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1958 Tour De Suisse
The 1958 Tour de Suisse was the 22nd edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 11 June to 18 June 1958. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Pasquale Fornara. General classification References 1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ... Tour de Suisse 1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 1958 in road cycling June 1958 sports events in Europe {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ...
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Pasquale Fornara
Pasquale Fornara (29 March 1925 – 24 July 1990) was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that still stands to this day. In addition to his Tour de Suisse achievements, Fornara won the 1956 Tour de Romandie and finished on the podium in two Grand Tours: a third place behind the legendary Fausto Coppi at the 1953 Giro d'Italia and a second place at the 1958 Vuelta a España behind Frenchman Jean Stablinski. Major achievements ;1952 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 2 stage wins) : 1st, Stage, Giro d'Italia ;1953 : 3rd, Overall, Giro d’Italia (and 1 stage win) :: 1st, King of the Mountains ;1954 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse ;1955 : 4th, Overall, Tour de France : 1st, Stage, Giro d’Italia ;1956 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Romandie : 1st, Stage, Giro d'Italia : 24th, Overall, Tour de France ;1957 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 1 stage win) :: 1st, King of the Mountains ; ...
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Marcel Janssens
Marcel Janssens (30 December 1931, in Edegem – 29 July 1992, in Nukerke) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Janssens won two stages in the Tour de France, and finished 2nd place in 1957 after Jacques Anquetil. He also won the 1960 edition of Bordeaux–Paris. He finished third place in the 1959 Paris–Roubaix The 1959 Paris–Roubaix was the 57th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 12 April 1959 and stretched from Paris to the finish at Roubaix Velodrome. The winner was Noël .... Major results ;1945 :Oostrozebeke ;1951 : National amateur road race Championship ;1953 :Mortsel :Bruxelles - Liège : Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten ;1954 :Polder-Kempen :Zingem :Tongeren ;1955 :Aurillac :Brasschaat :Nederbrakel :Wilrijk : Schelde-Dender-Leie :Polder-Kempen :GP du Brabant Wallon :Tour de l'Ouest ;1956 :Wilrijk ;1957 : Tour de France: ::Winner stage 4 ::2nd place overall classification ;1 ...
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1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
The 1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the eleventh and final edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1957 edition were retained and the Vuelta a España was included for the first time. Fred De Bruyne won the third of his three individual championships while Belgium retained the nations championship. The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo folded after the 1958 season and the Super Prestige Pernod replaced it as the season-long competition for road bicycle racing. Races Final standings Riders Nations References * {{1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo Challenge Desgrange-Colombo The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was a season-long road bicycle racing competition between 1948 and 1958. There were two classifications, one for individual cyclists and another for nations. History The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition was ... Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 1958 in European sport ...
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1958 In Swiss Sport
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ...
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Ernst Traxel
Ernst Traxel (born 23 November 1933) is a Swiss former professional racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the Tour de France. References External links * 1933 births Living people Swiss male cyclists People from the canton of Uri Tour de Suisse stage winners {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ...
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Adriano De Gasperi
Adriano or Adrião is the form of the Latin given name ''Hadrianus'' commonly used in the Italian language; the form Adrian is used in the English language. Notable people with the name include: * Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, music theorist, organist and poet * Adriano Bernareggi, Italian Catholic bishop * Adriano Castellesi, Italian cardinal and writer * Adriano Celentano, Italian entertainer * Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese singer and composer * Adriano Espaillat, Dominican-American politician * Adriano Galliani, Italian entrepreneur * Adriano Garrido, Brazilian beach volleyball player * Adriano Olivetti, Italian entrepreneur * Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player * Adriano Rigoglioso, English footballer * Adriano Sofri, Italian politician and journalist * Adriano Visconti, Italian air force major * Adrian Willaert, Flemish composer, who in sources was sometimes referred to simply as "Adriano" Brazilian footballers * Adriano (footballer, born 19 ...
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Giorgio Menini
Giorgio may refer to: * Castel Giorgio, ''comune'' in Umbria, Italy * Giorgio (name), an Italian given name and surname * Giorgio Moroder, or Giorgio, Italian record producer ** ''Giorgio'' (album), an album by Giorgio Moroder * "Giorgio" (song), a song by Lys Assia * Giorgio Bruno, a character from the video game ''Time Crisis 4'' * Giorgio Zott, the main antagonist from the video game ''Time Crisis 3'' * Giorgio Beverly Hills, a prestige fragrance brand See also * Georgios * Georgio (other) * San Giorgio (other) San Giorgio, is the Italian form of Saint George. When used as the name of a person it is frequently contracted to Sangiorgio. Places Comuni Many towns and villages are named after the saint, including the following ''comuni'', or municipalities: ...
