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1947 Milan–San Remo
The 1947 Milan–San Remo was the 38th edition of the Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ... cycle race and was held on 19 March 1947. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Gino Bartali of the team. General classification References {{DEFAULTSORT:1947 Milan-San Remo Milan–San Remo Milan-San Remo Milan-San Remo Milan-San Remo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Bartali
Gino Bartali (; 18 July 1914 – 5 May 2000), nicknamed Gino the Pious and (in Italy) Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice, in 1936 and 1937, and the Tour de France in 1938. After the war, he added one more victory in each event: the Giro d'Italia in 1946 and the Tour de France in 1948. His second and last Tour de France victory in 1948 gave him the largest gap between victories in the race.Eurosport, Tour De France, 2008, Legends, Gino Bartali Eurosport.fr (4 July 2008). Retrieved on 6 August 2014. In September 2013, 13 years after his death, Bartali was recognised as a " |
Osvaldo Bailo
Osvaldo Bailo (12 September 1912 – 28 February 1997) was an Italian professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist. Professional from 1934 to 1947, Bailo won several Italian semi-classics and wore the General classification in the Giro d'Italia, Maglia Rosa for two days during the 1940 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1935 : 2nd Genoa–Nice ;1936 : 8th 1936 Giro di Lombardia, Giro di Lombardia ;1937 : 1st Giro di Romagna : 2nd Genoa–Nice : 6th 1937 Milan–San Remo, Milan–San Remo ;1938 : 2nd Giro del Veneto : 2nd Milano–Mantova : 3rd 1938 Giro di Lombardia, Giro di Lombardia : 8th 1938 Milan–San Remo, Milan–San Remo ;1939 : 3rd 1939 Milan–San Remo, Milan–San Remo : 3rd Milano–Mantova : 4th 1939 Giro di Lombardia, Giro di Lombardia : 7th Tre Valli Varesine ;1940 : 1st Giro dell'Emilia : 2nd 1940 Giro di Lombardia, Giro di Lombardia : 3rd Italian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Gran Piemonte : 3rd Giro di Campania : 3r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 In Road Cycling
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved. * January 16 – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. * January 19 – Ferry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giordano Cottur
Giordano Cottur (24 May 1914 – 8 March 2006) was an Italian cyclist. He was born in Trieste. His palmarès include three 3rd places overall at the Giro d'Italia (1940, 1948 and 1949, plus five stage wins) and an 8th overall at the 1947 Tour de France. Major results ;1938 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 9 ;1939 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 12 ::7th place overall classification :Giro dell'Umbria ;1940 : Giro d'Italia: ::3rd place overall classification ;1946 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 1 ::8th place overall classification ;1947 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 6 :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 ...: ::8th place overall classification ;1948 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 1 ::3rd place overall classification ;1949 : Giro d'Italia: ::3rd pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Sercu
Albert Sercu (26 January 1918, Bornem – 24 August 1978, Roeselare) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his silver medal in the Elite race of the 1947 UCI Road World Championships. He rode in the 1947 Tour de France. He is the father of Patrick Sercu. Major results ;1939 : 1st, Tour of Flanders (amateur version) ;1942 : 2nd, National Road Race Championship ;1943 - Dilecta : 2nd, Tour of Flanders : 5th, Paris–Roubaix ;1944 - Dilecta ;1945 - Dilecta : 1st, Bruges-Ghent-Bruges : 1st, Brussels-Everbeek : 1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Bergen : 2nd, Tour of Flanders : 7th, Flèche Wallonne : 9th, Paris–Tours ;1946 - Dilecta, JB Louvet, Dossche Cycles : 1st, Brussels-Izegem : 4th, Tour of Belgium :: Winner Stages 4 & 6 : 4th, Tour of Flanders ;1947 - Bertin, Arbos-Talbot : 1st, Omloop "Het Volk" : 1st, Brussels-Izegem : 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen : 1st, Nokere Koerse : World Road Race Championship : 2nd, Scheldeprijs : 3rd, Paris–Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Ortelli
Vito Ortelli (5 July 1921 – 24 February 2017) was an Italian racing cyclist. Ortelli died on 24 February 2017, aged 95. Major results ;1940 :1st Giro della Provincia Milano (with Fiorenzo Magni) ;1942 :1st Giro di Toscana ;1945 : National Pursuit Champion :1st Milano–Torino ;1946 : National Pursuit Champion :1st Milano–Torino :1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia :2nd Giro della Romagna :3rd Giro di Toscana :3rd National Road Race Championships ;1947 :1st Giro del Piemonte :2nd National Road Race Championships ;1948 : National Road Race Champion :1st Giro della Romagna :2nd Milano-Modena :2nd Giro di Campania ;1949 :2nd Milan–San Remo ;1950 :3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria :3rd Giro della Romagna The Giro della Romagna was a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Italian region of Romagna. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was discontinued in 2011, and in 2013, it merged with the Me ... References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiorenzo Magni
