour de France from 1991 to 1995, becoming one of the five persons to win the event five times, and the first to win five in a row. Indurain's ability and physical size-1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) and 80 kg (176 lbs)-earned him the nickname "Miguelón".
- Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault (born 14 November, 1954 in Yffiniac, Bretagne) is a French cyclist best known for his five victories in the Tour de France. He is also one of only four cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and the only cyclist to have won each Grand Tour more than once. His first place Tour de France achievements were in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985. In addition, he placed second in 1984 and 1986 and won 28 stages, of which 13 were individual time trials.
- Fausto Coppi
Angelo Fausto Coppi was an Italian racing cyclist. Nicknamed "Il Campionissimo" ("the greatest champion") or "The Champion of the Champions", he was one of the most successful and most popular cyclists of all time. He twice won the Tour de France (1949 and 1952), and five times the Giro d'Italia (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953).
- Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil (January 8, 1934 - November 18, 1987), was a French cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the 1961 Tour de France that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with 2 previous winners in the field - Gaul and Bahamontes - but he did just that.
- Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser nicknamed " Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the dominant riders from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, and won the 1984 Giro d'Italia, the 1977 World Road Racing Championship title and six victories overall in three of the five great Classics, the so-called 'Monuments', of cycling. He began his professional career in 1973. He had an almost effortless pedal stroke that provided great power.
- Gianni Bugno
Gianni Bugno (born Brugg, Switzerland, February 14, 1964) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.
- Charly Gaul
Charly Gaul was a road professional cyclist from Luxembourg. He was an accomplished time trialist, however, he was renowned as a climbing specialist. His climbing ability earned him the nickname of "The Angel of the Mountains" in the 1958 Tour de France which he won overall and took four stage victories. He was also successful in the Giro d'Italia, winning in 1956 and 1959, and claiming several further high places.
- Felice Gimondi
Felice Gimondi is an Italian former professional cyclist. With his 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed "The Phoenix", was the second cyclist (after Jacques Anquetil) to win all three "Grand Tours" of road cycling: Tour de France (1965, his first year as a pro), Giro d'Italia (1967, 1969 and 1976), and Vuelta a España (1968). He remains one of only four cyclists to have done so.
- Pavel Tonkov
Pavel Tonkov is a former professional road racing cyclist from Russia. His biggest success was the overall win in the 1996 edition of the Giro d'Italia, but he also placed 3rd overall in the Vuelta a España, and won the 1995 Tour de Suisse and the 1997 Tour de Romandie. He retired in 2005, having married a Vuelta podium girl with whom he lives in the mountains north of Madrid.
- Stephen Roche
Stephen Roche was born November 28 1959 in Dundrum near Dublin, Ireland and is a retired professional cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming only the second cyclist in history to win the Triple Crown of overall victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia stage races, plus victory in the World Cycling Championship.
- Giuseppe Saronni
Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former cyclist. Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races. In Italy he gave birth to a famous rivalry with Francesco Moser, like those of Binda with Guerra, and Coppi with Bartali. In 1978 Saronni won three stages in the Giro d'Italia. In total he would win 24 stages in this race, …
- Ivan Gotti
Ivan Gotti (born March 28, 1969) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Gotti was born at San Pellegrino Terme, Lombardy. The highlights of his career are his two overall wins in the 1997 and 1999 Giro d'Italias.
- Laurent Fignon
Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Paris, France) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, and missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by the closest margin ever to decide the tour, 8 seconds. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 1989, having been runner-up in 1984, and the Milan-Sanremo Classic two times.
- Tony Rominger
Tony Rominger is a Swiss former professional cyclist who won major tours four times in his career-the Vuelta a España three consecutive years (1992, 1993, 1994) and Giro d'Italia once (1995). He was a challenger to Miguel Indurain's dominance in the Tour de France placing second in 1993 and winning the Polka dot jersey. His three wins in the Vuelta is an all-time record for that tour. In 2005 Roberto Heras broke that record but two months after the end of the race, …
- Giovanni Battaglin
Giovanni Battaglin is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1981 Giro d'Italia. He also won the 1981 Vuelta a España. Battaglina was born in Marostica, province of Vicenza. <br>
- Alfredo Binda
Alfredo Binda (August 11, 1902-January 1, 1986) was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Although born in Cittiglio near Varese, Binda grew up in Nice, in southern France. Learning to become a plasterer, Binda could often be found at the cycling track. His real cycling talent, however, was as a climbing specialist. Binda became a professional in 1922, and although he scored several victories, …
- Gino Bartali
Gino Bartali (July 18, 1914 - May 5, 2000) was an Italian professional racing cyclist. He was the most famous Italian cyclist prior to the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice (in 1936 and 1937) and the Tour de France in 1938. His second and last win in 1948 placed him in the record books for having the largest gap between victories in the French race.
