Luca Gelfi

Luca Gelfi
Luca Gelfi in front of Mario Cipollini, Giro d'Italia 1991
Personal information
Full nameLuca Gelfi
Born(1966-06-21)June 21, 1966
Seriate, Italy
DiedJanuary 3, 2009(2009-01-03) (aged 42)
Torre de Roveri, Italy
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1988–1991Del Tongo
1992GB–MG Maglificio
1993Eldor–Viner
1994–1997Brescialat–Ceramiche Refin
1998Ros Mary–Amica Chips
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (1990)

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–San Remo. 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]

Major results

1988
1st Overall Cronostaffetta
4th Firenze–Pistoia
5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
8th Giro di Romagna
9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1989
3rd Overall Giro del Trentino
5th Firenze–Pistoia
6th Overall Tour of Belgium
1990
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 6 & 10 (ITT)
6th Giro di Toscana
10th G.P. Camaiore
1993
2nd Milan–San Remo
2nd Overall Giro di Puglia
1994
6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1995
3rd GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
4th Trofeo Laigueglia
5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
8th Tre Valli Varesine
10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1996
9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1997
1st Stage 10 Volta a Portugal
8th Overall GP du Midi-Libre
10th Paris–Tours
10th Giro del Piemonte
1998
6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
10th Giro di Toscana

References

  1. ^ http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/Primo_Piano/2009/01/03/gelfi.shtml/ref[permanent dead link‍]>
  2. ^ "Tragedia nel ciclismo Luca Gelfi si è suicidato". Gazzetta dello Sport.


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