Luca Gelfi
Personal information | |
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Full name | Luca Gelfi |
Born |
Seriate, Italy | June 21, 1966
Died |
January 3, 2009 42) Torre de Roveri, Italy | (aged
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional team(s) | |
1988–1991 | Del Tongo |
1992 | GB–MG Maglificio |
1993 | Eldor-Viner |
1994–1997 | Brescialat |
1998 | Ros Mary-Amica Chips |
Major wins | |
Giro d'Italia, 2 stages |
Luca Gelfi (21 June 1966 - 3 January 2009) was an Italian racing cyclist. A professional from 1988 to 1998, he won two stages of the 1990 Giro d'Italia and one of the 1997 Volta a Portugal. He finished second in the 1993 Milan-Sanremo. After retiring in 1998, he owned and operated a bike shop and directed Team Fratelli Giorgi, a prestigious junior cycling team.[1] Gelfi suffered from clinical depression and committed suicide in 2009[2]
References
External links
- Luca Gelfi profile at Cycling Archives
- Profile at Cyclebase.nl
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