Fiorenzo Magni (; 7 December 1920 – 19 October 2012) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Biography Magni was born to Giuseppe Magni and Giulia Caciolli, and had an elder sister Fiorenza. Bulbarelli, pp. 14–15 He started competing in cycling in 1936, in secret from parents. His early successes became known to locals, including his parents, they allowed him to continue. After the death of his father in December 1937, Magni left school to take over his father's business and provide incomes for the family, yet he continued his cycling workouts. Shortly before the war in Italy on 10 June 1940, Magni was recruited to serve as a gunner at the 19th Regiment of Florence, although he had requested to become a bersagliere, while being licensed to dispute a race, its battalion was embarked for Albania, but the ship, where he should have been on board, also sank without leaving survivors. He moved to the Olympic Battalion of Rome where he remained until 1943 when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olimpio Bizzi
Olimpio Bizzi (1 August 1916 – 3 August 1976) was an Italian racing cyclist, who won 13 stages of Giro d'Italia in 1936–1946, as well as the 1950 Tour du Maroc. He rode the 1947 Tour de France, and placed sixth in the 1947 Paris–Roubaix The 1947 Paris–Roubaix was the 45th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 6 April 1947 and stretched from Paris to the finish at Roubaix Velodrome. The winner was Georges .... References External links * 1916 births 1976 deaths Italian male cyclists Sportspeople from Livorno Cyclists from Tuscany {{Italy-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Maggini
Luciano Maggini (16 May 1925 – 24 January 2012) was an Italian road bicycle racer who competed professionally between 1946 and 1957. He rode the Giro d'Italia in 1947–53 with the best result of fifth place overall in 1950; he won individual stages in 1947–49 and 1951. His elder brother Sergio Maggini, Sergio was also a professional road racer. Major victories ;1945 :3rd Giro del Lazio ;1947 :1947 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 3 & 5 :4th 1947 Milan–San Remo, Milan–San Remo :7th Giro di Romagna ;1948 :1st Giro del Veneto :1st Giro di Campania :1st Stage 3 1948 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia :2nd Giro di Toscana :2nd GP Alghero :3rd Italian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships :4th 1948 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Road race, 1948 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Road World Championships :6th Zürich–Lausanne :9th Giro dell'Emilia ;1949 :1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato :2nd Italian Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezio Cecchi
Ezio Cecchi (11 May 1913 – 19 August 1984) was an Italian professional cyclist. Cecchi twice finished second overall in the Giro d'Italia. He finished second in 1938 to Giovanni Valetti. In 1948 Cecchi finished eleven seconds behind the winner Fiorenzo Magni Fiorenzo Magni (; 7 December 1920 – 19 October 2012) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Biography Magni was born to Giuseppe Magni and Giulia Caciolli, and had an elder sister Fiorenza. Bulbarelli, pp. 14–15 He started c ...; this margin of victory is still the slimmest margin of victory in the history of the Giro d'Italia. References Italian male cyclists 1913 births 1984 deaths Sportspeople from the Province of Chieti Cyclists from Abruzzo {{Italy-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo
Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera. It hosts numerous cultural events, such as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan–San Remo cycling classic. Name The name of the city is a phonetic contraction of ''Sant'Eremo di San Romolo'', which refers to Romulus of Genoa, the successor to Syrus of Genoa. It is often stated in modern folk stories that Sanremo is a translation of Saint Remus. In Ligurian language (Romance), Ligurian, his name is ''San Rœmu''. The spelling ''San Remo'' is on all ancient maps of Liguria, the ancient Republic of Genoa, Italy in the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Kingdom of Italy. It was used in 1924 in official documents under Benito Mussolini, Mussolini. This form of the name appears still on some road signs and, more rarely, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
