Michele Dancelli
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Michele Dancelli (8 May 1942 – 18 December 2025) was an Italian road racing cyclist. His main victories include one Milan–San Remo (1970), the 1966 Flèche Wallonne, three editions of the Giro dell'Appennino (1965–1967), two Trofeo Laigueglia (1968 and 1970). He also won 11 stages in total in the Giro d'Italia and one stage in the 1969 Tour de France. Dancelli died on 18 December 2025, at the age of 83.
Major results
1963
1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
9th Giro dell'Emilia
1964
1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
1st Corsa Coppi
1st Col San Martino
3rd Giro di Campania
4th Coppa Placci
1965
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stages 1 & 5 Giro d'Italia
1st Giro del Veneto
1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
1st Giro di Campania
1st GP Montelupo
1st Coppa Placci
1st Giro dell'Emilia
2nd Trofeo Baracchi
2nd Coppa Bernocchi
2nd Milano–Vignola
9th Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 4
1966
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia
1st Giro del Lazio
1st Giro del Veneto
1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice
1st Overall Cronostaffetta (TTT)
2nd Corsa Coppi
2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
2nd Milano–Torino
3rd Genoa–Nice
3rd Coppa Bernocchi
4th Milan–San Remo
6th GP Lugano
9th Overall Paris–Luxembourg
10th Giro di Romagna
1967
1st Coppa Sabatini
1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
1st Stages 3 & 15 Giro d'Italia
1st Giro dell'Emilia
1st Corsa Coppi
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Coppa Bernocchi
2nd Coppa Placci
3rd Coppa Agostoni
3rd Trofeo Matteotti
3rd Giro delle Tre Provincie
4th GP Alghero
5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
1968
1st Overall Paris–Luxembourg 1st Stage 1
1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
2nd Trofeo Matteotti
3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Milano–Torino
6th Overall Giro d'Italia
6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
6th Giro dell'Emilia
8th Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 2
9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1969
1st Stage 8b Tour de France
1st GP Cemab
1st Overall Cronostaffetta (TTT) 1st Stage 1c (ITT)
2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
2nd Giro del Veneto
2nd Romana Lombardo
3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 9
6th Tour of Flanders
10th Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 4
1970
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Giro del Lazio
1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
3rd Giro dell'Emilia
4th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 11, 13, 14 & 18
1971
1st Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël
1st Stage 3b Giro di Sardegna
4th Giro di Romagna
5th Giro di Toscana
7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
9th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1972
3rd Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stages 4 & 6a
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th GP Alghero
5th Giro di Puglia
6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th Milan–San Remo
7th Coppa Placci
7th Overall Giro di Sardegna
10th Giro di Lombardia
1973
2nd Giro di Romagna
2nd Giro di Sicilia
3rd Overall Giro di Puglia
8th Coppa Sabatini
8th Coppa Placci
10th Milano–Vignola
1974
8th Overall Giro di Sardegna
9th GP Cemab
External links
- at Cycling Archives
- at ProCyclingStats
- at CycleBase
- at InterSportStats