Italo Zilioli

Italo Zilioli is an Italian former professional cyclist, born in Turin on 24 September 1941. He won 58 races as a professional, among them the 1966 Züri-Metzgete, and took five stage wins at the Giro d'Italia without ever winning the race overall. He finished in the top five of the Giro on six occasions and on the podium four times, placing second in 1964, 1965 and 1966 and third in 1969 while riding for Filotex. At the 1970 Tour de France he won stage 2 and took the yellow jersey, which caused a minor controversy because it angered his teammate Eddy Merckx, who had been expected to lead the race; Zilioli kept the jersey for three stages before handing it to Merckx. He later settled in the province of Cuneo in Piedmont and became responsible for the stage starts of the Giro d'Italia.