- Gianni Motta
Gianni Motta (born March 13, 1943) is an Italian former bicycle racer who won the 1966 Giro d'Italia. Gianni Motta was born at Cassano d'Adda (Lombardy). His main victories include the Giro d'Italia (1966), a Giro di Lombardia (1964), a Tour de Suisse (1967) and two Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971). Like many before him, he turned to manufacture and sales of bicycles after his racing career. <br/> <br/>
- Fiorenzo Magni
Fiorenzo Magni (born December 7, 1920) is a former Italian professional road racing cyclist. He was born in Vaiano di Prato, province of Prato (Tuscany). The highlights of his career were his three overall wins in the 1948, 1951 and 1955 Giro d'Italia, and the three consecutive wins (record) at the Ronde van Vlaanderen (1949, 1950 and 1951).
- Vittorio Adorni
Vittorio Adorni (November 14, 1937) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist from Parma, Emilia-Romagna. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1965 Giro d'Italia and capturing the rainbow jersey at the 1968 World Cycling Championships Road Race. Also in 1968, Adorni finished once again on the podium at the Giro d'Italia by placing second to his Faema teammate, the great Eddy Merckx. He finished second overall at the 1963 Giro, as well.
- Costante Girardengo
Costante Girardengo was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a “Campionissimo” or “champion of champions” by the Italian media and fans. At the height of his popularity in the 1920s he was said to be more popular than Mussolini and it was decreed that all express trains should stop in his home town, …
- Michel Pollentier
Michel Pollentier (born February 13, 1951 in Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He became professional in 1973. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1977 Giro d'Italia. In the 1978 Tour de France, he was the Belgian national champion when he won the stage arriving in Alpe d'Huez and took the yellow jersey. However, he was accused of foul play in the succeeding doping test, …
- Ercole Baldini
Ercole Baldini (born January 26, 1933) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1958 Giro d'Italia.
- Gastone Nencini
Gastone Nencini (1 March 1930 in Bilancino di Barberino - 1 February 1980 in Florence) was an Italian cyclist who won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d'Italia. Nicknamed "Le Leone de Mugella", "The Lion of Mugella", Nencini was a powerful all-round rider, but particularly strong in the mountains.
- Roberto Visentini
Roberto Visentini (born June 2 1957) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1986 Giro d'Italia.
- Hugo Koblet
Hugo Koblet was a Swiss champion cyclist. Born in Zürich, Switzerland, his professional cycling career began in 1946. He initially made his name on the track as a pursuiter, winning the Swiss championship every year from 1947 to 1954. In 1947 he finished third in the World Pursuit Championships, and took second place in 1951 and again in 1954.
- Eugeni Berzin
Eugeni Berzin is a Russian cyclist whose best year was 1994, when he won the Giro d'Italia and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Only 24 at the time, Berzin was then tipped as being a future megastar in cycling, but he was never quite able to live up to the results of 1994. In 1995, he was second at the Giro d'Italia. In 1996, he won the first time trial of the Tour de France and took the yellow jersey, only to lose it next day to Bjarne Riis.
- Franco Chioccioli
Franco Chioccioli (born August 25, 1959 in Castelfranco di Sottois) is a former Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1991 Giro d'Italia.
- Vasco Bergamaschi
Vasco Bergamaschi (september 29, 1909 - September 24, 1979) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Born in San Giacomo delle Segnate, Lombardy, Bergamaschi turned professional in 1930. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1935 Giro d'Italia, thanks to the collaboration of his teammate Learco Guerra. His other victories include a Giro del Veneto (1935), a Milano-Modena (1940), …
- Arnaldo Pambianco
Arnaldo Pambianco (born August 16, 1935 in Bertinoro) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1961 Giro d'Italia. He represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
- Giovanni Brunero
Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero (March 15, 1898 - November 23, 1934) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He is considered one of the best Italian cyclists of all times.
- Franco Balmamion
Franco Balmamion (born January 11, 1940 in Nole) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1960 and 1972. The highlight of his career was his successive overall wins in the 1962 and 1963 Giro d'Italia.
- Learco Guerra
Learco Guerra (October 14, 1902 - February 7, 1963) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1934 Giro d'Italia