Biasion was born in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto. He began his rallying career in 1979, driving an Opel Kadett GT/E. He came to prominence in the early 1980s, winning both the Italian and European Rally Championships in 1983 while driving a Lancia 037.
Biasion was drafted into the Lancia World Rally Championship team in the mid-1980s, following the fatal crash of Henri Toivonen, and would go on to dominate early Group A rallying. At his peak, Biasion was winning almost three quarters of the events he entered. After his championship years, he was unable to recapture that level of success.
In 1992, Biasion moved to Ford, becoming the highest-paid driver at the time and gaining some managerial input. However, he described the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 as 'a pile of shit' after his first event with the team, the 1992 Monte Carlo Rally, though he did achieve the car's best World Rally Championship result by finishing second on the Portuguese Rally. The following year, driving the new Ford Escort RS Cosworth, he won the Acropolis Rally and temporarily led the driver's championship.
Throughout his time with Ford, Biasion was often overshadowed by François Delecour, who proved to be faster, particularly on tarmac. Delecour's accident in 1994, which forced him to miss much of the season, highlighted weaknesses within the team, and development of the Escort fell behind its rivals. Biasion's relationship with the team deteriorated, and he was dropped after the 1994 season. He quietly retired at the end of 1995, after contesting a couple of rallies for private teams, including the RAC Rally (now Wales Rally GB) where Didier Auriol won the 1994 World Rally Championship.
Biasion was married to Italian rally driver Chantal Galli, a multiple-time Italian women's rally champion. They had four children: Bettina, Isotta, Jacobo, and Olivia. The couple are now divorced, and Biasion is currently married to Paola.
Beyond the WRC, Biasion competed in the Dakar Rally for Mitsubishi in 2003 and 2004. In 2003, he was in third place on the penultimate stage, but a seized gearbox and a subsequent 10-hour penalty dropped him outside the top ten overall. In 2004, a roll ended his event. He returned to the Dakar Rally in 2006 in the truck category, driving for Iveco alongside Markku Alén, and again in 2007 with Fiat, driving a Panda 4x4 alongside Bruno Saby. He returned to the Iveco team for the 2012 Dakar Rally, winning three stages and finishing sixth overall.
Biasion also won the World Truck Championship in 1998 and 1999 driving an Iveco.
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