Gianni Bugno
Gianni Bugno (born Brugg, Switzerland, February 14, 1964) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Able to win one-day races and stage races, he twice won the World Championship. In 1991 he beat Steven Rooks of Holland and Miguel Induráin of Spain, and in 1992 finished ahead of Laurent Jalabert of France and Dimitri Konishev of Russia.
Bugno's performance in the Grand Tours was over-shadowed by the dominance of Induráin. While he won the Giro d'Italia in 1990, he finished second to Induráin in the Tour de France in 1991 and third behind Indurain and Claudio Chiappucci in 1992. In an epic battle in the 1992 Tour, Induráin 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, Induráin was quoted as saying that he considered Bugno to be his biggest threat in the Tour.
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-San Remo classic in the same year. In 1991 he won the Classica San Sebastian, and in 1994 he won the Ronde van Vlaanderen.
Gianni Bugno retired following the 1998 road racing season and is now a helicopter rescue pilot.