Giovanni Valetti
# Giovanni Valetti

Giovanni Valetti (22 September 1913 – 28 May 1998) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his two overall wins in the 1938 and 1939 Giro d'Italia. He also won the 1938 Tour de Suisse.

## Major results

### 1933

    1st Overall Giro del Lazio
       1st Stage 3
    5th Overall Gran Piemonte

### 1936

    5th Overall Giro d'Italia

### 1937

    2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Giro di Toscana

### 1938

    1st Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stages 4a, 7a (ITT) & 15
    1st Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Stages 3 & 4
    5th Grand Prix des Nations

### 1939

    1st Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 6b (ITT), 13 (ITT) & 16
    2nd Giro della Provincia Milano

### 1940

    10th Giro di Lombardia

### 1941

    8th Giro di Toscana

### 1942

    10th Giro del Veneto

### 1943

    3rd Giro della Provincia Milano

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Giro d'Italia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Tour de France | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — |

Legend :

| — | Did not compete |
| - | - |
| DNF | Did not finish |
