Vittorio Adorni was born on 14th November 1937 in San Lazzaro di Parma. His professional career began in 1961.
Adorni was rather known as a domestic, but he also managed to win the Giro d’Italia in 1965. He was a master of tactic, no wonder, that from his 10 participations, he finished Giro d’Italia six times with a top5 result.
He also won the World Championship in Imola (Italy) in 1968, and had another stage race overall victories like the Tour de Romandie in 1965 and 1967.
His professional teams:
1961 Vov
1962 Philco
1963 Cynar
1964–1966 Salvarani
1967 Salamini-Luxor
1968 Faema
1969–1970 Scic