1978 Junior won 9 races (4 in 10 days) almost made to the Italian national team for the junior world championship in Washington
1979/1980 Dilettante won 8 races (4 International). Leader for 2 days oat the “Settimana Lombarda” International road race and 5th overall at the “Giro della val d’Aosta”. Refuse (stupid me) national call for the “Giro di Polonia”. Late September sign contract for pro team Hoonved/Bottecchia.
1981 Stage of the Giro del Trentino and leader til last stage time trial won by Francesco Moser
1981 Won Team time Trial Giro d’Italia
1981 Several top 10 place on Giro delle Puglie, Giro d’Italia and Tour of Suisse.
1981 Top five in Italian Championship and first of the neo-prof, Coppa Placci
1982 no much racing due to surgery on the Achilles tendon
1983 Team Metauro mobili/Pinarello rode to giro as a domestique, no results
1984 Holding green jersey in the Giro D’Italia for 2 weeks til last stage won by Laurent Fignon
We were workin at OUP on Friday,and stumbbled upon your cafe,a big up for your hospitality and complimentary expresso, hope to get a few boyz down on there bikes before Christmas.
My name is Flavio Zappi, an ex-professional cyclist from Italy, currently living and racing in the U.K with the Zappi’s Cafe’ Cycling team.
Why this blog? Well, different reasons..
I suppose the main purpose is to share with other sports lovers such as myself, my experiences (both past and present), my attempts at improving training approaches, and valuable conversations with professionals or just cycling lovers from the cycling world.
I hope you can find something of value in my blog, and any feedback will be really appreciated!
Hi Flavio
We were workin at OUP on Friday,and stumbbled upon your cafe,a big up for your hospitality and complimentary expresso, hope to get a few boyz down on there bikes before Christmas.
All the best Tom