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| Full name | Moreno Argentin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Il Capo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | December 17, 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Italy |
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1980 | San Giacomo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional team(s)1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1984 1985–1986 1987–1989 1990–1992 1993 1994 |
Sammontana Sammontana-Bianchi Gewiss-Bianchi Ceramiche Ariostea Mecair-Ballan Gewiss-Ballan |
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| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 UCI Road World Championships (1986)Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1985, 1986, 1987, 1991) Ronde van Vlaanderen (1990) Giro di Lombardia (1987) La Flèche Wallonne (1990, 1991, 1994)  Italian Road Race Championship (1983, 1989)Tour de France, 2 stages Giro d'Italia, 13 stages |
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Moreno Argentin (born December 17, 1960) is an Italian former professional cyclist (from 1981 to 1994).
Born in San Donà di Piave (Veneto), he won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de Suisse. Known as Il Capo ("The Boss"), he won Liège-Bastogne-Liège four times, the La Flèche Wallonne three times and the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Giro di Lombardia once. He became Italian national champion in 1983 and 1989, and world champion in 1986.
Major victories
- 1980
- Italian track cycling champion, team pursuit, amateurs
- Italian road cycling champion, military
- 1981
- 8th and 12th stage, Giro d'Italia
- 1982
- 8th stage, Giro d'Italia
- 3rd stage, Tour de Suisse
- 1983
- 7th and 21st stage, Giro d'Italia
Italian National Road Race Championship- 2nd and 3rd stage, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1984
- 3rd and 5th stage, Giro d'Italia
- 1985
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- 1st stage, Tirreno-Adriatico
- Overall, Danmark Rundt
- 1986
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège
World Championships- 1987
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd, 4th and 7th stage, Giro d'Italia
- 2nd and 4th stage, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1989
- Italian National Road Race Championship
- 1990
- Ronde van Vlaanderen
- La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd stage, Tour de France
- 9th stage, Tour of Switzerland
- 1991
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- La Flèche Wallonne
- 15th stage, Tour de France
- 1992
- 5th, 6th and 7th stage, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1993
- 1st and 13th stage, Giro d'Italia
- 1994
- La Flèche Wallonne
- Giro del Trentino
- 2nd stage, Giro d'Italia
External links
- Moreno Argentin profile at the Cycling Website
- Official Tour de France results for Moreno Argentin
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