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Gösta Pettersson
Personal information
Full nameGösta Pettersson
Born (1940-10-23) October 23, 1940 (age 84)
 Sweden
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeOverall rider
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
General Classification (1971)
1 Stage (1972)

Tour de Romandie (1970)

Tour de Suisse - 1 stage (1973)
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Team road race
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Team road race
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Individual road race

Gösta Pettersson (born November 23, 1940 in Alingsås Municipality) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1971 Giro d'Italia. He was also third in the 1970 Tour de France which was in his first year as a professional, at age 30.

In 1967, The Fåglum brothers (Erik, Gösta, Sture and Tomas Pettersson) were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. The brothers won the World Amateur Cycling Championships between 1967-1969 along with a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Results and Teams

1964 (amateur)
3rd (Bronze) – 1964 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial
3rd (Bronze) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 185 km Men's Road Race
1967 (amateur)
1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
1968 (amateur)
1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
2nd (Silver) – 1968 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial
3rd (Bronze) – 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Road Race
1st overall – Tour of Britain
1969 (amateur)
1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
1970 – Ferretti
1st Overall – Tour de Romandie
1st – Coppa Sabatini
3rd Overall – Tour de France
1st – Trofeo Baracchi (with Tomas Pettersson)
1971 – Ferretti
1st Overall – Giro d'Italia
1st Overall – Giro dell'Appennino
1st Overall – Giro delle Marche
1973 – Scic
7th Overall – Tour de Suisse
Winner stage 8b
1974 – Magniflex
2nd Overall – Tour de Suisse

Grand Tours overall classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Pink jersey Giro 6 1 6 13 10
Yellow jersey Tour 3 WD - - -
red jersey Vuelta - - - - -

WD = Withdrew

External links

Awards
Preceded byKurt Johansson Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
with Erik Petterson, Sture Petterson
and Tomas Petterson

1967
Succeeded byToini Gustafsson-Rönnlund
Giro d'Italia general classification winners
1900–1919
1920–1939
1940–1959
1960–1979
1980–1999
2000–2019
2020–2039
In 1912, Giro was contested solely by teams, with no individual classification

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