Gianni Bugno (born Brugg, Switzerland, February 14, 1964) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.


[edit] Biography
Bugno was a very versatile rider, able to do well in different races. He won numerous stages in the Tour de France, and the Milan-Sanremo classic in 1990. In 1991 he won the Clásica de San Sebastián, and in 1994 he won the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

Bugno's greatest success was the double victory in the World Championship. In 1991 he beat Steven Rooks of the Netherlands and Miguel Indurain of Spain, and in 1992 finished ahead of Laurent Jalabert of France and Dimitri Konishev of Russia.

Bugno's performance in the Grand Tours, however, was over-shadowed by the dominance of Miguel Indurain. Bugno's victory in the Giro d'Italia in 1990 is considered one of the most dominating performances in that race ever - as he led the race from start to finish. While he won the Giro d'Italia in 1990, he finished second to Indurain in the Tour de France in 1991 and third behind Indurain and Claudio Chiappucci in 1992. In an epic battle in the 1992 Tour, Indurain kept his calm despite Chiappucci's attack in the Alps; the distraught Bugno had to put in an effort to chase and eventually cracked in the final parts of the stage. However, Indurain was quoted as saying that he considered Bugno to be his biggest threat in the Tour.

Bugno retired following the 1998 road racing season and is now a helicopter rescue pilot. He piloted a camera helicopter for the Tour of Lombardy on 20 October 2007.