Major results
- 1977
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
- 3rd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st Stages 2, 4 & 6
- 1978
- 6th Giro dell'Emilia
- 1979
- 1st Giro del Lazio
- 1st Gran Piemonte
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Trofeo Matteotti
- 3rd Overall Giro di Puglia
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd Giro dell'Umbria
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 6th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 6th Giro di Romagna
- 7th Coppa Placci
- 1980
- 1st GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 1st Trofeo Matteotti
- 1st Overall Cronostaffetta
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Ruota d'Oro
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 3rd Coppa Placci
- 3rd Giro di Campania
- 3rd Milano–Vignola
- 4th GP Montelupo
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 7th GP Industria & Artigianato
- 7th Giro di Toscana
- 8th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 8th Giro dell'Emilia
- 8th Giro del Lazio
- 10th Milano–Torino
- 10th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1981
- 1st
Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stages 3, 4 & 5b
- 1st Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 3rd Trofeo Pantalica
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 4th Giro dell'Appennino
- 4th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 10th Züri-Metzgete
- 1982
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Coppa Bernocchi
- 1st Visp–Grächen
- 1st Stage 7a Tour of Sweden
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 6 & 17
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 3rd GP Industria & Artigianato
- 4th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 4th Giro di Romagna
- 6th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- 9th GP de Fourmies
- 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1983
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Daniel Gisiger)
- 1st Giro del Lazio
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 6th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 1984
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Giro dell'Umbria
- 6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 6th Giro dell'Etna
- 9th Giro di Lombardia
- 10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1985
- 1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Giro di Puglia
- 1st Overall Ruota d'Oro
- 1st Coppa Placci
- 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 8th Firenze–Pistoia
- 1986
- 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 1987
- 1st Giro dell'Umbria
- 3rd Trofeo Pantalica
- 5th Coppa Placci
- 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 9th Overall Route du Sud
- 1988
- 1st Overall Trofeo dello Scalatore
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Giro di Toscana
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 9th Tre Valli Varesine
- 9th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 10th Coppa Placci
- 1989
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 5a
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
5 | DNF | 4 | 3 | DNF | 34 | 7 | 20 | — | 22 | 53 | 29 |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | 55 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — |