.Qui esporremo affinché il Mondo conosca o non dimentichi i Grandi Ciclisti Italiani, che furono l’Orgoglio del loro Paese e del Mondo che aveva agli inizi del 1900. Che corsero il Giro d’Italia. Giro della Lombardia. Giro di Francia.
Here I am exposing the great heroes of Sport from the beginning of the 10th century who are developed in the great cycling races in the Tour of Italy Tour de France Tour of Spain the Milan Sanremo the Tour of Lombardy and other great races of great local and global importance today
We talk of Italian cyclists but don’t worry we will also publish those great French German Spanish Latin American cyclists and from other latitudes many of them who have made history and are almost not mentioned nor are we talking about their results or results we
Only talk about the great cyclists of all times but they almost never mention the many anonymous heroes who made cycling their passion and made their nation grow. Let’s start talking about the cyclist Alfredo Binda, born on 11 August 1902 in Cittiglio, Italy. He was the first cyclist to
Win five editions of the tour of Italy in addition to three world titles and the tour of Lombardy he was the winner of the first edition of the cycling world championship he won the title three times among Binda’s other victories there are the Italian championship four times and the
Milan San Remo twice his dominance at the Giro was overwhelming he won a record 41 stages which he maintained until 2003 when he was beaten by his compatriot Mario Cipollini his successes in cycling were so many that he was bribed by the organizers of the 1930 Giro d’Italia the
Newspaper la Gazzetta dello Sport offered him 22,500 lire to renounce the 1930 edition and thus try to revive interest in the Giro, money which he accepted and went to race the Tour de France in 1930 where he won two stages after his retirement Binda continued to lead the
Italian national team promoting figures such as Fausto Coppi Gino Bartali and Gastone Nencini died in his homeland Where he was born on 19 July 1986 at the age of 83 we are talking about Alfonso Calzolari He was born
In the municipality of Vergato Italy on 30 April 1887 he was a road cyclist Italian who won the Giro dell’Emilia 1913 and the Giro d’Italia 1914 which he had deservedly won and defeated in history as the longest stage of the tour. It is said that on June 1st in Bari a shady individual
With a masked face visited the hotel Alfonso Calzolari offering him 15,000 lire to get just one second to the end of the lap, a proposal immediately disdainfully rejected by Stupia Alfonso, it should be remembered that the overall winner was entitled to the sum of 30,000 lire
In July 1975 by decree of the President of the Italian Republic signed by Giovanni Leone Alfonso Calzolari da Vergato was appointed Knight of the order of the Italian Republic for sporting and civil merits on 3 February 1983 in Ceriale in the province of Savona at the age of 96
Alfonso Fonso died Calzolari Carlo Galetti was born on 6 August 1882 in Corsico Italy he was a professional Italian cyclist from 191 to 1921 who achieved up to 39 victories, highlighting among these those linked to the Giro d’Italia Galetti was 2nd in the first edition of the tour and winner
In the general classification of both editions, being the first cyclist to obtain two victories in the Italian race three If we count the one at the Giro d’Italia in 1912 Well Galetti was in Atalanta managed to score other great races in his record he obtained recognition
In many of the most important Italian races at the Giro di Lombardia he was 2nd in 1906 3rd 4 gr and 5th in Milan – Sanremo was also 2nd in 1914 twice 4th and 2nd times 5th and in the Italian
Road racing championship he came 2nd place In 1908 and twice 4th place he died on 2 April 1949 in Italy constant Girardengo was born in Novi Ligure On 18 March 1893 he was a professional Italian cyclist from
1912 to 1936, the year in which he achieved 87 victories, double winner of the Giro d’Italia in 1919 and in 1923 the race that consecrated him as champion was undoubtedly the Giro d’Italia which he won twice and where
He achieved 30 partial victories in 1914 he won the longest stage ever held on the Giro with 430 km between Lucca and Rome in 17h 28m he was nine times champion of his country on the road six times winner of the
Milan- Sanremo a record that would last until Eddie Merx surpassed it 50 years later and three times winner of the Tour of Lombardy In 1915 he won the Milan-Sanremo but was disqualified for having made a mistake on a stretch of the course just 180 m away despite leaving second
Place 5 minutes away the Azzurra team demonstrated excellent team work and took the first four positions in that first world cup died in Cassano Spinola Italy on 9 February 1978 at the age of 85 Domenico piemontesi was born in Boca Novara Italy on 11
January 193 he was an Italian professional cyclist he was born above the Borgomanero cyclone he was active between 1925 and 1938 period during which he obtained 32 Piedmontese victories he participated in 12 editions of the Giro d’Italia in the Italian race he managed to finish second in 1929 and
Third in 1933 in 1936 he managed to finish 6th and 7th in 1934 he obtained the bronze medal in the first cycling world championship contested at the Nurburgring in Germany in 1927 in the Italian cycling championship he obtained a silver in 1927 and a bronze in 1929 he won several classics such as
The Tour of Lombardy in 1933, a race in which he also came 2nd in 1932 and 3rd in 193 he won the Giro d ‘Italy Emilia and the Tres Valles varinos after retiring from professional cycling Piedmont dedicated himself to the role of sports director directing other cyclists such as Fornara
And Nencini died on 1 June 1987 at the age of 84 in Borgomanero Italy eberardo Pavesi was born in Colturano Italy on 2 November 18 183 was a professional cyclist from 1904 to 1919 won four
Stages at the Giro d’Italia and the final classification of the Giro d’Italia 1912 won at the Tour of Lake Como and Pavia Bologna won the prestigious Rome Naples Rome is he was the first Italian rider to complete the Tour de France in Paris, he finished sixth overall without the technical and
Logistical support of a team and was forced in each stage to carry the day’s food along with the harshness of each stage and ostracized by the fans, he made the memorable performance he was first in the
Milan Bergamo Milan he won the first edition of the Tour de Emilia and was second in the Rome Naples Rome with Italy’s entry into the First World War In 1915 Pavesi was called to arms and assigned to territorial service in a barracks in Genoa returned to racing in
1918 the following year he took part in the Giro d’Italia Pavesi died in Milan on 11 November 1974 at the age of 91 Gaetano Belloni was born on 26 August 1892 in Pizzighettone in the province of Cremona in the Lombardy region
Nicknamed from his friends and colleagues Tano became a professional cyclist from 1916 to 1932, Italian champion in 1914 and winner of the Giro di Lombardia in 191 Belloni often competed with constant Girardengo, being defeated on several occasions which earned him the nickname of
Eternal I, his greatest success as a cyclist it was the victory in the general classification of the Tour of Italy in 1920. His palmares is full of other victories in prestigious events as well as positions of honor. He was three times winner of the Giro di Lombardia and twice of the
Milan-Sanremo in the championship Italian speed came in second place in 1920 in 3rd In 1925 in 1927 he came 4 degrees in the world championship in an edition won by Binda and dominated by the Italian team died on 9 January 19 180 at the age of 88 in Milan Italy Giovanni brunero born
On 4 October 1895 in San Mauriciu Canavese was an Italian professional cyclist in the 1920s, already as an amateur he was national cross-country road champion in 1919 in 1920 he became professional and became national junior champion he obtained other excellent results coming 2nd in the
Lombardy 3rd in the Italian road championship and 5th in the Milan Sanremo He was one of the dominant cyclists of the Tour of Italy in the 1920s, winning in the 1921, 1922 and 1926 editions, arriving 2nd
In 1923 and 1927 and 3rd in 1925. He was a contemporary of two other legends of constant Italian cycling Girardengo and Alfredo Binda did not fare very well at the Tour de France where he achieved only one stage victory in 1924, the only edition in which he participated and which ended up abandoning
Brunero’s other great triumphs include two Tour de Lombardy in 1923 and 1924 and a Milan Sanremo in 1922 died on 3 November 1934 at the age of 39 due to an incurable disease Giovanni Micheletto was born on 22 January 1889 in Sacile in the Friuli Venezia Giulia province of Pordenone
Italy. He was an Italian professional cyclist from 1909 to 1914. Micheletto won the Tour of Lombardy in 1910 and the Tour of Italy in 1912. Of noble origins, he was nicknamed the Count for this reason. of Saccile onan by his admirers managed to win some important races the Tour of Lombardy in
1910 the Tour of Romagna in 1911 and above all the Giro d’Italia in 1912 he also participated in two editions of the Tour de France in 1913 where he won the first stage exeo and in 914 retiring On
Both occasions It should be noted that in many sources his surname is often compared or confused with Michelotto Another cyclist named Claudio Michelotto after the First World War at the age of only 25 ended his career prematurely to dedicate himself to the activity of
Wine merchant died in his hometown at the age of 69 on 9 September 1000 958 Learco Guerra born in Italy on 14 October 1902 in the municipality of San Nicolò province of Mantua region of Lombardy nicknamed The Human Locomotive was a cyclist Italian professional
From 1928 to 1944 period in which he ranked in the palmares 72 victories in his entire cycling career he began cycling at the age of 26 very long-lived for such a demanding sport and where most start from an early age aged about 15, he was the first cyclist in
History to wear the pink jersey, winning the opening stage of the 1931 Giro d’Italia, the year in which this garment was established. Among his main victories we remember the 1931 world championship and the Giro d’Italia. ‘Italy of 1934 in addition to the victory of 1934 he was also 4th in the Giro
D’Italia of 1935 and 1938 he died on 7 February 1963 in Milan at the age of 59 Luigi Ganna was born on 1 December 1883 in indunoolona in Lombardy he was a cyclist Italian winner of the first
Edition of the Tour of Italy in 1909 in which he also won three stages in the following year’s edition, ranking three degrees overall in his only participation in the Tour de France in the 1908 edition he came 5th in the general classification to the first tour of Lombardy he came third in 1910
He won the Milano Modena and the tour of Emili Ganna, known in turn as the king of mud for his ability to handle bad weather, won the Milan-Turin Milan in 1907 and came second in the Tour of Sicily driven by his success and from the publicity that his victory gave him he
Decided to dedicate himself completely to the bicycle production sector and in 1923 Ganna also began producing motorcycles, in fact he even exported them abroad on 2 October 1957 at the age of 73 Luigi Ganna dies In his hometown Ottavio Bottecchia was born in San Martino di
Colle Umberto in the province of Treviso on 1 August 1894 he was called to fight in the First World War it was there that he learned to ride a bicycle as he was part of the sixth Bersaglieri Infantry Corps Battalion on his palmares begins in the Milan-Sanremo of 1922
He distinguished himself when he arrived first at the Turchino pass Bottecchia became the first Italian to win the tour and won it twice he won the editions of the Tour de France of 1924 and 1925
In the first edition he was leader from the first stage to the last when he retired from cycling he bought his parents a house in San Martino, his hometown and opened a bicycle shop it was in his homeland where in June 1927 he was found dead in strange circumstances
Which still today has not really been clarified as there are many hypotheses Bottecchia died at the age of 33 leaving the memory of being the first Italian cyclist of the 10th century capable of winning the Tour de France I hope you enjoyed this video it’s just a small
Tribute to the great heroes of cycling and of many sports who are hardly mentioned as the great athletes they were and to the Italian community or to all the people who speak Italian. My sincerely, we apologize if the translation into Italian was not very good or if the story presented
Is not 100% correct, try to investigate and gather the best of each one, I don’t know how to speak Italian I’m Latino and I only speak Spanish I just wanted to present a small sporting recognition even if it continued to introduce other cyclists other sports and athletes from many countries cycling is
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Gracias amigo.Saludos desde Italia
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