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Kurt Gimmi
Kurt Gimmi (13 January 1936 – 29 March 2003) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He was born and died in Zürich and was a professional from 1958 until 1964. He won the eleventh stage of the 1960 Tour de France The 1960 Tour de France was the 47th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 26 June and 17 July, with 21 stages covering a distance of . The race featured 128 riders, of which 81 finished. Because Ja ... and the 1959 Tour de Romandie. Major results ; 1959 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Romandie :: 1st, Stage 1 part b Tour de Romandie, Carouge (SUI) :: 2nd, Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Carouge (SUI) : 1st, Stage 3a Tour de Suisse ; 1960 : 1st, Stage 11 Tour de France : 2nd, Overall, Tour de Suisse (SUI) :: 3rd, Stage 2 :: 2nd, Stage 5 ; 1961 : 1st, Stage 5 Tour de Suisse ; 1963 : 1st, Stage 5 Tour de Suisse External links * Swiss male cyclists Swiss Tour de France stage winners 1936 births 2003 death ...
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Désiré Keteleer
Désiré "Dis" Keteleer (13 June 1920 – 17 September 1970) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Keteleer was born in Anderlecht and was professional from 1942 until 1961, winning the inaugural Tour of Romandie in 1947 and La Flèche Wallonne in 1946. He rode in the 1949 Tour de France, winning stage 15. Keteleer died in Rebecq-Rognon. Major results ;1943 : 3rd La Flèche Wallonne ;1945 : 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 3rd Nokere Koerse : 10th Omloop Het Volk ; 1946 : 1st Brussels–Spa : 1st La Flèche Wallonne : 7th Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stage 5 : 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg ; 1947 : 1st Elfstedenronde : 1st Kampenhout–Charleroi–Kampenhout : 1st Scheldt–Dender–Lys : 1st Overall Tour de Romandie ::1st Stages 1B & 2 : 1st Stages 6 & 7 Tour de Suisse ; 1948 : 1st Circuit des régions frontalières : 1st Roubaix–Huy : 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia ; 1949 : 1st Stage 15 Tour de France : 2nd Overall Tour of the Netherlands ...
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Hans Junkermann
Hennes "Hans" Junkermann (6 May 1934 – 11 April 2022) was a German professional racing cyclist who won 35 road races in 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973. He won the German National Road Race in 1959, 1960, and 1961. Biography Junkermann was born in St. Tönis, near Krefeld, Rhine Province. He excelled in mountainous stage races and hard one-day events. He won nine Six Day races and the European Madison championship in 1965. He rode the Tour de France eight times. Junkermann showed class as an amateur and was approached twice in 1954 to defect to the GDR and become a paid amateur, but he wanted to stay in West Germany and be a professional. He turned professional in 1955 season for the small Bauer team. In May 1957 he won Züri-Metzgete, followed by fourth in the Tour de Suisse, the start of his excellent record in the Swiss tour, a hilly stage race. In 1959 he moved to Faema-Molteni under Rik Van Looy, winning the national road championship, a feat he repeated in 1960 and 19 ...
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Nino Defilippis
Nino Defilippis (21 March 1932, in Turin – 13 July 2010, in Turin) was an Italian road bicycle racer who won the Giro di Lombardia in 1958, as well as nine stages at the Giro d'Italia, seven stages at the Tour de France and two stages at the Vuelta a España. He also won the mountains classification at the 1956 Vuelta a España and the Italian National Road Race Championship in 1956 and 1958. Major results *Giro di Lombardia (1958) * Italian National Road Race Championship (1960, 1962) *Tre Valli Varesine (1953, 1960) *Giro del Piemonte (1954, 1958) *Giro dell'Emilia (1954, 1955) *Giro del Lazio (1958, 1962) *Giro di Toscana (1960) *Trofeo Baracchi (1952) (with Giancarlo Astrua) *Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. The race is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa Placci The Coppa Placci is a semi class ... (1961) *9 stage victories in t ...
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Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 434,335 inhabitants, the urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During ...
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