title: Giovanni Valetti
text: # 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 |
  