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{{Short description|Italian cyclist (1892–1980)}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name        = Gaetano Belloni
| image       = Gaetano-Belloni.jpg
| caption     =
| fullname    = Gaetano Belloni
| nickname    =
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1892|8|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pizzighettone]], [[Italy]]
| death_date  = {{death date|1980|1|9|df=y}}
| death_place =
| discipline  = Road
| role        = Rider
| ridertype   =
| proyears1   = 1916&ndash;1922
| proteam1    = Bianchi
| proyears2   = 1923&ndash;1924
| proteam2    = Legnano
| proyears3   = 1925
| proteam3    = Wolsit
| proyears4   = 1926&ndash;1927
| proteam4    = Opel
| proyears5   = 1928
| proteam5    = Wolsit
| proyears6   = 1929&ndash;1931
| proteam6    = Bianchi
| proyears7   = 1932
| proteam7    = Olympia
| majorwins   = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
::[[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|General classification]] ([[1920 Giro d'Italia|1920]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:[[Milan–San Remo]] (1917, 1920)
:[[Giro di Lombardia]] (1915, 1918, 1928)
}}
'''Gaetano Belloni''' (26 August 1892 – 9 January 1980) was an Italian professional [[road racing cyclist]]. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 [[Giro d'Italia]], the two victories in [[Milan–San Remo]] (1917 and 1920), and the three victories in the [[Giro di Lombardia]] (1915, 1918 and 1928).

Belloni was born at [[Pizzighettone]], near [[Cremona]], and made his debut in the road cycling world in the wake of his elder brother Amleto. As an [[amateur]], in 1914 he won the "Small" Giro di Lombardia and the Coppa del Re, as well as the Italian championship.

Having avoided to be called to the [[World War I|front]], Belloni won surprisingly, the overall Giro di Lombardia in 1915 (a feat he repeated in 1918 and 1928) and the [[Milan–San Remo]] of 1917.

In 1920 he obtained his greatest victory, the [[Giro d'Italia]]. In the 1920s Belloni constantly rivalled with his friend [[Costante Girardengo]], being almost always defeated and gaining for this reason the nickname of "Eterno secondo" ("Eternal second").

He won a total of 43 races as a professional, including 12 stages at Giro d'Italia.

==Major results==
{{palmares start}}
;1914
:1st National Road Championships, Road Race (Amateurs)
:1st [[Piccolo Giro di Lombardia]]
:1st [[Coppa del Re]]

;1915
:1st [[1915 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]

;1916
:1st [[Milano–Bellagio–Varese]]

;1917
:1st Overall [[Giro della Provincia Milano]] (with [[Alfredo Sivocci]])
::1st Stage 1
:1st [[1917 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
:1st [[Milano–Bellagio–Varese]]
:2nd [[Milano–La Spezia]]

;1918
:1st [[1918 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
:1st [[Milano–Modena]]
:1st [[Milano–Torino]]
:1st [[Torino-Arquata]] (with [[Lauro Bordin]], [[Costante Girardengo]] & [[Luigi-Natale Lucotti]])
:2nd [[1918 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
:3rd [[Milano–Bellagio–Varese]]

;1919
:2nd Overall [[1919 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stage 5
:2nd Overall [[Roma–Trento–Trieste]]
:2nd [[1919 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
:2nd [[Giro del Piemonte]]
:2nd [[Roma–Trente–Trieste]]
:3rd [[Giro della Provincia Milano]]

;1920
:1st Overall [[1920 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stages 2, 3, 7 & 8
:1st Overall [[Giro della Provincia Milano]] (with [[Giuseppe Azzini]])
::1st Stage 1
:1st [[1920 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
:2nd National Road Championships, Road Race
:2nd [[Milano–Torino]]
:3rd [[1920 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
:3rd [[Giro del Piemonte]]

;1921
:1st Overall [[Giro della Provincia Milano]]
::1st Stage 1
:2nd Overall [[1921 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stages 5, 9 & 10
:1st [[Milano–Modena]]
:2nd [[1921 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
:2nd [[Roma–Napoli–Roma]]
:8th [[1921 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]

;1922 
:1st Overall [[Giro della Provincia Milano]] (with [[Giovanni Brunero]])
::1st Stage 1
:1st Six Days of New York City
:1st Stages 1 & 3 [[1922 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
:2nd [[Giro della Romagna]]
:2nd [[Tour du lac Léman]]

;1923 
:2nd [[1923 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
:2nd [[Milano–Torino]]

;1924 
:2nd [[1924 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
:2nd [[Giro del Veneto]]
:2nd [[Giro dell'Emilia]]

