Wladimiro Panizza
Wladimiro Panizza was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Panizza came from a Communist family and was named after Lenin. During his long career, he helped Felice Gimondi and Franco Bitossi. His best grand tour was the 1980 Giro d'Italia, where he placed second in the overall classification. He holds the record for number of starts and number of completions in the Giro, completing the race 16 times out of 18 starts.
Major results
;1967;1968
;1969
;1970
;1971
;1972
;1973
;1974
;1975
;1976
;1977
;1978
;1979
;1980
;1981
;1982
;1983
;1984
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |