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1912 Giro Di Lombardia
The 1912 Giro di Lombardia was the eighth edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 27 October 1912. The race started in Milan and finished in Sesto San Giovanni. The race was won by Carlo Oriani. General classification References 1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ... Giro di Lombardia Giro di Lombardia {{Giro di Lombardia-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Oriani
Carlo Oriani (5 November 1888 – 3 December 1917) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1913 Giro d'Italia. He died in the aftermath of the Battle of Caporetto from pneumonia contracted as a result of diving into the icy waters of the Tagliamento The Tagliamento () is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice. The Tagliamento river is considered as the last morphologically intact river in the Alps. (Its c ... river to save a fellow retreating soldier.Giro d’Italia by Colin O’Brien References External links * 1888 births 1917 deaths Italian male cyclists Giro d'Italia winners Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Milan Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Italian military personnel killed in World War I Deaths from pneumonia in Campania {{Italy-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Agostoni
Ugo Agostoni (27 July 1893 – 26 September 1941) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Agostoni was professional from 1911 to 1924 during which time he won the Giro dell'Emilia, a stage in the 1912 Giro d'Italia while he was riding for the Peugeot cycling team and another stage in the 1920 Giro d'Italia. Agostoni's greatest win was in Milan–San Remo in 1914. Agostoni was killed during World War II. From 1946 onwards, a race has been organized in his honor called the Coppa Ugo Agostoni which has been won by several great cycling champions such as Felice Gimondi, Franco Bitossi, Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck, Francesco Moser, Jan Ullrich and Gianni Bugno. Major results ;1911 :2nd National Road Race Championships :3rd Rome-Naples-Rome :3rd Coppa Savona ;1912 :1st Giro dell'Emilia :5th Giro di Lombardia ;1914 :1st Milan–San Remo :2nd Rome-Naples-Rome :9th Giro di Lombardia ;1918 :3rd Milan–San Remo ;1919 :3rd National Road Race Championships :4th Giro di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianchi (cycling Team)
Bianchi was an Italian professional cycling team that was sponsored by and cycled on Bianchi Bicycles. A Bianchi cycling team existed in 1899 which implies that Bianchi was sponsoring professional cycling at a very early stage in the sport. It appears that the team existed from 1899 to 1900, then from 1905 to 1966, then from 1973 until 1984. It existed again in 1993 and for the last time in 2003, as . In addition Bianchi has been a co-sponsor of many cycling teams. History In 1899 Giovanni Tommaselli won the first international cycling victory for Bianchi at the world championship of track racing: the '' Grand Prix of Paris''. During the existence of the Bianchi team in Italy in 1919–1920, Bianchi was also a co-sponsor of a French team that was called Peugeot-Bianchi-Pirelli which according to a historical cycling website, the team rode on Peugeot bikes. It is possible that this team rode on Bianchi bikes in Italy. The team had many famous cyclists on the team over the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camillo Bertarelli
Camillo Bertarelli (10 March 1886 in Capaccio – 27 November 1982 in Milan) was an Italian racing cyclist. Major results ;1911 :2nd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ;1913 :7th Milan–San Remo :8th Tour de France :14th Giro d'Italia ;1916 :2nd Giro di Lombardia ;1920 :3rd Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually the first and most important race of Trittico Lombardo, which c ... References 1886 births 1982 deaths Italian male cyclists Sportspeople from the Province of Salerno Cyclists from Campania {{Italy-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costante Girardengo
Costante Girardengo (; 18 March 1893 – 9 February 1978) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or "champion of champions" by the Italian media and fans. At the height of his career, in the 1920s, he was said to be more popular than Mussolini and it was decreed that all express trains should stop in his home town Novi Ligure, an honour only normally awarded to heads of state."A Century of Cycling" Page 48 (Gives info on Express trains and "Novi Runt"). His career achievements include two wins in the Giro d'Italia, six wins in Milan–San Remo, three wins in the Giro di Lombardia; he was also Italian road race champion on nine occasions. His professional career was extensive, lasting from 1912 to 1936 and was interrupted by World War I which robbed Girardengo of some of his best years. He was ranked number one in the World in 1919, 1922, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemente Canepari
Clemente Canepari (11 November 1886 – 13 September 1966) was an Italian racing cyclist. He finished in fourth place in the 1909 Giro d'Italia The 1909 Giro d'Italia was the inaugural running of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper '' La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The event began in Milan on 13 May with a first stage to Bologna, finishing back in Milan on 30 May aft .... References External links * 1886 births 1966 deaths Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Pavia {{Italy-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierino Albini
Pierino Albini (16 December 1885 – 12 March 1955) was an Italian racing cyclist. He won stage 4 of the 1910 Giro d'Italia The 1910 Giro d'Italia was the second edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour organized and sponsored by the newspaper ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The race began on 18 May in Milan with a stage that stretched to Udine, finishing back in Mila .... References External links * 1885 births 1955 deaths Italian male cyclists Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Milan 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legnano (cycling Team)
Legnano was an Italian professional cycling team active from 1906 to 1966. It is ranked as the 6th most successful cycling team in history. Many famous cyclists rode for the team including Alfredo Binda, Learco Guerra, Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi. The team participated in the Giro d'Italia 46 times, won the team classification 11 times and earned 135 stage wins. It was sponsored by Italian bicycle motorcycle manufacturer . Major results ;1906 :No recorded wins ;1907 :No recorded wins ;1908 :Stage 4 Giro di Sicilia, Pierino Albini ;1909 :Stages 1 & 8 1909 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, Dario Beni :Stage 3 & 6 1909 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, Giovanni Rossignoli :Roma, Dario Beni : Italy National Road Race Championships, Dario Beni ;1910 :Giro della Romagna, Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq :Paris–Brussels, Maurice Brocco : France National Road Race Championships, Émile Georget :Bordeaux–Paris, Émile Georget :Stage 1 1910 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, Ernesto Azzini :Stage 2 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Borgarello
Vicenzo Borgarello (9 May 1884, in Cambiano, Piedmont – 6 January 1969) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Borgarello was born in Cambiano and died in Turin. He won in total four stages in the Giro d'Italia and two stages in the Tour de France. He was leading the classification in the 1912 Tour de France for one day. Major results ;1910 :Giro del Piemonte ;1911 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 2 ;1912 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stages 2, 7 and 9 :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...: ::Winner stages 8 and 14 External links *Official Tour de France results for Vicenzo Borgarello 1884 births 1969 deaths Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin Italian male cyclists Italian Tour de France stage winners Cyclists from Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo Torricelli
Leopoldo Torricelli (2 February 1893 – 18 November 1930) was an Italian racing cyclist. He won the 1916 edition of the Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in .... References External links * 1893 births 1930 deaths Italian male cyclists Cyclists from Turin {{Italy-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Brocco
Maurice Brocco (28 January 1883, in Fismes – 26 June 1965, in Mûrs-Erigné) was a French professional road bicycle racer between 1906 and 1927. He was born into a family of Swiss-Italian immigrants. In 1911 he won a stage in the Tour de France. He participated six times in the Tour de France, but finished the race only once. In his later career he was successful in six-day races. In the 1911 Tour de France, Brocco was disqualified because he helped François Faber, which was not allowed. Brocco appealed, he was allowed to start the next stage. Brocco won that stage, and his disqualification was completed after the stage. Racing career Brocco first became prominent as a rider in 1907 when he won the Paris-Dieppe race as an amateur. He turned professional the following year (1908) and rode the Tour de France for the first time, abandoning the race on the ninth stage. 1910 saw Brocco take his best win of his road racing career when he triumphed in Paris–Brussels. Brocco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maino (cycling Team)
Maino was an Italian professional cycling team A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ... that existed from 1912 to 1936. Riders of the team won four editions of the Giro d'Italia. It was sponsored by Italian bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer . References External links Defunct cycling teams based in Italy 1912 establishments in Italy 1936 disestablishments in Italy Cycling teams established in 1912 Cycling teams disestablished in 1936 {{Italy-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
