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}} Franco Bitossi (born 1 September 1940) is an Italian former professional cyclist. He was born in Camaioni di Carmignano. Bitossi cycled for three years as an amateur and became a professional in October 1961, after he had reached the required age of 21.〔 As a professional cyclist, from 1961 until 1978, he won a total of 171 races. In 1965 he won the Tour de Suisse and the Züri-Metzgete, which he won again in 1968. In 1967 he won the Tirreno–Adriatico, Giro di Lombardia and Coppa Agostoni, while the following year he became the first Italian to win the points classification in the Tour de France. In 1970, he won the Italian championship.〔(Statistics Franco Bitossi ) in (Cycling Archives ) Retrieved 2010-05-07〕 In 1972 he became famous for his near victory at the World Championship in Gap, France, where he was beaten by only a few meters by his teammate Marino Basso.〔(Franco Bitossi, the Grand Champion with the "Crazy Heart" )〕 Four years later, in 1978, he won the Italian Championship again.〔 Bitossi was nicknamed ''Cuore matto'' ("Crazy heart") due to a cardiac arrhythmia which often compelled him to stop midway in a stage. ==Palmarès== The following is an excerpt from Bitossi's palmarès - list of races a rider has won: ;1964 :Giro d'Italia: ::Mountains classification ;1965 :Tour de Suisse :Züri-Metzgete :Giro d'Italia: ::Mountains classification ;1966 :Giro d'Italia: ::Mountains classification :Tour de France: ::1st stages 5 and 17 ;1967 :Tirreno–Adriatico :Giro di Lombardia :Coppa Agostoni ;1968 :Züri-Metzgete :Tour de France: ::20px Points classification ::Combination classification ::1st stages 7 and 16 ;1969 :Giro d'Italia: ::20px Points classification :Coppa Agostoni ;1970 :20px Italian National Road Race Championships :Giro d'Italia: ::20px Points classification :Giro di Lombardia :Volta a Catalunya ;1971 :Coppa Agostoni ;1976 :20px Italian National Road Race Championships 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franco Bitossi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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