;1925 
:1st [[Giro del Piemonte]]
:1st [[Milano–Modena]]
:1st Stages 5 & 12 [[1925 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
:2nd [[Roma–Napoli–Roma]]
:3rd National Road Championships, Road Race

;1926 
:1st [[Grosser Strassenpreis von Hannover]]
:1st [[Rund um die Hainleite]]
:1st [[Groβer Sachsenpreis]]
:2nd [[Berlin–Cottbus–Berlin]]
:2nd [[Rund um Frankfurt]]
:2nd Six Days of New York City
:3rd [[Rund um Köln]]
:4th [[1926 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]

;1927 
:1st [[Rund um Köln]]
:2nd [[Quer durch Thüringen]]
:2nd [[Thüringen-Rundfahrt]]
:2nd [[Berlin–Cottbus–Berlin]]
:3rd [[Stuttgart]] Criterium

;1928 
:1st [[1928 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
:2nd Six Days of New York City
:3rd [[Groβer Sachsenpreis]]

;1929
:1st [[Roma–Napoli–Roma]]
:1st Six Days of Chicago
:1st Stage 1 [[1929 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
:3rd Six Days of New York City

;1930 
:1st Six Days of New York City

;1935 
:3rd Six Days of New York City

{{palmares end}}

=== Results timelines ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
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! scope="col" | Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 1915
! scope="col" | 1916
! scope="col" | 1917
! scope="col" | 1918
! scope="col" | 1919
! scope="col" | 1920
! scope="col" | 1921
! scope="col" | 1922
! scope="col" | 1923
! scope="col" | 1924
! scope="col" | 1925
! scope="col" | 1926
! scope="col" | 1927
! scope="col" | 1928
! scope="col" | 1929
! scope="col" | 1930
! scope="col" | 1931
! scope="col" | 1932
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
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| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1919 Giro d'Italia|'''2''']]
| style="background:pink;"  |[[1920 Giro d'Italia|'''1''']]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1921 Giro d'Italia|'''2''']]
| [[1922 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
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| [[1924 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1925 Giro d'Italia|4]]
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| [[1929 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
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| [[1932 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
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| [[1930 Tour de France|DNF]]
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|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
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!Monument
! scope="col" | 1915
! scope="col" | 1916
! scope="col" | 1917
! scope="col" | 1918
! scope="col" | 1919
! scope="col" | 1920
! scope="col" | 1921
! scope="col" | 1922
! scope="col" | 1923
! scope="col" | 1924
! scope="col" | 1925
! scope="col" | 1926
! scope="col" | 1927
! scope="col" | 1928
! scope="col" | 1929
! scope="col" | 1930
! scope="col" | 1931
! scope="col" | 1932
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Milan–San Remo]]
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| style="background:gold;"   |[[1917 Milan–San Remo|'''1''']]
| style="background:silver;"   |[[1918 Milan–San Remo|'''2''']]
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| style="background:gold;"   |[[1920 Milan–San Remo|'''1''']]
| style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1921 Milan–San Remo|8]]
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| style="background:silver;"   |[[1923 Milan–San Remo|'''2''']]
| style="background:silver;"   |[[1924 Milan–San Remo|'''2''']]
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| style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1926 Milan–San Remo|8]]
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| [[1932 Milan–San Remo|13]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]]
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|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Paris–Roubaix]]
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| [[1921 Paris–Roubaix|37]]
| style="background:#ddddff;"| [[1922 Paris–Roubaix|6]]
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|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
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|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Giro di Lombardia]]
| style="background:gold;"   |[[1915 Giro di Lombardia|'''1''']]
| —
| style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1917 Giro di Lombardia|6]]
| style="background:gold;"   |[[1918 Giro di Lombardia|'''1''']]
| style="background:silver;"   |[[1919 Giro di Lombardia|'''2''']]
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[1920 Giro di Lombardia|'''3''']]
| style="background:silver;"   |[[1921 Giro di Lombardia|'''2''']]
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| style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1924 Giro di Lombardia|6]]
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| style="background:gold;"   |[[1928 Giro di Lombardia|'''1''']]
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|}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928005657/http://www.museociclismo.it/corridori/corridore.php?id=1191 Museum of cycling bio (in Italian)]
*{{Cycling Archives|1896}}

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{{Giro di Lombardia winners}}
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[[Category:1892 births]]
[[Category:1980 deaths]]
[[Category:Italian male cyclists]]
[[Category:Giro d'Italia winners]]
[[Category:Cyclists from the Province of Cremona]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]